As if it really matters to know who rides for what, where and when… All that really matters is that they’re skating, right? So, to put a few weird rumours about sponsorship, money and Koston aside, here’s some hot shit going down for next Es video. Yes!http://www.officialnewyork.com/clips/html/esny.html
Start speculating.
In the age of nano-technology, high unemployment and cheap gadgets, it comes as no surprise to see so many kids working on their own skate videos… So, once you’ve agthered all of tht footage and sat on it for a couple of years, re-editted the lot, filmed a bit more, sat on it a bit more and re-editted it again, and so on… you can finally think about releasing your precious brainchild to the ungrateful masses. No wonder deadlines get pushed back. However, you need a name for this masterpiece because without one people might not know what to ask for (if they ask for it at all!).
Click your browser over to www.namethisvideo.com amd win win yourself a Century Optics .3x Fisheye!
This has got to be one of the most fucked up things we have seen this year! Danny Way would have pissed it though….
Click here
After 5 years of staging the world’s largest skate event in conjunction with World Cup Skateboarding, GLOBE has decided it’s TIME FOR CHANGE and will now be hosting a stand alone event this coming February… The GLOBAL ASSAULT!
The contest location will remain the same, the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne Australia, and the evolution of our event will guarantee that the best skaters in the world will be treated to the most fair,legit, open format skate contest ever held–with a focus on the skateboarding, not the points, not the time… Not to mention a chance to grab a chunk of the USD$100,000.00 Cash Purse.
The GLOBAL ASSAULT will also be the most-watched Internet skate event ever, featuring a series oflead-up programs and an unprecedented live webcast…
www.globe.tv for more info
Raining outside? Rollerblade jam going on in your local indoor skatepark? Well, Etnies footwear have a great new game on their website that you can kill your time with. Skate downhill and grab shoeboxes, avoid kerbs, ollie of ramps and try and beat everyone else scores at www.etniesskate.com/extra/games/downhill/
The “Concrete Carnage” event documentary is about to hit the Extreme channel in December. The premier date for the show is 8 Dec at 2000, it will be repeated over the weekend on 9th Dec at 1730, 10th Dec at 1200, 1730 & 2230 and 11 Dec at 1400, 1830 & 2430.
For a write up of this event with pics, click here.
Etnies proudly welcomes its newest rider and Black Label pro, Kyle Leeper, to the etnies Skate team. Kyle has kept himself plenty busy skating and traveling with the team for the last couple months on tours, demos, shooting photos, filming etc.
One glimpse at Kyle’s part in TransWorld’s Subtleties video or his recent cover of TransWorld SKATEboarding’s Photo Annual and you’ll know that Kyle’s ability to skate obstacles in a completely unique way is what truly sets him apart from the crowd. He’ll skate the same ledge, gap, pole jam, wallride or tranny as everybody else, but he’ll skate it in the way everyone else hasn’t. Regardless of the terrain, he kills it.
Check www.etnies.com for all info on the current team.
Tony Hawk arrived in London to skate at Bay 66 skate park and promote his new Tony Hawk game coming out on Activision. He was joined by Pete King, Mark Munson and Aussie rider Jake Brown on the vert ramp in the midst of hundreds of excited kids. Hawk has recently visited 3 European countries on this tour with London. Congrats to Mr Hawk as he is set to marry his wife Erin in Fiji in January..
The Tony Hawk’s American Wasteland video game is launched this month, click here for more info.
Sheltered, the 4th local skate video from Hastings and Bexhill features a group of friends who’ve tried to escape the sheltered towns they live in by traveling to many locations around the world from London to Tokyo and has just premiered in Hastings. The South East scene hasn’t featured much in the skateboard press but it exists and is thriving all the time with skaters such as Luke Dench and Joe Sandland pushing it to the next level. The previous video ‘no skateboarding’ got a fairly good review in Sidewalk Magazine but Sheltered will blow that one away with better editing, an all British soundtrack and consistent skateboarding.
Email: sam_designs@hotmail.co.uk for more info.
Ah! The battle of the stances continues… The Etnies Goofy Vs. Regular contest has just finished and the rebel forces fought well securing a revengeful victory for the Goofy footers. Dave Swift led his right foot forward gang of plank pirates (Koston, Cannon, Appleyard and Rodriguez) to victory over Jake Phelps’ left foot forward losers (Senn, Salabanzi, Cole and Sheckler).
Chris Cole got dizzy enough to win the MVP for the regular footed folk, whilst Jereme Rogers switched things up to swipe MVP for the Goofy bunch. Whether or not such pointless competitions should be condoned or not isn’t really up to us to decide. Considering how normal it is for kids to skate switch today, the true value of stance is about as strong as exchanging rupees for roubles… But don’t forget that there was once a strong stance that ran the road: Mongo pushers have nearly all been eradicated today, but something dark is dawning on the horizon…
www.etniesskate.com for more