Drake Johnson- f/s board, SF; photo: Richard Hart
Drake in the streets of SF, from PP7.
If you're in the streets of SF right now, there is a protest/skate happening today.
Similar events in London on Friday, and NY on Saturday.
Check your regional skateboard digital content providers for info. And be careful out there.
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Gunes Ozdogan- switch ollie, Naples; photo: Richard Hart
(From the back cover of the new mag.)
Gunes is now pro and has a ledge-tech-tacular new video part to prove it.
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Jake Johnson & Al Davis, Taipei; photo: Richard Hart
(Skateboarding never cared what colour you are.)
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PP17 interviewee 4/4 is Josh Stewart, videographer and filmmaker.
Art by Greg Gardner.
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PP17 interviewee 3/4 is Scott Bourne, writer and ex-pro skater.
Art by Greg Gardner.
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PP17 interviewee 2/4 is Don Brider, one of the first British street skaters. Over the years, Don B has made zines, videos, clothes, stickers and even pressed skateboard decks.
Art by Greg Gardner
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PP17 interviewee 1/4 is Soy Panday, artist and skater.
Art by Greg Gardner.
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PP17 the Interview Issue is out now.
In-depth conversations with Soy Panday, Don Brider, Scott Bourne and Josh Stewart.
Cover: Glen Fox.
Guest artist: Greg Gardner.
With contributions from Joe Brook, Benjamin Deberdt, TLB, Glen Fox, Howard Cooke, John Baragwanath.
Limited edition.
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While the focus of this magazine is usually photography (no pun intended), this issue is somewhat different. It’s an interview issue; not a new idea conceptually but these aren’t pro skaters talking about their sponsors and that thing that happened on tour that one time. These are interviews with old friends who grew up in very different corners of the world, whose lives have been shaped by skateboarding and have contributed a lot, in one way or another.
Broadly speaking, these are conversations to do with creativity; an aspect that used to be an intrinsic part of skating but somehow feels a bit endangered lately..
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Available now:
SANITY BIKE RIDE HAIKU, a new zine by Richard Hart featuring Haiku poems, photographs and drawings from (and about) Lockdown.
(Haiku are short Japanese poems, traditionally three lines with syllables in the order 5/7/5.)
“Darkly humourous” said the critic.
Limited to 30 hand-numbered copies.
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Josh Stewart and crew, Chicago 2016; photo: Richard Hart
Josh Stewart has been digging in the vaults and uploading some Static 4/5 outtakes and raw footage.
More from Josh in PP17 which will hopefully be out soon. Ish.
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Ben Gore- wallie boardslide, Napoli; photo: Richard Hart
Looking forward to the day when we can all go to Italy again.
Or anywhere, for that matter.
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Bryan Botelho- b/s k/f in Los Angeles; photo: Richard Hart
This was the cover of PP4 and came from a Northern Co trip to LA.
The new NorCo video ‘Helen’ by Zach Chamberlin is available now, and Chris Athans’ part just went online and features some really legit SF shredding..
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Glen Fox- b/s k/f, Roma; photo: Richard Hart
Makin’ moves at the Gino gap; this one comes from PP15 and Glen’s new video part, out now..
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Soy Panday regularly spends ten hours drawing a skateboard graphic, so I thought it only fitting to spend ten seconds drawing his, for this new guest board on Northern Co.
I enjoy sharing a bottle of wine with Soy, though you’ll notice that my glass is half empty while his is half full..
Cheers.
-Richard Hart
P.S. Graphic tastes best on dark red board.
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Ryan Flores / Jameel Douglas / James Sayres, SF 2017; photo: Richard Hart
The last time I hung out with San Francisco filmer Ryan Flores was exactly three years ago. At that point, his video was "nearly finished". So when he posted yesterday that it was out, I thought for sure it was an April Fools’ Joke. But no, 'MERLOT' is finally here and worth the wait; a proper SF video full of cutty spots and raw street shredding. Good soundtrack, too.
That was a long 'nearly', Ryan..
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Ruben Spelta, Paris; photo: Richard Hart
At least there’s (currently) no shortage of skating on the interweb, including a new Ruben Spelta part on Free mag..
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Luka Pinto, Rouen; photo: Richard Hart
Luka Pinto’s new part is out now, courtesy of Free Mag.
It’s taken from the full-length ‘Pandora’s Box’ video- coming soon- which Luka (mostly) filmed and edited, showcasing the skate scene on the remote island of Jersey.
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Pat Stiener- ollie up f/s nose, Chicago; photo: Richard Hart
To help you from going too stir-crazy, Theories just uploaded the 2017 Traffic video ‘Look Left’.
This photo comes from PP6 (and the footage is in the video, along with a couple hundred other tricks).
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Shogo Zama- ollie, Paris; photo: Richard Hart
This was shot on Shogo’s first day in Europe, and appears in PP16.
Check out his new video part introducing him to the Magenta team.
Stay healthy, everyone..!
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Eddie Cernicky- ride-on grind, Paris; photo: Richard Hart
I had to stand on a fragile roof to shoot this, but it was definitely a sketchier situation for Cernicky..
From PP16, out now..
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