Enjoi dropped one of the best videos for 2006 – Bag Of Suck, without a doubt, and if that wasn’t enough the boys have decided to release a promo clip shot during the making of Bag Of Suck.
Have you heard about Enjoi’s link to Global terrorism and debauched youth..? Someone seems to think so in any case…
We just received a load of amazing photos from the Antiz boys taken during their trip through Oregon. Keeping it real, hotels were only used to charge camera batteries and abuse the authorised number of people per room, food was borrowed from local eateries and David ‘Roest’ Martelleur managed to party for 10 days straight before getting lost all by himself in the wild outback of Oregon.
We anticipate the next Antiz video with bated breath – due to drop sometime around the New Year so music rights can be cleared. In the meantime, here’s a fun list of facts from their trip:
Distance covered – 1800 miles
Number of parks skated – 15
Number of Chicks – 0
Number of dicks – 12
Number of cars – 2
Number of tents – 3
Number of people asleep in a double room – 10
Number of beers drunk – 1483
Number of bags of skunk – 2
Number of stink ass farts – 4883
Even if some skater documentaries are dubious to say the least, this new craze definitely picks a few winners. Since getting up close and personal with Reebok, DGK Boss Stevie Williams opens up his life story for the cameras, and honestly it’s pretty amazing.
Watch it here, while the link lasts.
In related Kayo Corp news, the Gold Wheels Video, Got Gold? is now officially out of print, so the good guys decided to share a bit of urban history by posting it up here.
Dirty Pretty Things are supporting the Make Roads Safe campaign this year and have participated in a brand new amazingly addictive free game if you visit www.roadierunner.com
The campaign is set up to raise awareness world wide on the amount of innocent young people who are killed on them every day. 3000 people, and 500 children, are killed every day on the world’s roads and someone dies in a road crash every 30 seconds. Politicians are ignoring global road deaths and this is one way of getting their attention so they can take the matter more seriously.
Hopefully this game should help and winners will also be able to win tickets to the forthcoming Dirty Pretty Things Tour in November.
Click the image to play the game and send to friends…
If you are not crossing the channel to witness the Globe Bowlbash at the brand new Area 51 Skatepark in Eindhoven this weekend, don’t worry as Crossfire will be bringing the event to you when we return.
As you can see, another incredible park has been built in Europe for you to drop into with cheap flights this winter.
Organise your winter trips today, the earlier you book your flights, the cheaper it will be. You have the whole of Europe to plug into, pick a spot.
Click through to www.area51skatepark.nl to find more pics of this incredible new park.
A report from Whitedog on his many travels across the pond…
Words and pics – Craig Whitehead
So Omar called me up and said he was going to Hawaii to film for Fuel TV. He’d already filmed a bunch of stuff with the guy from Fuel, up in the northwest, (Oregon)… his name is Jeremy.
But anyway, he said they were going to Hawaii and he wanted some homies to go out with him so it wasn’t just a filming mission, but a fun time as well, So Rhino, Chet Childress and I hopped on the plane and met Omar and Jeremy out there.
We get in the rental car and headed to the North Shore. Chet and Omar together are like little kids arguing and ripping on each other the whole time. From the time they picked Rhino and I up at the airport to the time we got out of the car at the Quiksilver house (a 45 minute drive) my face hurt from laughing so much. I didn’t know if I could hang for the next 5 days…
Skating was the same way. just 100 % total fun. no bad vibes, no goons trying to snake everyone, just fun skating. Omar who is sponsored by Quiksilver hooked up the Quiksilver house for us to stay, free of charge. Fuckin’ hyped.
So we unload all our gear and went straight to the beach across the street, which is the legendary Banzai Pipeline. The waves weren’t hitting when we were there, seeing how it was summertime so we floundered in the water for a while then went back to the house for a couple beers. I asked Omar where the bowl was and he answered “Shit we can walk there from here!” so we walk to the next dirt driveway and hang a left up the hill and BAM! A tranny skaters paradise!
We were welcomed by Cholo who owns the place and pretty much runs the North Shore. This guy is amazing. He’s is 55 years old, owns the sickest Mexican restaurant on the North Shore and still grinds the shit out of some pool coping. Killer. This place has 2 miniramps and a big amoeba shaped bowl. We skated for a while drinking beers getting some grinds and chilling.
The next day we went to Waimea Bay, which is another legendary surf spot. The night before Cholo told us the the Alba family was in town. So we were all hyped to see Salba and the family chillin’ on the beach when we showed up in the morning. So we sat on the beach drinking beers, laughing, and jumping off the cliff with the kids, which was a blast. They were hyped.
