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CONTENTS

FRAGMENTS

THE BRIDGE GENERATION WASTE / A MURDER VIDEO

ART NOW! / CARMIN SANTOS

THE ISLE OF MAN / CARHARTT PLACES 16 / SEOUL

OLD ENOUGH YOUNG ENOUGH / a brief glance

AND LOVENSKATE JOURNEY

/ MARCO LAMBERTUCCI a brief glance

MILAN 2 CT C H I C O B R E N ES - 360 F L IP I NTO B A N K

@ D V S S K ATE B O A R D I N G

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Danny Galli, Fs ollie to powerslide. Photo: Davide Biondani. Roma.

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Andy Lopes, Pivot to fakie. Photo: Davide Biondani. Roma.

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Giorgio Zattoni, Gay twist. Photo: Davide Biondani. Ravenna.

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Ivan Federico, Mc Twist. Photo: Davide Biondani. Ravenna.

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The Bridge

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Phil Zwijsen - Drop To Ollie - (Antwerp - Belgium). Photo Davy Van Leare. ------------------------------------ What I like about Phil is that he always has these crazy ideas when it comes to spots. This one he already shot with my partner in crime Jelle Keppens for a Carhartt ad. But he never filmed it, so when Element was having a tour in Belgium, he decided to film it. The road next to the bridge is pretty busy, but a mile before the bridge there’s a traffic light and each time the light turns red you have one try. Maybe a second one if you handle fast. Almost every time I went shooting there the cops showed up. There’s always some idiot in a car that can’t think of a better idea than to call the cops when he sees people skateboarding on the bridge in the far distance. This time was not an exception, although we had some time before the boys in blue showed up. It took a while for Phil to do his first attempt, but after the first make, he found it pretty easy and wanted to do a better one. For me the first one was already good, but Phil likes to look good on his board and did like 4 more. I wonder why the hell you wanna risk your life more than once on gnarly spots like this, so much can go wrong if you’re unlucky. But I guess that’s Phil. I Love the passion he has for skateboarding!

Daniel Cardone - Fs ollie - (Chalon Sur Saône - France). Photo Kévin Mètallier. -----------------------------------When we arrive there Daniel was just so excited and really wanted to find a way to get in the middle of the river to skate that transition, which was just so steep, so narrow and just unskatable... Anyway, when you are with Daniel, you know that anything can happen ! After a few minutes some fishermen were cruising on their little boat on the river and they accept to give a quick ride to our friend. After a couple of minutes Daniel was doing some crazy fs ollie going full speed, and should happen finally happen, his board won a little bath in the river. As a last trick Daniel did a crazy dive into the river (which is actually quite dirty...) trying to get back his board... And you know what ? His board is still there... I remember what my friend Willy Santos, who was with us there, said when he saw Daniel diving into the river : “ it’s an italian pasta in a french onion soup!”.

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Hugo Maillard - Ollie Tucknee - (Alkidiki - Greece). Photo Kévin Mètallier. -----------------------------------The summer in Greece can be really like super hot, and after few days skating in the heat, our idea this afternoon was just to have a break and go chill on the beach, relax our bodies in the sea for a bit. Unfortunately, on the way we found this spot, which is, once again, not even suppose to be a spot. Hugo was really motivated to skate it, so we just had to hope that he wouldn’t be too long... After a few minutes we were all laying down on the beach... a brief glance

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Austin Volpi - Kick flip - (Reggio Emilia - Italy). Photo Mauro Peduto. -----------------------------------The object of this dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mission was to skate a full-pipe at the center of a bridge. I had always seen this spot driving by on the highway but had no idea what it was like and whether it was skateable. Once there on a weekday afternoon, we understood it would have been impossible to skate the full-pipe: the bridge serves as a divider between 4 highway lanes that are super-trafficky, and the chances of falling under a truck are an almost absolute certainty... we decided to skate the safer side of the bridge and get back home alive.

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Jonathan Gallo - Fs Kick flip over the hole - (Venezia, Italy). Photo Davide Biondani. -----------------------------------When I got the idea for this article I had a chat with Jonny and after roughly explaining my project to him, his answer was, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have the spot you are looking for.â&#x20AC;? One morning towards the end of winter we found ourselves at a highway toll booth and then driving along a ring road, to an exit leading directly to the countryside. Once there the first problem to solve was finding a way to climb up the bridge since it was really high. We built a ladder using wooden boards and tree trunks we found close by, which enabled Jonny to climb up, only to discover that that which from below seemed a perfect spot was really not so perfect, and getting enough speed to reach the opposite side of the bridge and pop the trick was not an easy task. After studying the spot and warming up, Jonny found the way to keep his balance and fs kickflip over the hole. a brief glance

