The Harmony boys can’t stand the rain. Neither can we. All the more reason to support your local indoor skateparks, and the boys hit up Central Park, in Manchester, with special guests Ben Grove, Ollie Tyreman and Gary ‘Woody’ Woodford. The footage is shit-hot and packed with Mooooves, so click here and then go skate your indoor facility!
Judging by Skateboarding’s global media onslaught, it comes as no surprise to see new hot-spot destinations pop up every other month. Well, Es are giving you the opportunity to put your spot on the map!
Send in a photo of your best bit of skate terrain and the Es team might pick it out of a hat to come and film for the upcoming Yes video, and have one of their riders shoot an ad. For more details on how to Take Es to your spot, click here. Submissions run until 30th April 2007.
• Guy Mariano – Fakie pop shove-it to switch over crooks 180 out Ph. Oli Barton c/o Transworld
• Travis Stenger – Switch flip.
• Joseph Biais – FS 360 Nosegrab.
• Tony Ferguson – BS pivot 270 revert out.
• Gerard Gademann – Kickflip BS tailslide.
• Eric Thomas – FS Salad grind.
Top 5 New Year’s resolutions:
1. Less wax
2. More speed
3. Get 360 flips wired
4. Stop pussing out
5. Skate everything!
Crossfire’s Crystal Ball predicts…
• Uphill bombing
• Re-launch of Pro Top Trumps
• London Mayor Ken Livingston enforces Congestion charge at Southbank on Sundays
• Danny Way hired for remake of the Bionic Man
• Dreadlocks are in, New eras are out
• Skate-stopper liberation army goes global
• Stevie Williams hooks up with Jaime Thomas to promote Ghetto Rails, a 7-stair concept that ‘real’ street technicians get gnarly with.
• Zac Slack dyes his hair blonde…
Pic of the Week:
Even Burnside has their own Whale – Peter Gunn rides the blubber with hammers on the starboard side c/o of Sideshow Bob
Even if the purists lament about skateboarding for fun, and nothing but fun, everyone knows that a little head to head competition can help throw some spice into the mix.
411VM coined this concept quite neatly when they ran a Versus battle throughout 2006, pitching two skaters in an elimination match up of best trick burnout and leaving the public to vote for their favourite. Last year’s winner was Chris Haslam who beat his final opponent Greg Lutzka with a ridiculous double flip foot plant up and over the Barcelona bump to bar.
Pick your skaters here to make the top 16 cut and get the ball rolling for another 411Vs battle.
Two of the smoothest skaters out of Maine, Rob Welsh and Joey Pepper, have just found a new home over at Expedition One. We told you the Kayo Corp was making power moves in the 07 and we weren’t lying.
Watch all the spills, thrills and chills of the Foundation team as they defy gravity with their new soon-to-be-released DVD, Cataclysmic Abyss!
If we keep plugging the blue collar establishment that is Antiz Skateboards, it’s because they are one of the most underrated group of riders out there.
Expect to be blown away by their second video, Z-Movie, free and available through Crossfire at the end of January.
Art of the Underground has announced it will be releasing its Year Two boxed set for its Single Series.
The set contains all the singles which were released on the label’s limited edition run and includes tracks by The Ergs, Bayonettes, Off With Their Heads, Monikers, Ringers and Lemuria. Only 250 of the are being made, but can be preordered from the website.
Switzerland might be small, expensive and neutral to World affairs, but the skate scene there is strong as an ox.
The boys over at 5th District want you all to know what’s up in the Alps with plenty of sick footage in their super fast video section, including Stefan Bircher‘s lost tapes and Severin Von Ow (ph. Andi Speck) and Jah Hofer at Winterthur amongst other things.
You might remember a mental ramp contest that went down last year and literally took the roof off. That contest was King of the Ramp, and Juergen Horwarth won.
Well, now all you transition lovers (and amateurs) can fasten your seat belts because the comp’s video is now free for download. 22minutes of mad carnage featuring Jürgen Horwarth, Roman Hackl, Roman Astleitner, Oliver Gordon, Ralf Edlinger, Sascha Biehaule, Stefan Atzl, David Martelleur, Manuel Knoflach, Martin Jurásek, Kamil Poč, Ferit Batir, Andreas Fugger, Benjamin & Adrian Buchwald and the amazing Batzenhäusl.
For the high quality version (80mb) click here.
For the low quality version (50mb) click here.