The evil brainwashing company Toy Machine have released their latest Sect Eye wheels for the summer months ahead. Grab these 100a numbers for around £20 in your local skate shop this month in various sizes.
New Welcome decks from their Summer 2015 range are heading to you local skate shop. Look out for these on your travels and get on this new Chris Milic edit here.
Welcome’s Chris ‘Mango’ Milic is back with more fun skateboarding, this time from the NYC scene video ‘Life is Goodie’ that is out on general release.
Caveman feebs?
Here’s some b-roll footage from the flick too:
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Josh Borden’s Born-N-Bred part
Josh Borden attacks ditches, pools, full pipes and backyard ramps in this strong new Santa Cruz footage filmed to Fugazi.
Back in the 80s the Nude Bowl was one of the most sessioned spots in California. Stuck out in the middle of the desert as part of an old deceased nudist colony, it was a top party spot that hosted the best pool skaters known to the scene. Recently though, this famous kidney pool was dug out from its grave, touched up and made ready to skate again.
The Resurrection was graced by the Skateboard Mag who invited a few select rippers to open her in style. Enjoy this session with Peter Hewitt, Screech, new Birdhouse rider Alan Young, Al Partenen, Stu Graham, Brad McLain, Mason Merlino and more. Click here to watch it.
Following the announcement of his forthcoming mini LP, Another One, Mac Demarco is streaming lead track ‘The Way You’d Love Her’ on SoundCloud. The Canadian has already sold out his headline London date at The Roundhouse, so be sure to catch him at festivals on the dates below this summer.
Another One is due August 7th via Captured Tracks.
UK Tour Dates
June
6 Manchester, Parklife Festival
7 London, Field Day Festival
September
5 Stradbally (Ireland), Electric Picnic
6 Salisbury, End of the Road festival
7 Glasgow, ABC
8 Bristol, Motion
9 London, Roundhouse (sold out)
10 Birmingham, The Institute
12 Manchester, Beacons Metro Festival
Another One Track Listing:
The Way You’d Love Her
Another One
No Other Heart
Just to Put Me Down
A Heart Like Hers
I’ve Been Waiting for Her
Without Me
My House by the Water
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Supra Avex review
Supra‘s new team model for 2015, the ‘Avex’, incorporates new tech into the traditional skate shoe we already know and love, making it skate like no other. After sessioning in these over the last few weeks these shoes didn’t disappoint as there’s no shortfall in the balance between style and durability and by exploiting hot melt technologies, they’ve created a nearly seamless outer cage which will go unscathed. It’s built like a tank whilst maintaining ultimate flexibility.
From the second I pulled the laces tight I understood what all of the fuss had been about. The Avex didn’t need to be broken in, that’s right, not a hint of new shoe ankle roll, allowing me to shred from day one straight out of the box.
Encased within the outer cage is an internal mesh bootie, this makes the shoe feather weight, whilst allowing the shoe to breath with maximum efficiency. However this inner bootie provides only one downfall, where it is exposed from the outer cage along the side, for any Heelflip or Nollie enthusiast this exposed mesh will surely dissolve quicker than most. However if this mesh panel were simply placed a little more cautiously the shoe would have no complaints whatsoever. Despite this slight downfall in durability the toe area of the shoe held up extremely well as there are little signs of any thinning in the super-strong suede.
The Avex is neatly tied into one with the support of its EVA foam which spreads throughout the sole, absorbing elephantine amounts of force, whilst upholding board feel as it thins towards the toe. All of Supra shoes are now fitted with Suprafoam insoles further adding to this absorption and comfort.
Overall this new model performed exceedingly well, securing them as one of my go to shoes from this day onwards. I think we have a game changer here in the overall design of many modern skate shoes and I believe Supra are ahead of the times at this moment.
Henry Calvert
A decade of Vans Combi Bowl events has flown by. Here’s a documentary on the highlights that have gone down ahead of the big 10 year celebration jam on May 16th and a look back to the OG Combi Pool that hosted many jams and broken bones.
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German Nieves VHS Edit (1997)
Jim’s Skate Stash has unearthed some German Nieves footage from the East Coast back in 1997. In his own words: “One Summer day in ’97, German called me up saying he wanted to do a full part. At that point we only had half the required footage, so he busted out the entire other half that day. Amazing.”
If you missed Brian Peacock’s section in the Something Sinister flick then this raw and uncut footage needs to be seen. Get the teas on for this Chinese treat.