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Jarne Verbruggen - Ollie - (Rotterdam, Holland). Photo Davy Van Leare. ------------------------------------In 2009 I entered the WSR photo contest in Rotterdam. It was the third edition, and I must tell you this concept is so good. The first edition in 2005 I won as an underdog and still to this day I must admit it’s one of the coolest moments I experienced in my life as a photographer, I never expected to win. The concept goes as followed, there’s 10 photographers from all over the world, you have 3 days of shooting in Rotterdam, they give you a van, you take 3 skaters by your choice and they send along a spot guide, not by your choice. Most of the time the spot guides are kinda useless (no disrespect or something) because they only know the spots that are already known, and generally it’s more the everyday skate spots. And for a photo contest in the first place you want an amazing spot, that hasn’t been the scenery for a skate photo in the past. An amazing trick is cool as well but I think the shot itself is a bit more important than the trick. At the end you select two photos, and they make big prints of those. So these 3 days you drive around like a madmen to find original spots. This one was somewhere near the harbor of Rotterdam. Jarne had to do some trespassing, did an ollie and by the time he was finished some woman started yelling at us. Apparently the pier was in a really bad condition, and there was a chance the thing was gonna collapse. And I guess by ollieng it, you probably make the chances of collapsing a bit higher. Luckily nothing happened. a brief glance

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Andrew Zolin - Fs ollie - (Verona, Italy). Photo Davide Biondani. -----------------------------------This canal is not far from where I live. It was built in the 1950â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s to allow the irrigation of these fields. In many years of skateboarding we never went down to skate it since it was always full of rubble even when it was dry. A while ago we started exploring some canals in the area in the search for new spots, including this one. On the day of the first mission we stopped right under this bridge. The difficulty of landing the trick in this spot is not the bank, but trying not to break your head open on the ceiling.

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Filippo Baronello - Ollie to fakie - (Padova, Italy). Photo Davide Biondani. -----------------------------------I had been planning to go to this bridge spot and take photos for months, but one thing leads to another, and summer ends, autumn goes by, and then winter arrives. The spot lies right in the middle of a dangerous ring-road intersection where you can risk your life just trying to get there. On this occasion Cris Viga came along, who just went nuts at the sight of the spot. After having climbed up the bridge he changed his mind, since it ended up being really high up and narrow... his legs were shaking. In the meantime Baro casually caught up with us, pushing his skateboard on the ringroad... incredible. There was very little light left and it was so cold that I could barely hold the camera in my hands. Never go to this spot in the middle of winter. a brief glance

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Samuel Partaix - Boneless - (Tours, France). Photo Kévin Mètallier. -----------------------------------At the first look, this spot seems to be just amazing but it’s really a mission to get there. First of all, you can only skate it during the summer, sometimes, when the level of the water gets super low, then you have to cross a little arm of the river which can be also a big deal when you have to carry all your photo equipments, especially if you wanna keep them dry. Next step, spend couple of hours to clean up all the spot because after 10 months under the water, you can imagine how messy it was... Finally, the easiest part was just for Sam, skating there, having fun and after a few minutes the boneless was in the box !

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Ross McGouran - Hard flip - Kris Vile - tre flip - (Melbourne, Australia). Photos Davide Biondani. -----------------------------------A few years back, at an afterlunch sesh with Ross and Kris under the bridge in Melbourne: Oz summer, rough surfaces, an amazing spot, good friends around... Nello and Thomas Vints were there too. The two guys on the left in the Kris photo are Daniel Cardone and Josh Rouillon. What a great session. What good memories!!!

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Phil Zwijsen - Tre flip to fakie - (Liege, Belgium). Photo Davy Van Leare. ------------------------------------This spot is situated in Liege (Belgium). It was like a one and a half hour ride away from our home town Antwerp. Phil needed one more shot for his Kingpin interview back in 2010. The deadline was creeping up. Arriving at the spot, we noticed there was a lot of wind. Phil gave it a couple of tries but there was no way he was gonna do the tréflip with these kinda of winds. So we head off to the old snake run nearby to shoot something there. Two hours later we went back, the wind was a bit less but still too much to ride this thing. It’s already a pretty scary narrow thing to ride, especially if you go this high. Phil handled things like a pro and after 30 minutes he landed a perfect tréflip to fakie.

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Ale Martoriati - Low to hi fs tailslide - (Lisbon, Portugal). Photo Davide Biondani. -----------------------------------A few years ago a well known energy drink organized a challenge among teams that had to travel throughout the country to complete skate-missions and accumulate points in order to win a trip to some place that I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even remember any longer. I was on the Blue Team as photographer, and we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t end up winning the trip, but we had so much fun that we organized some trips at our expense for a couple years... the Blue Team tours! One of our destinations was Lisbon, where we obviously skated the concrete bowl of the park under the Vasco De Gama bridge, which is 17,2 kilometers long, the longest in Europe.

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Tom Harrison - Nollie fs heelflip - (Antwerp, Belgium). Photo Davy Van Leare. Â ------------------------------------Another session at the bridge in Antwerp. Sick fs nollie heel.

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GENERATION WASTE murder video

Interviews Guido Bendotti Photos Davide Biondani

In an age when everyone complains of low budgets, and huge corporations are crying crocodile tears because they are lacking 1000 euros to send their team on tour, a small local company sent its skate-team around Europe to film their first video. The Murder team traveled for two years between Berlin, Lyon, Barcelona, Innsbruck, Slovenia, Italy, and a mission to California. Generation Waste is the product of their effort and passion. We had the opportunity to follow two of the riders, Jacopo Picozza and Baro, during a filming mission in Rome where we also had the chance to have a chat with them as well as with Sket the filmer, and Giulio, the owner of Murder. What you will see in the following pages is the result of 4 days spent in the Italian capital. Generation Waste is proof that everything is possible, even in the worst moments. It all depends on the desire to make things happen. db.

