If you have ever stood on a vert ramp underneath this guy you would know how talented he is on a skateboard. This new Juergen Horrwarth footage features him skating a bunch of Berlin parks with a cameo trick from Sylvian Tognelli.
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Palace rider Lucien Clarke has officially been announced as joining the Supra Footwear pro team today. The 24 year old Londoner says: “I’m thrilled about SUPRA. The shoes are amazing to skate, and most of the riders I watched for years growing up ‘pon de skateboard. So it’s a banging feeling being on the same team.”
“Jamaica to New York to London was the route to becoming the bad man that is Lucien ‘Brother Darkness’ Clarke,” said friend Chewy Cannon who just joined the KR3W team today. “If you don’t know now, you will realize after.”
Blueprint’s Sylvain Tognelli is back with one of another of his fun video blogs from recent skateboard travels, this time from London with Blueprint team mates.
The coven at Witchcraft have unleashed raw metal from the vaults of Jamie Morley‘s latest sessions. Push buttons for the Death Strike.
It’s not everyday you get to meet someone as inspiring as Richard Branson, but yesterday we managed to get some of his precious time in his Oxfordshire home for a chat. Back in the 1960’s at the age of just 16, Mr Branson started a magazine for students which led him to open a mail order business for music and a record shop in London. His passion for music led him to open Virgin Records, signing a plethora of artists that included punk rock legends the Sex Pistols and the ownership of over 400 other companies since.
Why should you give a hoot about this today? Well, he got off his backside and opened doors for himself and many others. Maybe that will inspire you to think that you could do the same today or at least get you thinking that if you have positive energy you will at least pull that tre flip you been working on in the next line you are planning to film. You can do what ever you want and enjoy working for a living if you apply enough to the dream and want it enough.
Richard Branson played a small part in inspiring us to start this very mag. One day back in 1995, Branson was traveling into London via Sutton where we all grew up skating. He pulled his car over, walked through the doors of our local pub, joined a bunch of skateboarders at the pool table, got the beers in and started potting spots and stripes with everyone. He was full of energy and presented himself with that beaming smile on his face. You can imagine the instant euphoria of such a random situation but essentially, that day, his billionaire status changed, and he was one of us.
His passion and drive seem to be never-ending, so we hope that one day maybe he will appreciate the skateboarding scene that has been built by so many hard working people in this country. Maybe he could have a role to play and help us to fulfill a dream we have, which is to keep people motivated, bring people together and excite this generation and welcome the next. Only time will tell, but for now, get hyped on the fact that Branson’s garden has the remains of a mini ramp in it. It may not be the Mega Ramp, it may not have seen a session in time, but this is a reminder that skateboarding reaches far beyond the unexpected.
Jart Skateboards have dropped a trailer for their 3rd full length video ‘All You Need’ today that will be out in the public domain soon. Watch this trailer by Jesús Gómez featuring Bastien Salabanzi, Steve King, Ivan Rivardo, Cian Eades, and many more. It looks likely that this video will be one to watch out for on this evidence. Click play for wobs.
Element’s annual comp to find a ripper came to London’s Bay Sixty 6 park last week. Watch all the footage from the day here.
If you have not seen their Future Nature film featuring their upcoming ams then get amongst it this week.
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Graham Baker video feature
London skateboarders may not know of Graham John Baker by name but there’s a good chance that they would have seen him at every skateboard event that has ever been promoted in London. Graham also knows his skateparks and if it’s dry out there, you know he will be heading out to skate somewhere to jam with the locals and share knowledge of what wheels, trucks and decks people are riding.
Graham has had a long term problem with Asperger’s syndrome, a condition that that is characterized by significant difficulties in social interaction. This has never deterred Graham from getting on his deck and meeting other skaters every week so what a pleasure it was today to find that Will Robson-Scott has filmed him in London at his favourite skate shop Slam City, and traced back some of his first ever memories, skating at St.Albans over 25 years back and being in the crowd of Northampton’s most legendary historic events in the 1980’s.
Watch this video feature today and take in Graham’s life and wise words. If you see him out there on your travels, say hello, as you will not find a nicer skateboarder to chat to out there.
A Third Foot riders Adam Keys, Andy Coleman and Ryan Price spent a few hours at Cinderford with friends Matt ‘Boyo’ Williams, Leon Clark, Justin Sydendam, Ollie Lock and Tom Gibbs.
Fos FM is still pumping the airwaves across the pond in California. Mark has Nike’s latest recruit Alex Olson in as guest for his radio show this month and he also has a new Evil Eye deck out on Heroin. Watch this clip made with Rogie that is inspired by the film, The Ring and look out for it in your local SOS.