Category: Skateboarding News

Ryan Sheckler has offically left Almost Skateboards and is now another recruit at the ever growing Plan B Skateboards.

Relaunched in 2005, Plan B now boasts one of the most high profile teams in World Skateboarding with owners Danny Way and Colin McKay recruiting team riders Brian Wenning, Paul Rodriguez, Pat Duffy, Ryan Gallant and PJ Ladd at the helm of their brand, now strengthened further with the addition of Sheckler whose contract had allegedly expired at Almost.

Sheckler says “I am excited to be joining Plan B and look forward to being a part of great things to come. Let’s do this!”

You can see his pro models below that are available now but have a think about what the Plan B video is going to stuffed full of? Have you seen Sheckler’s most recent video part in the Oakley video yet? Ouch.

Ryan Sheckler just spent his 17th Birthday with Paul Rodriguez at the Key Club. The do was documented over at Vital Skate where eyebrows were raised when Sheckler had been spotted in a Plan B shirt?

With his name not appearing on the Almost website, it seems that his arrival to Plan B Team could well be imminent.

Go to the Almost site to see what the rest of the team got up to over xmas time and new year in their blog.

Our good friend Pat Duffy has come a croper at Bob Burnquist’s rather large mega ramp and will be out of skateboarding for a while.

The injury was originally reported as a broken leg but as you can see if you click here and watch this video of him getting some love, it doesn’t look too good.

All the best to you Pat, keep fighting on.

The weather is horrible outside and most are still hungover from NYE, so we thought we would bring you some recent promos from around the globe to kick start the New Year.

Joe Gavin (in association with Note Skateshop) presents Kip it Off – featuring Manchester‘s finest.

Mark Plain keeps it Plain and Simple with Philadelphia‘s finest.

The Blue Tile Lounge tries to teach you French with Sac le Bleu – featuring Ontario‘s finest.

The highly anticipated new Antiz video is ready to drop. Aptly titles Z-Movie will premiere on January 13th in Lyon at the Rail Theatre; Free booze and live music for everyone in attendance. A European tour will follow, but the dates and venues are yet to be announced.

Let it be known that Antiz aren’t in it for the money, so expect to find Z-Movie being dished out for free with Antiz decks and at all good skateshops.

Cliche are celebrating their decade of European brilliance with a fat load of limited edition goodies including these numbered decks – One is an OG 8.5 old-skool concave, whilst the other is a modern shape – a special DVD boxset with all the Cliche videos, jackets, fresh hats and more.

For a sneak peek at all the goodies, visit the Tenth Anniversary website here.

www.clicheskate.com

Karma Skateboards have just launched a new website this week, go find out more about their team that of course includes new rider Adam Aulaqi from Liverpool who will have a Crossfire Countdown interview on this site very soon.

You will find their new website here…

The man behind the Heroin has collaborated with the men behind the green and gold. Mark ‘Fos’ Foster just re-designed a limited edition of the Emerica Ridgemont shoe with his pretty purple paisley designs. Inspired by coffee, cakes and the colours purple, blue and black, Fos’ newest creation is set to hit the shelves in March 2007.

Keep your eyes peeled for more products from this limited series including hooded tops, hats, bandanas and t-shirts. Visit Emerica’s website or A Four Distribution for more info on future collections.

The Premiere of The Learning Curve was on Sunday night down in Lower Marsh opposite the old Cide shop which still has its sign up despite it now being a newsagents and the shop being long gone. A reminder of the not so distant past and a really nice skateshop and gallery.

The film was amazing and when it gets released it is a must have for anyone interested in London Skateboarding….spots all over central London some of which are familiar and others a revelation….London looks good through Phraeza’s lens and the skating matches the grandeur of the backdrop….check out the website for more from Phraeza and clips from the film.

Phraeza was there making sure everything ran smooth but he didn’t need to worry as people turned out en-masse and the place was packed, all the films skaters got cheers before after and during their runs…yes runs, the sections were actual runs around London rather than a montage of tricks which shows something about the skaters themselves and the potential of the London spots…London looked a little claustrophobic at times, a combination of underground spots and nightime filming which captured the essence of street skating in the city perfectly.

Jono

All good magazines started out as Zines, so keep an ear to the street with thelatest issue of Revert magazine ready for download here.

Issue No.8 features an interview with Danny Calow, a check up on the Boardroom skatepark, War of the Roses report and more.

www.revertmagazine.com