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Goodmorning faggot, what are you up to? Are you drying your hair? Yes, dried and waxed more than a park ledge. Let’s talk about serious things, when did you start filming your video-part for Generation Waste? I think two years ago. It all started with the first tour in California in February of 2010, but between problems along the way I probably filmed like a year and a half. How much effort did you put into it and how much pressure did you feel? In 12th grade everybody was thinking about what university to go to... while I was busy imagining what part of Europe would be cool to go film with Sket. I put all the passion and commitment I possibly could. We didn’t stand still for one second and in two years we traveled, skated, filmed, and lived life to the fullest. To be honest I never really felt any pressure on me to produce footage because it all felt pretty spontaneous to me to skate as hard as I could. I felt some obligation because Murder made available a budget so large it was never seen before in Italy, and I will be grateful to them for life. What do you expect from this video? More sponsors or more teen-age fans? Besides underage fans, it would be cool if skaters realized that we tried to expand our horizons as much as possible, both geographically and mentally, and refused to skate our home spots. We literally went everywhere in order to confront ourselves, test ourselves and find new inspiration. This is the spirit with which the video was made, and it is not by chance that our first tour was to California. The message comes first, then sponsors and getting laid. Thanks, Giulio. Since Dylan Rieder has become your follower on twitter, are your ollies higher? Do you feel like a satisfied groupie? Hahaha! I didn’t stalk him, he added me...we liked each other. I won’t hide the fact that I really appreciated even such a small gesture on his part. You traveled a lot to film, what are the places you found most satisfying? The various tours to Barcelona were probably the most productive and fun... we went back like 3 or 4 times. We were there twice for one month and Murder rented a house for us in Plaza de Espanya... we lived real skateboarding every day and had the chance to appreciate life’s pleasures. Why did you choose to put all this effort into skateboar-

ding, when you could easily do anything else and live with more cash and less pain? I’ve always considered skateboarding as an art-form, and art constantly needs new stimuli and new experiences. My life is dedicated to doing this, basically. Primarily, I follow my inspiration and try to travel as much as possible, getting to know and live new experiences. Taking part in contests around, skate new spots, make new friends, new contacts... tell me why I should stay at home when there is a whole world out there? Try typing your name in google-images and some appalling photos and interviews will pop up. I love you for this. How much time do you spend choosing your outfits? Do you do it purposely to distract us from the fact that you

suck at skating? Everyone criticizes my outfits, and it is proper for them to do so; I really don’t care what other people think of the way I dress. I have a very personal aesthetic taste and have much care for my clothing. For me, aesthetics is more important than fashion, brands, trends, and all this bullshit... I see a skater’s attitude even in his aesthetic taste, manners, approach, and the style he has when skating. You guys are free to be how the fuck you like...

What makes you feel good. What are the necessary things for you to feel good and motivate you to skate? All I need is to set foot on my board in order to empty my mind and see everything dissipate around me. Having a perfect feeling with my board makes me feel good because it means I am at peace with myself and am able to fully express myself. You have been around quite a few years, you have many fans (teen-age), you skate well and put in a lot of effort. You travel everywhere there is something to skate, and you are, so to speak “sellable” imagewise. Do you think at one point it will be possible for you to live off of skateboarding alone? It seems a bit utopian, especially in Italy in the year 2012, even if I have to admit that with Generation Waste at times I’ve had the illusion that the reality you’re talking about may come true. Tell me something really deep and intelligent to end this interview. I am foot-fetish.

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Filippo “Il Baro” Baronello / boardslide. a brief glance

Yo dude, how are you? Hey! I’m fine!

Airwalk or stalefish? Roast chicken with potatoes.

What can you tell us about the Murder video? How much blood did you give? The murder video is dope, personally I like it a lot and I’m honored to have contributed to it. Blood? Yeah, lots of it... but that’s the nice part.

How do you think people will receive your video-part, are there any things you weren’t able to film or tricks you left hanging? I’m not sure how it may be received, I’m always very selfcritical, so I think I could have done better, but at the same time I’ll say I’m satisfied because I had little time to work on my part. I filmed it in 6 months, all in a hurry ha ha ha.

You traveled to a lot of different locations to make this video, and for a small company that is pretty unusual... Yup, we spent a lot of time traveling around... it was an incredible opportunity. Giulio invested large sums of money and time in this video... it is something not everyone would do. Do you feel supported by Murder and your other sponsors? Very much indeed. Before becoming part of the team I didn’t believe there was a company like Murder in Italy... and I have to admit that I’m super happy to be part of the team. If all the sponsors were like this in Italy, the scene would definitely be better. I’m really happy with my other sponsors as well, Fallen and Planet Riders Shop. Do you think after this video comes out you’ll be able to live off of skateboarding? Surely... you can come and live with me in my new 7-story mansion, we have 12 different prostitutes each day, a bowl made of solid gold and tons of beer. What questions are you asking?! Ha ha ha. Last year you moved to London during the winter to work and skate. Where will you go this year? Oslo? Helsinki? Or some other place with a mild winter? Ha ha ha, well the work situation in Italy is critical, especially for someone like me who wants to skate, so I decided to emigrate. Well, anyways this year I think I’ll become a Londoner again. Maybe when summer comes, what do you think? You’re not a technical skater but you spit blood for every trick, and you like skating big with grabs and crazy grinds. I’ve never seen you back away in front of big stuff, why do you like skating like this, and don’t you ever think: this time I’m going to get hurt? Every time I think: “I’m gonna hurt myself,” it happens... So it’s better not to think it, and anyways I’m a nigga inside bro.

