Caught in the Crossfire

Now here’s a new subject for debate. A new ‘motion tracker’ for skateboards has been developed to track the way your tricks are made so you can analyse your movement for ultimate perfection.

How does this work? Essentially, you attach a Syrmo sensor to your deck in the form of a super-slim riser pad, and the data from each movement is captured and fed to you by a phone app. You get pin-point movement stats so you can see your angles and pop force, you can also record and manage synchronized videos and see 3D Replays of your efforts as soon as they go down too.

To us, it sounds absolutely ridiculous, as the beauty of skateboarding is formed from freedom and fun, not perfection or competition. But saying that, there will be others out there who may think perfection is everything and this is just a bit of fun to analyse who can pull the most perfect tricks.

Question is, is this like the ultimate ‘skate selfie’ for the robotic Street League contest skater? Or will this technology actually enable you to learn those difficult tricks you always struggle with and point out exactly why you can’t land them? Does this world need any more stats than it already has?!

This project is now at the alpha-testing phase with several working prototypes.

Skate Pharmacy have started to announce their new team since the arrival of their skate shop in Margate, Kent and a banging online store dedicated to all of your skate related needs. This Charlie Munro edit should have your attention this week, filmed within a 3 mile radius of the shop over a bank holiday weekend. An impressive welcome that is the start of good things to come.

The opening line of Rudy Johnson’s new Chrome Ball interview sets the standard for a whirlwind of memories of Blind ‘Video Days’, Powell’s ‘Ban This’, Girl’s ‘Goldfish’ and so much more. “The Gonz overpowers Stacy (Peralta) in my book.”

This is a must read interview if you love the inside gossip of the skate industry from yesteryear. Click the classic photo below for the sweets.

If this is not the best way to start your day then you may as well get a scooter this weekend and then shoot yourself. Watch Mark Gonzales and The Smiths’ Morrissey combine for ultimate fun times on four wheels. This looks like a re-edit from Dan Wolfe’s ‘Closure’ video but we just found out that it’s his Real to Reel edit.

So rad. Share it.

Here’s the OG edit:

Look what’s coming this weekend…

Great to see three British skaters in the final 8 of this year’s Vans Spring Classic event. The mini ramp and spine was built on the beach of Naples in Italy and looked incredible. Take in the video highlights from the finals below.

RESULTS:

1. Martino Cattaneo

2. Alex Hallford

3. Dannie Carlsen

4. Mason Merlino

5. Rob Smith

6. Bjorn Lillsoe

7. Alex Sorgente

8. Ross McGouran

Anti Hero’s European ripper Chris Pfanner definitely puts the “P” in pop in this new edit. Unstoppable.

He’s been doing it for years and never disappoints. Dan Drehobl celebrates new wood this week with his beloved Krooked and Freedumb Airlines. Down for life.

Henry Edwards-Wood has somehow found the time to make a killer new edit on London’s skate scene in between fighting to save the Southbank with Innocence & Experience.

The full 16 minute video features a plethora of UK and European skateboarders with Oscar Candon, Jerome Campbell, Domas Glatkauskas, Blondey McCoy, Casper Brooker, Kyron Davis, Lucien Clarke, Nick Jensen, Sylvain Tognelli and too many more to mention. You will find it hard to find a better edit out there. Skate Edit of the Week.

Click here to watch the footage of this rooftop madness from Aaron ‘Jaws’ Homoki. No idea how his knees don’t explode, or how the roof doesn’t break and eat him alive.