New Fifty Fifty Store Bristol
October 10, 2008 @ 4:57 PM - by Dominic Marley
Danny Wainwright and Syd have been busy getting the new fifty fifty shop together,
and It looks pretty good indeed,
In the meantime it’s also a good opportunity to use a Wainwright flick..
Who was right!?
October 10, 2008 @ 10:37 AM - by Benjamin
So, yep, Shimizu on that evil thing called Bummer High!
Elements Lucien Clarke
October 09, 2008 @ 4:24 PM - by Dominic Marley
After filming for a month in the States with Chris Mulhern, Lucien been on an absolute mission lately wrapping up his Kingpin interview, here’s a little taster of what he’s been getting up too..
Now I have to say looking at the distance between him and that ever harsh looking South Bank floor, this doesn’t look too good at all for Lucien…
Wait.... hello.... he’s o’k and he’s even laughing.
Lucien showing how he has fun and skates amazing as ever, good to see.
Quiet Life Sale
October 09, 2008 @ 7:16 AM - by Deeli
The sale’s on over at Quiet Life. It’s hard times but as they say over at the capitalist camp, we should spend our way out of depression. I don’t believe a word of it, to be honest, but I still like these shirts. You never know how many dollars your euro will get you tomorrow!
More of Deeli on the Portugese roads…
October 08, 2008 @ 9:52 PM - by Benjamin
And we thought we sent him there to work!
Sick Element Europe montage
October 06, 2008 @ 1:29 PM - by Niall Neeson
http://www.elementskateboards.com/audiovisual/elementtv-092.html
Need a soundtrack?- Stevie’s your boy.
Epicly December’d
October 04, 2008 @ 6:28 PM - by Deeli
At least, one person cares!
October 04, 2008 @ 1:13 PM - by Benjamin
You migth worry about the current economy affairs, or not, but fear not, the one and only Billy Rohan is researching the roots of all evil!
Playboard editor fractures skull in bike crash
October 03, 2008 @ 2:14 PM - by Niall Neeson
Germany’s Playboard editor Joachen Bauer has suffered a triple skull fracture and a broken rib in a motocross accident a few days ago.
Get well soon from all at Kingpin, Joachen.
Stockwell skatepark complete
October 03, 2008 @ 10:07 AM - by Niall Neeson
The world famous ‘was gry- then pink- now grey again- community skatepark in Brixton, south London is open for use.
It was a long time coming, but it is fantastic now. Ivan (Daih) Rodrigues Marques is absolutely dominating down there now.
To celebrate, lets have some of the Real Thing:
1976- feel the love
C1rca Greece Footage
October 03, 2008 @ 9:06 AM - by Deeli
Proof is in the footage? Here’s to all the naysayers! And if you haven’t yet, check out the article in Kingpin 57 and Samu’s Slept On in the latest issue on sale right now.
Jump up for the Almighty!
October 02, 2008 @ 11:59 AM - by Niall Neeson
Extremely Sorry
October 02, 2008 @ 8:08 AM - by Deeli
This one will no doubt be a bomb when it drops.
Sibbarp Skatepark
October 02, 2008 @ 7:08 AM - by Deeli
I met up with Pontus in Stockholm a while ago and he says he’s only going to skate this park from now on. No more street, ever. Besides that, he calls him self The Legend and talks about himself in the third person. I always love it when people do that. If you look at the park they’ve built in Malmö, you can’t blame him really. Good on you, Pontus!
Danijel Todorovic Out Of Harmony
October 02, 2008 @ 7:01 AM - by Deeli
Jugga and the UK based board outfit Harmony have parted ways amidst hugs and handshakes. Where’s he gone? No word yet, but we’ll keep you posted. You keep an eye out for his interview in the next issue of Kingpin.
Carl Shipman footage alert!!!
October 01, 2008 @ 10:08 PM - by Benjamin
You’ve been warned before, but the recentest Stereo Agency production is up and running and, amongst other things, you can see Carl still got some skills!
And, no, the nosebluntslide wasn’t body doubled by Niall. Enough, already!
Oh, and dat kid Dyson does kill it.
Enjoy.
Brand New P-Rod footage
October 01, 2008 @ 4:03 PM - by Niall Neeson
http://www.fkdbearings.com/fkd_sawblade_vid_team.html
LISTEN TO THIS WHILE WATCHING
Marvin Gaye, acapella.
Hahahahaha!
October 01, 2008 @ 8:14 AM - by Benjamin
This is the ultimate proof that skateboarding is one great thing, and one common feeling we all share:
Talking mad shit, son!!!
I’m still picking up croissant crumbs and coffee spills all over my laptop…
Poncet/ Taveira- apology!