Meanwhile, the wholetime we were at the beach we were all joking around and calling Jeremy the filmer, Mark, which I think is Chets favorite word. I don’t think we introduced him to Salba, so when we were leaving the beach Salba said “See ya later Mark!”. We all got a kick out of that one so we just called him Mark for the whole rest of the trip. We’d go to the beach every morning and jump off the cliff to get rid of the hangovers from the night before and check out the tail running around the beach, which was great. Then we’d take it to the bowl for the evening sessions and bbq’s at Cholos.
We met this local named Mitchell who took us to this place called sharks cove, which it this jagged Lava rock field at the ocean with tunnels and tons of tropical fish. He took us to this tunnel through the rocks that went out into the ocean and was probably 30 or 40 feet long that you had to hold your breath and swim through. No one did it except Salba, Mitchell, and I. Chet almost did it but got freaked out at the last possible second and turned around… Twice. He said it was gnarlier than anything he has skated or witnessed ever. Salba said it was second on his list, right underneath skydiving, it was definately a rush for sure.
Then we met up with the locals at Cholos and went and skated GRAVESIDE. Matt Stien, who I’ve met on past trips to the island, has been living out there for years . We met up with him and a couple other dudes, and went to this spot that they have been working on thats right next to this children’s graveyard. He said you can hear the kids playing at night time and shit. Fuckin’ nuts. Anyway this place was insane! The bowl was the roughest and most gnarliest shit I’ve ever skated. Just getting a grind over the deathbox was gnar.
After skating it for about an hour, Omar desides he’s going to throw up an air over the box, makes it, rolls up and says “I think I could throw up a heelflip!” So the camera marks, (Jeremy and Rhino) get the gear out and set their shit up. Sure enough he made it in about 5 or 6 tries, the guy is a fucking machine.
The next day all the loc’s came over to Cholo’s for a big old BBQ bash. Good sesh, good food, and good beer. Everyone there was super cool and mellow. I almost stayed and got a job at Cholo’s mexican joint, the place was so awesome.
The last night of the Alba family vacation we all went to Cholo’s and had a big farewell feast for the Alba’s. We still had 2 more days, so we went back to the bowl and shot photos with Rhino and Omar finished up his Fuel TV show. It should be airing soon. Check it if you guys get that shit over there…
As you might have guessed from their name, Fucked Up aren’t out to make friends, or to fit into someone else’s preconceptions of what constitutes ‘punk rock’.
This – their debut album – takes in the fury of early American hardcore, shout-along choruses reminiscent of British street-punk and passages of drawn-out instrumentation allegedly inspired by (ahem) Pink Floyd.
Bizarre as it might sound, this mix of influences works a treat; with the band creating a raw, twisted sound that is both confusing and deeply compelling. If you like your punk rock to be dangerous and unpredictable, then it’s time to get Fucked Up.
Scottish newcomers The Dykeenies are to release their new EP, Waiting For Go, on November 20th. The double A side single New Ideas/Will It Happen Tonight which was released in July this year features brought them airplay and support from the likes of Steve Lamacq.
The band are now about to embark on the NME Rock N Roll Riot Tour with The Horrors, The Fratellis and The Macabees. The group will then head out on their own headline tour.
After their rapturously received Carling Stage headline slots at the recent Reading and Leeds festivals, Canadian reggae trio Bedouin Soundclash have returned to give us our first taste of new material since the release of last year’s highly acclaimed ‘Sounding A Mosaic’ album.
Taken from the band’s forthcoming ‘Street Gospels’ LP, ’12:59 Lullaby’ is one of the band’s finest efforts to date – a mellow, understated number with beautiful vocal harmonies and an almost folky overtone. In an ideal world, you’d be listening to it whilst sat on a quiet hillside, watching the sun rise; but it’ll still sound great on a bedroom stereo. There’s also an excellent cover of The Maytones’ ‘One Way’ and a remix of ‘…Mosaic’ track ‘Jeb Rand’ as B-sides.
The band will return to these shores at the end of the month as part of the Eastpak Antidote Tour (also featuring Gogol Bordello, Danko Jones and Disco Ensemble). Dates are as follows:
31st Oct – Leeds Metropolitan University
1st Nov – Glasgow Barrowlands
2nd Nov – Birmingham Academy
3rd Nov – Manchester Academy
4th Nov – London Brixton Academy
6th Nov – Brighton Dome
Whilst no details are yet known about the new release, Turbonegro are working on the new album at the Fagerborg Studio in Sweden.
Watch this huge gaping space. You could be there a while.