Category: Skateboarding News

Just when you thought that Fully Flared could get no more attention here comes UNKLE with a video put together by directors Spike Jonze and Ty Evans. This single Heaven is released today.

Tony Hawk, Kevin Staab, Renton Millar, Dom Kekeitch and Jonathan Schwan turned up for a vert demo recently to the Prahran skatepark in Melbourne, Australia. Watch the footage below.

Here’s one to get the blood flowing today. The Indy team rip up parks in Lincoln City featuring Mountain, Grosso and many more. Big trannies = wet fannies.

PJ Ladd stars in a new ad for DC Shoes. Enjoy this technical bench sesh below.

Vans are about to launch a brand new book looking back at their amazing history manufacturing skateboard shoes. Steve Caballero sheds light on the content in this video below but if you want more, click here to find a video interview with Van Doren himself. The book is scheduled for release on June 1st.

The etnies team will be visiting the UK in May with a full squad of rippers including Mikey Taylor (who will be interviewed on this site very soon), Sean Malto, Ryan Sheckler, Kyle Leeper, Jose Rojo, Tyler Bledsoe and Davis Torgerson. European riders Charles Collet, Julian Furones and Willow will join the UK’s Joe Gavin throughout.

The tour will start on the 24th May for a demo at The Works in Leeds, followed by a signing at Rollersnakes in Derby on the 26th, and finally hitting London for a signing at Slam City Skates and the tour finale demo at Bay 66 on the 30th May. Spread the word.

More from the Independent Trucks team as they cruise through Austria at the Muckefuck indoor ramp in Kufstein. If this is not enough then there’s another edit here.

In the same month as the Tuesday skate shop closed it’s doors, another shop that stocks skate stuff has surfaced in Camden, London.

The LCB skate/surf and snow store will open on 23 Chalk Farm Rd with a micro ramp that the likes of Cates would be a fan of!

The Oxford Wheels Project have teamed up with SS20 for a mini ramp jam coming up on April 4th to celebrate the Spring. Expect prizes for best tricks, a BBQ and some sick shredding at the Meadow Lane ramps fro 1pm onwards.

Are you female and in need of some skate tips on how to ride?

The Girlie Skate Camps are coming to London from the 27th 30th August (please note date change) and Vans have joined forces with them to offer a place to one winner. Two of the top skate girls from the Vans team, Lois Pendlebury and Sam Bruce, will be on hand to coach you, whether it’s learning new tricks or simply improving your skating skills, all levels are welcome.

Each day there will be two skate sessions of around 2 hours each both in the skate park and around London. Visit www.mybliss.co.uk/win to enter.