Category: Skateboarding News

The premier skate shoe company of the moment are busy getting their European Open’s on the road and the Munich heat just finished with some astonishing skating going down.

The highlights of the weekend’s event were Lim Vellemin’s Backside nosebluntslide on the big yellow rail, Bas Janssen’s Kickflip frontside tailslide atop the goal posts, and a little 11 year old named Axel Cruysberghs from Belgium. The midget was in for business and attacked the course with 14 foot (!) boardslides and huge 360 flips. It’s got to be something in the water…

Results as follows:

1. Georges Agonkouin (France)
2. Philipp Schuster (Germany)
3. Chris Oliver (UK)
4. Chris Pfanner (Austria)
5. Axel Cruysberghs (Belgium)

Girls Results:

1. Evelien Bouilliart (Belgium)
2. Kristina Westad (Norway)
3. Ianire Elorriaga (Spain)
4. Sabrina Göggel (Germany)

Music and skateboarding run in parallel lines like the chords of a guitar, and when everything’s in tune, the two cultures can blend together harmoniously. We’ve seen the Beastie Boys, the Misfits and even Blink 182 get pro model skateboards, but now it’s the turn of New York rapper, Lupe Fiasco with Listen Skateboards.

Lupe is doing the rounds with his smash debut hit, Kick Push – a track about the day to day life of a city skater. Apparently the track was inspired by a skate friend telling Lupe all about the hassle skaters get nowadays. So, when can we expect to Danny Montoya or Rob Ganzales featuring on one of the Rocafella artist’s tracks..?

www.listenskateboards.com

Hunter S. Thompson was a journalist ahead of his time, and before the fame that was Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Hunter caught people’s attention with Hells Angels- a hell ride with one of America’s most feared gangs. Hunter infiltrated the biker crew and actually became good friends with a few of the burly men and women, partying together and rolling of course.

However, the relationship came to a halt when a few misinformed and disgruntled Angels gave Hunter a beat down he wouldn’t forget. You see the Angels were a bit of a phenomenon back in the day, but the media hardly ever gave them a good rap. With a head full of booze and pills, the Hells Angels got confused and decided Hunter was no longer a on their side…

What does all that have to do with Emerica and their plans to tour through Middle America on their Harley Davidson’s for the Wild Ride Tour? Not much apart from the motorcycles, I suppose. Check these dates and cities and see if you want to hit the road and tag along:

June 11: Denver, Colorado
June 12: Hays, Kansas
June 13: Wichita, Kansas
June 14: Kansas City, Missouri
June 15: Columbia, Missouri
June 16: Manchester, Missouri
June 17: Springfield, Illinois
June 18: Driving day–head toward Milwaukee, Wisconsin
June 19: Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Visit www.emericaskate.com/features/wild-ride for more info.

It’s nice to see an implanted yank company taking things seriously inre: their Euro roster. Click over to www.matixclothing.com and watch a sweet little promo of the Euro team:

Chewy Cannon – whose interview with Crossfire is incoming! – Daniel Kinloch, Joey Pressey, Jody Smith, Josh Perret and Joe Lynsky.

Crossfire have been name-dropping this young Belgian ripper for a while now, and when big companies like Etnies are stoked to have her riding for the team, you know there must be proof in the pudding.

16 year old wonderkid Evelien Bouillart has found a place on the official Etnies Girl team alongside heavy weights Elissa Steamer and Lauren Perkins. If you want to see why, get yourself to one of the main Euro contests this summer and witness the sickness!*

* We’re currently working an interview with Evelien, so keep connected to Crossfire to hear what’s up!

www.etniesgirl.com

When Etnies opened their brand new New York store, they figured a mini ramp couldn’t go amiss on the studio roof. Well, the snobbish neighbours didn’t take too well to Etnies idea and have currently taken it as their God-given duty to remove the construction from the site ASAP. Party poopers!

Here is a clip of Ronnie Creager, Eric Fletcher and Jimmy Boyes (!) riding the deathtrap. Judge for yourselves, but it doesn’t look like a problem to us..?

Damn! Stoke has already blown minds with it’s avant-garde and on-point skate plaza design, but things just got better with the inclusion of new rails dotted around the area.

When you think London can’t get itself organised to mix a bag a concrete properly…

There is a mini ramp jam happening in a warehouse on Sunday 22nd May (yep, bloody soon) with prizes from Death Skateboards and other sponsors that have poroduct that will fall off the back of a lorry on the day.

It’s at the Seager Distillery in Deptford, travel to Deptford Bridge DLR.

If you want more info email Dave Chesson at info@rampjam.co.uk as he has all the details you need.

Click the image to visit the Ramp Jam site.

Next time you’re passing through Lyon hoping for a chance to catch a glimpse of the ‘Euro Gino Ianucci’ JB Gillet, your best chance is if you drop by his brand new skateshop, Ballz Out!

This conventionally named store is going to be placed in the higher echelons of class like it’s manager, and co-worker Nico.

Check it out at: Ballz Out – 28 Rue Bugeaud Lyon 69006

Yet another banger of a skate video, Life and Times is a new production from Real Skateboards that follows the team through their travels and really catches the lifestyle that pro and amateur skaters endure and enjoy.

From one of the hardest working teams in the business, you know they didn’t pull any stops with this one. Release is imminent.