Category: Skateboarding News

After the success of exhibitions in New York and Oz, not to mention publications in Sidewalk and doing work for such companies as Crossfire, Creature, Emerica, Zero and Heroin to name but a few, Brixton artist French, is having a two month exhibition at Projekts MCR in Manchester.

His exhibition runs from June 1st until July 30th from 7-9pm at the Projekts MCR Gallery, located at 36-40 Edge Street, Northern Quarter, Manchester, M4 1HN. Just keep your ear out for the death metal accompanying the show.

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In celebration of it’s 10 years of being an indoor haven for skaters inside and out of London, not to mention holding a ridiculous amount of events and demos every year, Bay Sixty 6 will be throwing a huge jam in to coincide with the park’s new bowled area and street course.

This has got it all, best trick contests on the new obstacles, tons of prizes and free stuff for everyone, pro skaters from just about everywhere, live music and even a BBQ. A BBQ! Stoked!

At a fiver for entry, you can’t possibly be thinking about doing anything else. Get hyped!

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Crossfire is proud to announce that we have been asked to be a media sponsor in this years Vans UK team tour that will be hitting up your local spots from 28th July – 6th August this summer.

Expect Danny Wainwright, Chris Oliver, Ross McGouran, Marc Churchill, Ben Grove, Howard Cooke, Pete King, Rogie, Olly Tyreman, Frank Stephens, Kris Vile, James Gardner to be on board the wagon plus special guests. Is this the best UK shoe team line up ever? Looks like this will blow up.

Wherever you are in the world you will will not miss any of the action as Crossfire will be bringing you daily updates via video blogs from the bus exclusive to this very site.

Start planning your trip….

DATES:

28th Jul – Shop Visit Slam City Skates, London / Bay Sixty6, London.
29th Jul – Shop Visit Exit, Leeds / The Works, Leeds.
30th Jul – Shop Visit Mischief, Stockton / R-Kade Skatepark, Redcar
1st Aug – Shop Visit Focus, Glasgow / Kelvingrove Skatepark, Glasgow
2nd Aug – Ramp City, Blackpool
3rd Aug – Shop Visit Dazed / Stoke Plaza
4th Aug – Shop Visit 50:50, Bristol / DLH Funday – Dean Lane Skatepark, Bristol
5th Aug – Mt Hawke Skatepark, Mt Hawke, Cornwall
6th Aug – Shop Visit Flavour, Newquay & Vans Summer Sessions till 12th Aug

We just got a mail from friends at Vans UK letting us know they just got back from the latest Pro-Tec pool party in California in one piece and once again it sounded off the hook.

Jasper Jones said “…the Masters division was unbelievable Mickey Alba and Steve Alba doing doubles, Rune and Burnquist ruled it, Lance Mountain full stop and Duane Peters, well….it was a bit of a dream!“

Wait no longer though because you can watch the action if you click here.

While the southerners are wetting their whistle to the Plan B demo at the fresh grounds of Saffron Walden on June 3rd, those cats up north aren’t going to be left high and dry.

A few rippers off the Zero team will be reppin’ at Prissick Plaza at a gorgeously slapdash jam. Not a demo, just a session with some of the world’s hardest hitters!

Garret Hill, Conhuir Lynn, James Brockman, Dominik Dietrich and Keegan Saunder will all be attendance, so if you want to get down and dirty with these dudes make sure you get to Prissick Plaza on June 3rd. Savage.

www.prissickplaza.co.uk

Those cheeky chaps over at Cock Skateboards will be premiering their latest video at the 3rd annual Hastings skate comp on July 29th.

The comp begins at noon and will feature a Park comp and a vert wall best trick with prizes galore. There is also a 1066 fancy dress rule (imagine if Cates and Dibble went!), so make sure you dust off your chainmail, stick your tin helmet on and get down there for the fun.

The Cock Skateboards video will be show at the afterparty at Heroes from 8pm onwards, with live bands and all the usual carnage ready to throwdown so get your cock out on this one for sure…

www.myspace.com/hastingsskatecomp

Duffs and Consolidated ripper Ben Raemers will be joining the elite on the plane to Malmo for the Quiksilver Bolwriders finals after winning the qualifier at Cantelowes Skatepark in London.

Click here for a full feature with a rocking video from the event.

In honour of Go Skateboarding Day on the 21st June, Nike SB have teamed up with Blueprint Skateboards, Made For Skate and The Side Effects Of Urethane to bring you three exhibitions that delve deep into the culture of skateboarding.

To kick off the event, Nike will be unveiling their new shoe, made in collaboration with the illustrious Blueprint. This will be followed by an in-depth look at Britain’s chief skateboarding company.

Made For Skate offer an exploration into the history and cultural context of skateboard footwear. Where as the tight moving units, TSEOU will be offering their new skateable sculptures to the perusing eye of curiosity.

All this malarkey will be taking place from June 22nd until July 8th, from 11am until 6pm at Studio 95, The Old Truman Brewery, 95 Brick Lane, London E1.

www.nikeskateboarding.com

Girl and Chocolate Skateboards team riders hit London’s Southbank this Saturday on their EurOK European Tour.

Sean Malto seemed to be the name of everybody’s lips after the show. The 17 year old from Kansas rolled up the yellow brick road and hucked out a frontside tail slide and 270’d out on the ledge amongst a bag of other tricks, Justin Eldridge proved his name is as big as it should be nosegrinding the same ledge and Brandon Biebel still has the best control in the biz when he is on form.

Watch the video on this page speedily edited for you by Tim Mogridge.

Europe’s biggest skate, surf and music festival is returning to Newquay for it’s 26th year bringing you the best of two prolific pastimes, running from the 6th-12th August.

A Vans Vert ramp will be there for the big ramp heads, whilst an Eastpak Mini ramp will be witnessing all the tech shenanigans bound to be going down. Of course, there are also two surfing contests, men and women, if you’re down with that steez.

And that’s only one side of it, who can forget the music? Opening the Unleashed show are the explosive Enter Shikari, whilst Ash and Paulo Nutini, amongst others will be headlining throughout the week. They got 35 bands down for this event, you can’t miss out!

More importantly, a Fosters beach bar will be quenching your thirst throughout the event. This summer looks like it’s going to be huge.

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