Monomotion begins tomorrow.
July 01, 2008 @ 9:31 PM - by Niall Neeson
Its hard to explain it- Monomotion was a skate cinema exhibition arranged by Gaston Francisco last year in Barcelona. It invited 5 (I think?) editors to submit a short sequence on the subject of skateboarding. Thats it, free rein. We watched it in the kind of small creaky apartment Barcelona seems to specialise in and thought we’d bootleg it out to you. Let us know what you think.
Ravenna: biggest comp turnout across Europe this weekend?
June 30, 2008 @ 5:03 PM - by Niall Neeson
Alessandro Sorgente_USA
Alessandro Sorgente_USA
Ben Raemers_UK
Cristian Vannella_Spain
Daniel Cardone_Italy
Danny Lorenz_Germany
Dominik Dietrich_Austria
Giorgio Zattoni_Italy
Gregory “Marley” Laufersweiler_France
Helder Lima_Portugal
Henrique Conçalves_Brazil
Jan Kliewer_Germany
Jimmy “The Greek” Markus_USA
Jo Lorenz_Germany
Jorge Barreto_Spain
Julien Merour_France
Kris Vile_UK
Luca Crestani_Italy
Lukas Danek_Czech Republic
Manuel Margreiter_Austria
Marco Lambertucci_Italy
Mathieu Hilaire_France
Matteo Storelli_Italy
Neil Smith_UK
Roman Erhart_Austria
Ross McGouran_UK
Sasha Steinhorst_USA
Severin Von Ow_Switzerland
Simon Stricker_ Switzerland
Tomas Vintr_Czech Republic
Arnost Ceral wins King Of Wood
June 30, 2008 @ 3:58 PM - by Niall Neeson
Full blurb tomorrow. Arnost took a well deserved first on street, Guillaume Mocquin devoured the brand new bowl and Adrien Bulard won best trick with a switch back heel down the double set. But thats just the start!
If you’re in New York area code…
June 26, 2008 @ 8:53 PM - by Benjamin
Mike O’Meally, the Oz originated photographer, now a TWS staff photog, will be exhibiting tomorrow at the Dactyl gallery, under Jason Dill’s invite. Big solo show in NYC? You’re made, Mike!
Send us pics of the opening night, please!
And if you are even slightly interested in either/or both photography and skateboarding and will be in New York in the next days, do have a go at that one. O’Meally won’t disappoint.
David Luther and Kingpin:
June 26, 2008 @ 2:02 PM - by Niall Neeson
Where did that silly rumour start? Stop contacting us to ask, folks, homie is here for keeps.
Unless....
Back from Barca, off to Rouen for King Of Wood
June 26, 2008 @ 1:59 PM - by Niall Neeson
Vans’ month long, 13 country Roll WIth Us tour ended up with a fiesta in Barca 2 nights ago, and we just escaped MACBA in time to catch a flight back to London before heading out to meet the Metropolitan guys in Rouen. Either see you there or back here Tuesday!
Monomotion coming online next Tuesday!
June 26, 2008 @ 1:53 PM - by Niall Neeson
Maybe you’ve already heard of Monomotion, but if not it was an exhibition in Barceona where editors were asked to create a short edit of what they interpret skateboarding as meaning. Bottom line is that its really good, and we have secured it for release here next week!
Slap that shit on your wall!
June 25, 2008 @ 5:18 PM - by Benjamin
Hmm, so I don’t know how to start this one entry…
You guys might know of Jim Phillips, the artist who amongst many things designed a lot of the iconic late 80’s Santa Cruz skateboard graphics. Many of your older bros at the spot might even have one of his inked somewhere tough on them. And I can’t diss that.
This guys does/did a great job!
Images such as those…
All good, you might say, and if you’re stoked on him, you can even find a really good book documenting his best surf and skate related work…
But, now, I just received a mail from a site that sells those designs as laminated prints or something, amongst such things:
You know, the type of cheap prints you see on “edgy” young stoke brokers walls, the kind that do cocaine while listening to The Streets and then stares at this guy
in the eyes, all pumped up and daydreaming about another gangster life they could have chosen. Only if their parents had allowed…
So, yeah, something that could be summed up as “WACK!”
So this makes me a bit sad, but hey, brother gotta make a living I guess.
Plus “skateboarding culture” is one puffy smoke bomb, isn’t it?
Dem wooden bowl thingy
June 24, 2008 @ 3:07 PM - by Benjamin
“So, I opened me mail, and got some link to people riding dem goddam snakeboards around some Tony Hawk ramp that look like where ya eat put yer cereals in… Or something.”
OK, OK, here is some footage from some copping and tranny carnage that happened in Aberdeen and Dumbarton, which are places in Non-France (Scotland out of all places!).
Good shit.
Freewheelin
June 24, 2008 @ 10:24 AM - by Deeli
Radio Kingpin playing now
June 20, 2008 @ 8:37 AM - by Niall Neeson
They might be miserable sods, but that gets pretty heated in the middle.
Shake your hips if it helps you work it out.
New Ollie Record?
June 18, 2008 @ 12:05 PM - by Deeli
Trauma for free!
June 16, 2008 @ 8:25 PM - by Benjamin
Trauma skateboards, the cool french company out of Montpellier, worked hard on their new video (the animations are real cool, actually!) and you can now download it for free here!
Enjoy…
Down with all boros!
June 16, 2008 @ 2:18 PM - by Benjamin
Sooo…
Just back from a quick, but action packed, stint in New York in order to sample what’s been going on this side on the water, lately. As you would expect, a lot…
Sorry, no boutiques reviews here, or neck tattoos updates. We were more into checking out rooftop skateparks (!!?) or getting our sweaty asses eaten alive by Brooklyn’s back alleys mosquitoes. Skate stuff, I mean.
And for that, what better guides than the 5Boro homies? Always on the move, those guys do skate the whole city and know their fair share of hidden gems.
Meet here Willy Akers
and Dan Pensyl!
