Motive Skateboards have a fresh line of pro and team decks available in your local skater owned shop.
West Country skater Leo Smith has joined the team this week ahead of their forthcoming promo video. Click here to see some footage of the team from last year.
Strangenotes have a fresh trailer this week for their future DVD with Rune, Gravette, Beibel, Lizard King and more on board. Watch Dude Bro. Bro, Dude here.
We are not going to spoil it if you don’t know the result already so watch the final game of SKATE at the Berrics between Mike Mo Capaldi and Benny Fairfax below. Big thanks to the Berrics for supplying everyone with one of the most exciting features online in world skateboarding to date.
Here’s another option for fresh kicks this spring as Globe are bringing the Rage to the UK for your feet to skate in. The shoe is issued from Globe’s “United By Skate” range and limited to the very best independent skate shops. Haslam, Apples, Jake, Rodney, Lutzka, Mumford, Gonzalez and Machnau rock these on a daily basis so look out for them on your travels.
Look out Mongaloids as Globe have hooked up with the one and only Devo for a special range of one off products out this Spring/Summer called the Airport Survival Collection. Expect shoes, jeans, bags, pants, tees and decks to be hitting your local skater owned shop. Click here for a video about the full list and look out for Devo throughout May 2009 in the UK playing live.
This weekend saw the Oakley UK Independent Vert series kick off at at Mount Hawke in Cornwall. This comp last year was one of the best final ever seen as vert is taken to a new level by some of the UK’s most promosing up and coming riders.
Vert judge Steve Wingy Wilkinson who knows all about the vert scene had this to say this about the finals ‘Some of the runs in the final jam blew me away airs reaching 10ft, Christ airs above head high, double flip Indy airs and double flip mute airs and yes I said double flips!
Round 2 will be held at the Corby on Sunday 29th March, make sure you get down there and support this.
A Group:
1: Sam Bosworth
2: Sam Beckett
3: Alex Halford
B Group:
1: Joe Atkins
2: Oakley Liddel
3: Nick Hanson
Rider: Sam Beckett
Photo: Chris Johnson
Ryan Gallant, Pat Duffy, Colin McKay, Paul Rodriguez and Jereme Rogers all feature in this Plan B Edit to Arizona.
Spring brings change and new shoes play a big part in that.
If you are looking for something new this month, check out Leo Romero’s new Emerica pro model shoes as they will be in your local skater owned shop when you next visit.
Here’s this weekend’s Sk8Mafia edit from San Diego featuring Jamie Palmore, Larelle Gray, Jimmy Cao, Alex Caceres, Jon Jackson, Marcus Allen, Nick Tucker, Daniel Rodriguez, Dorian Gray, and Kellen James.