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6yr Old Asher Bradshaw at Venice Beach Skatepark

Ty — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 16:24:21 +0000

THIS LITTLE 6 YEAR OLD KID RIPS! HE’S EVEN GOT STEEZE!

Ryan Olsen Minute

Ty — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 13:33:37 +0000

Check out this short video of local Swansea skater Ryan Olsen rippin’, filmed by Joe Maggs. I haven’t seen him skate for a good few months and he’s progressed loads over that time, this video really blew me away. All the young dudes seem to progress way faster than us old guys did back in the 90′s, luckily they are still plagued with bad knees and ankles so we aren’t bitter, haha.

Check out Joe’s other skate videos here.

Maverick Industries Skateparks

Ty — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:46:37 +0000

Skateparks are finally starting to pop up all over Britain, some in the most unlikely of places. Some councils are awesome and have gone to great lengths to provide park facilities for skaters, bmxers et al but it seems that others just aren’t trying very hard at all, my local council, Swansea, for example. Efforts have been made for many years to sort something out but nothing has been achieved, this isn’t entirely the councils fault though! Skaters need to pull their finger out and make it known that they need a park, they need to turn up to meetings, write letters, contact the paper etc.

Anyone out there that lives in a city without a skatepark needs to watch the videos below of the amazing parks being built by Maverick Industries around the UK. Maverick are absolutely killing it with their parks, the designs are second to none and if you want something like this to skate then get in contact with Maverick on any of the links at the bottom.

Maverick Industries on YouTube
Maverick Industries Facebook Page
Maverick Industries Blog

Have you been to a Maverick skatepark? What did you think? Hit up the comments…

SK8-Bit Video

Ty — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:01:16 +0000

This is a cool little video made by a dude for a school project “The concept was to create an announcement trailer for a fake video game. SK8-bit is a 3D “game” with a 2D pixel art visual style thing. the footage was rotoscoped BY HAND in Photoshop; no crazy video filters or anything like that.”

SK8-bit from cluto on Vimeo.

Skate on the Spot!

Ty — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 11:00:43 +0000

Check out this wacky video! I reckon it’s got to be a lot harder than he makes it look…

Luckiest Skateboarder EVER?

Ty — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:00:18 +0000

I found this video today after watching that 2yr old smoking kid that was in the ‘news’. This one is infinitely more entertaining!

Have you had any close calls?

Scary Whitney

Ty — Thu, 27 May 2010 10:45:00 +0000

This is probably the weirdest thing you will see this week…

John Tanner éS Video

Ty — Wed, 26 May 2010 11:38:51 +0000

I just found this video welcoming John Tanner to the éS UK team and it’s absolutely killer. It’s just him burning around London back streets popping little ollies and stuff, all skate videos should be like this. I wanna skate so bad now but I’m stuck in the office, noooooooooooo!

The skate video that was always my pre-skate watch years ago was Tincan Folklore by Stereo, I’d fast forward the tape to Carl Shipman, Ethan Fowler and Matt Rodriguez (my fav section), this new video reminds me of those parts :-)

éS proudly welcome John Tanner to the éS UK team from éS Europe on Vimeo.

Skateboarding in the 80s

Ty — Tue, 25 May 2010 11:41:25 +0000

I missed out on the 80′s skateboarding boom, in fact I started skating when it was at it’s absolute lowest point in the early 90′s, I’m a bit special like that. Skating was so cool in the 80′s, everything about it was sub zero, the clothes, the boards, the attitude; it was the preferred mode of transport for rebellious youth all over the world and I wish I had been there for that.

I feel like a lot of younger skaters aren’t really in touch with the old skool through no fault of their own, all they’ve ever known is skateboarding as a popular sport (even though we are still treated like dirt by most councils and ‘authority figures’). So here I offer up a couple of Hollywood gems from back in the day and a shed load of classic decks…

1) Gleaming the Cube. What a film! This has everything, action, guns, skating, rebellion and Christian Slater back when he was the coolest dude on the planet. If you haven’t seen this film then I suggest you find it on DVD asap (it’s in Swansea library, not sure about others), watch it before you go skating then rip! A few years ago I borrowed the video projector from work and made my girlfriend watch it projected 6 feet wide, she thought it was terrible but it was actually awesome.

2) Thrashin’. Another 80′s skateboard movie but a bit more of a cheese fest, well worth tracking down but I’ll always be a Gleaming the Cube man!

3) 80s Skateboards. Skateboards will NEVER be this good again, yeah we’ve got some cool graphics now and flashy technology and lightweight parts but just look at these things. The shape, the colours, the rails, they are off the chain! I’ve never owned a genuine proper 80′s skateboard, just a Turbo 2 for my 7th birthday in ’88, which was the equivalent of a £20 complete today, it had a Native American with a machine gun on the bottom, it was sweet. ‘Retro’ skateboards are making a big comeback at present with loads of companies putting out their old boards again so now is the time to pick one up and shred the ramp. The image below is from here, there are loooooads more killer boards there so have a look.

…Were you there in the 80′s? Want to share a story? Then comment below…

The Visibility Project

Ty — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:10:51 +0000

I spotted this awesome video over on SkaterGirl yesterday, these girls rip! It features pro and amateur skateboarders including: Julie Kindstrand, Abby Zsarnay, Nora Vasconcellos, Priscilla Lee, Erin Wolfkiel, Justyce Tabor, Lizzie Armanto, Tuna, Christina, Jess Starkweather. Head over to SkaterGirl for more info.