Crossfire warned you about this German wunderkind a while back, remember? Check out Panorama a Berlin scene video that dropped a few years ago and watch what Willow can do. Well, the Flip squad spotted Willow and knew he was fit for the team, so it’s goodbye Alis and hello Flip.
Photo by Alexis Zavialoff
A young Frenchman spent many a night dreaming about ‘Back to the Future‘ and why he couldn’t ollie properly ( He even admits a slight penchant for fruit-booting!), when lightning struck and the concept of a Magnetic board became a reality.
Basically the 4size boards come with a pair of shoes that have permanent magnets placed within the soles. You can now leap and bound without the fear that the board won’t stick to your feet. It hasn’t been explained how the sticky board might flip, but we’re guessing the inventor never got that far before cheating a bit. In any case, with these now available, and rumours of Chinese hover boards, it won’t be long before Marty McFly gets that pro-model into the skateshops!
For info and pictures click here and go to the Magneticsk8 menu: perso.orange.fr/4size/4size/indexFlash.html
For a demo tape watch this.
There’s less than a week to go til the Latitude festival and the people running it have decided to run a competition to give away 2 weekend camping tickets to the event.
All you have to do is visit their official myspace page, which can be found at www.myspace.com/latitudefestival and the tickets could be yours. Artists playing at the event this year include Giant Drag, Regina Spektor, Jose Gonzalez, Gomez and many more.
Is it safe to walk the city streets anymore?
Ever since the pager craze that hit impressionable youth many moons ago has a new accessory become so popular among kids today. As small and light as an I-pod or MP3, easy to use and affordable, the Knife, blade, shank, Slass, cutter… has many names but the result is the same- Pain and suffering.
Or worse, death.
What happened to the good ol’ days of fisticuffs and a swift slap in the face???
It was dishonourable to be caught pulling a blade in a fight, at least where your opponent was unarmed. The rapiers of yesteryear served a purpose, and the duels they fought concluded in death, not scars or maiming. Kids today are scared. Scared of what? The next man. The rep. The world… The fear grows within and pushes their rational behaviour into a dark corner of oblivion, and before you know it the basic survival skills of a predator surface and suffice.
When the Police announced that over 17,000 knives and blades of all shapes and sizes were handed in for the recent British amnesty against knife crime, initially the public were re-assured. But for how long? Despite people’s efforts to quash this new and horrific trend, the phenomenon persists. Not a week ago, a young lady was stabbed repeatedly in the leg by two youths for her bag at 3 o’clock in the afternoon outside Crossfire HQ!
3’0clock. Youths. Stabbed repeatedly.
A stabbing here, a slashing there, a fatality today, and another tomorrow. Nobody is winning this bizarre turf war fuelled by inner city demons and a social precocity. You looked at someone strange, or stepped on their box-fresh kicks, and you’re dead mate. Easy as. No questions asked, no answers given. Just a fast flash of steel and then the blood starts pouring.
All this madness and no clear reason why?
Is it the parents? It’s always the parents. Is it the politicians? It’s always the politicians. Is it peer pressure? It’s always the peer pressure. Is it you? Hell no! Wasn’t me…
Knife crime cuts itself a vicious circle within society, generating fear among the kids. Sure, no one wants to get stabbed, but you have to carry a blade in case the next man has got one, innit? You’d never use it of course, just flash it and scare a few faces in the crowd. Yeah… Yesbutnobutyesbut… If you aren’t going to use it, don’t choose it. Ya dig?
Well, you had better get it otherwise the next thing getting dug out is your grave or your ass in that 5 foot shower at HMP. Oh yes! Little wide eyed youth like you go down a treat on a Saturday night in lockdown.
The kids don’t care anymore, and the parents are too scared to confront them. The politicians stay perched on their pedestals and flip and flex the rulebook in favour of votes, whilst the kids are alone in the streets fending for themselves. No one put that shank in your hand apart from you. You know what that means- It’s all your responsibility.
As this goes live, the government is looking at extending any knife crime related sentences, and they also want to increase the allowed age to purchase a knife from 16 to 18. At the end of the day, those are just figures, but the fact of the matter remains – Knife crime is on the up and no-one’s winning.
“I got stabbed 14 times. I can tell you it weren’t by Gangstaz.
My uncle got stabbed like twice and he died. I tell you he’s one of them Gangstaz” – Wiley, Gangstaz
Maxwell Woodger Esq
10.07.06
Official East Coast powerhouse, Aaron Suski has just joined the ranks of the premier East Coast company, Zoo York .
Check back to Crossfire soon for an interview with Aaron’s new team mate, Brandon Westgate.
Do you manage to eat it every time you go skating? Had enough of scars and scabs? Want FREE shoes and albums for your troubles? Well you just came to right place.
This month here at Crossfire we are holding a best slam comp with the band Angels and Airwaves to find the best slam on video.
All you have to do is host your clips on Putfile or YouTube and then send your link to the best slam you have on film, then the winner will have their footage ont he homepage of this site and also receive a copy of the new album and a pair of Macbeth Shoes.
Click thought to www.avacrossfirecomp.com to upload your footage and be quick!
Co-founder and world famous graffiti artist, Bigfoot is about to have his specially designed series of I-Path skate shoes released.
In further I-Path news, UK riders Will Ainley and Ben Cundall have joined the Skate team alongside Zak Pitter, Eddie Belvedere and Tom Lock.
Check out www.ipath.com for more.
Vans have brought out a Descendents Shoe!
The band were one of the most unique punk bands to come out of California in the late 80’s releasing manby albums on the Cruz Record label. The classic Vans shoe has small Milo prints on them and hopefully will reach the UK soon.
Check Vans.com out for a magnified view and visit the SST Superstore where you will find a bunch of punk rock associated with this band and much more.
Crossfire’s Californian correspondent Craig “Whitedog” Whitehouse has just recently been down to Mission Beach for 4th July celebrations where Creature pro rider Darren Navarette built a 10 ft wide, 8ft high vert ramp pretty much ON the beach.
He said “I was too drunk to skate, but Al Partenan, Omar Hassan and a bunch of other dudes were killing it! The ramp had PVC coping on it and was made of plywood.. like back in the old days.. fuckin’ sick!“
“The Dog” is now resting up in Hawaii on another trip with a bunch of riders, so expect a feature ion this very site in the near future.
British Bad men of the boards, Blueprint are hitting the paved roads of Great Britain for a tour this summer. If you want to peep the heaviest skate crew in the UK right now, get yourself to one of these spots:
August:
Tuesday 1st – Glasgow/Focus
Wednesday 2nd – Edinburgh
Thursday 3rd – Newcastle/Native
Friday 4th – Stockton-on-Tees/Mischief
Saturday 5th – TBC
Sunday 6th – Liverpool/Lost Art
Monday 7th – AM-Sheffield/Story. PM-Leeds/The Works
Tuesday 8th – Stoke-on-Trent Plaza
Wednesday 9th – Guildford/Route One
Thursday 10th – Southsea/Bored
Friday 11th – London/Slam City Skates