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La Vie En Carton

Having lived in a cardboard box for a fairly significant portion of my life (even if I mean this as some sort of uncomfortable metaphor for a flimsy, non-waterproof barricade between me and the bitter cold winds of reality), this little visual documentation from Trauma Skateboards, La Vie En Carton, had me compelled to watch […]

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DVD Reviews

Bellows- Lurking Class

12.02.08 I’ve always have a soft spot for Love Eneroth. a pioneer for the Scandinavian skate scene in early issues of Puzzle, a smooth operator in a world of brutes when he rode for Antiz, and a top fella when you meet him in the flesh. It seems like a bad back injury sidelined the […]

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Skateboarding News

Big Pushers return

Document’s Big Push 2007 is over and everyone is slowly returning to the real world and remembering what pillows and showers are. The Doco site is spreading the hype aready: “Rumors are circling, Neil Smith’s giant phone photo ollie, someone on Death got some ink on somewhere that it shouldn’t be, Olly Todd being brought […]

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Features

Fresh Blood – Pt 4

5th March 2007 This weeks Freshblood burst onto the scene only a year or so ago, and they don’t show any hesitation when it comes to complete annihilation. The usual route for a career in skateboarding would be to build up your confidence and gain recognition gradually, but these three skaters wasted no time in […]

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Fresh Blood – Pt 3

21st Feb 2007 This weeks Freshblood is a true trio of terror. Today’s skaters are savvy enough to know that a good rider can shred anything in his path. Variety and mercurial aptitude shine brighter than any one hit wonders any day. The 3 skaters we picked for this third installment of Freshblood will come […]

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Loic Benoit – Triple Shot

Loic Benoit is not a super hero. Loic Benoit is a skateboarder with ethics, willing to sacrifice a day job and financial security for his friends and a plank with four wheels. I don’t know if Loic ate all the pies, but he definitely has his grubby fingers stuck in a few. When I first […]

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Skateboarding News

Z-Movie Euro mayhem

Mayhem was the theme for the world premiere of Antiz Skateboards second video, Z-Movie, in Lyon at the Rail Theatre last weekend. Plenty of booze, live music and debauched behavior was had by all in attendance. So much so, that a certain Belgian professional better known at the Roest got to spend a night in […]

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Moves

Moves Gettin the Moo’s

Pic above from Chill Magazine (No.14) Photographer: Huynh • Lucas Puig – Backside flip fakie nose manual 180 out • Ted DeGros – Switch flip • Bryan Herman – Hardflip • Malcolm Watson – Backsideflip fakie manual revert • Sam Partaix – Alley-oop fakie 5-0 • Ryan Holloway – Kickflip wallride – (only the patient […]

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Skateboarding News

Belgian Bowls

Belgium really isn’t all that far from the UK, and in the last 6 months the land of Mussels and Beer has been seriously spreading a lot of ‘Crete. A new street plaza thing with a bit of quirky transition is currently getting trowelled up by visiting Team Payne heads and locals in Antwerp (Holla […]

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Skateboarding News

US Invasion?

When Element realized there was a lot of untapped talent abroad, it didn’t take long for the Element Europe team to start turning heads and make a name for themselves on the old continent. Well, today the skate world is no longer reduced to the West Coast of America and a lot of the major […]