The Lazarides Gallery brings you this backside treat courtesy of artist Mark Jenkins.
His ‘Wipe Out‘ deck comes with not one, but two bog roll’s for those buttery days at a cool cost of only £1140.00
Thankfully he signed it too.
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DJ Snake & Lil Jon
DJ Snake & Lil Jon
‘Turn Down For What’
Shut your trap and get this bonkers new video in your life from DJ Snake & Lil Jon whose music makes you lose your shit! Best video in ages.
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Ian MacKaye on skateboarding
Minor Threat and Fugazi frontman Ian MacKaye talks about his passion for skateboarding in this newly edited piece of footage shot at his ‘Library of Congress Lecture’ last May.
“Skateboarding is not a hobby. And it is not a sport. Skateboarding is a way of learning how to redefine the world around you. For most people, when they saw a swimming pool, they thought, ‘Let’s take a swim.’ But I thought, ‘Let’s ride it.’ When they saw the curb or a street, they would think about driving on it. I would think about the texture. I slowly developed the ability to look at the world through totally different means.”
Choose skateboarding.
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This year’s Vert Attack comp will be held again at Bryggeriet Malmö Skatepark this weekend, so expect some of our UK crew to be heading out there. A live webcast will be available from this link.
Friday 14/3
13.00 – 15.00 Junior qualification (5 am – 7 am PST)
15.00 – 19.00 Pro/Am + Girls qualification (7 am – 11 am PST)
19.00 – 21.30 Master qualification (11 am – 1.30 pm PST)
Saturday 15/3
12.00 – 14.00 Master semifinal (4 am – 6 am PST)
14.00 – 16.00 Pro/Am semifinal (6 am – 8 am PST)
16.00 – 16.30 Junior final (8 am – 8.30 am PST)
16.30 – 17.00 Girls final (8.30 am – 9 am PST)
17.00 – 17.30 Master final (9 am – 9.30 PST)
17.30 – 18.00 Pro/Am final (9.30 am – 10.00 am PST)
18.30 Prize ceremony (10.30 am PST)
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GX1000: Living In The Bay
San Francisco gets rinsed again in this latest GX1000 edit from Thrasher featuring Brian Delatorre, Jake Johnson, Ben Gore, Al Davis, Wes Kremer and more.
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The Lost Art crew hit the streets in the early hours for scralp and returned with phone evidence. Will Kynaston, Ash Wilson, Luke Fletcher, Charlie Birch, Joe McCombe, Rauiri Jones, Ollie Birch, Guy Jone and Ben West all rolling.
Tragedy has hit SXSW music festival overnight as a driver ploughed through streets full of people causing absolute chaos. It’s said that at least 2 people have died and many others are seriously injured. The driver was said to be tased and apprehended.
We have a lot of friends out there right now, and that festival is full of good people who didn’t deserve to be caught up in this. Our thoughts go out to everyone involved in what looks to be a shocking moment of absolute madness.
This video filmed by Socrates Villarreal surfaced this morning recorded just minutes after the incident happened. A press conference from Austin police has also been released just now.
Former New Found Glory guitarist Steve Klein has been charged with lewd conduct with a minor as reported by Idobi today.
The band parted ways with Klein via an announcement on their Facebook back in mid December, the same day he attended his first court hearing charged with two counts of lewd conduct with a minor under the age of 14, three counts of lewd conduct with a minor 14 or 15, one count of intent to commit lewd act with a minor and one count of possession of child pornography.
Klein has already pleaded not guilty to these charges and will face a courtroom on 20th March and again on April 10th.
Photos: Furtivo
Barcelona may well be Europe’s capital for street skating but it’s also about to open a brand new concrete park that looks incredible. Designed by Sergi Arenas La Mar Bella skatepark boasts a a deep bowl (10ft), smaller bowl, (4ft) snake run and ditch that connects with stairs, rails, volcano and banks allowing you to carve until the smile is permanently ingrained on your face.
Mar Bella is situated at Parc Esportiu right on the beach (map here) and said to open this Spring and is yet another option for a summer skate trip this year. There’s a hostel nearby too.
Put this in your dairy alongside Denmark’s outrageous new concrete plaza Skatecity, designed by Rune Glifberg.
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‘Live At The Brixton Academy’
‘Live At The Brixton Academy’
Simon Parkes & JS Rafaeli
(Serpent’s Tail)
Nowadays there’s an Academy venue to be found in most major UK cities, but it all started with Lincolnshire native Simon Parkes’ acquisition of a dilapidated 1920s former cinema in Brixton, south London, in 1983. If you’re wondering why Parkes chose the name ‘Academy’, the truth is that it came to him in a random flash of inspiration, not long after he cannily persuaded the building’s former owners to sell him the lease for just one pound. Yep, this man had serious balls, and they were to be tested many a time over the next decade and a half.
Nowadays, in Brixton, you’re never far away from a health food shop or newly-developed block of flats, but back in 1983 it was very much the violent, half burnt-out, poverty-stricken neighbourhood of old. Over the next decade, Parkes and his team have to contend with all manner of challenges, from overcoming booking agents’ prejudices of the area, to local gangs attempting to take control of the Academy’s security operations, to Grace Jones refusing to perfrom until she was supplied with her desired brand of vintage champagne. Fearsome stuff, all told.
Still, they persevered, and the rewards were many. After two years of surviving via (often troubled) reggae gigs, Parkes had The Clash specifically requesting to play some London shows at the Academy, and by the end of the decade, his maverick approach ensured that major acts of all genres were bypassing the once all-powerful Hammersmith Odeon (now Apollo) in favour of a trip to SW9. Megastars like The Police and AC/DC booked themselves in for weeks of rehearsals, and the stories of the Academy’s outlandish club nights highlight just how much of a different world those early days were. What indoor venue could get away with hosting a full-scale fairground bumper car ride at a club night these days?
We at Crossfire have been through the Academy’s doors more times than we care to remember, and seen plenty of amazing shows to boot. If you’ve ever had so much as a passing interest in London’s live music history, this book is an essential piece of the puzzle.
Alex Gosman