September 30, 2008 @ 10:06 AM - by Niall Neeson
So the nollieflip into the bank in the new issue is Remy Taveira from Paris, not Remi Poncet from Paris as featured in 56. Sorry to both of you for the confusion.
Premiering Tomorrow
September 30, 2008 @ 8:58 AM - by Deeli
Two little video clips premiering on the interpipe tomorrow, October 1st. If I understood the pressreleases and things correct, then the Element one is online at 12am Central European Time and the Stereo thing will be up at 12pm Standard Pacific Time. Go figure, it’s all the same day, just different parts of the world, which is virtual and never sleeps anyway. Fill up the thermos, grab a sleeping bag and some cardboard and go camp outside some coffee shop with free wifi and pretend you’re queuing for Minor Threat reunion tour tickets, whilst checking for updates on those two sites. People might join you and you’ll get to watch the clips together IMMEDIATELY when they go live.
Till midnigth!
September 30, 2008 @ 8:10 AM - by Benjamin
We already told you about the La Rue Est Vers l’Image video comp, from France.
One week to film and hand in a montage of what you and your mate came up with. Doesn’t have to be a skate part, either!
So, click and click some more and watch a bunch of fun times from all over France and vote on who you had the best laugh with/at! Till midnigth, tonigth!
Oh, and maybe you’ll spy some spots that’ll motivate you to get on the road next holidays!
Swedes Gone Home
September 30, 2008 @ 8:01 AM - by Deeli
Mika Edin and Love Eneroth have left the building. You can check some of Mika’s impressions on their stay here on the Bellows site. Got some stuff, didn’t get some stuff, got kicked out, didn’t get kicked out - the usual. It all happened last week. And it’ll happen all over again this week, I’m sure. Sun’s still out, Appleyard is back in town, Eniz is off to a US mission tomorrow, various people up north are starting to contemplate migrating to either Barcelona or Malaga soonish. Günes chose the former, Johan Florell took the latter. I’m thinking of staying right here until the snow starts-a-falling and a-fucking-things-up.
Just a thought
September 29, 2008 @ 9:49 PM - by Benjamin
If Daniel Shimizu
no longuer rides for Stereo, but resides at Ethan Fowler’s house in Portland…
Could he be joining the Bummer High cult?
Who knows? I don’t…
Ethan does!
Friday in Bristol!
September 29, 2008 @ 6:51 PM - by Benjamin
Mister Danny Wainwright invites you all at the re-opening of his 50-50 store, in a new location.
Support your local skateshop, cause it’s the only one that knows the direction to that old ditch!
THE GRAND OPENING.
5050 STORE, 8 PARK STREET
FRIDAY 26TH SEPT
6PM - 9PM
Who doesn’t like a swim?
September 29, 2008 @ 5:43 PM - by Benjamin
Ed Templeton just contacted us about an exhibition opening soon, displaying his wife Deanna’s work. This one focuses on pictures of friends swimming in their backyard swimming pool…
Yes, naked…
This is in L.A, so migth not be around the corner from you (or us), but if you’re in town, do stop by for the opening, as it’s always a pleasure to chat with those two.
Opening Reception Friday, October 3rd. 7-10pm
Show runs Oct.3rd - Oct.24, 2008
New Image Art
7908 Santa Monica Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90046
damn!
September 28, 2008 @ 5:31 PM - by Benjamin
So, listening to people talking endlesly in interviews about “working” on a video part migth be a bit annoying when you do spend all your week working, and daydreaming about actually getting a chance to skate on sunday, but some people do put the extra effort:
“>
Jake Johnson WILL have a crazy part in the Alien Workshop video!
Basic Facts Of Life
September 27, 2008 @ 8:37 PM - by Deeli
Little something of Eero’s at the Perus blog.
Skate fleemarket tomorrow at the Kontula park in HKI. Pros getting rid of surplus shit, schmoes paying big money for second hand smoke.
Dirty secrets!
September 26, 2008 @ 8:13 PM - by Benjamin
If you ever wondered what were Deeli’s techniques and secrets at photo making, well, you can get a little idea here:
Yep, it’s all in the manbag…
Oh, and get more tips at ripping at life, here!
Having It In HKI
September 26, 2008 @ 8:39 AM - by Deeli
Indian summer keeps on keeping on. The WE dudes are still here and we even managed to get Tuukka Korhonen out yesterday. He’s making good recovery from his knee surgery this summer and has even gone back to school this autumn. For couple of half days a week at least. The Swedes are loving the Wamma park, just like pretty much everybody who passes by. For the Stockholm gang, though, it’s almost like home, kind of like a sloppy version of the Hummle park thay skate all day, every day back there.
Love boardslides to fs revert
Mika nosegrinds to pop out over the channel
MC from the Perus crew lost a nut and he was trying to make up for it with a bit of plastic padding. It worked for about 10 minutes, just long enough to cruise to the next spot.
