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Sidewalk ‘In Motion’ full video

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Ben Grove – Ollie to bank

The lads over at Lost Art, Liverpool took this skateboarding treasure, lost to the likes of VHS over a decade ago, and have uploaded it in full to the worldwide web.

Jump back through the years and witness Sidewalk “In Motion” featuring a bunch of your favourite British rippers and those from further afield.

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New Shawn Powers Palace edit

palaceskateboards Palace Skateboards have released an edit of their American team rider Shawn Powers today with footage from New York City’s streets.

Benny Fairfax (who is no longer listed on the Stereo website) and Danny Brady (who is listed as a Palace rider on the new Lakai website) are both rumoured to be announced as team riders soon.

POWERS SURGE from PALACE on Vimeo.

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Benny Fairfax discusses new Stereo Shutter series

bennyfairfaxStereo have a new deck series out there this month featuring pro decks from Stereo pro’s Benny Fairfax, Raymond Molinar, Ben Gore and Jack Sabback. The Shutter Series is made up of film and Polaroids from personal collections so press play to hear Benny Fairfax take you through his choices for what photos made the cut from his travels.

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Adidas roll out The Obstacle in Paris

silas_baxter_nealRich ‘Badger’ Holland introduces his latest design work at the Paris leg of The Obstacle as rolled out last year by Adidas in London.

Watch Lucas Puig, Silas Baxter-Neal, Mark Gonzales, Benny Fairfax, Nestor Judkins, Lem Villemin, Seb Daurel, Vivien Feil and more skate the warehouse that also hosted an art exhibition here.

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Palace Skateboards’ Tres Trill French edit online

palaceskateboardsPalace Skateboards’ Tres Trill edit from the Battle Of Normandy event in North Western France has dropped online. Watch 6 minutes of street skating from Lucien Clarke, Chewy Cannon,Rory Milanes, Karim Bakhtoui, Charlie Young and guest skater, Benny Fairfax.

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Adidas team in Greece

The country of Greece maybe in the news for the wrong finanical reasons right now but it didn’t stop the Adidas skate team from visiting this summer to shoot some pics and skate the many spots on offer in Athens and Mykonos.

Watch footage of Dennis Busenitz, Silas Baxter-Neal, Lucas Puig, Tim O’Connor, Pete Eldridge, Benny Fairfax, Nestor Judkins, Lem Villemin and Jake Donnelly here.


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Footage from this summer’s Camp WESC online

When we were back at school and picked up American magazines to get skate news, we would always wonder why the UK never had any skate camps to offer and were always jealous that they existed elsewhere.

This summer, the first Camp WESC was launched down in Truro, Cornwall where Mark Baines, Tom Knox, Nicky Howells, Paul Regan, Danny Beall, Ash Hall, Benny Fairfax, Joleon Pressey, Danny Brady and Danielle Gallacher got together and hosted what looked like a great few days of skating for many. Watch 13 minutes of footage with all of the above and of course, all the skaters on the camp here.

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Stella Supply Co hardware launches with new promo

Joleon Pressey and Mark ‘Fos’ Foster have launched the Stella Supply Co this week, a new hardware company that will be supplying bearings, bolts and clothing to your local skate shop.

The UK team that has been announced this week includes Joe Gavin, Nick Stansfield, Joleon Pressey, Snowy, Benny Fairfax, Karim Bakthoui, Chris Oliver, Nick Jensen, Olly Todd, Charlie Young, Louie Jones, John Tanner, Lucien Clarke, Jin Shimizu, Will Ainley, Rory Milanes, Casper Brooker, Craig Questions, Neil Smith and Dan Wileman.

Watch this brand new promo video put together by Hold Tight Henry that was released this morning.