To tell you the truth, that day, the winner was…
…the jersey barrier!
On another day, we met with Danny Falla…
…teaming up with TM/buddy extraordinaire, Tom Colabraro!
So, yeah, good times!
And more in the mag, soon, I hope!
P.S: Oh, by the way, if you were wondering how massive Pensyl actually is, this is him next to a “regular sized” human being, ehrm, me!
Hahahahahaha!!! MegaLOL, kid!!!
Controlled Controversy
June 12, 2008 @ 8:57 AM - by Deeli
The winner of this year’s Supernova catwalk showdown in Tallinn, Estonia, has been dragged through the muddy waters of rip off rag time and accused of appropriating other peoples ideas and presenting them as her own. Namely, Kristel Kuslapuu’s winning jumper has been noted to bear a striking resemblance to the
one in Finnish street wear brand CTRL’s collection. Interestingly, the designer who started the scandal was also a competitor in the show and has since then been banned from entering again, ever. Freeman, the art director over at CTRL, was asked to comment for the jury investigating the plagiarism accusations in order to decide whether or not Kristel gets to keep her price of 22 000 EEK (1400 euros) and her slot representing Estonia at the Berlin fashionweek. In Freeman’s opinion the pattern at the heart of the hassle is so common that its use can’t really be considered plagiarism. Kristel gets to keep her title. The real winner, however is Reede, the shop that sells CTRL in Tallinn. The whole episode has guaranteed that the shop has had a tidal wave of fashionistas and other enthusiasts having a nosy to see for themselves what the fuzz is all about.
On related news, CTRL, along with Grey Market Supply skate shop are holding an amicable sample sale this Saturday 14.6. at the CTRL headquarters in Helsinki, Finland.
High Grade Flow Team Edit
June 11, 2008 @ 9:53 AM - by Niall Neeson
Fittest Guy In America?
June 10, 2008 @ 9:45 AM - by Deeli
You’ll say you couldn’t care less, but we’ll bet you can’t resist clicking this though to find out.
High Definition
June 07, 2008 @ 8:59 PM - by Deeli
It sure is now, Feds is seeing to that.
And so are Arto and Dylan.
Do You Have A Permission For That?
June 07, 2008 @ 5:57 PM - by Deeli
...has somehow become more and more common. I get asked all the time if I have a permission to be shooting whatever I’m shooting- mostly a skater doing a trick specifically in order to be photographed. Yes, it’s come to that, sorry to break your little hearts, but a lot of the photos you see in mags aren’t just documenting someone having fun, the tricks would never have happened if it weren’t for the photo and the video clip making it happen. But we’re getting sidetracked here. The point of this entry is that because of various reasons, the omnipresent General Public has become wary of photography and the site of a camera. Last weekend, Love Eneroth wanted to one-up himself on a ledge-manual-combo we only shot a couple of weeks before the last time I was in Stockholm. So we returned to the spot and almost got the boot, not because you can’t skate there, but because you supposedly can’t film and shoot photos there. The spot is a public children’s playground. It’s surrounded by hills, perfect for getting high up above the spot for a nice birds eye view, making the whole spot look really simple and graphic. Well, when you’re up there looking down that is, from the playground I imagine the situation might look quite different. A scrubby young man hiding in the bushes pointing a long lens camera apparatus at the children playing down below. Half way into the session an angry dooschebag wanted to have a word and know whether I had a permission to take photos. I didn’t, of course, but guess what: You don’t need one. In most places, as long as you’re on public grounds, you do not need a permission to take a photo. The schmuck trying to give you the boot thinks you do because he’s heard about terrorism and paedophilia and papparazzis and celebrities and privacy and they’ve all merged into one vague idea he’s labeled permission, but the fact is that none of that matters. “Make sure there’s no faces in your photos or you might get in trouble” the guy shouted. Yawn. Love didn’t make his trick this time, so I expect to be right back in the bushes stalking the playground in the near future.
instapundit.com has a nice little thing about this on their site:
Since 9/11, there has been an increasing war on photography. Photographers have been harrassed, questioned, detained, arrested or worse, and declared to be unwelcome. We’ve been repeatedly told to watch out for photographers, especially suspicious ones. Clearly any terrorist is going to first photograph his target, so vigilance is required.
Except that it’s nonsense. The 9/11 terrorists didn’t photograph anything. Nor did the London transport bombers, the Madrid subway bombers, or the liquid bombers arrested in 2006. . . .
Given that real terrorists, and even wannabe terrorists, don’t seem to photograph anything, why is it such pervasive conventional wisdom that terrorists photograph their targets? Why are our fears so great that we have no choice but to be suspicious of any photographer?
Because it’s a movie-plot threat.
From Art Fag City’s Fresh Links
June 07, 2008 @ 5:47 PM - by Deeli
I’m sure is something that Colin Kennedy and Seb Charlot would have no problem recommending.
We broke a bit, but we rich a lot
June 07, 2008 @ 4:53 PM - by Deeli
Santogold is touring Europe and some other continents this summer. Check dates below and make sure you’re there. So what if her long awaited album is supposed to sound like a lot of other people’s albums. It sounds like other people that sound sick.