Which was this amusement park. Dino took care of it with a flip fs wallride.
Enjoi The Berrics
September 26, 2008 @ 8:13 AM - by Deeli
The Enjoi United Nations clip is finally up on the Berrics site. Apparently, there were some differences of opinion regarding the props and the general feel of the clip between the parties involved, but if that’s true, it really does not show in the final thing. Enjoi!
How would you feel about getting pixelated?
September 24, 2008 @ 8:05 AM - by Benjamin
If you’re a video game type of person, you probably already know about this, but it is a pretty interesting news, if you think about it. Lucas Puig will be part of the digital cast for the second coming of the SKATE game!
Now, think about it! A french kid from Toulouse is getting lined up amongst people like John Cardiel, Danny Way, Mark Gonzales, etc to be part of a worldwide marketing campaign… Now, that’s the good side of globalization for you!
Bien joué, Lucas!
WeSC in HKI
September 23, 2008 @ 9:59 PM - by Deeli
A little WeSC / Adidas delegation hit town. It’ll be a week full of late night video trawls for spots and then early morning phone calls involving the eternal question: Where’s that? So far we’ve hit a couple of gems in Pirkka’s and Eniz’s collection and fixed an old favourite that’s been itching for some Plastic Padding for over a year now.
This is Love coming back from a rolled ankle 4 weeks ago.
Pirkka pops the cherry on that one a couple of weeks ago.
Also check these sick clips that You Tube thought Love should watch.
American Boys
September 23, 2008 @ 9:37 PM - by Deeli
After a dozen hour layover in Paris, the NYC’s finest are finally home after our little Portugese venture.
Theme song in the van that wasn’t really a van but a 7 seater with no boot, so we had all our stuff on our laps the whole time with Estelle and Kanye West screaming in our ears. Nice one boys, keep it Yank!
Today was good day…
September 23, 2008 @ 1:40 PM - by Benjamin
Well, to be exact, this day was past sunday, but I couldn’t resist using the !
Somehow, everytime I come back back from a big day of shooting where the sun shone and nobody got hurt at the bottom of some stairs, I think of that song. But if you question it, what a loser life is depicted in that video. Living at your mom’s past 30 years old, she makes you breakfast cause you don’t know how to, you keep busy by riding the car where all your money goes into and playing dice with your best freinds, while watching MTV. Gangsta!!!
So, anyway, coming back from a Paris suburb mission that went well and in no time, we decided to hit another spot, on the other side of town, Soy had in mind. We found it first go, which in itself is a small miracle, as Soy Panday has the worst sense of direction ever. Like, whenever he leaves his building, he kinds of look rigth then left, while scratching his hair. Seriously…
Anyway, this neighborhood used to be quite rough, but is now a lot better. Basically, people there are not rich, but it’s not a “gettho” as white suburban kids love to refer to anywhere that is not near their mom’s voice reach… While people were trying tricks on some strange bank to tweaked metal ledge contraption, a car rolled by and sarted speaking to the skaters at the top of the road. A minute later, it stoped by me, and I thougth “OK, pissed neighbor, that’s it!”. There, the young driver started to give me a speech about “paying taxes”. After a strange conversation, where I explained I did pay taxes too, and we were just skating a piece of metal sticking out on the sidewalk,while I was getting a very hate based earfull on respect, I realized the young justiciary was NOT living in that building AT ALL and was just defending HIS neighborhood against FOREIGNERS like us!!!
“You’re lucky I don’t live here, I would have give you hell! What would you think if I came to Bordeaux and wrecked everything!?? I’ve been living here for 20 years here, this is my home!!!”
He had asked Leo Valls where he was from, and horrified by the fact that some people actually left their neighborhood and even their town to visit the world, he assumed we were all from Bordeaux… He then left in a very macho way.
Two hours later, we were still there, as not one person had said anything to us about skating or being noisy (one 45 years old guy had even asked us if we needed music for videos, as he was a Drum and Bass producer!). Then, he came back. Now standing on top of some fence, I missed most of it, but I did witness him stop by our filmer (who looks like he’s about 12 years old, with some math master glasses on!) and coldly stated: “it’s the second time I see you!”. Amazing. Then, seeing one person about to get in the building, he drove toward him and while we couldn’t hear him, I saw him pointing at the ledge, then us, probably saying something about “rich having no respect for us the poor”, trying to instigate the kick out. The young man who actually paid rent in the buiding, looked at the ledge, looked at the us, then turned back to him, shrugged his shoulders and just walked in the building… It was beautifull. Poor justiciary! He could only leave after giving another earfull to Soy and Leo who were quite smiling. Skater 1 - Hater 0!
