The Documentary Save The Southbank by Winstan Whitter & Toby Shuall is now available for you to get an eyeful of. It’s there to highlight the plight of skateboarding in The Undercroft on London’s Southbank which has brought much pleasure for a large bunch of folk over the last 35 years. Join the fight!
Built in 1976, Harrow Skate Park (aka Solid Surf) is now one of the few remaining concrete parks in the UK that hasn’t been run to the ground. Its contents include a half pipe, snake run, 4 moguls, blocks, the bollocks, peanut and pool. There once stood a mini ramp but some kids with not much else to do torched it and it now seems that the rest of the ingredients may soon follow suit.
Forget your 14th century Ming vase sitting on the mantlepiece, this is where the world of porcelain really kicks it. Swedish designer Simon Sjödin has created this set of decks to represent four eras in skateboarding history, each with a Meissner design in the centre. Badlands for the 70's, Animal Chin Ramp for the 80's, EMB representing the 90's and finally Barcelona's Sant Estacion for the present day. Continue reading this blog post »
Bam was kind enough to sign and send us a copy of HUCK with him on the cover and we, in turn, extend this act of generosity by giving you, reader, rider, friend, the chance to win that copy. Continue reading this blog post »
I can't help but think this is a little heavy handed. Are the police and the state a force for oppression? You decide. Continue reading this blog post »
Last weekend saw the Bright Skate Tradeshow in Frankfurt play host to some of Europe’s gnarliest transition junkies at the Winter Bowl Bash. The indoor bowl, with its massive cradle, vertical wall ride, vert extensions and tight transition, set the scene for a mouth-watering jam session. Continue reading this blog post »
The end is nigh. Mass consumerism and an ever-increasing obsession with eating a shitload of anything, anywhere at anytime has finally taken its toll. Not on our souls, or bodies for that matter - but on our culture. Continue reading this blog post »
Gabe Nevins, star of Gus Van Sant's Paranoid Park, talks about skating, teenage life and working with Gus Van Sant. Continue reading this blog post »
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