Category: Skateboarding News

Spring 2006 is not as far away as we think – next month in fact! March will bring the UK launch of the brand new VOX skate brand with the entire range available in shops with its Spring 2006 collection of shoes and clothing.

Information just in about the UK team reveals that the following peeps will be sporting Vox footwear this year:

VOX UK TEAM

Danny Calow, Watkins, Ronny Calow, Lewis Davies, Guzman, Doug McCloughlan, Moggins and Benson.

VOX US TEAMDarren Navarette, Ricky Oyola, Adrian Mallory, Justin Strubing, Peter Hewitt, Neil Blender, Dan Drehobl, Emmanuel and JT Aultz.

More info and shoe pics over at www.voxfootwear.com

Ever dreamed of seeing your picture on a board? Well, Nomad Skateboards, based in Spain, are looking for a freelance to design some new graphics for their boards and products.

Will you get away with some Randy Colvin Shenanigans? Or, perhaps you are more refined like Andy Jenkins? To find out contact Nomad at communication@nomadskateboards.net

Otherwise, check out their stuff already at www.nomadskateboards.com

People with poor geography knowledge will always throw the Danes, Swedes, Finns and Norwegians into the same basket and label them ‘Scandinavian‘. Even though they are all Scandinavian, they are also very different!

Would a Scot allow himself to be labelled Irish? Or, and Englishman Welsh??? We didn’t think so.

Luckily these Northern neighbours are good enough pals to get their skate on together for the hot new video project Neighbours- NOTHING to do with some dodgy Australian soap opera!

The men behind the lens are Geir Allan Hove and Øyvind Aspen, whilst in front for our viewing pleasure we have Janne Saario, Love Enroth, Henning Braaten, Jani Laitiala, Mike Edin, Stefan Jacobsen, Kristian Bomholt and Anders Jorgensen. Phew! That’s a lot of good skating- trust us!

The video WILL be available in the UK for sure, so we will let you know as soon as we find out the dates in future news.

Click the image above to watch the wonderfully arranged trailer and visit their site direct here.

Haters are busy trying to bring something good to its knees, but The Firm ain’t dead yet!

News direct from the source tells us Weiger is hitting the shelves with two new pro models, Javier Sarmiento is shifting weight too with his new Al Capone model, and Rodrigo TX is handling business proper, taking no prisoners with his technical suave and dropping not one pro spotlight but TWO!

Lance Mountain is the only man down at the moment with a tweaked knee, but right hand man Ray Barbee is still smiling as he strums his instrument for live shows in San Fransisco. Finally, Mr. Bob Burnquist is somewhere in the stratosphere doing corkscrew loops and frontside 540’s to tail a.k.a. the Gnar Jar (adlibbed by Jake Phelps)….get with the times and eat this news bitch, the team are on fire!

Whilst most of us woke up on Saturday morning feeling rough from the night before, some of us didn’t. There will always be a time when the party gets the last laugh and you have to pay the tab. The 18th Febuary 2006 was Harold Hunter’s last order at the bar.

Harold was a true New York legend who repped Zoo York since way back when and stayed true to his roots despite all the politics and bullshit. Harold had mad charisma and shone through as an emblem of what having fun was all about, be it on or off the board. Sadly, the fast life of the Big Apple party scene caught up with Harold and took him away from us much too soon.

To remember Harold properly, we suggest you visit the following sites:www.splay.com/harold/

In his own words: www.splay.com/harold/video.html

The picture of a very young Harold on this page is ripped off the web, if you shot it, sorry we did not ask your permission to use it. It sums up all of us as we all start somewhere and enjoy our lives to the full.

This news has just arrived from Mark Brewster who is helping to get a new cement park built in Potters Barn.

The park has a tight budget, but judging by the visuals, it looks like a fun place to have a whiz around. Transitions, hips, Pier 7-esque ledges and manual pads… it’s all there and will hopefully be up and running before the end of the year. Fingers crossed.

Check out www.freestyleskateparks.com for all the info about other Freestyle skate park designs.

News this hot needs a proper Westwood blast off:

*Blasts signals, horns, coins tumbling, rockets exploding!* DAAAAMMMNNN DOGG!!! So HOTT right now!! HOLLA BACK! Fully Flared getting’ ready to drop in the Oh-Six shooter… DAAAMN!!*Blasts more rocket signals!* I’m FEELIN’ the Lakai DOGGS!!! Droppin’ MAD pressure right now… Peep the trailer! Pop the Trunk for that CRUNK Juice… HOLLA!!!! ONE for all my Y-Ohs… All my JUVES on lockdown! H-M-P!!! * Blasts a huge mix of signals, horns, smashed glass, rockets, coins…*

www.lakai.com

Alright, get your fingers at the ready because two new websites have just popped up and they are shit hot. First of all we have the wreckless and inspiring www.skatopiathemovie.com . This website is chock full of stories and teasers that are appetizers for a full length movie about Brewce Martin’s Skatopia compound in Ohio.

Step up or get out is pretty much the motto for these bowl thrashing libertines as they grind the pool coping to the punk rock riffs of Duane Peters and the Hunns, or take a hazardous ride atop a racing car on a path to destruction!

Elsewhere on the web you can now find a home for Rob Selley’s brainchild: www.motiveskateboards.com . Rob has gathered a sick team of stylers to push the boundries of street skating into the future. With notables like Jody Smith and Layth Sami rolling through, you know a video project is going to be amazing.