Brand Nubian set the pace for these rad outtakes from 5Boro’s recent trip to Paris with Jordan Trahan, Jimmy McDonald and more in the mix put together by Tombo Colabraro and Ben Chadourne.
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Deathwish ripper Jon Dickson features in this latest battle with a nollie flip backside lipslide down. There was only one winner here.
The guys from Network A dropped this trick from Taylor Jett and caused a debate this week after they named this a Triple Tre Flip but the internet has been debating its name since skateboarder Christopher McClure became that guy:
“Don’t wanna be that guy but wouldn’t a “triple tre” technically be 3 kick flips with a 1080 shuv. This is more like a 360 shuv triple kick flip?
Argue amongst yourselves whilst we prep some hippy griptape and watch this.
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7 Seconds
7SECONDS
Leave A Light On
Rise
Slapping a new 7SECONDS album on the stereo in the year 2014 is pretty amazing in itself. The fact that it’s really great is even better!
Around since the dawn of The Eighties, and at the forefront of North America’s Hardcore explosion, 7SECONDS have quite rightly earned their place in history. I first heard them in ’84, via the track ‘Out of Touch’ on a flexi disc, before graduating to their debut album The Crew. I was immediately taken in by the rapid-fire blasts, with songs about friendship, honesty and equality; there was an air of optimism and positivity to their message. 7SECONDS were soon stenciled on the back of my leather jacket. I’ve been tuning in ever since.
All these years later, the positivity is intact, and opening track, ‘Exceptional’, catapults out of the speakers. It’s winning pumped up chorus, “I don’t need your sorrow, don’t need your sympathy, I’ll get up tomorrow and fight the apathy”, pretty much sums up the attitude of this band; don’t sit around feeling lazy and miserable for yourself, get up and make something happen. I’m very much aligned with the can-do mentality. So yeah, of course I’m fuckin’ diggin’ what they say!
Musically, the band solidly deliver the goods. Steve, Troy and Bobby boldly hammer out the tunes, whilst those oh-so-familiar impassioned pipes of Kevin Seconds find the veteran frontman still singing his heart out, slamming hate-mongers and “so-called patriots” go!
A few select tracks grabbed me instantly, ‘I Have Faith in You’, ‘My Aim is You’, ‘Rage Quit’, ‘Someday, Someway’, ‘Upgrade Everything’, but seriously, having spun this album back to back half a dozen times, I’m really into all 14 songs. And any band that’s been going for so long deserves to write a song about themselves, in this case the self-depreciating ’30 Years (And Still Going Wrong)’.
A top album guys, keep rolling along!
Pete Craven
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Pissed Jeans to reissue debut album
Pissed Jeans blew away the cobwebs last year with their colossal fourth album, Honeys. Today, news has arisen that the Pennsylvanian quartet will reissue their long since out of print debut album Shallow. Originally released in 2005, the record will fall upon shop shelves once again from October 6th, courtesy of Sub Pop.
The album will feature two additional tracks from Pissed Jeans’ first single, ‘Throbbing Organ’/’Night Minutes’. If you pre-order the LP via Sub Pop, you’ll receive a snazzy, coloured vinyl and a ‘Throbbing Organ’ 7″. An absolute gem for any avid record collector, snap up your pre-order here. UK tour dates announced below.
August UK Tour Dates
13th Brighton – Haunt
14th Manchester – Gorilla
15th Birmingham – Institute
16th London – Excel (Jabberwocky Festival)
The UK had a bunch of familiar faces that graced the pages of R.A.D Magazine on a monthly basis back in the late 80s, but one that always stood out for me personally was Don Brider. I mean, his mug is unforgettable for one, and that Tony Hawk hair faze stuff really did the rounds, but most importantly, Don’s skating did all the talking.
In August 1977, Brider’s Nan gave him his first skateboard that “looked like a piece of wood with some nails in it”. From then onwards it was plain sailing. Whether it was Portsmouth’s red brick banks, or Farnborough’s vert ramp, to the coping at Meanwhile 2, Brider ripped everything in style and pushed street skating to all sorts of levels that we could only sit back and admire.
Today, he still makes skate stickers, including our very own. He hates sports brands and chain stores, and abuses people on Facebook like no other. So raise a glass to Don today who celebrates 50 golden years on earth. May there be another 50 in the tank for those they call The Donz!
Happy Birthday!
This weekend’s Vans comp in Vancouver, Canada saw Alex Sorgente take the honours on the day and Raney Beres knocked for six. Oh, and Rob ‘Sluggo’ Boyce still annihilates. Watch this.
1. Alex Sorgente / $15,000
2. Raven Tershy / $12,500
3. Brad McClain / $10,000
4. Tom Schaar / $7,500
5. Nolan Munroe / $5,000
6. Adam Hopkins / $4,000
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Jake Johnson’s Static IV part
Thrasher have unleashed Jake Johnson‘s impressive Static IV video part tonight that will no doubt appease wallride fans and the creative’s out there looking for something inspirational.
This has the lot.
Order the full DVD package from Theories or check your local skateshop for pre-order info.
London’s skate scene are finally going to enjoy an indoor skatepark facility courtesy of Vans who have launched websites today for the official announcement of their new House of Vans set up in Waterloo.
We were invited to visit the site two weeks ago to meet the team who were laying fresh concrete in the street area and bowl designed by Marc Churchill. The bowl fills an entire tunnel and has many quirky obstacles and sits alongside another longer tunnel that boasts concrete street obstacles and a mini ramp.
The space itself is incredible. With 30,000 sq ft to play with over five tunnels, the House of Vans London will showcase an art gallery, a VansLab artist incubator space, cinema, live music venue, premium café and bars, gifting suite and skate park.
A facebook page and website launched today that you should follow. In the meantime arrange your diary as this venue will open in the Old Vic Tunnels, Station Approach Road, SE1 8S behind Waterloo station in London on August 9th.
We will bring you more details soon.