Imagine that guy in twenty years: he’ll probably shoot some children that dared making noise while playing in HIS neighborhood…
Living for credit
September 23, 2008 @ 9:42 AM - by Deeli
Anything you do for the rest of the year is on credit. Today, we’ve used up what resources the globe will be able to produce this year, meaning that by the end of the year we’ve used about 1,4 globe’s worth. Think about that, before you start your car a book a flight today. It’s all borrowed from the kids of tomorrow.
Samantha Bruce interview link
September 22, 2008 @ 2:17 PM - by Niall Neeson
http://coolermag.com/features/-/sports/samantha-bruce-interview.html
Sam’s a good girl.
Don’t sleep on the NZA
September 22, 2008 @ 1:14 PM - by Niall Neeson
Never did get that beer.
Best observed while listening to this. I find.
Magnus Hanson
September 20, 2008 @ 7:47 PM - by Deeli
That’s been out for a while, but it’s still as banging as ever, just got to read what Magnus had to say today when the sbc mag dropped through the hole in my door. Magnus came along to the C1RCA Greek mission, featured in the new issue of KP, and he’s probably the best dude ever. He also has a crazy part in the latest Digital, scroll down and enjoy. You’ll be hearing about this wheat sheaf fo’ sho.
Step up tails slide
tre nose stall
More Skateboarding Videos >>
Ricardo Fonseca Already Seen?
September 19, 2008 @ 7:47 PM - by Deeli
Ricardo’s part is the second one in line, right after JB. If you haven’t watched the whole thing by now, you should really take a minute and appreciate some history. It’s been online for a month, you mug. But the point of this post is that Ricardo rules. Last night, he took us to this ghetto bump to bar (I know it was in the ghetto, because it said so on the wall), where a gypsy lady was nursing an infant at the entrance right next to the bump. Can’t skate here? Can’t be arsed wid the ruckus? Dat baby need some sleep? After a brief negotiation, we were allowed to hit the thing, one at a time. And while Robert Lim and Ruben Rodriguez were taking turns being the one guy allowed, Ricardo made sure that everything runs smoothly despite the lowlives and aspiring Snoops lurking about. Motorcycle black madonna two wheel gypsy queen runs Lisbon, hands down. Gotta say though, I’d take a Lisbon estate over a London one any day of the week. There’s something about the south that disarms bums and makes them less threatening. Some secret ingredient in whatever it is that they stick in their pipes that never made it across the Pyrennees. EU should investigate and take heed. I’ll be the first one to sign up for the committee.
Get ready for a long rain season!
September 18, 2008 @ 3:35 PM - by Benjamin
As Indian Summer migth not be around the corner, get yourself psyched on the coming indoor days with a bit of park carnage from the youth of today in Chelles’ Cosa Nostra skatepark for their “Wild in the Park” day…
Kick In The Door Waving The 5boro
September 17, 2008 @ 11:41 PM - by Deeli
Who the hottest in the world right now, just touched down in Lisbon town… The 5boro Portugal trip is drawing to a close - well, it is for me, I’m flying back in about 24 hours. The rest of the crew will be heading back up to Porto to probably shred some more. Here’s a couple of little stunts that went down today. There’s more to come, but it’s late and the mosquitoes are on the move, so best to cover up and get some sleep. Early morning tomorrow, as these dudes want to hit a spot outside a museum, complete with an armed guard who stands there with his saber drawn, and they open doors at ten, so anything about to happen will need to happen before that..
Daniel Falla, swheels
Jimmy McDonald, bs noseblunt slide (yeah yeah, someone might have done that before, but Jimmy did a lot more on this spot, we’ll print it later)
A New York second
September 17, 2008 @ 12:29 PM - by Benjamin
We did not see Dill ollie… I did see him eat sushi with Dash Snow, though… So he migth be up to some crazy art performance via his next video part!
Anyway, I’m just back from NYC, where I bumped into , which was excited like a virgin about everything he was exposed to in New York. Then again, this was his first time there!
Let’s see what his camera content can teach us about young men travelling the world to get a bite of the Big Apple…
Ahh, anticipation!
Geting there…
Yep, this is New York City!
Joseph and his mate Ludo found a home at Bily Rohan’s!
They quickly sank in the neighborhood life…
…and adopted a local diet to improve their localism!
And now, it’s GoogleEarth time!
Henning Braaten, Ricardo Paterno on Expedition One
September 12, 2008 @ 11:37 AM - by Niall Neeson
Yep, and also, here’s Vera- Take Me To The Bridge
shake your hips if it helps you work it out.
Champseekers Germany
September 11, 2008 @ 8:42 AM - by David
If you’re in the area, a visit to the comp certainly can’t hurt—some of Germany’s finest have already announced their appearance, and there’s an amateur competition as well.
More Skateboarding Videos >>
Not as outdoor as Dresden, but it’s for the fun, right? And the Parties. Yes. DJ AM is in town, too.
