Blueprint’s Yorkshire magician Mike Wright has been handed a full edit on YouTube this week stuffed full of tech steez and northern nonchalance. Mike’s skating has been in the spotlight again since fresh footage of the boy wonder appeared in the much discussed Baghead Flats DVD. Look out for an interview with Ben Powell and Rye Gray about Baghead Flats here at Crossfire next week as they will spill the beans on the the whole project.
Here’s a reminder that Zoo York team will be skating throughout the UK from this week. Don’t miss this!!
Local skate jams are popping up all over the country as the summer threatens to kick in for us all.
Devonshire Green’s concrete park in Sheffield will get a roasting on July 5th in association with Story, The House and Sidewalk.
Get down there .
Drawing Boards have released a new deck for the summer on their blog this week and just in time for UK exams.
Please note that the the actions pictured on this graphic should not be copied, even under adult supervision…
Swedish ripper Danijel Todorovic has many presents to unwrap this month. The people in the know have designed him some new Nike Blazer sneakers that match his brand new Blazer pro deck on The Harmony.
Look out for The Harmony on this years Big Push, you can find them lurking at www.theharmony.co.uk where you can also find the brand new pumps.
Need fresh wood? Getting amped about the summer? Losing your mind? Well, here’s your solution.
Lovenskate are about to unleash a new limited edition run of decks this week and the message is plain and simple: LETS GO FUCKING SKATEBOARDING!
Stu from Lovenskate’s Mum allegedly sent him an email this morning telling him that no kid is going to buy this deck because of the rudeness in the swearing – prove her wrong and buy one of these planks today! You can find out how this week only at www.lovenskate.com
Andy Scott’s new pro models on Death Skateboards will be in your local skater owned shop for you to grab this month.
Scotty just returned this Saturday from a lengthy US trip skating all over California and looked stoked as ever. Get stoked on these and get yourself some scrambled eggs.
Winchester locals have organised a skate jam at Riverside skate park this Saturday 7th of June with DJ’s and prizes for comps.
Starts at midday and fueled by Strongbow, good lads.
Girl Skateboards have announced that Sean Malto, Alex Olson and Mike ‘Mo’ Capaldi have stepped up to pro level since the success of their involvement in Fully Flared.
Look out for pro models in your local SOS soon and click here to watch Girl’s latest Yanks on Planks tour edit from Oz.
Mike Vallely has recorded a video collage to celebrate 21 years of skateboarding. Vallely has been there and done the lot and blogged recently that ….’these days I don’t go to the trade shows, I don’t shake hands with the movers and shakers and I no longer follow the culture. The evaluation of others is no longer a guide for me; I am entirely on my own and quite content in my own skin. So when people say I’m over the hill and all that other nonsense all that I can do is laugh. Of course I’m over the hill, I turned pro in 1987 so by industry standards I was over the hill in 1989, that’s just the way it goes‘.
Vallely has just completed filming a new movie called Mall Cop featuring Kevin James and says that ‘I got to do things on my skateboard that no other skateboarder has done to date.’ Whilst we wait for this, you can watch Mike’s latest collage here: