Death Skateboards have released their 3rd and last collectable Anniversary deck to mark their 10 Year presence in world skateboarding.
These beauties are all hand numbered and have a hologram finish to them. Get them fast from your local SOS this month before they all run run.
You can also find Horsey’s unedited mini interview about the Big Push on the Death blog here.
It’s been a strange day. I woke up this morning and realised that our Crossfire events and this very online magazine are 7 years old this week.
I guess it’s safe to say that another 7 is imminent, as we will be re-launching with a new online mag shortly that will be celebrated with another party that should wipe out your following day’s arrangements.
We will continue to beaver away for the love of skateboarding and music so thanks so much for your support over the years, without it, it would not have happened.
Zac
Supra rider Albert Madrid loves a slam and rips when he gets up. His footage from the Toast skate video has been uploaded to YouTube this week alongside others that include bangers from Koki Kasai, Clair Chang, Thomas Bonilla, Jonathan Yanez, James Juarez, Matt Gallardo and Tony Cervantes.
If you want more toast, click here.
Baker Skateboards have just unleashed their brand new deck designs for Autumn. The Meurtos Series has been designed by Fos and should be in your local SOS this month.
Baker have also launched an all new www.bakerskateboards.com as well, go check it out.
Shephard Fairey was recently arrested at the Democratic National Convention in Denver where he and many of the country’s most prominent visual artists, including Ron English, Sam Flores and more, are showing work inspired by the current political climate for the Manifest Hope gallery art exhibition. Watch the video below for the full story.
The House Skatepark will be holding their annual comp this Saturday 13th September.
Getting in costs a mere five pounds, but if you want to compete then that’s covered in the entry fee! You may want to get in training because the prize is a stonking ten year free pass to the House Skatepark. FREE skateboarding (without getting chucked out!) for a decade!
With the likes of Blueprint, Death, Shit Skateboards, Unabomber, The Harmony, Karma, Stereo, A Third Foot amongst others supporting this, you really can’t miss out. Especially when there’s curry involved.
Head over to www.thehouseskatepark.co.uk for more info.
Bay Sixty 6 Skatepark will host the annual Nandos Xperimental Skate Jam on Saturday 20th September at 66-67 Ladbroke Grove in West London.
There are free start up lessons if you haven’t tried before with equipment and instruction provided for anyone under 16, best trick competitions with great prizes for under 16’s comps on the mini ramp and demos from pro riders from DVS, Girl, Element, Bones, Krux and Matix that include Lucien Clarke (Both DVS & Element), Kristian Bomholt (Denmark), Danny Brady, Jak Pietriga, John Tanner, Louis Cooper and Shaun Witherupp.
Expect giveaways and freebies including skate stuff from the events skate sponsors, T-shirts, skate mags and special limited edition Xperimental decks stickers, free drinks provided by Suso and of course the killer free Nando’s BBQ. Click here for some footage.
Croydon based skate co Drawing Boards have released a new graphic this week in memory of their good friend Ben Roberts who passed away. The graphic also pays homage to skate spot Fairfield Halls in Croydon that needs saving. Click here to join the petition.
The decks will be in various skate shops around the UK and will be served up with the usual free pencils and stickers. Go Croydon!
There’s no doubt about it, Corby’s Adrenaline Alley hosted the best UK turnout for years this weekend as the UK Championships organised by the UKSA provided the hottest skate comp since the days of Radlands. The semis were the tip of the iceberg for a final that had basically everything in terms of gnar and technical prowess. Vans ripper Chris Oliver took the street honours with an array of hammers that included a double backside flip over the entire middle section of the course followed by Ross McGouran and Kris Vile, who placed 2nd and 3rd respectively. It was seriously close.
Bristol’s Dan Wileman won the best trick in the street with a massive ollie over the gap to tailslide down the hubba with a bigspin to get him out. All done at mach 10!
This was backed up by a Vert final that left jaws wide open fueled by the future of British Vert skaters who hucked out back to back 540’s, tech steez and head high airs. Sam Beckett won the honours for his continuous bangers across the various Vert series comps throughout the year with 13 yr old Sam Bosworth (yes really) and the young Alex Halford all taking British Vert to another level.
Claire Alleaume put the comp on the map for the ladies, no surprises there though as she simply rips. Her skills were closely followed by the North’s Lois Pendlebury and and the South’s Lucy Adams who was also riding with a fractured elbow!
This all made for the best UK comp in years. Overall this weekend witnessed an amazing turnout, fantastic organisation and good times for all.
Read the official UKSA results below and look out for a full write up here this week.