Boost Skatehall
Güterstraße 4
70372 Stuttgart/Bad Cannstadt
Visit www.clubofskaters.de for more info. It’s in a funny language, but the videos might give you an idea of the overall atmosphere.
No ollies in Dill’s AW part?
September 09, 2008 @ 8:27 AM - by Deeli
If this is true, Jason Dill is about to do it again. They’re saying that he doesn’t ollie once in his upcoming Mind Field part. They talk a lot, don’t they… and that’s supposed to include all variations of the ollie, which is pretty much the entire spectrum of tricks people do at the moment. If there’s anyone that could pull that off without seeming pretentious, it would have to be Dill. Lines with 180 degree carves to hit the same thing twice, walking down stairs, he must have done all the things you’re not supposed to and managed to make it all look natural.
More Skateboarding Videos >>
And if it turns out to be just a rumor, well, it’s a pretty good one, don’t you think? What was that noseslide transfer in the trailer again..?
Bad news…
September 07, 2008 @ 3:34 AM - by Benjamin
No details on this one, and end of the day, it doesn’t matter, but Van Wastell died today in Berlin, while on some tour. For what we know, he fell out the window of his hotel room…
Our thougths go to his family and friends. 24 is definitely a very young age to pass away…
Travel Wheels Promo
September 03, 2008 @ 9:46 AM - by Deeli
Just one more click and you get to click again and then you just click once more and you’re there.
Crimson New Team
September 02, 2008 @ 7:05 PM - by Deeli
After Kris Markovitch quit his own brand a few months ago to start another one, it was looking pretty bleak for Crimson Skateboards. If you’re wondering what happened to them since then, have a little look at the promo video on their website.
Bellows On The Phone
September 02, 2008 @ 6:38 AM - by Deeli
A little something Love’s made and posted up on the Bellows site. Go have a look!
Skate And Create
August 29, 2008 @ 11:04 AM - by Deeli
Skate And Create was a TWS organized comp thingy, where they put four teams of skaters, backed by a photographer and a filmer each, in a warehouse with the instructions of creating their own obstacles and filming a little clip on what they came up with. The best clip would win and it turned out to be by the DVS lot. Check the footage here. Colin Kennedy, by the way, is not the Blueprint rider you’re thinking about, but his namesake, the DVS filmer, responsible for Skate More among other things.
C1RCA Tour De Smash In Russia
August 27, 2008 @ 2:52 PM - by Deeli
Ronnie & Co: Full Screen
August 15, 2008 @ 10:25 AM - by Niall Neeson
Watch more Kingpin movies >>
So this is our edit from our time in LA attending the IASC summit in the Californian desert. We bookended the trip with a week in LA to visit and act like tourists.
Outside Dave Carnie’s house, the morning of his stag do (crumbs!)
Skating Venice Beach- moody enough round here, so it is.
Problems. Note the pile of paperwork on top of the phonebox with Fabrizio Santos’ new company ads all over.
Many thanks to IASC, Bod and Whitney at Dwindle, Bill Weiss and of course Ronnie, Jani and all the skaters over at Blind.
Globe UBF4
August 13, 2008 @ 10:21 AM - by Deeli
Here’s the tease, the real thing will hit screens on September 9th. It’ll have a full video part from Luztka, no doubt including the insane 360 fs flip over the canal and we wouldn’t be surprised if there were a few 270 lip slides down big rails in there as well. All United By Fate episodes are free online at the Globe TV website.
More Skateboarding Videos >>
Controlling It
August 12, 2008 @ 9:15 AM - by Deeli
Control have their new collection out. Or not out as in sale, but out as in they have it in their office. Forgot to ask which season - SS must be spring/summer in the world of fashion? Don’t those guys work in like a year in advance?
Another new thing that’s out is the latest issue of Sahtel, the Estonian skate etc mag.
There’s probably a few other new things out somewhere else, but we haven’t got links to those ones right this minute.
Evelien Bouilliart Interviewed
August 11, 2008 @ 11:05 AM - by Deeli
Gets cross-examined on the Cooler website. We’re cross-referencing it here. Go see what she has to say.
Ollie in Pamplona
Bam’s An Angel, Plup Water Is The Devil?
