Category: Skateboarding News

Yarrrrgh, m’hearties! Shiver me timbers, y’scurvy landlubbers!

Err, yeah it’s International Talk Like A Pirate Day (again) so put on your peg legs, gouge out an eye and patch it up, then go fuck over someone’s boat and steal their jewellery.

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Once again, the proof that skate company takeovers by large multinationals has appeared again.

The reshuffle over at IPath after their buyout from lumberjackers Timberland has just seen Bobby Puleo removed from the team.

I really can’t see why anyone would do that, so I’m sure Bobby won’t have any trouble finding another home for his feet.

Due to the amount of emails we have received this week we figured you needed this until we get the full official edit together. Smoke it.

The orginal badass skateboarder, Tony Alva recently celebrated his 50th birthday in Los Angeles on September 2nd.

The Z-Boy will be holding a massive party on September 22nd, with giveaways and the like, so if you happen to be near LA then go and wish him well and thank him for making skateboarding. Literally making skateboarding exist.

I can’t believe he made it to 50, I know I won’t.

Well the dust has settled on what was another legendary and messy Crossfire Southbank Jam. Sore heads all round from the Koko after party, and some fucking ridiculous tricks thrown down the old concrete next to the Thames.

If you weren’t there, you’re gay, and if you were there then you probably got called gay by some pisshead with a loudspeaker. There was skateboarding like you’ve never seen, booze, milfs, Czech schoolgirl sluts, naked men ollieing stairs, piranha kids fighting for clothes, and loads more.

The Darkstar team came and won themselves a lot of money by landing trick after trick- Adam Dyet seemed like he was skating as though it was his job or something because he pocketed over £200, not bad for a days work. But Blind’s Kris Vile was man of the day by completely shutting down the place in minutes with a backside 360 kickflip down the 7, then cracking out a kickflip frontside blunt 180 on the cheeseblock to earn himself a whopping £250!

Big thanks to Globe Shoes, Darkstar Skateboards, The Harmony, Heroin, Blueprint, Death, Independent, Creature, Karma, Creme, 50-50, Plan B, Landscape, Heathen, Casual, Document Skateboard Magazine and Sidewalk Skateboard Magazine and Kevin Parrott from the UKSA.

Get ready for a full feature coming very soon but in the meantime, the almost forgotten results of the Jam were:

Stairs
1st Kris Vile – bs 360 kickflip – £200
2nd Adam Dyet – nollie cab heelflip – £100
3rd Marley – 360 flip – £50

Ledge
1st Adam Dyet – kickflip frontside noseslide – £100

Cheeseblock
1st Kris Vile – kickflip frontside blunt 180 – £50

Photo: Ben Norton

Pushy parents trying to get their kids to be the best at whatever sport they choose has gone too far. Just because they failed at it, or got a ‘career ending injury’ doesn’t mean you have to make your kids live out your dream. But if it gets them sponsors then who cares?

Michael Puehse has gone beyond the dreaming scenario with his nine-year old twin sons Nic and Tristan, who are now rocking sponsors from all over the place and actually kill it. Seems like they are doing it because they want to as well.

“Do that frontside indy to fakie again, that was sick!”

Updated 14th September

SB IS GO..

OK, it’s finally here. One of Londons finest skateboarding get togethers is amongst us. One shitty stereo, a crappy megaphone that doesn’t work (in fact the new one still has not been delivered to HQ yet) a couple of hundred top geezers and a crate of 1664 should do the trick followed by a cracking party in Camden.

One change to the info below is that Paul Machnau is injured and did not make the flight

This years’ Crossfire Southbank Jam in association with Globe Shoes has been officially scheduled for Saturday 15th September underneath the Queen Elizabeth Halls in London.

This years first confirmed guests will include Paul Machnau, Adam Dyet, Gailea Momolu and Terell Robinson from the US Darkstar Skateboards team, plus UK riders from The Harmony, Death, Blueprint, Heathen, Independent Trucks, Plan B, Creme, Casual, 50-50, Heroin, Karma, Spitfire Wheels, Independent Trucks, Creature, Landscape and the UK Globe Shoes Team.

The after party will be held at Klub Kerrang! in the Crossfire Room from 10pm-late. Get tickets at www.aloud.com and search for Klub Kerrang! Tickets are something silly like £4 each on there.

Anybody that skated in London over the last 2-3 years would have bumped into Tertius Vivier at some point. If you went to scralp a rail in the city he would already be there getting his trucks wet on the coping before everyone else.

He was deported back to SA for overstaying his visa last year but it’s good to see the monster is still ripping it up to get the most out of his urethane! Seriously, this bloke does not have the word NO in his vocabulary.

Christensen just sent these in and said. “He used to practise by holding onto the back of Christi’s bike and then Christi would fling him off and he’d fly into someones garden!”

But last week the crazy fuck went over to his buddy’s house after setting up brand new swiss bearings into his downhill monster. He then convinced Richard that they should go for a quick cruise down their normal hill (which is the road they live on…it’s gnarly), even though it’s 5pm and peak hour for commuters driving home from work. Richard hesitated but eventually gave in as T-bird was too hyped on his brand new swiss bearings and had to bomb straight away!

Once approaching the normal take off spot, Tertius thought it would be best to go a little further (higher) up the hill to get the maximum swiss effect. They quickly got they’re boards ready started pusing and pushing themselves faster and faster down this beast of a hill, he reckons he overtook Rich within 10 seconds flat! Whilst hitting a speed of about 80k/ph he was fast approaching a junction which has a 7/11(convenience store) and a gas station on the corner with constant traffic coming in and out of the parking area. After dodging cars like bullets, a driver skipped the Stop Sign and T-Bird had to bail to the side, jumping off at MAC10, crashing his board into a curb and flying about 30 feet down the road, ripping his arsehole to pieces and tearing right through his jeans and wallet!

For some reason he didn’t incur any injuries, besides a torn arsehole and I can guarantee you that he’ll be right back at the take zone in less than a month. Legend

This one of those random fuckalltodowithskateboarding news pieces and it is Friday of course…

There’s nothing like getting a Birthday card – especially from cute girls. This one is shoots and scores at the same time. I was gonna say keep ’em coming but maybe i will just stick with thanks Penny!