On Sunday night The Lords of the Swords party at the Hooga Bar in Chelmsford screened the winning edit from the DSD Team and got very drunk.
Watch the messy night once the voting on our site had finished below and click here to watch all of the videos from this amazing Essex scene get together.
Once again, Hold Tight Henry has found time to film and edit another cool edit for your viewing pleasure, so sit back, get yourself a café noir and take in the wonders of John Tanner hitting up classic Parisian streets for éS.
Photo by Matthew Bromley: Samual Partaixwallrides.
This weekend’s Downtown Showdown organised by VANS went off in fine style. The Spitalfields crowds were spoilt for choice with guest pro’s Alva, Rowley, Dollin, AVE and Pfanner teaming up with Vans legend, Steve Van Doren himself to bring the capital a top day out.
Despite the classic British weather that brough sunshine and showers, the skateboarding impressed with sponsored riders from Alis, Death, Palace, Blueprint, Antiz, Cliche, Enjoi, Element (Europe), Superdead and Yama getting amongst the obstacles on show built by the teams themselves. Our favourite being Death Skateboards’ Ripper Alley, that had whippy transitions, concrete coping, a bank to wall, a hip and a rails within its design.
Overall, this was the biggest skateboard event to grace London in a while. The highlight of the day being Steve Van Doren, walking around with a smile on his face serving people pizza! Look out for an interview with Dustin Dollin from the event on here soon.
FULL RESULTS:
Death Skateboards Obstacle
1st: Phil Zwijsen – EUR 1,500
2nd: Ben Raemers – EUR 800
3rd: Danny Brady – EUR 500
Cliche Obstacle
1st: Danny Brady – EUR 1,500
2nd: Chris Oliver – EUR 800
3rd: Dallas Rockvam – EUR 500
Superdead Obstacle
1st: Nassim Guammaz – EUR 1,500
2nd: Chris Pfanner – EUR 800
3rd: Rob Smith – EUR 500
Best Pro: Danny Brady – EUR 1,500
Best Am: Nassim Guammaz – EUR 1,000
MONSTER RIPPER award:
Flo Mirtain EUR 1,000
Team of the Day:
1st Antiz – EUR 14,000
2nd Element Europe – EUR 10,000
3rd Enjoi – EUR 8,000
4th Superdead – EUR 6,000
Visit the Vans site for more photos and videos here.
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The infamous Heygate Estate was built in the 1970’s and has been a part of inner city London skyline ever since. When built, it was considered an ideal urban dwelling but it soon had problems with gangs and for many skaters the brick bank spots weren’t worth the hassle.
Right now, residents of the estate have been evicted. So until the demolition is completed in just under a year’s time, it is ours to be shared with graffiti writers along with the inevitable squatters and street drinkers.
The estate is huge and packed full of a variety of brick branks, with rails and hips too. Be warned, the spots are sketchy and you will hang up on plenty of stray stones and twigs. If you go at the right time though, the estate is deserted and skating round it is a pretty enchanting experience.
You know that whenever the name Chris Haslam comes up you are going to get something special.
Watch this clip of him skating the skinniest half pipe on a Globe tour Africa for a Globe trip in front of someone’s house. Ridiculous as always.
Chad Muska has issued an apology via youtube today following his arrest for tagging a coffee shop window in Los Angeles on July 14th.
Click play below for a video of what happened when security guards held the Muska down with force and today’s apology due to his choice of words on the night in question.
Paul Regan has been kickboxing and busy teaching skateboarding over the last year successfully, spreading the goodness to the next generation. He has also made time for another pop filled video edit for DVS for you to watch today. View it below and if you want more from Paul click here for his interview and look out for another edit with more new footage dropping from the Fabric crew that is scheduled for August.
Ph: Rob Salmon
Following an incredible 2010, Austrian ripper Chris Pfanner have finally gone pro for Anti Hero Skateboards this week.
To welcome his full status on the big bird, his team mates have joined him in this brand new edit so click that play button for smooth style and massive pop. Smiles for miles on this one.
Wight Trash Skateboards have unleashed a monster video edit today to celebrate the opening of their online shop.
The Isle of White crew are currently working on a full length team video scheduled for November released called DANG! and have dropped this in the interim.
Discover the weird and wonderful world of Jesse James and Chris ‘Avi’ Atherton who have filmed and edited this beast for your viewing pleasure. The edit features a mash up of 80’s clips and some tech skating from Jesse James, Will Sayer, ‘Avi and John Cattle. Natas also gets a mention as does Frap the Old Deer, and Josh Kalis on puncture repair duties!
Get your eyes round this, it’s also inspired by by Stephen Baldwin!
WARNING: NOT AT ALL SAFE FOR WORK!
Skater of Los Angeles took to the streets and got wild for Go Skateboarding Day yesterday but met the fuzz on route where arrests were made. Watch this video for the full story.