August 07, 2008 @ 11:11 AM - by Deeli
A new bottled water named Plup was launched this past weekend in Finland with a front page ad in the biggest national daily and a TV spot featuring Bam Margera as an angle with a board strapped to his back. The music is by Him, and apparently the clip cost so much to make that they’ll only be able to run it once. The director insisted on shooting it on film to make it look good. Good job people will only see it on youtube. There’s also something deeply disturbing about the marketing ploy, which promises to donate 10 cents per bottle to the clean up and conservation of the Baltic sea, which is in such a sorry state that Finland and Sweden have had to apply for special permission from the EU commission to sell the salmon caught in the sea, because the dioxine levels of the fish exceed the allowed quantities. In a country of 50 000 lakes and basically Evian running from taps, who needs bottled water? Really, where’s all that plastic going to go? Some of it will end up in the Baltic sea for sure. Incidentally, there’s been some talk lately about the plastic garbage dump in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, which basically contains every little bit f plastic ever thrown away that somehow made its way to the ocean from the past 50 years of the material’s existence. The floating dump is about twice the size of continental US at the minute, running from about 500 miles off Californian coast all the way to Japan.
In the ad campaign for Plup, the designer comments on the name as a reminiscent of the sound a stone makes, when thrown into the sea. How about a plastic bottle dumped into the ocean? Come on man, how lame can you be? We can’t buy our way out of the mess we’ve created, the only way is to consume less.
Innovators gather round
August 06, 2008 @ 3:42 PM - by Niall Neeson
Portugal skateboarding website
August 06, 2008 @ 2:26 PM - by Niall Neeson
In the meantime, here’s Dead Prez
Volcom CCTV
August 06, 2008 @ 11:50 AM - by Deeli
We could blog all the details here, but we figured the internet must be getting stuffed as it is, so we’re just posting a link to the rules of engagement here. The general idea is that there’s a new challenge every two months, involving you little mugs videotaping yourselves or each other and posting the footage on mpora. Check full details and the current challenge here.
Just so you know what you’re up against, this little clip won the last box of goodies. Think you can do better? Click this and enter!
More Skateboarding Videos >>
Japanese gangster Shinichi Ito
August 06, 2008 @ 9:59 AM - by Niall Neeson
New Traffic film online now
August 04, 2008 @ 2:26 PM - by Niall Neeson
Watch it in all its glory here
Taking pictures on the streets, are we?
August 04, 2008 @ 12:42 PM - by Deeli
“It’s proof of the power of a single photo’s ability to communicate something that well-intentioned projects with finely-honed artist statements spend years trying to find but miss, repeatedly.”
If that caught your attention, then read on here. It’s pretty full on, but basically it’s saying that taking photos on the street doesn’t necessarily produce interesting street photography. And that a lot of it doesn’t necessarily make it good.
Russians Have Left the Building
August 04, 2008 @ 9:08 AM - by Deeli
The Doski photo editor / Kingpin contributor Lev Maslov brought his entourage of 5 Russian riders to Helsinki last week. Samu showed them around a few days and then they went back. Suppose that’s how trips go. Nothing much to say here, but I’m bloggin’ it, cause I’m lovin’ it. Check out this bs 5-0 that Vlad did a few days ago. Lev shot it with his new D3. It’s the shit, I’m told.
World premiere now!
August 01, 2008 @ 2:59 PM - by Benjamin
In a couple hours, Moving in Traffic, the latest video offering from the good lads at Traffic skateboards will be premiering on-line!
Yes, you read it correctly: you’ll be able to witness first hand full parts from Bobby Puelo and Jack Sabback (with a support act from the rest of the crew) before the actual DVD hits stores. Now, grab some ice cream, call friends, and get that couch bouncing! It’s coming.
New Zines From Nieves Books
July 30, 2008 @ 8:49 AM - by Deeli
Nieves Books is a small independent publisher from the strange country of Switzerland. They put out an excellent assortment of books and zines with a dedication matched by no man in the publishing industry. Right now they’ve got 20 limited signed zines out, including one from the Lousy Livin company head honcho Stefan Marx. Go get yours while they last.
Gonzalez, Capaldi, Pudwill all turn pro
July 25, 2008 @ 1:36 PM - by Niall Neeson
Gonzalez is semi- old news but his new graphic is just unveiled, Capaldi was reluctantly riding his debut model in germany last weekend and Torey’s board is due to drop next month.
In the meantime,
here’s Jay Z and Mary J, can’t knock the hustle (live)
411VM shitcanned
July 23, 2008 @ 12:24 PM - by Niall Neeson
Anthony Claravall now working for LRG, Vern Laird for Listen, Chris Ortiz we haven’t heard.
In the meantime,
here’s Bad Religion doing Big Bang live. Sweaty.
X- Games London shitcanned
July 23, 2008 @ 10:50 AM - by Niall Neeson
Oh well.
Could be worse- you could be a pole vaulter.
Thats gonna hurt in the morning.
Radio Kingpin- ill joints
July 22, 2008 @ 4:08 PM - by Niall Neeson
Bomb The Bass- Don’t Make Me Wait
Pop WIll Eat Itself & Nine Inch Nails- Wise up sucker.
Radio Kingpin in blue.
July 22, 2008 @ 9:23 AM - by Niall Neeson
Joni Mitchell- Both Sides Now
Janis Ian- At Seventeen
And a lighter one: Evelyn ‘Champagne’ King with Love Come Down.