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You live in a place not particularly notorious for skateboarding, and kind of far away from the “scene”, even though the scene really doesn’t exist. How do you organize yourself to get footage? To produce footage? I travel at least 6 hours by train and countless others by car or bus... if you really want things, then they happen. During the last few years I’ve seen you skate hard on transitions, while before you were 100% street. Why did you start skating everything and not limit yourself to skating your favorite “stuff ” (gaps and firecrackers)? Because I get bored easily, and on trannies you go faster. That’s all. It was simply something new, maybe if I had had a pool growing up I would have skated that from the start, but I had to adapt to what there was. In London I had the chance to skate trannies and learned the four tricks I know how to do. If I buy you some firecrackers, will you ollie the Padenghe Big 5 naked? If you add 5 euros to that and a beer I’ll do it in my underwear, I’m serious.

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Filmer / Alberto “Sket” Scattolin.

In a world that is anxiously waiting for super productions like Pretty Sweet, what is your approach to the filming and editing of Generation Waste? I’m just downloading Pretty Sweet from I-tunes right now...perfect timing! I’ve been working on video-making for years, and have been skateboarding twice as long. I’ve never been super into skate movies, so I can tell you that I got interested in them pretty late. I personally tend to live my life and experience the things surrounding my life rather than dreaming and admiring things other people do. This has always been my approach to skateboarding. I slowly got into Transworld videos which I really love for the photography, and then started getting into various other productions having different styles: GIRL of course being ahead of all the rest, not just its team but both technology and creativity-wise. Of course you can’t compare such productions to Generation Waste, they are two completely different things, and that’s the way it should be. What they do have in common is passion for skateboarding, and an organization for producing videos.

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What are the major difficulties for a filmer not working “full-time”? The most difficult thing to find is enough time to follow all the working activities, and you always end up sacrificing something. Finding a balance is not easy, but passion burns inside, so the energy is always there. There is a saying where I’m from: “Money and fear, never heard of ‘em.” What is the biggest satisfaction you had filming for this video? First of all the fortune to have found perfect harmony with nice people to live and work with because I believe it all starts from there. The biggest satisfaction was to get to the end of this project, truly believing in it, and overcoming all the problems that slowed us down and blocked our path. I learned that life can change every day, from one moment to the next, that the balance you think you’ve found can break easily and things can turn upside-down. I understood that it is useless to waste a lot of time on bullshit and get stuck on the superficial aspect of things.

How are you going to choose the music for the soundtrack? What are the problems you have to face to obtain the licenses to use the music? This is a sensitive question. The musical choice is the thing that wastes most of your time, because it is extremely difficult to obtain licenses from record labels and artists, but in the end we were able to get something. The video features songs both by Italian bands as well as by American bands, ranging from punk HC to a pretty diverse musical selection. What equipment do you have? How much did you invest in this video? Generation Waste is a video filmed completely in SD (Standard Definition 720x576 video lines). I don’t like mixing HD and SD footage. This video was entirely filmed using a Sony PD 150 and a Panasonic DVX100. The weather, spots, injuries... what are the biggest difficulties you encountered during the filming of this video? There are many factors that influence the success of a good video. In nearly two years the actual filming-time was probably about six months at most. It is not easy to coordinate the availability and resources of all the riders, and getting good footage is not even that straightforward either. We all worked really hard for sure, each according to his daily life, commitment, and energy, and we went through all sorts of things. You never know what may happen at a spot: cops, passers-by, locals, security guards, bad weather... Damn! It’s not easy... Did you film the whole video yourself, or did you use clips from other filmers? Yes, you could say I filmed the whole thing. At times Giulio acted as second camera guy. Many times I used the second camera as well. It happened in Lyon: one camera on the tripod, another camera on my legs, and in addition to that I was also taking photos...no way! I want to take the time to thank Pier who helped me in Barcelona with the second camera, and also all the other people that supported and let me stay at their house.

Besides filming you are also a full-time skater... how many times would you have desired to dump the videocamera and start skating? Unfortunately over the last few years I’ve skated less and less, but I’ve had the chance of living on-board nonetheless, pushing and filming. The worst thing is having 10kg of equipment on your back, and add to that a 2kg tripod that certainly doesn’t help. Actually, we traveled a lot, and went by many spots that I didn’t get a chance to skate...this is one of the sacrifices I was talking to you about earlier. Although at times we did get some tricks all together, so in the end I can’t complain. Baro and Picozza are two characters... why don’t you diss ‘em a bit ehehehehe... Ha ha ha... Baro is a raver and smells really bad! Jacopo never gets laid. Is it more difficult for Picozza to find the perfect hairdo/ outfit or to land a hammer? Let’s say that it is harder for him to land hammers if the wind blows his hair out of place. If his outfit is ok he lands everything first try. What do you expect from this video? I hope that besides all the tricks, music, attitude, and brand, what shines through is the passion and energy we put into this project. I hope it makes people wanna grab their boards and go skate, and book the first flight to some other country. I hope it provokes curiosity in those people who have never traveled abroad, far from the Italian scene and culture, to do so. I expect criticism of my work, and will accept it with pleasure, for it helps in correcting one’s mistakes, growing, and improving one’s self. I would like this to be the beginning, a starting point to continue producing skate clips, collaborating with whoever has the desire to skate, travel, and film. Fuckin’ Destroy.