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Adidas presents The Obstacle in London Town

Last weekend was by far the busiest so far this year for skateboard events in the UK. The Manny Mania final was held at Bay 66 with Manchester’s UK Lloyd McLeggon taking the wedge, War of the Thistles attracted the bowl riders in Scotland, “The Heart Of Skateboarding” memorial jam for Bingo saw locals session hard at R-Kade Skatepark in Redcar and The Obstacle comp from Adidas was a highlight for many down South at the Central Foundation Boys School over in East London. Unfortunately it was also the same day as Crossfire’s Barfly curation at the Camden Crawl so David Woolley headed East to report on what went down in that schoolyard.

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This get together was kept pretty much on the quiet with the location announced only a week before kick off but as word spread through the web, select shop teams were planning their journeys for a memorable jam session whilst the Obstacles that were designed by Mark Gonzales, were being primed by Rodney Clarke, Dave Chesson and friends at the Pioneer park in St Albans.

Boots nails a blunt

After a warm up sesh a pro demo kicked off proceedings featuring Adidas team riders and of course, the one and only Mark Gonzales who has been spotted more times than Animal Chin skating London’s parks and street spots over the last 3 weeks. Not only will the Gonz be 43 years young exactly a month after this very event, but he’s still got the steez that he is famous for as he hucked out super smooth 5.0’s, trademark fs board slides, bonelesses and classic knee boarding tomfoolery! To have such a legendary skateboarder turn up to our country weeks before a comp to soak up the atmosphere and enjoy British culture is nothing but an honour and as usual he was the gentleman everyone has admired for so many years.

Lucas Puig tames the schoolyard

Nestor Judkins had front tail’s on lock, Pete Eldridge took a box of tricks home from the session alongside the impressive Lucas Puig whose tech skills just have to be seen live. The UK contingent was led by the gifted Chewy Cannon and Stereo’s smooth operator Benny Fairfax whose huge backside flip over the barrel backed up the hype on why he’s one of the most talked about UK skaters in the US right now. It’s funny to think that he walked away a winner at one of Crossfire’s very first skate events 8 years ago but no surprise that he’s up there with the best of them thesedays.

Death Skateboards pro Boots was also on form and on third try took a sick backside noseblunt whilst Karim Bakhtaoui‘s massive shuv’s over a thigh high barrier made palms come together from around the school yard. It was an impressive session with fun in mind and that’s exactly what came from it, thankfully there was more to come.

Benny Fairfax takes Three Stripes over the bin

After the pro demo a shop team competition kicked off featuring many team riders from independent skate shops from around the UK. 10 minute jam sessions were organised for 3 shop teams to skate together with 2 riders representing each shop. Skaters from Note, Exist, 50:50, Natterjacks, Detour and Slide impressed amongst many others before a best trick jam ended the day on a high with the soon-to-be Fresh Blood ripper Manuel Lopez taking the free trip to Barcelona as the main prize with a 5-0 Varial Flip out. Watch that in Harry Garcia’s edit and more from the day in Tidy Mike’s clip on this page. It was a great day out and unique to the London event calendar so well done to everyone involved.

WATCH HARRY GARCIA’S FOOTAGE

WATCH MIKE PEARSON’S FOOTAGE

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Mark Baines and Benny Fairfax launch Camp WeSC

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Mark Baines and Benny Fairfax have launched Camp WeSC this week so if you fancy a week away from the parents this summer and would prefer to be coached how to skate with UK pro skaters, then this could well be for you. Camp WeSC will take place in August in Truro, Cornwall and can accomodate up to 60 people.

The cost for a 5 day camp is £380 which includes your accommodation, 3 meals a day and 24/7 supervision. Many of the Staff are CRB checked and all have many years experience of skateboarding. You will also get your mitts on the following:

1 Pair of DVS Shoes
1 Blueprint/WeSC deck
1 Pair WeSC Headphones
1 WeSC T Shirt
1 WeSC Hooded Sweatshirt

Skaters listed as being involved in teaching so far include Mark Baines, Benny Fairfax, Joshua Young, Paul Regan, Danny Brady, Paul Shier, Wieger Van Wageningen, Jody Smith and Daniel ‘Snowy’ Kinloch. For more information go to www.campwesc.com/uk