Smoooooth.
Etnies in Barcelona
July 21, 2008 @ 2:36 PM - by Niall Neeson
http://etniesskateboarding.com/2008/07/20/etnies-barcelona-tour-2008/
Slam Trick
July 21, 2008 @ 12:00 PM - by Deeli
Some serious rippers in this clip provided by Globe TV.
Water slides
July 19, 2008 @ 10:55 AM - by Deeli
Even if our session got caught short yesterday by an eager security guard, we got a lot done at this deserted water park. Actually we got lucky the first time with Mika and managed to stay for almost 3 hours with no hassle, it was only when we went back with Pontus, Lewis and Ricky that we got the boot real quick.
Fully Equipped
July 19, 2008 @ 9:31 AM - by Deeli
New definition of high resolution: the R1. Those prints behind that link are 71.5 x 130 “ in real life, with about 100 times more detail than something like an EOS Mark III would have. More on how this is achieved in this here blog.
And then another one for moving image, the R2, a 360 degree HD video camera (in the picture above.)
I always thought the whole point for large format photos was that you can see stuff clearer and closer and for longer that you ever could in real life. Ross Clifford clearly takes it to the next level and kind of makes the whole debate about “digi this, film that, and how many million pixels does yours have” seem like a sand pit quarrel between 2 year-olds.
Working So Hard Right Now
July 18, 2008 @ 8:11 AM - by Deeli
Make My Life A Big Vacation
July 18, 2008 @ 7:37 AM - by Deeli
Yesterday was the first day of my 2 week long Sweden mission to shoot with Lewis Marnell, who’s here to visit his dad, and Love. As a bonus Pontus Alv is in Stockholm working on his new film, and since I’m staying with Mika and Miranda, there’s a good chance I’ll get something with him as well. They have a great little flat in Vasastan, complete with life-size James Dean and Marilyn Monroe woodcuts. Are these really life-size? Was James Dean that small? Then next week it’ll be the WeSC skatecamp in Linköping.
Lewis was in flames yesterday. It rained about every hour or two, and as soon as it would almost dry up he’d be jumping down stuff and onto rails.
We got rained out about 5 times yesterday, I think.
At one point we waited for 3 hours for the rain to stop and it to dry up. When we got to the spot, Lewis broke his board in about 5 tries. So we took the tube across town to his dad’s (who’s the producer who created the biggest TV show ever to air in Finland, Salatut elämät, by the way), picked up a new board and raced time and weather to get back before sun went down and it started pouring again. It was pissing down when we got back to the spot. Some more waiting and then an impressive drying operation with newspapers and towels we found in a bin next to the run-up. All worth it, 2 tricks in the bag at the end of play. Can’t wait for what happens today!
Oh, on a side note, there’s no word for “please” in either Finnish or Swedish language. Just thought of that while I was clicking through Epicly Laterd and one of the tabs was called “and the first word they learned was please.” I suppose “they” weren’t Scandinavian…
Lev Tanju Speaks
July 17, 2008 @ 10:12 AM - by Deeli
Straight from the horse’s mouth:
“yea man myskateordie is dead forever.... Don’t worry though mate in less than 2 weeks some other new hybrid kind of similarly shit site will be up and running the show:) U heard it first
Fresh start fuck art, watch this space x”
Under A Red Sky
July 17, 2008 @ 7:00 AM - by Deeli
Stolen Space gallery just off Brick Lane, east London, opens an exhibition tonight called ‘Under A Red Sky’ featuring:
Shepard Fairey (US), Vitche (Brazil), Jana (Brazil), Word To Mother (UK), Andrew McAttee (UK) & Vhils (Portugal)
Opening is tonight, Thursday 17th July, 6.30pm - 9.30pm. After that the show goes on until 10.8. Should be worth a nosey if you’re in London that time. If old signs hold, there should also be a whole bunch of new work by the above going up all over east London walls about now.
Vlad Esaulkov on Tensor
July 16, 2008 @ 9:08 AM - by Deeli
Our current issue slept on baboon Vlad Esaulkov was newly recruited to the European Tensor team. See those axles take a beating! On the US side of things, Filipe Ortiz has also been added to the US branch of the same outfit. On (a bit) related news, a Russian skater-boy called Lenia got run over by a drunken Ladaist on the pavement outside a Moscow night club. The drunk driver paid off the cops and disappeared into the night. Lenia on the other hand broke his pelvis, paralyzed his leg and got massive damage to soft tissues around his body. Luckily, he’s starting to feel his leg now so hopefully he’ll be jumping down stuff sooner than we think.
