Category: Skateboarding News

The Spanish galleon sails on as David Castells gets the glory from the latest Nomad Skateboards promo edit.

This years Crossfire Xmas Jam in association with Emerica, Altamont and Ricta went off in fine style this Saturday at Bay66 Skatepark. The park was packed out with people and the skating ended up as usual off the hook.

Nicky Howells won the ledge comp with a tailslide flip to fakie, Danny Brady won the Altamont block comp with various tricks including fakie blunt, fs 180 fakie nosegrind to revert. Ben Raemers won the wallride comp with a noseblunt on the side wall, a dogpisser and a foot plant before winning the wallride comp on the mini ramp with various tricks including noseblunt on the side, more dogpissers and bs wallride 180 out. Mikey Wright won the rail comp and shut it down, watch this footage below courtesy of Henry at Document.

Crossfire Rail Best Trick >>

The midi ramp jam was rained out due to the shit weather but it didn’t stop Ben Nordberg from taking cash with a bigspin backside lipslide. Jake Colling hucked fs stalefish to tail slap, frontside flip grabs and flip stalefish amongst many more. Trevor Johnson stuffed a backside boneless to fakie, switch fs grinds and ended the last seconds with a flip frontside blunt.

There’s so much more to post on here but wait for the full feature. Big thanks to Sidewalk Mag whose edit is below for you to watch. Massive thanks to all the UK skate companies that supported this event with pro riders, it was by far the best turn out in 6 yrs and ended with a monster product toss!

Crossfire Xmas Jam 2008 >>

Also, big thanks to everyone who came to this event to make a stand against knife crime with us in partnership with It Doesn’t Have to Happen. We are proud to be assocated with such an important cause and hope that the message spreads of it’s importance. A full video edit and pics will follow next week once we recover.

UPDATED MONDAY 8TH DECEMBER

This year’s Crossfire Xmas Jam in association with Emerica and Altamont will go down on Saturday 13th December at Bay 66 Skatepark in London’s Ladbroke Grove.

This year we are using the jam to make a stand against knife crime in partnership with It Doesn’t Have to Happen. Join us, help put an end to knife crime and spread the word.

The jam will also have the following riders in attendance (to be updated as the lists come in):

EMERICA

Ricardo Fonseca (Cliche/Portugal)
Eniz Fazliov (Finland) are both confirmed to fly over for the event.

KILL CITY

Nicky Howell (Hubba)
Joe Lynskey
Dave Davies
Caradog Emanuel
Jess Young
Jake Collins
Sam Pulley
Porno Paul
Pete Rigby if he can be found!

CLICHE
John Tanner

DEATH

Nick Zorlac
Horsey
Mark Nicolson
Benson
Andy Scott
Ben Cundall
Moggins
Steak
Adam Moss
Boots
Mike Patrick

GYPPO ARMY

Aaron Sweeney
Doug Parmiter
Elliot Jones
Kevin McKeon

JART

Eddie Belvedere
Dan Clarke
Awadh Mohammed
Harry Lintell

DRAWING BOARDS

Matt Hill
Natt Baker
Jerry Wilson

CREATURE

Carl Wilson
Marc Churchill
Joe Habgood
Mark Munson

RICTA WHEELS

Jess Young (Kill City)
Dan Cates (Death)
Dave Allen (Death/Emerica)
Danny Wainwright

INDEPENDENT TRUCKS

Rob Smith (Death)
Ben Raemers (Enjoi)
Pete King (Karma)
Rodney Clarke (Creme)

VENTURE/HUBBA TEAMS

Dan Wileman (Crayon)
Dave Snaddon
Craig Smedley
Gus King
Mike Wright
Tom Knox

SCIENCE

Paul Regan
Dan Tomlinson
Scott Howes
Matthew Nev Nevitt
Shaun Currie
Joe Sivell

BLUEPRINT

Vaughan Baker (Emerica)
Danny Brady
Nick Jensen
Neil Smith
Mike Wright

HEROIN
Rogie (100% there)
Rogie (150% there)
Rogie (4 cans deep and 250% there!)
Chris Ault (Independent)
Fos (Independent)
Casper Brooker
Ollie Tyreman

LANDSCAPE
Joleon Pressey
Rory Milanes.
Jin Shimizu

CRAYON
Dan Wileman
Matt Davies
Chris Jones
Welsh Tommy

The Harmony, Plan B, DGK, Karma are the last companies to send names.

Schedule

12.15pm Doors.
1-3pm – Unsponsored comps (open entry/product prizes)
3pm – Pro Street Jam
4.30pm – Pro Mini Ramp Jam
6.00pm – Product toss

Look out for Sidewalk Magazine on the day as they will be shooting for a feature in a future issue. There will be a Ricta Wheels best trick comp on the mini ramp with £500 prize money and the Emerica/Altamont Street Jam also has £500 prize money for best tricks around the park and on a new obstacle picked by Fos especially for this event below:

The traditional Xmas Party will follow the jam at the Portuguese Sporting Club of London on Elkstone Rd (opp Meanwhile Gardens). Food will be available at the venue after the skate jam before the party starts. DJ Copious Breaks and Talita Twoshoes are now confirmed to DJ until 2am. Expect rock and roll, classic rock and metal followed by a party set of hip hop, funk soul and disco mash up. Bring your dancing shoes! Guest list only, get in touch quickly.

It doesn’t have to happen is a campaign developed by young people for young people which aims to reduce the number of young people who carry knives. Supported by the Home Office, the campaign, which launched in May 2008, has used radio, digital, mobile and outdoor advertising to drive young people to a page on the social networking site Bebo which provides a platform for peer-to-peer engagement, peer endorsed anti knife messages and youth generated content. So far the campaign has attracted over 6,000 Bebo friends. Sign up today.

Boardslide your way into the world of Ryan Lay as he reps for Rasa Libre. Watch below and if you want some more you know what to do.

Andrew Currie‘s new promo clip for Kewday is hammers. Definitely our Pick of the Week.

and it’s…..

Check out the teaser for this new DVD from Visual Image. The film features Kareem Campbell, Zarred Basett, Danny Supa, Josh Kalis, Aaron Suski, Darrell Stanton and many more NY locals.

Mark Baines and Paul Shier head up the credit crunch for DVS in this tour montage released this week with footage from Greece, Scandinavia, Canada and more.

There are not many indoor parks down South and Skaterham Tuesdays get the best out of the local scene. Check this edit from the Church with Adam Keys and Jak Tonge and look out for the Skaterham Xmas Party on Sunday 21st December.

The Christmas edition of Sidewalk Mag has been released this week and it’s a cracker. If you peep inside you will find a killer 4 page feature on the Crossfire Halloween Massacre that we threw back in November with amazing pics from Chris Johnson.Nice one lads.

Other features include interviews with Gav Coughlan and Stereo rider Carl Shipman who looks back into the past ‘when pro riders deserved a name on their decks‘, plus a full write up on the Emerica ‘Cheer Up’ Tour and the Vans Team in China.

There’s also a free Strange Notes/Indy 30th Anniversary tour DVD in there also, so grab it now!