Landscape are back this month with 2 brand new series of pro decks. The popular CMYK‘s are back with a fresh feel for a second run and artist Andrew Pommier has chipped in some of his amazing art for another round of pro decks for Soy Panday, Joleon Pressey and Snowy. These can be found in your local skater owned shop now. Go get em.
Word has it that Element will be unveiling a new pro on May 1st but who could it be? Check the poll on the left hand side of any of the skate zine pages and vote for the rider of choice.
We also have an Element deck to givewaway on the same day, so click below to enter.
The Hi Fi Wheels “Full Frequency Promo” will be premiering online today so visit www.stereosoundagency.com or www.hifiwheels.com to watch it once the yanks wake up. In the meantime you can view the trailer below.
Enjoi’s Jose Rojo gets the mini 5’s this week on the tap and discusses his broken neck. The good news though is that he could possibly have a career in gurning if skateboarding turns sour for him and he’s is also pushing tricks for the Tilt Mode Army DVD that is in progress. Click here for a teaser.
This is one of those good news/bad news posts. The good news is that crunk is on the loose as the Gyppos spread their virus through your cyber lugholes with this latest tour video mash up. Gyppo Army team members in this edit include Doug Parmiter, Elliot Jones, Kevin McKeon and Rupert Antoine and buddies Aaron Sweeney, Ginger Jeremy, Alex Lally and a few more.
On a serious note though their Team Manager Marcus Adams was stabbed last night between the kidney and the lung and is on a drip in hospital at the moment. Watch your backs out there people, as it’s a war field. Get well soon man, we wish you all the best in your recovery. Choose skateboarding.
Revolution Skatepark in Broadstairs, Kent are hosting a Skate Jam tonight – Friday the 17th April.
Expect comps and giveaways for everyone not to mention some killer tunes to skate to.
They’ve decided to split the jam into two this year though so that everyone gets a fair crack at the competitions.
The first part takes place between 4-6pm and is open to under 16’s only. The second, from 8pm to 10pm and is for over 16’s.
On May 11th the second edition of the worldwide first online Game of S.K.A.T.E will start and it’s open for everyone to enter.
Every week one entrant of this “Round Table of Skateboarding” shows a trick you have to copy, film and upload to the www.king-of-skate.com platform within seven days.
915 claimants to the throne from more than 12 nations fought last year for the crown, 2.500,- EUR and weekly skate packages. Herwig “Herbie” König assured finally the title in a haunting battle against Matthias Frei with an almost unbelievable trick bombardment
HERE ARE THE RULES:
1. A new trick is presented by a top skater every Monday and should be copied by you.
2. You have seven days to copy, film, and upload the trick on www.king-of-skate.com. An upload countdown on www.king-of-skate.com will announce the time left.
3. All tricks must be done on flat ground.
4. Redoing the trick of the week successfully will lift you to the next round.
5. As soon as you don’t upload the trick within seven days or the trick is not clearly visible or not landed properly (hand or foot touches the ground, no clean rolling away), you will receive a capital letter (S, K, A, T, E).
6. If that happens to you five times and you complete the word S.K.A.T.E, you will be dropped out of the competition.
7. To become the only King of S.K.A.T.E, you have to be better than all other competitors and be the last competitor left.
8. If there is no winner determined after 20 regular rounds, we will induce an official final.
9. You are welcome to enter the competition until the fifth week, but you will get a letter for every so far completed trick of a week. So if you are late and you enter the battle in the third week, there will already be two completed tricks. Therefore you receive the letters S and K, but you still have the chance to become the King of S.K.A.T.E and win 2.500,- EUR cash + global coverage with all our media partners worldwide.
10. The weekly given prize is yours, if you get the highest rating for your perfectly redone trick. The upload closure always is on Sunday evening. Furthermore you will be mentioned as winner of the week in all our media partner’s news.
11. The landed tricks can be rated without exception by all registered BESTTRICK-users. It doesn’t matter whether they are entering the competition or not.
12. The voting for the tricks ends up with the upload-closure every Sunday evening. To increase your chance of many votes and a high rating, you should upload your trick as soon as possible every week.
13. To take part in the competition you need an own BESTTRICK-Account.
14. All uploaded tricks must be done by you personally.
15. Already uploaded tricks at BESTTRICK.COM will not be accepted. Please don’t fool anyone and copy your tricks as best as you can.
16. The decision if a trick is landed or not is exclusively made by our unbiased judges. Their judgment is correct and final.
17. If you are violating these rules you will be disqualified.
18. There is no legal recourse.
Visit www.king-of-skate.com to enter.
The Vans team are confirmed to appear at the official opening of Rock Park in Barnstaple. Marc Churchill from Gravity Skateparks who have designed and built this wonderful park says “All of the brick work has been finished and the fire hydrant is fixed in place, as you can see from the pictures the the steel work is almost done with one of the two handrails in and ready to go.”
Get your Natas spins ready peeps as this event should be a corker.
Drawing Boards have launched their wheel division this week. They will be unveiling a Urethane Team very soon but these round beauties are now available for the spring. Visit www.thedrawingboards.com for the Croydon massive!