23 Jun 2008 20:00 Hove Festival Hove
26 Jun 2008 20:00 Glastonbury - Q Stage Pilton
27 Jun 2008 20:00 Glastonbury - Park Stage Pilton
28 Jun 2008 20:00 Festival Show Dieterswil
1 Jul 2008 20:00 VisionAire / Lacoste Paris
2 Jul 2008 20:00 5 Days Off @ Paradiso Amsterdam
4 Jul 2008 20:00 Roskilde Roskilde
5 Jul 2008 20:00 Eurockeenes Belfort
6 Jul 2008 20:00 B’estfest Bucharest
8 Jul 2008 20:00 Montreux Jazz Festival (MDH Club) Montreux
10 Jul 2008 20:00 Finlandia Park Helsinki
18 Jul 2008 20:00 Summercase Barcelona
19 Jul 2008 20:00 Summercase Madrid
20 Jul 2008 20:00 Central Park Summerstage New York, New York
26 Jul 2008 20:00 Rock The Bells Boston, Massachusetts
27 Jul 2008 20:00 Rock The Bells New York, New York
1 Aug 2008 20:00 Lollapalooza Chicago, Illinois
2 Aug 2008 20:00 Rock The Bells Miami, Florida
3 Aug 2008 20:00 Rock The Bells Washington, DC, Washington DC
9 Aug 2008 20:00 Summer Sonic Tokyo / Osaka
10 Aug 2008 20:00 Summer Sonic Tokyo / Osaka
14 Aug 2008 20:00 Pukkelpop Hasselt
23 Aug 2008 20:00 Reading / Leeds Reading
24 Aug 2008 20:00 Reading / Leeds Leeds
3 Sep 2008 20:00 Koko London
5 Sep 2008 20:00 Bestival Isle of Wright
Daily Nice
June 06, 2008 @ 8:40 AM - by Deeli
Book mark this. Photographer Jason Evan’s site has a new photo of somethingsomething every day. Just one a day, but everyday. It’s quick enough to click on every morning before you get on youtube and start talking shit on the slap forum. Mostly, it gets me on a good mood. Today is your rare chance to see who’s behind the thing, as today’s photo is of Jason himself. If you’re old enough to have been active on the London skate / music / fashion scene in the mid to late 90’s, you might know this chap as Travis. He was also my tutor for my final project when I was studying photography at the time. He hated my project. I still think it was probably the best thing I’ve done, maybe the best thing I’ll ever do, all because of the time in my life they remind me of.
There’s a great quote in Monica Ali’s “Brick Lane” that goes roughly like this: “When you’re young, everything is possible. But as you get older, you don’t need everything to be possible. You just want some things to be certain.” Technically, these photos are shite, but it goes to show that no amount of technical finesse will ever be a substitute for the personal memories stored in photographs. Because that’s what photos do best: They remind us of the past. Here’s a bit of mine. Jason’s is there for you to see, as it unfolds in the daily updates at Daily Nice. Enjoy.
Isn’t She a Beauty?
June 05, 2008 @ 4:13 PM - by Deeli
Designed and built as part of Antti Yli-Vepsä’s degree in industrial design, this beauty will be finished and ready by teatime tomorrow.
Sponsored by Etnies, the mini will see a little best trick comp at the opening ceremony, fought out by skaters too hungry and drunk to 5050, no doubt. Should be a good one! the ramp will stay put outside the Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art in Helsinki until the closing of the current exhibition Fluid Street on 21.9.
Hackney Olympics
June 05, 2008 @ 3:59 PM - by Deeli
Check their desperate attempt to get coverage here
KINGPIN 54 KENNY REED PHOTO
June 03, 2008 @ 3:53 PM - by Niall Neeson
Yes, sorry for the confusion with the caption, clearly he had to run into it, sorry for not explaining that better!
Townend off Element
June 03, 2008 @ 2:13 PM - by Niall Neeson
Thats all we know- off boards and shoes.
Tom Knox on ‘A Visual Sound’
June 03, 2008 @ 10:53 AM - by Niall Neeson
World Is Sick So Kiss Me Quick
May 31, 2008 @ 9:38 AM - by Deeli
Someone asked Kiss why they haven’t released a new album in such a long time. They said if their fans don’t want to pay for the music, they’re not going to get anything new. This guy didn’t even want to pay for the gig. He got stuck on the fence, the spike went through his thybone, connected to his hipbone, connected to his neckbone, maybe.
Love’s flatmate Mark Pullman, whose couch we’re sleeping on, went to see the gig. They played everything, except Heaven’s on Fire. While they were playing, Eniz did this bs smith at the Medborgar bowl.
We checked out some other spot that Ricky Santström had found, but it wasn’t skateable. Aroundthe corner we caught some dude taking a dump at a busy intersection 50 meters away from a free public toilet. So it goes.
Stockholm Revisited
May 29, 2008 @ 11:09 AM - by Deeli
Everyone else can go to Berlin, we’re going to Stockholm, and we’re watching the Berlin thing from the internet while we’re there. It’s another mission to get photos with none other than Love Eneroth. Going along to take advantage of Love’s blender are Eniz Fazliov and Samu Karvonen. Wait, Samu doesn’t eat fruit? Screw him, then. Keep checking back for throwaway footagesky and substandardwebsequenskies on our daily updateskies. Off you go.
Bloopers R US
May 27, 2008 @ 1:27 PM - by Niall Neeson
While we’re flagellating the underlings, here’s the Directors Cut:
Boozecelona
This is probably coming from the wrong person and the saying “the pot calling the kettle black” springs to mind, but let me tell you this for everyone’s benefit; I can feel my brain trying to force itself out of my head to freedom, why? Why? Why? I keep thinking to myself “why did I go out boozing last night?”.
Attention….Please try not get caught up in the cheap booze, street beers or extremely ridiculous measures you will get in any bar in Spain. I’ve seen it so many times before, kids arriving with dreams in their head of all the footage they are going to get while on their two month holiday in Barcelona, as soon as they hit that sun with a cheap can of Estrella they are already on the slippery slope to drinking away the hangover every morning and spending their evening drinking cheep wine with the homeless at Macba.
I’m not saying everyone falls victim to the horrors but I’ve seen them come from all over, American kids stoked to be in the boozer at 18 years old chatting up every doll they can get their seedy little eyes on… English and Irish in awe at the value for money they think they are getting hitting Lidel for some 4 euro whiskey… groups of skate tourists all away from home, set loose to run the streets because they are not under the watchful eye of their unsuspecting parents… and of course the hardcore, guaranteed to see every night posting up some corner outside the bar surrounded in clouds of smoke.
Some have survived and others haven’t, a lesson learnt when you’re laughing at some drunken kid, filthy, lying in the corner… then someone tells you “that kid was fuckin rippin everyday last year”. Just take it from me; I am starting to feel old and I’m only 27. I think it’s time to calm down… for a while at least.
