This weekend’s Pro-Tec Pool Party in California provided one hell of a session as Pedro Barros delivered another mammoth set of runs to take home the honours. This footage below captures the ridiculous skating that went down in both the pro comp and the legends sessions with the Bones Brigade and friends. Amazing stuff.
Pro results:
1. Pedro Barros
2. Rune Glifberg
3. Bucky Lasek
Masters results:
1. Steve Caballero
2. Tony Hawk
3. Lance Mountain
The Isle of Wight’s skateboard company Wight Trash are about to unleash a guest board by Kris Markovich following their most recent guest collab with Alex Moul. Markovich created the graphic himself for the one off deck that will be available next month.
In other related Wight Trash news, Greg Nowik’s cock board is still happening and the company are said to be issuing a limited run of 10 cock shaped boards too.
More surreal video madness has been released this week from Jesse James who proves you can flip in clown feet. Scroll down this page for a bizarre new edit titled ‘Fingerings and other things’ and visit www.wight-trash.com for more.
Charlie Birch is a name you will be hearing a lot about in the future if the Liverpool ripper continues to hit the road. Here’s a clip of a recent London trip covering MW2, Mile End, Cantelowes and more for Lost Art.
Vans team riders Nassim Guammaz, Daan vd Linden, Ramoen Verbeet, Sebastiaan Vijverberg, Douwe Macare, Jonathan Thijs and Guuske Both make up the latest “Create and Destroy” video edit. Watch them crack out the concrete and get stuck into this spot in Breda, NL.
Dan Drehobl invites you into his house and skates local bowl with friends in this latest clip from Strangenotes. Smoke a packet with him here.
Superdead’s Chris Oliver was invited to DC Embassy for a session to get amongst it with the best of Europe. Watch the full session here and get voting for the UK contingent tomorrow. Click his ginger locks for the footage.
Chris Ray was asked to be one of the 13 filmers to submit a part for TransWorld SKATEboarding’s latest film, The Cinematographer Project and chose am Evan Smith as his subject. The results are quite simply stunning. Be prepared to watch this more than twice as we are pretty sure there’s not a better section online this month.
Exeter’s Barney Page continues his incredible journey of skateboard success in his trademark shorts for RVCA this week. This new edit features footage of him skating spots in London, Barcelona and more. Get on this.
Royal Trucks have a new rider grinding their product this week as they welcome Miles Silvas to the team. The 17 year old from Sacramento, USA has a great welcome video online today, watch this.
The first time I watched 5-Boro’s new video Join Or Die I wanted to rush outside and skate. The second time I watched Join Or Die I wanted to skate even more. The third time worked a charm and so on and so on. This is a no-nonsense production; there are no slo-mos, HD effects or skits; just top-knotch skating with a banging soundtrack.
Steve Rodriguez, Tombo Colabraro and Mark Nardelli didn’t try to introduce the audience to some obscure indie bands or impress viewers with a pompous tailor-made score. They went to the source and picked music from crowd favourites: Bad Brains, Nas, Wu Tang Clan, Joy Division, Dire Straits and The Rolling Stones.
With a 25 minute runtime the editing is quick and concise. It took a few extra viewings to pick up on some truly gnarly stunts performed by the team. The newest pro’s Willy Akers and Joe Tookmanian serve as book ends with Willy’s balls-to-the-wall ATV antics opening the show and Took’s ridiculous switch skills closing off the session. Jimmy McDonald and Dan Pensyl’s sections each leap some super tight and super wide bank to bank launches. Jordan Trahan has one of the most remarkable tricks in the montage section with an asleep-at-the-wheel skid and jump going mach 10 down a hill. It was cool to see Bordeaux resident Guillaume Dulout get a section to himself. The Frenchman and his buddies have been repping 5-Boro for a few years already so it’s great to see them get their shine just as much as the resident New Yorkers.
Finally, no 5-Boro video would be complete without some lovely 8mm footage of the city streets and skylines. The DVD also has a couple of sweet web edits as bonus sections that are bite size delights. I have to take my hat off to 5-Boro for putting out a DVD and then posting its entirety on the web. Obviously the video market is slim pickings and awash with mediocrity nowadays so putting the time and effort into a small masterpiece for free is worth everyone’s support and respect.
Ralph Lloyd-Davis