Following the absolutely packed HUF demo at the Southbank this month (footage here) Keith Hufnagel, Peter Ramondetta and Dylan Rieder dropped some words to back to the Long Live Southbank campaign against the relocation of the park down the Hungerford Bridge.
Jake Collins, Sox and Sam Pulley got some tricks down on that metal vert ramp that has been in Bath for absolutely yonks. Amazed it’s still there after all these years. Wath the old beast get sessioned from the Kill City crew ahead of Jake’s kneee surgery this week.
Emerica‘s first chapter of the new MADE video series dropped into various UK skate shops last night and delivered 25 minutes of absolutely amazing skateboarding from everyome involved. It takes Skate Edit of the Week hands down.
The entire project is really well filmed and is stuffed full of hammers as you will see below. Note that this weekend you will be able to get your hands on these collectible DVD/books featuring upcoming pop machine Jeremy Leabres and full sections from Brandon Westgate, Leo Romero, and Collin Provost in your local skate shop.
The limited edition book curated by Jerry Hsu, features photographs from behind the scenes and an insight to the filming process on tour. Featuring photographers Michael Burnett, Joe Brook, Brian Gaberman, Bucky Gonzales, Atiba Jefferson, Ed Templeton and Jerry himself.
Put this on your wish list and support skater owned.
The HUF team continue moving forwards following their Stoops tour visit to the UK 2 weeks back. They have released this new edit overnight featuring the Brad Cromer, Dan Plunkett, Joey Pepper, Josh Matthews and Peter Ramondetta.
Scroll down for more HUF footage at Southbank too.
He is still up for the best part of 2013 in our eyes and now back with more. Jim Greco ladies and gentleman, one of the best there is.
if you missed our review of his latest shoe, well, it’s your loss.
The competition out there right now for portable speakers is getting ridiculous. It’s seems that everyone is having a crack at making them, so we decided to grab one for ourselves that had been recommended and put it to the test.
Hooking it up straight out of the box was a cinch. The box was already pre-powered and all you need to do is switch on your Bluetooth, sink it up with the speaker and press play. It’s that easy. The first tune that was played into this was Dead Prez’s ‘Hip Hop‘ purely to see if the bass cut it – the reaction was a big smile.
The bottom end cuts through really well due to a sub-woofer with an enhanced bass-reflex system. I’m sick of hearing amazing music productions on awful, tinny speakers so this was a nice surprise. This also comes in handy if you are watching a movie on your laptop and using the Switch as a speaker as sound quality is far superior. It also coped well on the move.
I took this Native Union Switch Speaker to the beaches of Sardinia for 2 weeks where she sat in 39’C sunshine on sharp rocks daily. The Switch is built out of soft rubber and doesn’t retain heat so it coped perfectly. The rubber also acts as a nice cushion if she falls over too. I wouldn’t suggest throwing it around but it comes in handy when you are on the move. I had it strapped to my bike with my phone in my pocket, no wires, no hassle, just good times.
Native Union have a history of making phone devices so this is also set up as a speakerphone. Don’t lend it to your flatmate, forget it’s switched on and then start having a conversation in another room on your phone – your privacy will go out of the window.
The volume is pretty high for such a small box and controlled by your phone, (or music device) so the rubber volume controller doesn’t go higher your music player setting. There’s also neat sound to let you know the battery is getting low too, and instead of just switching itself off, the device gives you more warnings than you really need before conking out. Overall I found I still had juice left after a full day outside playing tunes as it can charge up to 14 hrs of use. Another small touch is that the Switch acts as a big battery allowing you to plug your phone into it to charge if needed. That can be an absolute lifesaver. Just don’t forget to turn it off.
Overall the Switch should be every skateboarder’s must-have on the road. It’s light, packs a punch, will save you in need, and fuel the party with ease. For approx’ £120, this is money well spent.
The Vans world tour rolled on into Europe after it left English soil. Enjoy footage of Kris Vile, Gilbert Crockett, Chris Pfanner, Johnny Layton, Rowan Zorilla and Phil Zwisjen destroying the Skatepark of Amsterdam.
Here’s the footage from Brussels too:
Last Saturday we went down to the Level Skatepark for Sam Banham‘s memorial jam. He unfortunately passed this year and was one the Level’s finest. The new park got rinsed in his honour on the day filmed by Alan Glass here.
Pixels: The Sam Banham Memorial Jam @ The Level, Brighton. from Pixels on Vimeo.
The newly launched Asphalt Yacht Club team flew into Miami to pick up footage and came back with an edit fueled by the non-stop barrage of Riley Hawk who seems to be putting more down than anyone else out there right now.
Looks like the Wu Tang have fallen into the Queens font overnight. New Keep Calm tees are now on sale, click it.
