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First ollie 720 pulled by Jake Brown

The X-Games is currently going on in Brazil right now with mega ramp comps setting new monstrous records as ever. This time round Jake Brown is back in the news, not for falling onto the flat bottom though, instead he is the first person to pull a 720′ ollie as captured on film here.

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Vans team hit up Derelict Places in Athens

Danny Wainwright, Ross McGouran, Nassim Guammaz, Kris Vile and more of the Vans Europe team continue their Derelict Places missions into Greek territory this week. Click play for a journey through Athens via the once used Olympic park and beyond.

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Birdhouse are Road Trippin’

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Birdhouse Skateboards have released a compilation of highlights from their travels over the last year featuring Hawk, Jaws and the rest of the team. Click on Aaron Homoki’s wheels to watch it.

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Southbank Centre respond to questions

Photo: Fos by Dom Marley.

The Southbank Centre have answered questions submitted from the many users wondering what exactly will happen when the redevelopment of the Undercroft takes place in the future. The relocation plan is to move skateboarders (bmx’ers, graffiti people, hangers-on, jugglers etc) under the Hungerford Railway Bridge and to retain and enhance the Southbank Centre as the iconic home for urban arts in an even more diverse cultural setting.

There’s a huge amount of information that should be read today from the document that has been released. The answers bring up some interesting responses. Here’s a few that stood out:

CLOSURE: Firstly they expect to have to close the Festival Wing site from autumn 2014 to spring 2017.

CURRENT LOCATION: They have confirmed that the current and legendary skate spot is the most profitable area due to footfall and the main reason they would like to relocate skateboarders is that “Its prominent location makes it the place that most people will first experience the Festival Wing” and that this location is the “most commercially valuable space, the income from which will support commercial loans to pay for the capital cost of the refurbishment.” It’s somehow fitting that timed with the death of Margeret Thatcher only yesterday that privatisation of space reigns over the public use of space. Social viability is once again undercut for economic gain.

RELOCATION: They have “identified the Undercoft under Hungerford Railway Bridge as a possible new location”. There is certainly no alternative location mentioned at all. There are certainly no plans to keep the current area open for skateboarders in 2017.

RELOCATION SIZE: “The Hungerford Bridge Undercroft is roughly similar in area to the current QEH undercroft at 1,000 m2.” The question here is that the original space before it was taken away and boarded up was at least double this size.

HERITAGE CENTER: The history of the Undercroft will be showcased in the new building. “So as part of the co-commissioning process we would like to discuss with the Undercroft users how they would like to tell their story and what special events they would like to hold in the heritage centre to celebrate their continuing contribution to the
Southbank Centre.” This will be a nice touch.

REPORT: There’s too much information to post here but you can download the full PDF report from this question and answer session here and still have your say at www.southbankundercroft.com

The Southbank Centre have called meetings inviting various people to discuss the future of SB but unfortunately they have not issued these with enough notice so far, (i.e 4 days before the Tuesday of a bank holiday) so we are unable to bring you inside knowledge just yet and have still not met the people involved sadly. Hopefully there will be more sessions with decent notice so we can be more involved moving forwards, especially when it comes to events and structure of the new build.
Various Southbank reunions have come on our radar recently too and are currently being arranged on Facebook, so look out for invites.

Remind yourself of some of the historical skate sessions with Tony Luckhurst, Matt Dawson, Jason Maldini, Curtis McCann, Reuben Goodyear, Ben Wheeler and a few other South Bank locals from this footage filmed from 1991.

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Herbal Skateboards do Amsterdam

A few weeks back, the Herbal Skateboards crew headed for Amsterdam for a skate trip with Lloyd Mcleggon, Marcus Payne, Jack Penny and Marc SA Carter in tow for the sessions. Filmer Von Shape and photographer Harvey Mills joined the party to capture what went down on the trip whilst they hit up spots aided by local spot guide Nosa Ketting.

Head over to their blog for updated photos from the trip and look out for an edit dropping on March 28th.

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Watch Fabric at the DC Embassy

dcembassyJason Lewer, Paul Regan and Connor North rep the Fabric team at the DC Embassy this week. Press play.

G.O.H. Fabric team from THE DC EMBASSY on Vimeo.

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Evan Smith Experience Pro Part

Evan Smith has joined the pro ranks at Element Skateboards today with a ridiculous four minute edit that takes Skate Edit of the Week. The 22 year old from Florida takes apart huge gaps, banks, stairs, pools, ledges and everything else in front of him. Press play for all round goodness and take your pick for best trick.

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Alex Siegfried’s Perus welcome clip

The Perus crew have welcomed Alex Siegfried to their team this week. Click play for fast feet and flip late shuv goodness right here.

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Myles Rushforth Sore edit

Sore Skateboards team rider Myles Rushforth takes to the streets in this new edit from up North. Watch the Barnsley local tackle some rough spots with ease here in this new welcome to Sore clip.

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Watch David Gonzalez Thrashin’ Medellin

David Gonzales went home to skate his local spots in MedellĂ­n, the second-largest city in Colombia and came back with some footage. Watch the current Skater of the Year get amongst it on rural spots.

David Gonzalez – Thrashin’ Medellin from VIVE_SKATEBOARDING on Vimeo.