A wise man once told me, “Don’t forget to leave your water in the fridge; it’s going to be your best friend tomorrow morning”.
- Liam Rea
New Gravis Site
May 25, 2008 @ 12:13 PM - by Deeli
While Arto’s getting a new bit of spandex fitted in his knee in Austria, the new Gravis site goes on line. Looking real good, by the way, both for the knee and for Gravis. Artificial ligaments get old way faster than real ones, so it was time for Arto to change his. He was up without crutches within 24 hours of the operation, back on handrails in less than a month. Austrian efficiency, that, if ever I saw some. And as for the shoes, they’re looking sweet as tits, available in shops on the 25.7.
Even When It’s Over…
May 22, 2008 @ 8:25 AM - by Deeli
This is the latest lastets update on the C1RCA Europe Greece tour. Towards the end of our stay, we went to this mad hiphop mega event and saw more headspins and windmills than Run DMC had stripes in their collective shoe stash. I have to say I was skeptical at first, but how can you diss a brother with his feet in the air and his head on the ground?
Samu bought a little snapshot camera on our second day in Athens and this is what he got up to with it. I think those dudes haven’t really cracked the ice cream van business yet, so they’re peddling citrus trees off the back of a truck with a megaphone in the meantime. Lest we forget, lemon groves were the cradle of the Sicilian Mafia as well. These guys might be graduating into extortion and racketeering any day now. You’ll have to lose the megaphone though, you can’t run the underworld wif dem shits.
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You so funny, uh!??
May 21, 2008 @ 7:56 PM - by Benjamin
So, if you ever consired labeling you as “funny” or even worse “ironic”, check this out:
Now, go back to your talentless life. Thanks…
Frogs video alert
May 21, 2008 @ 5:31 PM - by Benjamin
On vous avait prévenu, mais, ça y est, c’est la saison des avant-premières pour Trauma, alors, si vous habitez dans le coin de l’une des dates annoncées, contactez votre skateshop, ils devraient être au courant, ou alors jetez un œil à leur site.
Frogs comp alert!
May 21, 2008 @ 1:24 PM - by Benjamin
Ce week-end, si vous êtes dans la région bordelaise, faites vous plaisir et allez faire un tour au park des Chartrons, et vous serez gratifié d’un contest par team où s’affronteront dans la bonne humeur, des teams aussi variés que Supra, Flare, 5BORO, Metropolitan et bien d’autres…
Et puis, si ça vous démange, un petit “best Trick” sera ouvert à tous!
Allez, allez!
New Carhartt skate website
May 20, 2008 @ 3:48 PM - by Niall Neeson
Chock full of little nuggets of radness:
http://www.carhartt-streetwear.com/skate
Frogs News alert
May 16, 2008 @ 2:40 PM - by Benjamin
Le Team Bones est sur Paris depuis quelques jours, et si vous ne les avez pas croisé sur un spot, vous pourrez skater avec eux si vous avez les épaules, ou les regarder participer au Rail Contest qui aura lieu demain samedi à Chelles au CosaNostra.
Ça se passera à 17h30!
Entrée gratuite à partir de 17h00
L’inscription au Rail Contest est gratuite et est ouverte à tous.
Things Don’t Change!
May 15, 2008 @ 7:30 PM - by Benjamin
Even the mostest stoned of you must have noticed this new feature we’ve added to the renewed Here Comes The Rain a couple months ago, called Things Done Changed. This month installation features a picture of mine portraying Keith Hufnagel pre-shoe stores holding the streets of New York like only he did.
Well, to keep it in context, watch his “Non Fiction” Real video part here and realize, that, believe it or not, folowing him to a spot then, meant witnessing more or less the same casual mastery. I guess this was before the “I worked on this line for two weeks” era that started a few years later. Raw power!
We couldn’t keep our big mouth shut any longer…
May 15, 2008 @ 8:49 AM - by Benjamin
This month Kingpin mag (the printed version of this site!) interviewee, Vincent Bressol, just found a new home where to nick boards from. He’s now part of the Blind Europe team, and seems well happy with it. Now, get back to our issue 53, and see how he passed the tests to get on Blind.
Lost Laptop
May 13, 2008 @ 3:33 PM - by Deeli
Last night, on the way back to Athens form Thessaloniki, the Flipside magazine filmer Kostas got his laptop nicked from photographer Damian Argi’s car. While the two were enjoying a suflaki on a pitstop burger stand, some dipshit elbowed in the shotgun side window of Damian’s car and took off with the MacBook Pro. Lost in space, along with the harddrive? The latest Flipside video in all its glory, due to be mastered, burned and packaged no sooner than today. If you filmed some incredible hammers with Kostas over the past 6 months, fear not, he won’t be calling you to kickflip the 17 again. The footage is safe on the tapes. But what is permanently lost is months’ worth of capturing, editing and organizing. That, and the inflated price that these Apples go for.
Who Turned off Internet?
May 13, 2008 @ 2:51 PM - by Deeli
Little Pusta layover update on the C1rca squad’s adventures on the Peloponnesos peninsula. Yes, the trip is now over, but as Rocky once put it: Even when it’s over, it ain’t over. Here’s a little tidbit of sequential supremacy from the first demo the dudes did in Thessaloniki, the capital of Greek province of Macedonia.
Geoff gets in front of the lens.
Samu tailslides into sunset
Notis, a local ripper and the subject of much speculation after this evening. Also look out for Notis in issue 54 of Kingpin.
Notis chilling after a successful polejam varial heel.
Is there anything more beautiful than a beautiful girl in a beautiful sunset after a beautiful demo, and also, you’re very drunk.
Matt Rodriguez, you fools!
May 12, 2008 @ 8:25 PM - by Benjamin
So, yeah, it is now “official” official, Matt Rodriguez is back on Stereo skateboards, and it’s a GOOD thing! Not in a “all parties involved will see their stock options raise in the new six months” way, but just in a “this is how things should be” type of things. Now, all of you might be familiar with Matt’s amazing contribution to skateboarding over the years, so just as a reminder, here is his recent part in the I-Path promo.