How will we be able to recognize your “touch” in this video? The fact that I filmed and edited the whole video by myself is definitely a strong point, at least I think, because the outcome is more consistent. My “touch”? I wouldn’t know... maybe at times I tend to edit with quick cuts, that’s how I like it. a brief glance

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Murder owner / Giulio Repetto.

Hello Giulio? How did you decide to make a video, and what is the basic idea behind it? Hi Guido, if you own a skate-company it’s inevitable that

sooner or later you will want to make a video that somehow represents you. If I think about certain historical skate companies they immediately bring to mind the video parts they made, so for this reason we decided to give it a try by making a video that could represent what we are and what we do to the fullest. We started off with a lot of energy and not much else, because we’re conscious of the fact that we live in a country that is far behind and with many technical, economic, and practical difficulties to overcome. In this period of global economic recession, producing a skate video is a difficult investment to make. Why did you decide on making a full length video instead of a more economical and immediate web clip? Yeah, it’s an investment all right, and not solely an economic one, but also mental, because it implies a great expenditure of energy to organize things. This is probably the thing that requires the most effort, and that often proves to be the most fun and unpredictable too. We decided to confront ourselves with a full length video because we wanted to produce something that was more than a clip that will be posted on facebook today and that will be already forgotten by tomorrow. Making a complete video was something I’ve had in mind for a long time, but was never able to achieve doing because the ideal conditions were lacking: time, a filmer, and willing riders. Once all these things came together, we started out without asking ourselves too many questions, punk rock! You brought the team to many different places to film, you weren’t satisfied with just filming at your local spots.

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How were you able to organize all of that? The biggest obstacles were in our heads, once we overcame those, the rest was like a game. There are many ways

to travel and move around without huge budgets. Going to Milan by car costs around 100 euros. With the same amount you can easily get two tickets for Barcelona if you do a little bit of research. Once there you sleep at friends’ houses and in the end you realize you’ve spent less money traveling than you would have spent if you had stayed back home. Italy has an extremely high cost of living compared to foreign cities like Berlin or Barcelona, so traveling to film is, at times, not only more interesting, but also more convenient! Of course you have to possess some adaptability because you end up facing all sorts of situations, but this is part of our lives. Local spots are good for a video because they are well-known and it is fun to see “who does what”, but in the end they may get a little boring. For this reason we decided to move around as much as possible and also try to break away from that isolation our scene often experiences compared to the rest of Europe. What are your expectations from this video? I’ve had plenty of fun making it and that is already enough. If people have fun watching it I’ll be even happier, other than that I really wouldn’t know. Murder is an Italian reality. After this video, do you think you’ll have the chance to expand your sales? Of course we wouldn’t mind, we are a commercial activity, and in order to survive we need to be able to sell our products. We hope the video will be helpful in these regards. We especially hope it may serve as a stimulus for ourselves as well as for others to develop more interesting projects.

I believe investing in skateboarding and in the team always has its upturn. Even if it is true that 99% of “skate” clothing is bought by people that saw skateboarding in video-games and the like, having real credibility in skateboarding pays off in the long run. Do you agree? I think so, yes. The team image has an influence on an audience that is wider than the simple skate scene. The large multinational companies know this and that is why they fight tooth and nail to get the world’s top skaters. By nature, skateboarders invest more willingly in other things rather than in clothing. I used to do the same. I’ll also tell you that this habit has nothing to do with some refined marketing strategy, it is a natural thing: I like skateboarding and I want to live it. How do you support the team? I try supporting them as best I can and within the limits of a small company like ours. First of all by giving them product, and then by facilitating them when they travel by reimbursing parts of their expenses or taking them on tour as often as possible. I try to push them to travel as much as possible, even abroad, always accompanied by a filmer and/ or a photographer. Speaking of teams, your team recently went through a big change in its lineup. What are your plans to make Murder grow in the near future? It’s normal for a team to renew itself. We’re not dealing with activities like soccer where there are huge economic interests, therefore each one is free to do whatever he chooses without much hassle. We’ll keep filming, traveling, and skating with whoever will be down with us.

Murder was born as clothing brand and now also produces boards and wheels. How do you manage it all? Good question! We try to do our best but as a matter of fact it is not easy. We are only a few guys and we also manage three shops, so at times things can get pretty complicated especially when it gets down to organizing tours and trips. Our clothing line has been downsized over the last few years so it has gotten a little simpler to manage, even though it still remains an underlying part of our work. Wheels and boards are relatively simple to produce once you’ve found the right channels and the desired shapes. The most important part of the work behind making boards is choosing the right wood-shop, then all that’s left is the artwork, distribution, team, publicity, making orders, shops, etc. ah ha ha. How do you see the Italian and European situations, both in skateboarding as well as in the skate-business. Living off of skateboarding is everyone’s dream, but only a select few manage it with difficulty. Do you believe there is a place for Italian pros in your opinion? Yes, there is a spot for Italian pros, but sadly, maybe not in Italy. As of now, Italy can offer very little not only to skaters, but to youth in general. On the other hand, Europe is growing big time. It has reached an extremely high level compared to a few years ago, and the gap between us and them is getting larger. A while back you were printing this catalog/magazine, will you produce something similar in the future? It would be cool, the appeal of printed paper is still alive, but nowadays the costs are too high and in the end you can’t always do everything you’d like to.

