Category: Skateboarding News

With rumours running rife about delayed release dates, and multiple DVD options, I thought I’d contact Lakai‘s number one representative this side of the globe, Mathieu Tourneur, to get the official low-down on Fully Flared. Here’s what he had to say:

Nah mate, don’t believe the Hype… or do?

Sorry.

Don’t hold your breath…

Louie Barletta just finished his interview with Crossfire just after Slap Magazine released ‘A Week With Louie Barletta’ this month and right after he threw a ‘Prom Party‘ at the Mansion

Expect to see him skating around the UK with the rest of the Enjoi Team over the next month as they are scheduled to visit our shores on a filming mission.

Read Louie Barletta’s interview here at Crossfire this week.

Could it be the fastest delivery of a concrete park we have seen in the UK from scratch yet?

The locals at Dartford certainly seem to think so when they saw their brand new concrete creation opened by UK heads this weekend in Kent.

Marc Churchill may be recovering from a car accident but before he was forced to get his feet up, he and his team over at Gravity made sure that Dartford now have a decent skatepark that will certainly be on the travel list once the weather picks up again.

The weather played its part in trying to disrupt the opening ceremy and by the time the officials had finished their long winded speeches, the session kicked off with Heroin Skateboards’ Chris Ault being first to transfer the hips and Greg Nowik (pictured) showing his flying credentials. as usual.

Well done to Dave and all the locals down there for showing other communities that if you take time out to get the right people involved from day one, you will end up with a park that will be skated for years. If only London skateparks could follow suit and erect somewhere new to skate so quickly from plans, everything seems to take an age here.

Rumours that Cantellowes will be open for April much the same as the new London Bridge covered park are still floating about alongside the fact that Bay 66 will get a new streetcourse. This is of course the most ABD subject on offer in West London right now but the good news is that the design has been locked down thanks to swift work from various heads and the UKSA and that discussions are now taking place about the build which is expected to be completed before May.

Photo by Gorm

A new Heroin Skateboards DVD is dropping this month throughout the UK with whale eating Mark ‘Fos’ Foster featuring full parts from his newest team additions including Stephen ‘Rogie’ Roe, Chris Ault, Jon Monie, Colin Fiske and Deer Man.

According to the Heroin site Magic Sticky Hand (sounds sketchy huh!) will also feature their core team and guest appearances and friends which is expected to be out this month in your local skater owned shop.

Check the premiere dates here or visit www.heroinskateboarding.com for more.

Jeremy Donaldson and the Stockwell Skatepark locals have been busy working with the local council to ensure that the resurfacing of the legendary London park goes smoothly (pun intended).

There are talks about stripping the entire site to have it resurfaced by specialists. Jeremy has posted up possible designs here. Have a look and feel free to make any useful suggestions. Your feedback is needed.

www.stockwellskatepark.com

Adidas have stepped it up a knotch by adding Massachusetts powerhouse Dave Bachinsky to the Three Stripes team. US team manager, Bryce Kanights explained his choice of Dave for the team:

“Dave carries some rather big guns in his daily skating regimen. He’s a solid fit to our team and you can expect lots of progression and great things to come from him.”

Another development for Adidas, but this time in Europe is Neil Chester becoming team manager. Well done to both of them.

www.adidasskateboarding.com

Funeral French dropped us a mail to inform us about his haunted new site, Taped Copies.

Definitely worth checking out!

www.tapedcopies.com

If you’re going to manage a team of tough nuts, you know you’ve got to be a no-nonsense git from the get-go.

It comes as a pleasant surprise to see that Unabomber’s Harry Bastard has been named Team manager for the Flip team in CA. That’ll teach ’em.

www.flipskateboards.com

In an impressive business merger, Studio 411 has associated itself with I-Tunes to deliver the best coverage of your favourite skaters and spots in this new digital era.

Just visit the I-Tunes TV Show page, look for Studio 411 and get downloading.

Studio 411 also produces Ten80 Snowboarding, Nitro Circus Motocross and Matchstick Production ski shows.

www.studio411.com

Crossfire recently caught whiff of a dangerous new piece of British legislation that might try and restrict photographers from from shooting in public places.

This is not good for skate photographers who spend more time than most shutterbugs cramped up and crawling through inner city detritus for that one shot.

This is what we learnt:

‘…The UK Government is about to propose restrictions on photography in public places which could make street photography and documentary photographyagainst the law. These proposed changes to the law could result in photographers having to apply for ID cards in order to take pictures in public places.

With such limitations and procedures placed on them photographers such as Diane Arbus, Walker Evans, Garry Winogrand, Ed Ruscha, Brassai, Robert Frank, Cartier-Bresson, Bill Brandt, Stephen Shore and William Eggleston would perhaps not have been able to make the work for which they are now internationally recognised.’

Crossfire invites all those who feel concerned to sign the petition preventing this Orwellian action.

You must be a British citizen to sign this petition. If you aren’t, please forward this page to someone who is. If in doubt about signing- read this.