Out To Lunch
The SHOP is temporarily closed while we relocate.
Should be back up in November; stay tuned and thanks for your support.
******************************************************
The SHOP is temporarily closed while we relocate.
Should be back up in November; stay tuned and thanks for your support.
******************************************************
For various reasons, this is not ‘the new GX1000 video’, but.. you know.. Amazing stuff; essential viewing. And always make sure your friends are watching out for cars, kids..
If you need to read something to calm the adrenaline after that, there’s a cool interview with Nick Jensen about Isle skateboards and his art processes and skate career, up on the Slam City site.
Also, in case you haven’t seen it already, there’s a very good documentary about legendary SF skate spot China Banks made by Schmitty at Thrasher.
(Above photo from PP6; some back issues still available.)
******************************************************
Well hello again.
The photo above, along with some of my other favourite Paris pics, are featured in an article by writer Anthony Pappalardo for fashion site High Snobriety.
(And while we’re on the subject of fashion, there are some tasty new handmade hats from Falcon Bowse available in the SHOP above..)
Video-wise, there’s a new RIOS edit from the boys in Budapest. The rugged and the raw, as ever. Great stuff, as ever.
And there’s also a new WKND edit, this one starring a bubonic Jordan Taylor and psychedelic water fowl Al Schmidt on their adventures..
**********************************************
Chris Athans eluding the guard lions in the streets of San Francisco, from PP19.
*****************************************************
Josh Narvaez leap-frogging from PP19’s San Francisco article ‘Light at the End of the Turmoil’.
*************************************************
James Sayres has an interview in PP19, discussing many things and shot in many corners of the world.
****************************************
Yes, on occasion, there is an actual COLOUR photograph in Push. This collage comes from old friend Ando and features in PP19’s extended FOTO section.
*****************************************
PP19 features a big photo article from the streets of San Francisco.
Here’s Jam with a bit of quick-footed magic..
************************************************
PP19 is out now, and twice as big as before.
James Sayres blasts a kickflip onto the cover, along with a subtle reminder, in case the events of last year had you confused.
Inside you'll find an extended photo section with Tiago Lemos, Luke Malaney, Barker Barrett, Mike Anderson and others. There's an interview with New York's James Sayres, and an article from the streets of San Francisco featuring Jameel Douglas, Roger Krebs, Chris Athans and others. There's also a lockdown spots photo feature, and more.
Also, every issue comes with a huge fold-out poster of an artwork by Simon Evans about historic London skatespot Southbank.
Strictly limited edition. Ask your shop or order here, now.
(Shops- contact your distributor or message directly.)
**********************************************************
After a long, strange gap, Push Periodical is finally back. And different.
The magazine is now twice as big and will come out.. more periodically..
Due to real life factors, Push will no longer be free.
PP19 (Spring/Summer 2022) releases next week, 30 March.
You can pre-order here, now. (US readers will also be able to order from Theories of Atlantis.)
Shops contact your distributor now, or message directly.
MORE INFO SOON
**************************************************
Happy Year of the Tiger..
It’s been a while, I know. I’m just never sure if anyone reads these, but I suppose you are and that’s what matters.
It’s always good to have a new vid from the Girl/Chocolate camp and this new one is no exception. The new guys look great.
It’s always good to have a new WKND edit pop up, too. Quick-foot wiz Trevor Thompson and manchild Andrew Considine are featured in this one.
Meanwhile, in Oregon, dodging rain showers but not COVID alas, a bunch of the SF Loophole crew with Zach Chamberln at the helm and behind the VX.
And if you’ve never seen it, be sure to watch Zach’s opus Bright Moments, finally on the WWW. It features.. well.. loads of people. A real gem.
What else..? A cool new video from Sweden perhaps? Or a hot new video from Florida?
And in case you’re wondering about the relevance of the 20-year-old photo above, it’s because Frank has an interview on the always-recommendable Chromeball Incident blog which mentions this trick amongst much else.
Going even further back, I personally have been loving the raw footy from 1989’s Speed Freaks video. Always liked Ken McGuire’s SF part..
And lastly, it’s good to see more things concerning mental health in our community of sometimes troubled souls.
Okay, that’s it for now. More soon..
..and yes, there is a new issue of Push in the works.. Stay tuned..
*******************************************************
The new Traffic ‘Lino-Fire’ board series by Richard Hart is out now.