Some might say, he was the only one actually skating in that one, but that’s another debate. All you need to know is the man with the mostest loose trucks in business, and who offered tricks such as fakie feeble grind on ledges or fakie backside 50-50 frontside half cab out (in lines), is going to have a board out soon in the Stereo Classics Divisions, and hopefully, a part in their next video.
P.S: this is coming from the least irie of our staff, believe or not. Hell, even Jim Greco backs Matt Rodriguez, that says a lot!
(as a reminder, here’s an excerpt from a TWS interview Greco gave in 2003:
“-What are some of the things you don’t like about the skateboard industry?
-Some things I don’t like? How about a so-called righteous company like IPath giving a guy, their team rider Matt Rodriguez, the option to design a signature shoe, and then when it comes out looking really good they just say they’re going to call it the “Cat, and he doesn’t see dollar one of the royalties. That’s something I think is f—ked up about the skateboard industry.")
Call yourself a photographer?
May 08, 2008 @ 2:41 PM - by Niall Neeson
Yoni Weitzman is a friend of the mags from our pioneering trip our there in 2004. As well as shooting skateboarding he also worked as a stringer for Reuters. You may recognise some of the photos from Kingpin, Time magazine and every major syndicated newspaper in the world. Take a look at his website and swallow hard before you squawk about your ‘professional photographer’ credentials, chaps.
http://www.yonathanweitzman.com
OG Cliché rider!
May 08, 2008 @ 1:15 PM - by Benjamin
You could buy a second hand super 8 camera from a market and try to see if it worked, still.
Here’s a gem…
Genève local, Rolland Gueissaz was one of the fist pros of Cliché in 1998, and here is why he was:
This one got posted by long-time scene documenter Stéphane Farion. Great skating, and a nice way to display it. Always refreshing!
The Wrath of Greek Gods
May 08, 2008 @ 7:54 AM - by Deeli
Yesterday was a bit less than perfect for the c1rca skate tourists in Athens. We lost two limbs and one camera. The notorious F.A.B. and Popeye van Hoecke had to fly back early to pay visits to their doctors to fix a few brakes and things. The camera on the other hand remains mangled and it remains in Greece. No quick fix for that, and as long as some of these clowns are still standing, there’s work for Mr. Fisheye at the bottom of the stairs. It is what it is. On the upside, the sun is still shining, the hellenikos are still strong and the girls’ hips are still in sweet swing as they waltz on by. Jesus, the shape of these girls.
Rene takes it up with Zeus.
Samu puts on a show for the 10 year old Albanian 50 Cents
Said small fiddies check some footy
Today we’re off to Larisa aka LA Rza for the demo that got shitcanned yesterday so we could stay in Athens for one more day and destroy some legs and equipment. It’s all uphill from here, though, on to Thessaloniki for the night and start getting ready for the encounter with the infamous Herr 16 Stufe from Arto’s Analog ad. Keep yer eyeholes peeled for more websky rays, beamed bright to your brain by bedwetting bloggers gone Greek.
Art Paris Attack
May 07, 2008 @ 10:08 AM - by Benjamin
All you spazzes with no attention span may not have notice, but Todd Bratrud has been designing many things skate related that you’ve been wearing/shralping over the recent years, and he’s recently been kidnapped by the Volcom Stone and is currently touring the world with an exhibition of his artwork and other goodies.
This Thursday, he’ll be in Paris, at Street Machine.
12 rue des Halles
M: Chatelet-Les Halles
From 19h00…
Have a look, here to learn more about the man and his work.
Athens Über Update
May 06, 2008 @ 7:29 PM - by Deeli
So what if you can print sequences out of the HD Panasonics? Wait a couple of years and Nikon will bring out a still camera that shoots 24 full frames a second and you can use that as video AND print it as billboard ads. The photographer might be useless at the bottom of the stairs shooting 9 frames/s next year, but in the long run it’ll be the filmer who’s stacking shelves in Lidl. Look at this mega sequence of Magnus Hansen. You’re looking at the future, dickhead, and it’s not looking bright.
If you want to see something that’s not rickety-rack-whacking it’s limbs all over the place cause there’s loads of pixels but half the frames are missing, check Danny Wainwrights blog on last weekend’s 7 Ply event. And if you happen to be in Greece, then tomorrow’s your chance to see Magnus move all nice and smooth and IRL at the C1RCA demo at the Larisa bowls at 6 pm.
Surprise, surprise?
May 06, 2008 @ 8:23 AM - by Benjamin
We’ve just been told that Crimson skateboards and Kris Markovich have “parted ways” as many PDF’s of this hard hard digital world state…
Now, I hear you saying "But, isn't that his company!?"
Well, ask your local skateboard historian about Kris Markovich and his various sponsors amongst the years, and this strange twist could actually seem normal. Don't ask me why, I dunno, but this just seem like a recurrent nightmare for Kris.
Warriors style!
May 05, 2008 @ 9:09 AM - by Benjamin
Hey, our friend Yari Copt just told us about his new project.
Yari is the mayor of Lugano (which is the closest thing to Italy in Switzerland) and also a great skateboarder, as you can see here…
…and he just finally decided to get to the next level by turning his band of mates “The Warriors” into:
That’s right, your wildest dream has turned into a reality! Warriors skateboards!!!
You can now shop for boards like this one:
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So, don’t wait, it’s a long way back to Coney Island!
C1RCA Europe Tour Update
May 05, 2008 @ 7:19 AM - by Deeli
“Cigarettes are so cheep here!”
“Do you smoke?”
“No but if I lived here I would!”
- Magnus Hanson, quote of the day
So the C1RCA Europe Greek tour is in full swing. So much so that I haven’t had any time to do any updates. I’ve had to tape the D2H shutter release down to get all the mad techness and radical smoothness captured. The other day the dudes did a demo at Athens’ Syntagma plaza and here are a couple of snaps from the event for your viewing pleasure.
