Felix Parker, Ben Devine, Becky Jaques and Daryl Nobbs hit up the mighty Area 51 indoor park at Eindhoven in Holland and got smoked. Watch all the footage from this Heathen Skateboards trip here.
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Div Adam Reflections 2011
Photo: Nick Penna
The man who kicks off 2011’s ‘Reflections’ end of year features needs almost no introduction. The feral Scottish ripper who should pick up an award this year for nailing every transition like a raging bull has spent this year hitting the trail in California and living the dream.
Enjoy some of Div’s memoirs and get hyped on his out of control chariot entertaining your eyes and ears in 2012.
Best personal moment of 2011?
Skating the best parks in the fuckin bizz.
Favourite skate trip?
Scotty and the Scots, cause there wiz a Scott and a couple a Scots kickin aboot the States.
Most satisfying trick made?
Every time I go skate!
Best song you listened to most in 2011?
Dystopia – Stress Builds Character
Story of 2011?
I hud a garage sale this year and this vet dude cruised to get some shit told me he used to do underwater rescues for missing persons. He used to free dive, nae breathing apparatus! They were looking for this Asian dude and he says he found him in the shallows stuck in a cave in Mission Bay. When he seen him he was clenching on to his chest. So he tells me they pulled his body out and and opens his fist and he was holding on to a lucky rabbits foot!
Newest trick?
Breaking back trucks like a mother fucker!
The trick that got away?
Hurricane fakie over/round the love seat at Washington Street. (WSVP)
Best trick or line you witnessed?
Pedro at Bucky’s bowl.
Skate flick you watched the most?
Gleaming the Cube.
Your MVP of the year?
Deluxe Distribution – they’re the fuckin’ rulers!
Fresh Blood tip for 2012?
Shaw Salidino rips.
What are you looking forward to most about 2012?
Suffering.
Favourite top 3 video edits of the year.
1. The sneezing bear. Gets you hyped because a said so.
2. Remi Gaillard. Mario Kart. He is fuckin’ nuts because a said so.
3. Anti Hero commercials because a fuckin’ said so.
Shouts and thanks to:
Ma family n aw ma mates. Jon Alden is the man. Antihero 18
DIV ADAM QUICK THREE from NetworkSkate.com on Vimeo.
The Blueprint team hit the road to Equador with Skateboarder Magazine and came back with soime amazing footage that Dan Magee has put together.
Watch Blueprint’s Journey To The Center Of The Earth featuring Paul Shier, Marty Murawski, Colin Kennedy, Sylvain Tognelli, Kevin Coakley and Jerome Campbell. Amazing stuff.
Manchester skater Ben Grove has officially left Vans shoes this week. A statement wishing him luck on the Vans website says:
“After many years of service skate team rider Ben Grove is moving on. Everyone at Vans and the rest of the team all wish him well in the future.”
We can confirm that ‘Champagne Supergrover’ joins the Supra European team this week who have also welcomed Harmony pro Vaughan Baker as their new European Skate Marketing Manager this month.
Look out for more riders added to this team very soon and check out his Zukie clip that was released at the beginning of this month.
The Zero team are working on a new video production titled COLD WAR right now. Expect hammers from Jamie Thomas, Cole, Rattray, Hill, Hatchell, Burman, Fitzgerald, Dal Santo, Tancowny, Sauder, Gilley and more.
Watch their new trailer accompanied by some classic Misfits tuneage and get hyped on these guys pushing the limits daily to bring you some of the gnarliest skating out there.
The Flip Skateboards team have been rolling through Europe over the summer, hitting up spots and parks in Denmark, Germany, Norway and Sweden.
The tour has been documented in 2 parts so get stuck into part one here featuring Andrew Langi, Arto Saari, Curren Caples, David Gonzalez, Louie Lopez, Luan Oliveira and Tom Penny and look out for part 2 dropping soon.
Alex Barton drops 10 at Hemel
Death Skateboards have released a limited edition Sexton Ming collab deck this week. Ming is a founding member of the The Medway Poets, a poet/punk band (that also has Billy Childish in their ranks) and also co founded the Stuckists art group famed for their promotion of figurative painting in opposition to conceptual art.
100 of these limited edition decks will be available so grab one quick.
Watch this Backflip 5050
The internet is riddled with backflips right now. Here’s another one, this time with a 5050 thrown in for good measure and still ugly as hell. Is this the time we call out that skateboarding is moving closer to fruit booting? Give me a backside smith any day of the week.