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Filippo â&#x20AC;&#x153;Il Baroâ&#x20AC;? Baronello / fakie airwalk.

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ART NOW!

CARMIN SANTOS

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I was lucky to grow up in an atmosphere where art was always very present. My mom is a professor of engraving and sculpture and from an early age she took me to visit a lot of museums and galleries and my dad, though biochemist, painted and took pictures all the time. During my adolescence I found his beautiful old pentax and several lenses and started experimenting with analogue photography, activity I still do passionately. In my career as an artist, my secondary school had also a great influence. In this school were offered many theoretical tools for artistic production and was constantly encouraged creativity and the pursuit of personal style. There, I worked in different fields (drawing, painting, animation, etc.) until I decided to follow the footsteps of my mom and I fell in love with printmaking.

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ThatÂ´s why one of the main intentions in my works is to be able to reflect this interdisciplinary character: I combine the possibilities that photographic experimentation gives me (pinhole cameras, projectors, lights and various techniques of photo developing) with engraving procedures. This also allows me to constantly seek new meanings in my images. The last series Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m working on is based on found footage modified with different materials, like fibers, glitter and embroidery. cs.

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CARMIN SANTOS a brief glance

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a Carhartt and Lovenskate journey to

The Isle of Man. Photography Sam Ashley Words Stu Smith

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The Isle of Man. The land of cats with no tails and sheep with 4 horns. A mountain in the middle of the Irish sea that is home to 80,000 and the greatest road race on the planet, the TT. An Island with no speed limit and a surprising wealth of skateboarding terrain, if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re willing to open your eyes a little bit wider than normal.

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When we set sail for the Isle of Man from Liverpool on the Good ship Manannan, I started to wonder, what actually is ‘The Scale of Radness’?

Sure, it’s the collaboration of Carhartt and Lovenskate. A hyper colour porcelain vessel for Tea that calibrates your Radness from the first sip to the last. But what more could it be? Our original idea, and perhaps the most obvious in this current DIY sensation was to build our very own Scale Of Radness and invite our friends to GET RAD!

But a mixture of red tape, corporate bureaucracy and a serious lack of ‘secret spots’ put an end to that idea at the last minute. But it is always at those times that the best, and sometimes the most ridiculous ideas come to light. “You know, there is not much information about Skateboarding on the Isle of Man”. “GREAT, LETS GO!”.

So this was to be the trip to define it all. 10 guys, ambassadors of these two companies, all with their own definition

of the Scale of Radness, and all determined to see how far up ‘The Scale’ they could get. But my mind was still wondering. How do you decide what is ‘Rad’ and what is not? And was it possible to get ‘Off ’ the Radness Scale? As I was wondering, staring at the open sea, passing the sand banks where many a cockle picker had come unstuck,

a man asked me, “This your first time to the TT’s?”. “Yep, you?” I replied. “I’ve been here every year for the last 31

years, even for our honeymoon. We wouldn’t want to ever miss the TT”. For him, and his equally enthusiastic wife, the TT was everything. I talked to them for an hour, and as the sun set behind the approaching Isle he exclaimed, “The Isle of Man: the last Frontier of Freedom”.

Skateboarding throws you opportunities where ever you go, she’s kind like that. Parks are springing up all over the

place: from new builds occurring in the poorest boroughs of England, to ancient monuments being unearthed in far flung corners of the globe – all of which points towards remnants of the original boom in concrete radness, which

had all but disappeared until recently. It’s all there for our taking, and contrary to the constant stream of letters this magazine sees each month, few of us in the UK have to go too far to skate our local facility. But skateparks are our obvious choice, and I would argue that these places are less of an opportunity, and more of a convenience. For op-

portunities these days, you have to explore. This trip was our opportunity to discover that Frontier of Freedom, and it wasn’t long after our feet stepped onto dry land that we set our first and only trip rule - strictly ‘no skateparks!

To give you a little background, the TT was founded on the Island in 1907 when British motor enthusiasts, bored

and frustrated by the mandatory speed limit of 15 mph on the UK’s mainland roads, decided to have a race on the Isle of Man as it didn’t have a speed limit. It still has no speed limit (except in town centres), and as time has gone

on, the race has got bigger, and faster, with deaths now occurring every year with an average of 5 fatalities for every mile of the 37 3/4 miles of town and mountain roads that make up the course. All in pursuit of 2 wheeled glory

. The Snaefell mountain is home to one of the fastest stretches of road in the world. Quite simply, and according

to experts, if you take the first few chicane corners correctly you can drive in an uninterrupted straight line for up to 2 miles. This is where legends of the TT have reached speeds over and above 200mph! For the racers, death is

an accepted part of the competition and the road is what is the real challenge. Getting Off the Scale of Radness is what these bikers are after. Cutting corners, breaking speed limits, dodging death, doing what normally would be

considered impossible. Yes going 200 mph. But doing it all with the added challenge of having to avoid drain co-

vers, hedges, wildlife, and off camber corners. Those houses on the roadsides have padding on them for good reason.