Rene Villumsen, backtail shove
Samu Karvonen, frontboard lipslide 5-0
That was on our first day in Athens and I guess our hosts wanted to break us in by taking us to the roughest neighbourhoods first. Get it over with, kind of, let us know what we’re dealing with here. But more on that later.
Two little girls buried a pigeon next to where we were eating.
Magnus, trying to make sense of it all.
Arto Saari on Alien Workshop
May 03, 2008 @ 7:27 PM - by Niall Neeson
So we hear- no bad blood, just a new episode for all concerned.
Demain, ça sera bien!
May 02, 2008 @ 4:55 PM - by Benjamin
French board brand, Trauma skateboards will be premiering their first video “La vie en carton” (cardboard life!) this Saturday (May 3rd) at the Bar Latin (Place de la Maison Carrée) in Nimes (that’s in South of France) from 20h00.
14 other premieres are expected around France in the next two months, so watch their site, or ours, for more info!
We out!
May 02, 2008 @ 3:58 PM - by Niall Neeson
Deeli is in Greece, Dom is in Sicily, Ca$h Money is in London and off to Southbank, Benjamin is in Gay Paris, Sem is in Barcelona nursing a fucked back.
Hopefully we should each see some of yoou this weekend- back Tuesday with more hammers than B&Q!
Traumatic Premiere
May 02, 2008 @ 3:42 PM - by Deeli
French board brand, Trauma skateboards will be premiering their first video “La vie en carton” (cardboard life!) this Saturday (May 3rd) at the Bar Latin (Place de la Maison Carrée) in Nimes (that’s in South of France) from 20h00. 14 other premieres are expected around France in the next two months, so watch their site, or ours, for more info!
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More Nikolai Danov right here
May 02, 2008 @ 1:25 PM - by Niall Neeson
Good shit, but needs a haircut.
Never Fly Malev
May 02, 2008 @ 9:47 AM - by Deeli
Just got charged 331 euros for my camerabag by the Pusta-pettythieves. The charge in Europe for an extra k varies anywhere between 5-20 euros, mostly closer to 10 at the most. Malev charges 20,65. I’m flying from Helsinki to Athens to meet up with the C1RCA Europe lot in Athens, and the overweight cambag cost me about twice as much as my ticket. Just one way. On a side note they didn’t want to serve me another cup of OJ. Come on now, my friend Fisheye here is paying over three hundred euros for this fligh, can you at least get him some juice?
BA has a policy of charging a lump sum for an extra bag and not being fuzzy about how much it weighs. Inside Europe, the cost is 90 euros a pop. With them, you know you’ll be paying 90, but at least you won’t be paying more than that. No more Malev for me, thanks.
Jeremy Klein retires from Birdhouse.
May 01, 2008 @ 8:50 AM - by Niall Neeson
Now, that’s not fair. I know a lot of people have been bagging on him, but I always liked his semi- sketchy style. Ralpin’ schralpin ragin’ Cajun.
Un truc à faire!
April 30, 2008 @ 10:25 AM - by Benjamin
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Forcément, on a oublié de vous prévenir, mais le Skate à l’Ouest est commencé, et la deuxième étape se fera ce week-end à Biarritz.
Donc, si vous avez envie de skater avec plein de monde, ou de voir du bon, n’hésitez pas:
Ça se passe au skatepark indoor Alaï
33 bis allée du Moura à Biarritz
Pour l’organisation, ben, c’est comme ça que ça se passe:
à partir de 10h: initiations gratuites
dès 12h: inscriptions et trainning
14h-18h : contest
dès 20h, concert gratuit avec groupes et dj’s locaux, juste à coté du skatepark…
On nous annonce aussi un contest surprise, le dimanche à 13h!
Alors, bon week-end!
Bali’s out!
April 28, 2008 @ 9:45 AM - by Benjamin
So, if you recall correctly, Sam Partaix is in Bali, taking part in the next Insight campaign… From what it looks like, here
this place seems close to paradise.
But don’t get fooled, as everywhere else in the world, Cash Rules Everything Around Me (and you)
That and mustaches are “in”, even those…
At least there is hope in the future!
Well…
Maybe not.
Drawing Boards
April 25, 2008 @ 1:17 PM - by Deeli
Manny madness and a shocking number of bodyvarials.
Boulala sentenced to four years.
April 24, 2008 @ 1:08 PM - by Niall Neeson
Early word is possibility of parole after a year or so, but nothing confirmed.
C1RCA Europe Demo
April 24, 2008 @ 6:18 AM - by Deeli
Riders:
- Fabian Verhaeghe
- Alex Van Hoecke
- Geoff Van Hove
- Samu Karvonen
- Denny Pham
- Rene Villumsen
- Magnus Hanson
Demo details:
1st Demo: Saturday May 3rd 2008 at 6:00pm in Athens, Syntagma Square
2nd Demo: Wednesday May 7th 2008 at 6:00pm– Larisa skatepark
3rd Demo: Friday May 9th 2008 at 6:00pm in Thessaloniki, Fokas Park
(T)rip out, dude!!!
April 23, 2008 @ 4:29 PM - by Benjamin
Jérémy Hughes recently graced our pages with a very sick SWITCH backside smith grind on that one Parisian white wave (that is now gone, forget about it, too late, just go now, please!), which kind of stated he had some sort of tranny skills. Check issue 50 for proof.
Now, if you’re one of those web critics —often doubling as real life schmucks— that could state something as stupid as “I could do that hurricane too!”, well, we highly suggest to check this little ray of sunshine:
Nice, hey!?
We got Sam on line 2!
April 23, 2008 @ 8:05 AM - by Benjamin
Sam Partaix just teased us with a few snap shots from his latest adventure of sorts…
Hmm, looks tropical…
Wait, what!!???
Oh, I see! I can spot a Shimizu and a Brown. Must be an Insigth thing!
