Gravity Parks have installed a fun looking mini ramp in Fareham, near to Portsmouth which is er obnviously fit for everyone AND pirates.
It;s made out of steel but it;s the only material the council would run with by all accounts, but go check it out.
Los Angeles had its annual X-Games this week and here are the results below.
You can watch footage at www.espn.com if you care to watch it.
Street (mens)
1. Chris Cole
2. Ryan Sheckler
3. Andrew Reynolds (pic)
4. Jereme Rogers
5. Eric Koston
6. Greg Lutzka
7. Paul Rodriguez
8. Nyjah Huston
9. Billy Marks
10. Rodolpho Ramos
Street (womens)
1. Elissa Steamer
2. Lauren Perkins
3. Lacey Baker
4. Marissa Del Santo
5. Vanessa Torres
6. Amy Caron
7. Elizabeth Nito
8. Evelien Bouilliart
Mega Ramp
1. Danny Way
2. Jake Brown
3. Bob Burnquist
4. Bucky Lasek
5. Andy Macdonald
6. Rob Lorifice
Vert Comp (women)
1. Carabeth Burnside
2. Mimi Knoop
3. Karen Jones
4. Jen O’Brien
5. Holly Lyons
6. Tina Neff
7. Jodi McDonald
8. Annie Sullivan
Vert Comp (men)
1. Sandro Dias
2. Bob Burnquist
3. Bucky Lasek
4. Andy Macdonald
5. Rune Glifberg
6. Anthony Furlong
7. Matthias Ringstrom
8. Shaun White
9. Jean Postec
10. Tas Pappas
Vert (best trick)
1. Bucky Lasek – Frontside Cab Varial Heelflip
2. Max Dufour – Backside Kickflip Tailgrab 360
3. Bob Burnquist – Frontside Tailslide 360 out
Word on the street is the ramps have been resurfaced down in Maidstone just in time for their local skate comp planned for 19th August.
Entry is £5 and spectators go Free.
Click here to visit Love’n’Skate who have all the details.
The Blueprint team have been on the road again for the last week fresh off the Big Push which is set to be launched on the next cover of Document Magazine.
Chewy, Baines, Kennedy, Jensen, Smithy, Brady, Shier, Baker and Jerome Campbell look like they all made the trip that has seen them fly through Glasgow, Edinburgh, Newcastle, Stockton on Tees, Liverpool, Sheffield, Leeds and Stoke so far.
This shot of Vaughan Baker courtesy of Matthew Sefton at Five Bridges is one of a few you can see if you click here.
The tour continues with a stop at Guildford on 9th August with a signing at Route One, Bored Skateshops signing in Southsea on Thursday 10th and finishing at Slam City on Friday 11th.
You can find more pics of the tour at www.streetbeers.com
Element Skateboards have been organising a new series of boards for you recently with the help of artist Matt Irving.The collectable series made up of 5 decks for Jake Rupp, Tosh Townend, Colt Cannon and Bam Margera, with the addition of the Element Arrow for the speed freaks. In fact i want one of those, maybe there will only be 99 left when you go to purchase one….
If you want to hear more about how this came about and who Matt Irving is, then click here.
If you did not know already, Edinburgh Council and local Scottish skaters are now 5 years into raising planning permission to build a skate park in the City.
Skateboard Scotland are looking for your signatures to help get this up and running, as over the last 5 years the project has been held back by objections and concerted anti-skateboarding campaigns by the local residents.
You can make a difference TODAY if you are reading this and it will take only a few minutes of your time. Sign the petition here and help Edinburgh have the park it so badly needs. You must do this today though as the petition weill be handed in on August 4th.
Click here to sign up and support the cause.
Just recently, you may have heard about the Finnish skateboard explosion documented on the Neighbours DVD with it’s stylish production and shit hot skating. If not, get over to the competitions page as we are giving 5 copies of this out this month, so be quick.
We searched the web for you and found that if you have a spare 1000 Europes to hand, you could buy yourself one of these exclusive chairs made in Finland to to make your viewing pleasure even more comfortable. No wonder this tight unit now sits on her board though as she will not get much skating down with one leg now would she?!
More at www.tunto.com
Andrew Reynolds’ Altamont Apparel will be launched in store in October of this year and it promises to cater for those who have a sense of uniqueness and personal style.
The name comes from a free show put on in Rolling Stones at the Altamont Speedway where turbulence hit the venue and the tragic happenings were seen by many as the end of that phase of youth culture.
Altamont Apparel will have design skills on hand from Heroin Skateboards owner Mark ‘Fos’ Foster who has been in LA recently finalising the graphics, so you know it’s not gonna be shite in any way with these 2 peeps on board and Soletech would have backed another winner.
The full Spring 2007 line will be premiered at Project in Las Vegas this coming August. To find out more, check out www.altamontapparel.com.
They launched their brand new skate company this year and already things are happening at a rate of knots with Mark Burrows, Colin Adam & Paul Rimmer doing as much damage in the public eye as possible.
Burrows is killing it up at Livi and all over Scotland, as per usual. If yo have ever seen this guy skate you would never forget it. He’s just got a whole heap of new skate-tattoos done by old school gnarler Fred Smith whilst on a recent trip to the US.
Colin Adam just broke his cherry in Document Magazine with a monster invert at the East Kilbride killing grounds and is skating a lot with his brother – Anti-Hero rider Div.
Paul Rimmer now joins a multitude of skaters that have moved to London recently with notable coverage in Sidewalk, Document and Kingpin Magazine.
If you have seen This ‘n’ That you would have bumped into him on your TV set, and if not, you should have done, the DVD is the nuts – go out and buy it.
Rimmer is also busy filming another part for ‘The Learning Curve‘, an independent London flick. Look out for product reviews of Heathen decks over the next month. Eye them up at www.heathenskateboards.co.uk
Tony Hawk’s Birdhouse Skateboards have been scouring the youth to strengthen their team and have just announced new AM rider Shaun Gregoire to be their newest recruit. If you ever wanted to see a new AM’s Sponsor Me video, click here and check this kid out for yourself.
The upcoming Birdhouse video is being put together as we type this and will also have a banging section from Matt Ball who started out as a Birdhouse AM from Las Vegas. His pro model will drop in the Autumn with the release of a special “Black Light Edition” deck, so watch this space.
Check www.birdhouseskateboards.com for more.