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REGENERATION…

Trick of the Week: Steve Forstner clears a monster gap with one of the most amazing ollies ever seen for Antiz Skateboards. Link of the Day: Almost Ready… The amount of boxes in the office right now means that something very big is happening as you read this. We’re almost ready now… and we are […]

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Skateboarding News

Lyon Getting A Skatepark?

Things are all a bit up in the air at the moment concerning Lyon getting a second free skatepark. Despite being home to France’s strongest skate scene and several skateshops, and two of Europe’s most notable skate companies (Cliché and Antiz), the town just can’t seem to get it together for a new concrete park […]

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Download Puzzle No.1

The premier Euro video magazine, Puzzle had the foresight to see that downloading was the future and acted accordingly. Just so you can remember how it all began, they are letting you download the first ever issue of Puzzle at www.puzzlevideo.com. Whilst we’re talking footage, here is a list of all the latest DVDs to […]

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Lille Skate Expo

Image (right) by Seb Michelini, other images courtesy of Wig Worland and RLD. Written by Ralph Lloyd-Davis Lille is a buzzing town on the north-eastern border of France neighbouring with Belgium, and also the first stop once you have spent 20 minutes under the Channel via Eurostar. Despite the industrial roots, Lille has shed the […]

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Moves

Cow Grinds plus…

• Willy Santos: Wallride shove-it to fakie (pic) • Louis Cooper: Nollie 360 flip • JB Gillet: Pupecki grind • Danny Way: Bomb drop • Sam Partaix: Blunt to fakie • Antwuan Dixon: Noseslide nollie 270 heelflip out • Peter Hewitt: Frontside invert Top 5 Random Videos Blurts: 1. “Yeeeaaahhhh man!” Joey Suriel throwing gang […]

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Skateboarding News

Lyon War of the Roses?

The subtle subterfuge of the skateboard market in Lyon is starting show its ugly side as the two resident companies and business rivals*, Antiz and Cliché, fly their colours in regards football and the local team’s dominance of the league tables. In the Blue corner we have Olympique Lyonnais FC affecianados Cliché who have just […]

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Interviews

Rodney Clarke Interview

Pics courtesy of Leo Sharpe and Richie Hopson Rodney Clarke has lived a larger life than anyone, but still stays humble and down to Earth. Already those are two attributes some of us only wish we could answer for. Rodney is a veteran yet still stands at the front of the game. He is recognised […]

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Fight for the right to party!

Fed up with the bad rep they have been given and the imminent threat of hefty fines, the skate community of Barcelona took to the streets and protested against the new law that bans any skating, street vending, art etc in the Catalan capital. Even though security and Police in the area are definitely w! […]

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Greg Lutzka

Greg has worked his way up into the ranks of being one of the Almost Skateboard Teams top riders with his unique flair and big balls. Zac went to meet the Almost team during November 04 whilst they were in London for the premiere of Round 3 and armed with questions from Ralph LD and a few others on the web, this is what went down….

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Ali Boulala

When I first met Ali Boulala, the first thing to hit me was that his reputation preceeds him. Ali wasn’t pissed out of his head or breaking boards every five minutes. Ali was having fun skating. Over the years, this flame of youth burns strongly within the young Swede and his desire to do something or have something are stronger than your average person’s, that’s sure.