Oh, I know what they’re doing! Another crazy photo shoot that should grace skateboard mags around the world, involving no famous blocs in Barcelona!!!
Smart move.
Who wants to see another trick at MACBA?
And who wants to see these guys have fun and do something cool?
That’s what I thought!
Well, Sam, keep the good work, and don’t forget to come back.
FYI, the weather forecast in Paris today announces rain.
Aaron Meza on the songs that nearly, or should have, made it.
April 21, 2008 @ 10:20 AM - by Niall Neeson
No career was hurt during the making of this…
April 21, 2008 @ 9:55 AM - by Benjamin
So, you did not expect it, and as far as we know, you did NOT want it, but this is coming at you!
Well, at least, it’s coming more directly at us, Frenchies, as this super production should not really make it out the French Art & Essay film market… This thing is expected to blow up the movie theaters market June 11th, so expect a major drop in the skateboard business this summer in France: skateboarding should officially lose any kind of “cool” again after this, I think. A bad thing? Time will tell.
Now, don’t start dissing the two heroes of this film as we back them up. Idriss Diop and Mickey Mahut are both good skaters that are trying to come up. I guess. Not doubting their skating skills, here, just wondering why you’d sign for such a project. Oh, yeah, money. But, imagine the years of torture all your friends are going to be able to lay on you, with this gem ripped of the net!!!
Anyway, here’s what Idriss can do on a “normal” day of his life:
As for Mickey, well, refer to Kingpin 52 and his Shine On, people. See, that’s how ahead of this game we are!
P.S: just for a laugh, imagine how Frenchies will pronounce “Skate or Die”. Go on!
In Magyar We Trust
April 21, 2008 @ 8:08 AM - by Deeli
Rewind, selecta!!!!
April 20, 2008 @ 9:45 PM - by Benjamin
While Deeli is boring the hell out of any true gangstaskatah pimpin’ this site, with some girl singing over some slow moed raggaton, some real iggas are trying to come up.
Street credzzz!!!
Tranny Action
April 20, 2008 @ 6:51 PM - by Deeli
After a few teething problems in the morning (the WE vx2100 remained stuck on some weird settings that no one including google could turn off; Martin the Bellows head honcho and videotaper broke his toe at Jonas Sohn’s housewarming last night by dropping a board on it; Mika remembered it was his grandpa’s birthday) the day got under way nicely. Sami from WE stood in for Martin, Love’s flatmate Mark Pulman supplied the camera. A few warm up sequences and then to business. It’s a pretty sick Sunday spot at the Ball Breaker. Its only drawback on a day like today is that it’s under cover. So while the rest of Stockholm bathed in sunshine, we were hunched on the concrete floor, wrapped up in goose down in the shade.
Shove It Switch
April 20, 2008 @ 8:46 AM - by Deeli
This track is destined to blow up every grimy dance hole world wide this year. Not available on vinyl yet, so sign up to every silly newsletter and digital update machine today to make sure you hear about it when it drops, because it will sell out instantly and go for 2349 euros on ebay in 7 years. Her album should be just around the corner after the first 12” release in February with the insanely good track. Why hasn’t anyone used that in their video part?
Arto Gets The Cover
April 19, 2008 @ 10:25 AM - by Deeli
Namely this week’s supplement Nyt of the main Finnish newspaper Helsining sanomat.
Jahtari
April 19, 2008 @ 9:48 AM - by Deeli
This is just in from our dear friends at Hang Up magazine. Reverberating Rasla rhythms for coffee cup caressing common folk. You get to cyber-sample their cut catalog free of charge. You can listen to love songs and dig the deep dub on your crusty computer without losing livelihood. Is gooooooood.
Springtime in Stockholm
April 18, 2008 @ 8:04 PM - by Deeli
Somewhere deep in the suburban hinterland. God only knows why thing’s been built there. Moving Units couldn’t have done a better job!
Official!
April 18, 2008 @ 4:21 PM - by Benjamin
So, it’s now official, the Teenage Tour won’t happen this year! I know, I know, you were holding your breath, but, hey, after eight editions, those guys needed a rest to brainstorm on a newest baddest version, in order to celebrate the tenth anniversary of this french skateboard version of Pop Idol. Now, I’m being mean… Believe it or not, we do like the Teenage Tour as it was one of the few events in France that did raise many eyebrows upon those who care about skating: the little people known as “the kids”! They love it, and they can’t be wrong, as they breath, dream and sweat skating.
Anyway, this leaves you all skate moms and dads of France one extra year to train your Mini Greco or your Hawk Jr. See you at the bottom of the skatepark rail!
Leaving Las Hesas
April 18, 2008 @ 10:11 AM - by Deeli
Out with the aspiring architects Janne Saario and Anterus Meinander yesterday morning in Helsinki, speculating surface materials and incline angles. Anttu nailed a courtyard crooked grind.
24 hours and a boring partyboatride later we’re sipping smoothies in Love’s kitchen, waiting for Mika to arrive.
Incidentally, Marshal the Slam City co-owning skateshop tycoon from Hackney is also in town. Something super secret is in the works with WE, it seems. Sugar’s Seb Charlot is on his way up as well. Stockholm is the international hub of skate scene notables.
Steve Forstner off Etnies, WE…
April 17, 2008 @ 1:11 PM - by Niall Neeson
And onto Gravis and Analog.
Here they come.
Summer events schedule
April 16, 2008 @ 2:26 PM - by Niall Neeson
31st May – 1st June: ADIDAS SKATE CLASH, BERLIN, Germany. Best event in Germany by a mile, with big changes planned for this year, too.
30 May-24June: Vans Europe-wide tour. Details TBA on kingpinskateboarding.com and vans.eu, but early word is full team, US guests, loads of countries and much much drama.
06 June-08June.: COS Cup Dresden, Street Pro/Am. Infos: ClubOfSkaters.de.
12 June-15 June: NASS, Shepton Mallet, England. Pikey- lite this year, apparently.
12TH June - 15TH June: QUIKSILVER BOWLRIDERS MALMO, SWEDEN. As big as it gets.