Save Southbank Petition
July 16, 2008 @ 9:00 AM - by Deeli
Remember the petition to save Southbank, initiated by Toby Shaull we believe? Well, if you signed it, you had a positive influence on the task at hand. Read the big man’s response here.
Brave New World
July 14, 2008 @ 3:59 PM - by Deeli
Kodak is bringing out a medium format sensor with 50 000 000 pixels. “We can’t help notice that about 25 million of those 6-micron pixels would fit into the approximately 24mm x 36mm space of a full-frame (small format) digital SLR sensor” says the popphoto blog. At Kingpin, we cant help but wonder whether that full frame small format digital SLR would shoot sequences at 8 frames per second. That way you could print a single 20 frame sequence across 40 pages of a magazine, which means we would only have to shoot about two and a half sequences every month to fill the mag. Divided between the four of us snappers that works out less than 2/3 of a sequence a month. If it comes to that, I’m claiming the first two thirds, let Sem and Benjamin worry about the landing when Dom and I shoot the take offs.
Radio Kingpin is back!
July 14, 2008 @ 3:11 PM - by Niall Neeson
Mellow
Less mellow
Traditional Irish ‘lilt’ played on the tin whistle
Woodcamp Enters 2nd phase
July 14, 2008 @ 11:49 AM - by Deeli
Check daily updates on what goes on in the woods on their official blog
Ben Raemers Cover Sequence
July 11, 2008 @ 8:27 AM - by Deeli
Here’s our current issue’s (KP55) cover boy Ben Raemers flipping into that bank and stairs in a few more frames. Every bit as gnarly as it looks.
Knee Trouble
July 11, 2008 @ 8:07 AM - by Deeli
Blueprint’s Tuukka Korhonen has had a quiet summer, discovering in June that his knee was in a mess. When he got back to Finland after a few month stint in London and Barcelona he had it checked and it turned out that there was some cracks in there plus a bit of growth that you really don’t want, so he had it operation to get it cleaned up. The state of affairs has not only kept him from skating but also got him out of - are you ready - a real job at the post office he was supposed to be doing this summer. The operation went well and the doctors are estimating three months to full recovery.
Get well soon, son!
Blog real big!!!
July 08, 2008 @ 11:44 AM - by Benjamin
JB Gillet, apart from being the epitome of French technique on board, is known as connoisseur of everything gangsta, and as a proof you’ll find here his pick for street anthems that should be (or should have been) in a skate video…
Once again, a great journalism job, from Seb Carayol!
What happened to Monomotion?
July 08, 2008 @ 9:27 AM - by Niall Neeson
So we have had a quality blip so we’re remastering it here- couple of days, lets say?
Change in DC Tour schedule
July 08, 2008 @ 8:00 AM - by Deeli
Wednesday 16th July:
3.30pm North Team Skate session at Cutteslow Park, Oxford
5.00pm “Afternoon Tea” at SS20 Skateshop everyone invited
6.00pm BBQ at Meadow Lane ramps – everyone welcome to come along
7.30pm Charity gig at the Carling Academy to raise money for Oxford skate parks.
Thursday 17th July:
North Team skating at several spots around London shooting some team footage
Friday 18th July:
3.30pm North Team meeting at Half Pipe Skate shop, London to decide where to go skating.
Like, damn!!!
July 06, 2008 @ 12:27 PM - by Benjamin
When we received a mail with this attached:
and the following text: “Hello, hello, after 12 days of hospital, 2 surgeries and 1 meter of missing small and large bowel I’m back at my girlfriend’s house and looking forward to take a shit without pain…”; we got worried Tom Derichs might have been stabbed with a chainsaw or something. When we contacted him to find out, here’s what he told us:
“Three four weeks ago I got crazy bellyache and went to the hospital to see what’s up, they just told me I had a little infection and gave me something for the pain and told me to drink tea. Over the week, I went to different doctors and everybody told me some different shit, like kidney stones, or whatever… At one point it got so crazy that I collapsed and went straight to hospital and had emergency operation… My appendix was already not existing anymore and parts of my big bowel and small bowel where missing too.
And the rest is history… Fucking doctors. I’m happy I was in Germany at that time. I lost 15 kilos and won’t be able to do any sportive activities for the next three months. But I can eat again now and that is already a pretty good feeling.”
Well, Tom, we wish you all happy bowels movements from now on and see you soon on those mean streets!
Oh, and you guys stay tuned for more Derichs — on board this time!
Osiris Demo Tomorrow, Sunday
July 05, 2008 @ 8:25 PM - by Deeli
The Osiris squad are arriving in Helsinki tonight form Leningrad and they’ll be signing shoes and t-shirts at Ponke’s skateshop tomorrow, Sunday, at noon and then showing some tricks at the new skatepark by the seaside at the eternal flame monument. In attendance Corey Duffel and Clint Peterson among other top pros who rock the brand.
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!
