Caught in the Crossfire

This years Xmas Jam best trick obstacle has been designed by Mark “Fos” Foster from Heroin Skateboards.

“The Whale” will be unleashed for the day with best tricks ending the session.

For those of you who voted for the Ring of Fire we can tell you that we researched it, priced it up, and were ready to go ahead until the fire brigade pout our dire out and came up with too many health and safety issues for us to deal with, so sorry, your votes were not ignored, we just could not do it in the end.

But The Whale is ready to rock for this Saturday, so spread the word…

This has bugger all to do with skateboarding other than Colin Dorricott from Liverpool who sent this in today is a skater.

He gladly reminded us that it is the 1st of December today and kids all over the country will be opening little windows each morning leading up until Xmas Day. So therefore he has devised a perfect equivalent for adults.

Feat your eyes on the Beer Advent Calender! – Much better idea!

A brand new UK skate magazine is about to hit skate shops across the UK called Trisickle put together by none other than Insane graphics and clothing company skater Ged Wells.

The first issue will feature an exclusive interview with Dirty Sanchez, Death skateboards rider Horsey, vert master Mattias Ringstrom and artist Arron Rose. There is also coverage of recent events at Revolution, Stoke and Epic skatepark, War of the Roses and loads more.

Wells says “we are committed to distribute through all UK independent skate shops so it won’t be available from news agents, secret agents or fucking estate agents“.

Trisickle issue one will be available from your local skate shop from next week and issue two will be out just after the xmas binge. Go to www.trisickle.co.uk for more.

I believe in Karma. I threw my board at a little kid’s deck the other day out of blind rage and 10 minutes later a kid ran straight into my ankle. My bad.

What goes around comes around, so the good people at Karma Skateboards have hooked up two good skaters – John Tanner (who has footage here) and also cheeky Liverpool rider Adam Aulaqui whose hilarious intro interview will be live here at Crossfire in a week or so.

Watch this space for footage, pics and words but in the meantime expect the full team at our Xmas Jam.

Element Skateboards is pleased to announce the addition of skateboarder Chad Muska to the Element family.

Muska joins Element Skateboards with a significant start to his debut video part with Element. My Element, the latest video project from Element Skateboards, starring Chad Muska, is scheduled to release on Go Skateboarding Day, June 21, 2007.

He is quoted to say in this press release we received: “I am very excited about joining the Element family! I look forward to this new chapter in my skateboarding career… And you can bet on it that we are going to make some big things happen,” Chad Muska.

Log on to www.elementskateboards.com/audiovisual for a new Muska video clip and www.themuska.com for all the latest Muska news.

From Thursday 7th December to 20th January, Ed Templeton‘s latest show, Empty plastic Echoes, will be on display at the Tim Van Laere Gallery in Antwerp Belgium. N.B. The gallery will be shut between 24th Dec, and 4th Jan.

The boys from Top of the World skateshop in Ottawa, Canada, are about to bring the pain with their latest DVD Who’s on Top?

The DVD will feature the entire team: Wade Desarmo, Dave Nolan, Gio Namini, Trent Matley, Mike Fyfe, Paul Trep, Richard Sarrazin, William Marshall and Spencer Hamilton.

In case you don’t recognize Top of the World (which you should!) then have an look for their first video Top Dollar that introduced us to Wade and Co. a couple of years ago.

News just in that the Antiz skaters are locked down for a full month of final editing of their long-awaited second video.

Not one to follow the hurd, the team are getting busy in the Barcelona badlands, in preparation for the world premiere set for the hometown of Lyon on 13th January (?). A tour of France and Europe will then ensue.

Expect to find a Triple Shot with Antiz Image consultant and freelance photographer Loic Benoit at Crossfire soon. In the meantime, get comfortable for a long lost article that introduced the team and their first video Antizipated.