20TH June - 22ND June: CPH PRO COPENHAGEN, DENMARK. This was sick last year- street and killer vert contest.
21st June GO SKATEBOARDING DAY. Kingpin is running a huge giveaway in conjunction with IASC to promote one day solely devoted to skateboarding around the world. Go to kingpinskateboarding.com to find out how to enter your shop, scene, event or session for the biggest ever project to pool coverage from around the world on one day!!
21st June: Emerica Wild In The Streets, OSLO, Norway
22 June: Independent trucks & Rom Skatepark Joint 30th Birthday party, Romford, England. UK Team plus US guests. Trouble expected.
27 June- 29 June: King Of Wood, Rouen, France. Big street comp, vert cancelled.
27 June - 29 June: CPH Pro, Copenhagen, Denmark. PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE.
27 June -29 June: Slam Trick, Ravenna, Italy. Paradise; beachside street contest.
28 June- 29 June: éS Game Of Skate Finals, Stalin Square, Prague.
4th July- 6th July: Mystic Cup, Prague, Czech Republic. Needs no introduction.
5th July: Emerica Wild In The Streets, Eindhoven, Holland.
11th July -13th July: Bright Tradeshow, Frankfurt, Germany.
12 July: Emerica Wild In The Streets, Bucharest, Romania.
18Aug- 20 Aug: Amsterdamn Am, Holland. NOTE DATE CHANGE- more? damnam.com
Happy happy go lucky
April 16, 2008 @ 10:24 AM - by Benjamin
Alexander Basile is not only a regular contributor here at Kingpin (well, in the printed Kingpin!), but he also always keeps himself busy with various projects such as this one. Now, don’t go shoot yourself, uh?
cool site alert!
April 15, 2008 @ 7:35 AM - by Benjamin
Check it out, Edyaoner got a brand new site, and a large and diverse team that displays some skills with some video clips, pictures and whatnot. Plus, their bearings are good. I know, I rock some and paid for it. Ta!
The Golden Age of Heavy
April 14, 2008 @ 9:14 AM - by Deeli
This twat’s disabled embedding, so you’ll have to click to fill your tight pants with heavy vibrations.
Painting Documents
April 13, 2008 @ 5:55 AM - by Deeli
...to see Valtteri Kivelä’s exhibition Painting Documents at the TM Gallery in Helsinki. I took a photo of the exhibition with Greg’s old phone to post up here, but I can’t get it off the phone, so here you have Valtteri nollieheeling over the steps and into the bank few years ago instead. 
But that’s just as well, really, as the exhibition doesn’t show the paintings either in the strict sense of the word. Instead of hanging them on the walls like you usually would, Valtteri has melted his paintings and molded them into tiny little cubes of beeswax and pigment that he paints with, along with little storage boxes and a small photo of the original paintings that no longer exist. Ooh, conceptual, you say, but hold back your criticism. This is more than just an idea. The little cubes and boxes look extremely good in the big white gallery space. All sorts of unpredictable thoughts went off bouncing about in my little head, when I stood there in front of them. In away the work is commenting on the fact that it’s so easy to produce stuff these days that we produce loads of it without stopping to think what the hell for. The idea of going through the trouble of painting all of these beautiful things (judging by the little snaps) and then melting them down so they take less space has something silly and serious about it at the same time. So yeah, last chance to see it today. The cubes go back in their boxes and those boxes go into a little bigger box at the end of play today. Who knows when they’ll see daylight again.
The bear in the Rowley Vans ad?
April 10, 2008 @ 11:37 AM - by Niall Neeson
Straight up. What many thought was a photoshop trick is in fact the real deal. Thats a fully grown bear looking over Geoff’s shoulder. The trainer also had a mountain lion as a pet!
5th District video premier
April 09, 2008 @ 6:52 AM - by Deeli
will be jumping over the Lazy Dog for the very first time Wednesday, 30. April 2008 at 23:32 at Cinema Riffraff, corner of Langstrasse and Neugasse, 8005 Zürich.
Entry is free - wehee!
For more info: 5thdistrictskate.com, & riffraff.ch
JJ they say
April 08, 2008 @ 9:08 AM - by Deeli
The nollieflip nosemanualling madman is also off Lakai? Rumors are placing Pappalardo on Converse and Olson on Vans. Where they’re placing JJ, and why it should such a remote and desolate place, no one can say.
Bratislava Massive
April 07, 2008 @ 8:06 AM - by Deeli
Switch ollie in Bratislava to blame for Kilian Heuberger’s mangled ankle?
Don’t know where Bratislava is? Not sure there’s anything to skate there? We’re not exactly sure where it is either, but Peter Molec took us there last summer and his friend Miso has something to say about the spots. Take a peep.
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Scoop?
April 04, 2008 @ 2:15 PM - by Benjamin
…neither Anthony Pappalardo nor Alex Olson are on the Lakai website team page any more?
Could this mean that are now venturing the Shoe Sponsor Neverland!?
Duffs sold to UK distro; Nate Sherwood auditions for ‘The Apprentice’
March 27, 2008 @ 8:24 PM - by Niall Neeson
Nate Sherwood, an employee at Duff’s Oceanside, Calif. location and a professional skateboarder, told Transworld Business that he would wrap up distribution from the site through April, at which time he would be out of a job and the building would be closed down and sold.
For Sherwood, who is the only employee at the Oceanside office, there is still a lot of work to be done. He said Wednesday that he hoped he would still be able to represent Duffs in the future.
“All the shops here who support us need some dude to talk to,” Sherwood said. “All I have to say is many shops will be bummed if I’m out.”
Hmmmm- SURE about that, Nate?
Escalator slam
March 26, 2008 @ 12:23 PM - by Deeli
So you shouldn’t laugh, really. Or if you did, off you go to the naughty step. Mind you, laughing at old people could add up to 8 years to your life, making sure you become one of them.
