Category: Skateboarding News

If you haven’t seen this line already, then BT must have cut your phoneline, or cut your eyes out. Eric Koston just builds the hype for “that video” even more with another throwaway clip from the vaults.

Spitfire have hooked up with Lakai to produce a limited edition set of wheels in the run-up to Fully Flared dropping in the next month.

In a goodwill gesture, all proceeds made from these wheels will go to the families affected by the Californian fires that tore through the area last week.

A zombie jam has been announced and taking place at The Boardroom Skatepark in Leicester this Wednesday 31st October 7pm til late.

It’s £3 to enter and £2.50 for those poncey student types. Expect a game of S.K.A.T.E. over/on the brand NEW mini spine with equally silly prizes, pure fun.

Get your fake blood out and get in there.

God knows what this Harvest blog is about, if you can read Japanese scripture then let us know.

However, some of the photos on it are rad, with some very odd looking decks flying about.

I need to go to Japan.

Max Schaaf’s blog is always a good read and contains really useful words and pictures, including eye-magnets, gang sign language, naked girls and motorbikes. Oh, and quite a bit of skateboarding too.

Check out 4qconditioning.blogspot.com for more stuff like pumpkin carvings of Hitler.

Weekend funny incoming…

Zorlac has released the Better Than Life premiere info and it’s below for your viewing pleasure. Remember the last one was a hoot, re-live that experience here.

Wednesday 7th November:
The Trinity Bar – Harrow. FREE ENTRY. Doors open at 7pm – film at 8.30pm. Strictly over 18’s.
Live bands: The Shrinking Violets, The Seminals, Day Release and Thrust.
Free entry for all, though this one is a strictly over 18 event.

Friday 16th November:
Ramp City in association with Big Woodys, Blackpool.
7:30pm showing in the bar area. Free entry and no age restrictions.

Saturday 17th November:
Xsite Skatepark, Skegness. 12 midday – 11pm. All day skate jam, video premiere at 7:30pm.
£5 entry for members, £7.50 for non-members.

Yep, Wednesday 31st October is Halloween and there’s not better way to spend it other than being surrounded by blood and guts. French is the man when it comes to annihilation it seems so get your lazy arse down to this exhibition at the Jaguar Shoes gaff for some corpse action.

Last night saw Josh Stewart’s third installment of the Static video series come to London with the premiere at Leicester Square’s Prince Charles cinema.

Over the road, the smallest crowd ever watched as some Z-list celebrities hopped out of taxis to some shitty film, whilst the true stars pushed their way into the tiny cinema to see Static 3 in all it’s glory. With a very last minute premiere arranged by Slam City, Landscape, Carhartt and Kingpin, the turnout was as you’d expect. Bloody packed. Not a seat spare in the building by the time Josh walked on stage to give his thankyou speech to the crowd.

Artsy, atmospheric opening titles set the scene for the rest of the video that featured Tony Manfre, Danny Renaud, Nate Broussard, Soy Panday, Olly Todd and many more. Taking gritty, unknown spots and having them destroyed by gritty, media-overlooked skaters is what Static 3 is all about, and this didn’t disappoint.

Soy’s very Parisienne flavoured section and manuals all over the place got a good shout from the crowds, especially his flip nose manny nollie 360flip out. Nate Broussard impressed with super-smooth style, lines at East India blocks delivered far to easily, and massive tweaked kickflips landing further away than was really neccessary, but pleased people all the same. And he skated to Elliott Smith, stoked. The music choices were in typical Static style that added to the great feel and look of this vid, with a mixture of hiphop, indie, rock and a nice dollop of LL Cool J.

The London crowds were here to see one man though, and one man only – Olly Todd. Filming his part half way through completion, and being unheard of in the US, things have changed a lot since then, but the man didn’t dissapoint. Quirky 180 fakie 5-0s and nosegrinds all over the shop, noseblunts, and my god, his ender! The sequence in a mag a while back doesn’t do it just justice, it’s fucking ridiculous and had people screaming their heads off.

A definite contender for video of the year, no doubt, Static 3 is very very good indeed. And remember, if you sit on the ground with that sort of behaviour, you are little better than a dog. “What, like that dog?”

Quote of the Night: “Je suis offended”…

I just got home pissed and found this attached to my facemuck wall. It’s one to make you think for sure, make your own mind up.