Category: Skateboarding News

Oh dear. Two of Britain’s rawest riders and good friends, Nic Zorlac and Marc Churchill both suffered some nasty injuries this month.

Zorlac managed to slip off his griptape at a recent Epic Skatepark Jam in Brum and is now uncomfortably in plaster tending to a broken arm and Churchill is resting up in hospital after a nasty car accident left him with broken ribs amongst other injuries.

All at Crossfire wishes both skaters a speedy recovery – the UK skate scene will simply not be the same without the pair of them.

Volcom are probably your best bet when you want to see a mini ramp jam go off in a major way.

This year they topped themselves again with the Acid Drop Jam Fest, tie dye and flowers in your hair affair. The ramp had some unique features including a driveway gap cut into the platform and a huge over-vert Volcom Stone wave.

Volcom Stone’s Mini Ramp Jam Pro Results:
1st – Kyle Berard – $10,000
2nd – Rune Glifberg- $7,500
3rd – Chet Childress- $5,000
4th – Ivan Rivado- $3,000
5th – Mike Peterson- $2,000
6th – Dennis Busenitz- $1,500
7th – Anthony Furlong- $1,000
8th – Alain Goikoetxea- $1,000
9th – Caswell Berry – $1,000
10th – Tim Johnson- $1,000

Check out more info and pictures here , and watch the hot footage by clicking the image above.

The Swiss technicians over at 242 skateboards have got their own 242 Tube page that they update regularly with dope footage from Lake Geneva to the top of the Alps. Their new promo, Les Magnifiques filmed by Yves Marchon is up there. Don’t miss it!

Don’t forget to check the 242 store for the finest threads and treads. Exclusive Swiss.

www.242skateboards.com

Swigging beers whilst killing it at every spot is bound to get you noticed the Devil Spawn, Dustin Dollin, isn’t partial to the limelight.

Epicly later’d has teamed up with VBS TV to produce this new show highlighting everybody’s favourite Aussie.

Drink to this.

www.epiclylaterd.com

The Works is hosting yet another stellar event on Saturday 10th March from midday to 8pm.

We are the Champions is a 5 man team event divided into categories- mates, brands and shops. Each team will battle it out with MC Bob Sanderson screaming abuse at them all day.

Extra Brucie bonus points will be given to all those who dress up and make fools of themselves. It’s £10 admission with cash prizes for the brand teams and prizes for everyone else. Be there or be square!

www.theworksskatepark.co.uk

After last year’s success, the territorial skate dispute heads north once more.

The event will take place over the weekend of 21st-22nd April, Saturday at Transition Extreme in Aberdeen, and Sunday at Unit 23 in Dumbarton.

Keep an eye on Skateboard Scotland for more developments. Check this trailer to get your Irn Bru pumping.

www.skateboardscotland.com

Well, its about 20 years too late, but i guess the next generation of rippers from Surrey’s St Helier, Sutton and Merton area will finally get a skate park to shred!

I spent all of my years skating the streets of this area, making our own backyard ramps in disused garages and generally having to travel into town for a sesh unless Fairfields or Worcester Pk was on the agenda for the day, so it’s great to see that locals finally have a spot.

The parks website reports that “….all the ramps and tarmac are in place. All that remains is to finish surfacing with the top layer of Skatelite. The quality is very impressive, with transitions looking perfect for beginners and experts”.

Hopefully the skatelite will resist petrol bombing from the local chavs so we can actually go and christen this park when it’s live! Well done to all involved!

Z-Ed

When Jason Adams isn’t enjoi-ing a good wallride schralp, he’s probably painting or getting arty.

Keep tabs on the lanky yank by checking out his cool new site, The Lost Highway.

www.enjoico.com

Popping ollies and leaping downs double sets is all good, but I honestly think the real skill comes in lacing together a good line.

Just for the record- a line is 3 consecutive tricks at least. None of that one trick followed by a hammer crap, ok?

So, Matix know what’s up and organised the Lord of the Lines where pros had to mix and match three tricks on an assortment of manual pads, flatbars and wedge ledges for the $15000 prize money. Needless to say shit was going off.

When the dust settled, it was street demi-god Ronnie Creager who pocketed the cool 10 G’s, with Joey Brezinski hot on his tail and Dennis Busenitz coming third.

Peep the video here, and train up!

It looks like some skaters coerced enough with local governing body to get permission to build their own park.

The Seattle scene will now benefit from the Marginal Way skatepark situated under Highway 99 at the Northern end. The park has been under construction since end September 2005, but the guys keep adding on new obstacles.

Check out their site and get inspired.

John Dils (R.I.P) Frontside air over the hip photo by Brad Shows

www.marginalwayskatepark.org/