UKSA National championships street final
1 Chris Oliver 472 £2,500
2 Ross McGouran 450 £1,500
3 Kris Vile 434 £1,000
4 Ben Grove 424 £300
5 Dave Snaddon 410 £150
6 Tom Harrison 394 £100
7 Dan Wileman 389 £80
8 Neil Smith 377 £60
9 Ben Nordberg 371 £40
10 Pete King 357 £20
Street Best Trick
Dan Wileman – Gap to Tail bigspin Out on the ‘along and down hubba’ £500
Independent Vert series Results/A Group
1st Sam Beckett 3700 £1,200
2nd Sam Bosworth 3200 £600
3rd Alex Halford 3000 £350
4th Sean Goff 2900 £200
5th Jacob Anderson 2425 £150
6th Jim the Skin 2175 £100
7th Jim Langram 1975 £100
8th Trevor 1900 £100
9th Wingy 1900 £100
10th Paul Luc Ronchetti 1750 £100
11th Adam Halverson 1700
12th Dave Allen 1675
National Champs Results (TODAY)
1st Paul Luc Ronchetti 399 £150
2nd Andy Scott 395 £100
3rd Sam Beckett 393 £50
4th Pete King 382
5th Sean Goff 366
5th Sam Bosworth 366
7th Dave Allen 358
8th Alex Halford 322
Girls Street Results
1 Claire Alleaume £100
2 Lois Pendlebury £50
3 Lucy Adams £25
4 Helena Long
5 Sam Bruce
6 Emma Richardson
7 Georgina Winter
8 Cora
9 Rebecca Jaques
10 Fran Stroud
11 Becky Wood
Todays IVS Vert Results
1st Zac Kutz
2nd Chris Spence
3rd Mike Day
4th Jan Zorba
5th Oakley Liddel
6th Nick Hansen
Independent Vert Series Results/B Group
1st Chris Spencer 3300
2nd Mike Day 3100
3rd Zac Kutz 2925
4th Oakley Liddel 2450
5th Nick Hansen 2450
6th Rob Ayton 2000
7th Jan Zorba 1850
8th Rob Fuller 1750
9th Reece Douglas 1550
10th Batfink 1525
11th Tom Ball 1400
12th Keith Eason 800
Sat 5th September
The first day of the UK Championships has successfully come to a close revealing the top 25 who will be in the semi finals tomorrow. After a hectic but fun day, the results and point structure look like this:
The top 25 are:
Chris Oliver 382
Ross McGouran 377
Caradog Emanual 371
Adam Howe 358
Joshua Young 355
Ali Drummond 350
Nev 342
Dan Wileman 334
Ben Grove 332
Steak 325
John Tanner 319
Marc Churchill 309
Tom Watts 307
Pete King 303
Kris Vile 298
Tom Harrison 291
Eddie Belvedere 288
Dan Leech 281
Neil Smith 278
Tom Knox 274
Jasper King-Harman 273
Awadh Mohammed 271
Dave Snaddon 268
Rob Smith 258
Ben Nordberg 251
Those who represented but didn’t make the cut include:
Kevin McKeon 242
Andy Scott 237
Craig Smedley 236
Conhuir Lynn 235
Tom Shiminon 233
Sam Pulley 227
James Gardner 220
Daryl Dominguez 218
Dave Davies 218
Rodney Clarke 218
Jess Young 214
Doug Parmiter 213
Doug McLaughlan 211
James Kilpatrick 204
Adam Moss 201
Snowy 201
Jamie Errington 200
Joey Pressey 190
Casper Brooker 190
Amir Williams 188
Jake Collins 182
Paul Regan 181
Aaron Sweeney 181
Scott Howes 181
James Coyle 173
Matt Henson 172
Micheal Patrick 171
Sean Smith 170
Carl Wilson 165
Chris Gibbons 165
Paul Silvester 164
Darryl Nobbs 155
Rory Milanes 155
Joe Habgood 154
Frank Stephens 148
Joe Lynskey 146
Liam Sproat 143
Louis Cooper 141
John Bell 139
Danny Beall 136
Lee Blackwell 134
Chris Ault 132
Chris Barrett 130
Vaughn Baker 125
Benson 123
Daniel Tomlinson 122
Boots 122
Pete Adams 117
Andy White 113
Mark Nicholson 112
Chris Jones 109
Layth Sami 107
Dave Chesson 106
Ben Cundall 101
Brandon Ide 100
Sean Currie 86
Horsey 84
Mark Kendrick 81
Ben Blake 67
Joe Nobes 60
Jimmy Boyes 49
Aaron Revell 42
Timmy Garbett 39
Vert Semi finals are:
1st Paul Luc Ronchetti
2nd Andy Scott
3rd Pete King
4th Sam Becket
5th Sam Bosworth
6th Alex Halford
7th Sean Goff
8th Dave Allen
9th Adam Halverson
10th Jacob Anderson
11th Pete Dossett
12th Trevor Johnson
13th Mike Edwards
14th Wingy
15th Chris Hudson
16th Jim Langran
17th Nick Reece
18th Jim the Skin
19th Trawler
20th Jon Nixon