“Here are the lino-cut graphics I did for my friends at Traffic. Luke Malaney is a talented woodworker, hence the leaves of trees he likes to use (also an oak leaf cos they are my favourite, and a maple leaf ‘cos it would be rude to have leaves on a skateboard without one). Kevin Coakley likes a good meditation so he gets Buddha under the bodhi tree (this also looks a bit like the PP1 cover, not that Jake is Buddha although at this point, anything is possible). Hiroki Muraoka is one of the best Tokyo street skaters so he gets the most famous bit of Tokyo street- the Shibuya intersection. And then one of the first pro models for James Sayres has that metaphorical journey stretching out before him..”
*******************************************************************
Brian Powderly grind-to-sketchyroll-to-ollieoutbeforedying in Philly, from new State ad.
*****************************************************
BALLOON, a new zine featuring photographs by Richard Hart from Feb ‘20-July ‘21; on pandemic and parenthood. Printed and hand-assembled with sewn spine, from A La Maison, Paris. Edition of 29 copies, in the SHOP now..
*****************************************************************************
The wonderful Loophole Wheels video is now online in full.
Watch Jesse and the rest of the crew surfing the hills of locked-down San Francisco, filmed and edited by the masterful hand of Zach Chamberlin..
*********************************************
Fans of British shred-sledding will enjoy the new Statue Hardware video and the harsh spots in Lintell’s latest part. (This photo from PP14 cover.)
Those of you that enjoy watching podcasts (or, probably, listening to them while working), might want to check out the latest two from The 9 Club: longtime videographer Anthony Claravall and even-longer-time NY lynchpin Eli Morgan-Gesner. (The editions with ‘behind the scenes’ guys are generally more interesting, I think.)
Another medium entirely is The Book.; remember those? Two new ones to recommend are ‘The Most Fun Thing’ by Chicago writer Kyle Beachy; a collection of essays about- or somehow relating to- skating; and ‘An Act of Imagination’ by Scott Bourne, a children’s book of poetry illustrated by Todd Bratrud.
That’s it for now, except to mention that if the names Markus Wyndham, Ocean Howell and Colby Carter bring back good memories, you should prob’ly check this out..
***************************************
The new Aussie contingent of the Magenta family was introduced recently in this edit by Antipodean VX wiz Josh Roberts.
Nice to get yr teeth into a full-length vid in these days of ‘The Part’; the Threads guys come through with a typically thoughtful and detailed hour-long (!) new work featuring some lesser-seen US skaters and cities.
Episode 2 of the fun new DZTV video-magazine project hailing from Swedish skate haven Malmö is out.
And what have those Wknd scamps been up to on the US east coast lately? (Nice filming on that downhill line, Grant..)
*************************************************
Well… what’s new?
I enjoyed seeing a new full-length Boston scene video by Tim Savage: Grace has some tech moves and some cool spots.
The new short Hockey video prob’ly doesn’t need any more hyping from me, but one that may have slipped under your radar is a Mexico edit from the Snack crew. (Photo above of Krebs from the second Push Partial World Tour..)
There’s also part two of Jake Todd’s raw footy edits from the Traffic video; lots of Philly ripper Josh Feist in this one.
Lastly, some more raw footy from a different era entirely- the SMA team’s 1989 US tour with lots of Natas and some rare footage of Stranger, Sheffey and AP. Amazing to see what they are able to achieve with the WORST assemblage of dodgy obstacles imaginable. (A far cry from the perfect skateparks of a US tour nowadays.) Great stuff as far as I’m concerned, but I’m old.
************************************************
It has come to my attention that today is ‘Go Skateboarding Day’, so, like any other day, I encourage you to do just that. And here’s a couple of recommendations culled from the expanses of the WWW in the last week to watch before/after you do so..
First of all, a video interview that I think should be essential viewing- Karl Watson had a chat with neuroscientist (and skater) Andrew Huberman who is full of interesting, useful and reassuring information.
As far as watching people ride skateboards, the best thing you could do right now is check out Chris Athans’ part for Loophole.. Excellent stuff.
There’s also a nice little edit of Philly VX man Jake Todd’s raw footy from the last Traffic video, including the beast of a grind pictured above (from PP16)..
I can’t Go Skateboarding (to-)Day; it’s Go to the Playground with the Baby Day for me.. but that actually shares a lot of similarities with GSD…
Have fun.
*************************************************