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Matt Ranson / wallie.

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Julian Furones / nollie in.

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The British weather is a curse for skateboarders and road-hogs alike, and our 10 days on the IOM were no exception. Because we were both pursuing the dry, we were only able to see one of the races, and this was not even the

‘super bikes’. For a first timer, my initial response was absolute disbelief at this bastard son of Mad Max and Tron. The people who enjoy this chaos surely are one offs. 95% of them road worriers, clad in leather Onesies with wild eyes. But there are a lot of similarities between them and us. Lots of guys, waiting around in packs, drinking beer

and taking the piss out of each other waiting for the rain to stop so they can go and hare around on concrete. The

only difference is the matter of around 1000cc’s and if you were to fall off your skateboard you’re not likely to ragdoll down a hill and wind up dead at the bottom of a dry stone wall. But, remove the glamour, the bikini girls, the

energy drink banners, the noise and the smell of the petrol fumes, paring it down to its nuts and bolts, they are just thrill seekers, who do not want to be penned in. They, like us, do not enjoy the facilitated ride. I’m not suggesting

for a second that we are experiencing anything like the trials and dangers facing the riders in the TT, but we are all seeking out the freedom of the everyday, the lazy-man spot, the track, the skatepark. All of us feeling the need to

explore, the thrill of the open road, not knowing what is around the corner. Like TT racing legend Guy Martin says of the Isle, “I don’t like routines, I like to be challenged and nothing beats the buzz of going round there.”

My first “Off the Scale of Radness” experience came on the first day. A skate trip takes a lot of patience on everyone’s behalf. There are no guarantees to skate, no guarantees for the weather, or even for the spots. It’s like being at

sea looking for land. Luckily for us, we had a hyped crew, and the number of our No.1 local head Adam. Lashing

down with rain, and against most local advice, we headed straight for the Golden Calf, the legendary Egg Pipe. We drove through what seemed like Middle Earth, then up and up the mountain, all of us literally clawing at the steamed up windows for a sign that we were at least heading in the right direction. Once parked, we headed down the

hillside to the overspill stream. I don’t actually have the words to describe what it was like climbing over the security fence and into that pipe, but I can honestly say I was so excited that I didn’t even consider that I might fall and die, nor did I feel myself getting eaten alive by midges. It was a moment I will never forget, and it didn’t even matter

that it was too wet to skate! The thrill of finding the thing was enough! 4 days later we returned with cat litter and cardboard, fully prepared to skate it.

My Second “Off the Scale” experience has to be our discovery of the pool. In my 18 years of skateboarding, I have

never skated a real pool, as they are few and far between. A former Victorian summer camp, now in total abandon, it was first brought to UK attention in 2005 by the likes of Leo Sharp, Churchill, Pete King, Dougy, Bruce the Ox

and Dan Cates. It has everything you could ever ask for in a skateboarding adventure. We had to hide our cars, trek down the hill from the roadside, motorcycles screaming past, battle broken steps, and overgrown paths. 2 pools, full of gravel and water, motorcycle parts and bricks. It is amazing just how much energy you can muster when you are

this amped. We set about immediately bailing out the big pool, passing buckets up from the bottom and hurling the water over the cliff top. In one hour we made it skateable!

The ‘Gay Hut’ as it is affectionately known stands just above the pool and I guess it was part of the complex back

in the day. Adam and his mates had made a DIY quarter and flat bank a couple years back, and on a rainy day, with nothing to do, they kindly let us add to it. For anyone out there who hasn’t built anything out of concrete before, you have to. Skating the fruits of your labour the day after is a feeling that I would highly recommend, and it is

the perfect way to inject an bit of energy into your scene. The last day was epic. The weather outside the hut was

growing steadily worse, but our new ramps were dry, and even though everyone in our party was destroyed from 8

days of skating, we had ourselves the greatest session. One of the highlights was Rob getting a ‘ceiling bash to fakie’ on the revamped quarter, this was truly OFF the Scale. If you build it, Radness will come!

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Rob Smith / wallride to fakie.

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Julian Furones / bs disaster.

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The Isle of Man is amazing. The spectacular scenery, the TT, and its hidden skateboard gems aside, you could not hope to

find a more welcoming place. The day PC Reed gave us his card and told us to inform the police of where we were heading so that they’d know to ignore anyone that complained about us was mind blowing. A sign in a shop window read “Visitors to the TT. Due to appalling weather conditions we would like to offer you tea, warm food and a place to stay out of the

rain. We want you to have a nice time”. Afton, the Lady of the house where we stayed was amazing. Everyday she would

bring us back left overs from the TT race tents, sandwiches, bowls of cheese and meat, doing all she could to make sure we were having a good time. She even went as far as to bake Ewen a birthday cake! The raddest skate mum ever! I think we

would all agree that the definition of ‘Off The Scale Of Radness’ has to be Adam. He was the spark plug in our engine of

skate. 1000cc of enthusiasm. If you are ever lucky enough to find yourself on the Isle with your skateboard, and you happen to see a guy bombing a hill at 30mph in the rain, wearing shorts and army boots, holding a cup of tea, you should flag him down.

Ewen Bower / fs wallride.

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Ewen Bower / fs ollie.

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Photography Sergio Minnici

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PLACES /

SEOUL

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MARCO LAMBERTUCCI

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A while ago I met an old friend who asked me if I still rode my skateboard. When I answered yes his next question was, “Up to what age do people skate?” -”Until you have fun and your body allows you.” In fact there is no age to “stop skating”, so if you still have fun, and your body responds well, why stop? Marco Lambertucci is one of the most motivated and determined skateboarders I have ever met. He has dedicated his life to skateboarding, pushing beyond his limits. Now he’s over 30 years old, has a son, and finds himself facing all the responsibilities that growing up involves. Nonetheless, this has not changed his desire to skate. A few weeks ago I saw him jump down a huge big 5 about 30 times in the dark to land a trick. He just barely didn’t make it, but Marco’s devotion to skateboarding is a real inspiration. Furthermore, when you hang out with Lambi something always happens. You won’t get bored. Ha ha ha.

Photography and words Davide Biondani.

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NOLLIE FS / SICILY.

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You have traveled a great deal to skate, you’ve been on so many tours and seen so many places. If you had to choose, what is the most exciting experience you had? All the tours I’ve been on were awesome actually, I always have fun and the important thing to me is that I get to skate with motivated teammates, going around, making the best of available time filming and getting photos, meeting new people, seeing new places and finding virgin spots to skate. A fantastic tour was the time we went to China with Blind Europe, we’d wake up early every day to have breakfast, and then spend all day skating with Philipp Schuster, Andy Welter, Raphael Brunis, Chris Oliver, Leo Sharp,.. now that was a tour! Even all the Texture Tours with Nike were cool and fun to be on. That was a nice project. Skateboarding has always been a constant in your life. After all these years, what do you think skateboarding has taught you? For me skateboarding is a way of living, like soccer for a soccer player. I always give 100% and I’m sure my passion will be there even when I’m an old man on a cane! Those who have never really lived skateboarding cannot understand this. I know that hip-hop is your music of choice. Do you listen to other types of music as well? Can you tell me 3 songs/bands you’re listening to lately? Lately my I-pod has been pumping Rick Ross, Gucci Mane, Lil Wayne, Slim Toug, French Montana. When I skate I listen to other more classic bands like The Doors, Jimmy Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Outcast, Venditti, Mina, Built to Spill... Who is your favorite skateboarder? A skateboarder that has always inspired me is Tom Penny; he’s too steezy. Others that cross my mind are Andrew Reynolds with his fs kickflips down everything, Danny Way, Colin McKay, PLG, Giorgio Zatt, Bob Burnquist, Ron Creager, Rodrigo TX, Salabanzi, when you see him skate he infects you with his energy. New generations, I’d say P-Rod, Luan Oliveira, Chaz Ortiz, he’s really killing it... there’s just too many. You are 30 years old and have a son, how has your approach to skateboarding changed in face of these “new responsibilities”? All that’s changed is that I have to organize everything in function of work and the baby’s needs, but everything else hasn’t changed. I’m convinced that having a baby is wonderful even though all the effort required to make him grow

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makes it difficult. The money I make from my career as a pro skateboarder is not enough to pay all the bills, so I’m forced to have a real job besides being a dad and skating! I’ve never seen you back down in front of huge spots. What keeps motivating you to jump down big gaps? I love skating gaps; when I land a trick over a gap and the photo is cool I’m happy, satisfied, and more motivated to skate big things than film lines. I still don’t feel the passing of time, I’m in great physical shape and want to keep skating to the max. If I could, I would still be around all the time, skating, filming, and doing demos, but when you grow up and have to take care of your family instead of thinking about getting boards and clothing, you have to work. I’d do anything to be able to take care of my family by just skateboarding. Do you ever think about the fact that maybe one day you’ll need to slow down in the way you skate? How do you see yourself in 5 years? I don’t know, I never think about it. In five years maybe I won’t be doing huge gaps, but I surely won’t stop skating. How has the perception of your sponsors changed over the years? What was it like before, and what is it like today with all the experience you’ve gained at an international level? No comment! The only possibility to survive may be to move to California, but even there with such high living costs, sponsors let you starve.. I’ve always been lucky to get product from my sponsors and hope to keep getting it for a long time. If I didn’t have this responsibility of having a baby I’d always be around doing what I do best, skateboarding. Do you think it is possible to live solely off of skateboarding or is it a dream? You have been trying to live from skateboarding, what’s it really like hustlin’ every day? It’s cool for sponsors to pay you I guess... What does it entail? Those months you do receive money it goes well, but the months where you don’t it makes it really hard. It all depends on your needs and you lifestyle. Going on tour and not being paid is not the best thing in life, there has to be some balance with your sponsors, there has to be mutual respect, but nowadays it’s damn hard! What’s your dream nowadays? Spending time with my family, meeting all of my son’s needs, and as usual traveling the world with my skateboard. Think positive.

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GEOMETRIC FS SMITH GRIND / CIVITANOVA.

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BS NOSEGRIND POP OUT/ CAGLIARI.

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WALLRIDE TO BS OLLIE OVER THE HIP TO DEATH / ROMA.

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HARDFLIP / PARIS.

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SWITCH OLLIE OVER / CAGLIARI.

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