DOGPISS MAGAZINE ISSUE 2 £5.00
JOSH WHITEHEAD /finbar herrity / dillon catney ILLUSTRATIONS BY archer / poems by DAVE BEVAN / DEAN LANE IN THE 80'S PHOTOGRAPHS BY ALISTAIR KERR SKATEBOARDING AND MENTAL HEALTH / READ AND WEEP GALLERY
DOGPISS
MAGAZINE
ISSUE 2 EDITOR : BEN HAIZELDEN
cover photographs: ben h.
contributors: ben haizelden tim smith ARCHER james griffiths neil turner alistair kerr dave bevan bruce mcclure simon woods hasam kamil polly forbes-gower CHRISTOPHER WRIGHT (TURBO ISLAND) LIAM FURNEUX sincerest thanks to all.
front: nik chappell back: jono.
contents
in no particular order
skateboarder spotlight: josh whitehead skateboarder spotlight: Finbar herrity skateboarder spotlight: Dillon catney dean lane skatepark in the 80’s photographs by alistair kerr words dave bevan: poems
by ben haizelden & SPEX
a coping mechanism -
illustrated by jerry price. by simon woods
read and weep gallery BY SMAK. there’s other shit too!
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finbar herrity interview by ben haizelden
this interview was conducted during finbars birthday party for extra honesty.
so,whats your name? how old are you?
proinsias finbar of herity, Im 23 years old at the time of this interview.its my birthday tomorrow! how long have you been skating? fuck i dont know. since i was like 8 or something. what’s 8 takeaway 24? right real questions now! so a guy comes up to you with a briefcase containing a million quid. he says you have to suck him off for the money. yes or no?
absolutely not! favourite natural disaster? did you see all those crazy things went the ground tore up and made ramps and shit and people could skate them, earthquakes!! earthquakes are pretty good. ugly chick, or foxy tranny? its two different situations. if i wanted to have a good night out, have a laugh, i’ll go with the tranny they kmow how to party. if i just want a beat ill go with the ugly girl. who would win in a fight morrisey or robert smith? moz is stacked, hes my idol. i ve really based a lot of my life decisions on moz. moz! scooter kids. next years skaters or beyond redemption? send them all to hell.
finbar bs powerslide Photograph by liam furneux
thanks Finbar, keep shredding. any parting comments? fuck this life and ben’s my g. i found this jumper in the skip.hah.
BEN THE LUDDITE
FINBAR / indy yank truck bash / PHOTO
FINBAR / wallie off bollard / PHOTO
BEN THE LUDDITE
dean lane in the 80's photographs by
alistair kerr text by
ben haizelden & Spex.
the thing about the past is sometimes we have to rely on oral histories. skateboarding by its nature is ephemeral, some things happen so quickly that there is no way to record them, or even remember them accurately. this is a collection of memories, a disjointed timecapsule.there is no meta data to locate these images in time and space. they are as illusive as the memories they illicit. what follows are excerts from an extensive interview carried out with Spex who has skated at Dean lane since it was built. He, along with his sons Gil and Bear, contiues to use the park to this day. there will be a publication dedicated to the ‘deaner’ in the future, until then ….. so when was the deaner built spex? “The deaner opened in 1978 or 79 it was all there we skated it before the final suface was on in was rough the whole thing was built in one go there were nets behind planet rock when you did a lipslide you’d catch a wheel and your board would just stay there there used to be poles all the way down the rythm run and planet rock so we cut them all down i used to skate every part of the place youd have something worked out for every bit when youre young youre there every day “ nowadays the deaner is synonymous with graffiti, do you remember when the first bits at the deaner? “the first bit of graffiti was by my mate Alan it was an off the wall tag at the bottom of the rythm run i coloured in the red at the time in bristol there was 3d you know massive attack delj and the z boys but that was the first piece i remember thatd be around ’84 id come out of my punk thing and my mates were into graffiti.” more to follow in future dogpiss publications.
“you know that yellow line has been there since the beginning can still see it that was for slalom cones.� spex.
you
howard moody / layback air
“i learnt to rollerkate by default we go on trips to Romford and there was only two of us skating in bristol at this point so we’d go to Rom or Harrow with the quadbooters and go to a rollerdisco in Hammersmith Odean or wherever theyd never let us on our boards and we were trying to smoke banana skins outside as you do” spex.
spex / smithvert.
coping
mechanism:
a short essay mental health & skateboarding
by simon woods So the year is 2017 and apparently Skateboarding is now deemed a SPORT!! Not on my watch! To me skateboarding has always been much more of an outlet than any sport could ever be. Skateboarding is my coping mechanism! One in four people in the UK will experience a mental health problem in any given year*. Mental health problems worldwide are costing more than any other treatment. In the UK, they are responsible for the largest burden of cost - 28%, compared to 16% each for cancer and heart disease.* Shocking stats that may well be common knowledge to some of the readers but more alarming is society's inability to cope with or accept the facts that the number of sufferers is on the rise. Perhaps the rise is due to the modern society that we are placed in and to counter that, doctors and health specialists are constantly on the lookout for new ways to tackle or even cure this problem. One trend at the moment is Mindfulness or the practice of concentrating on one thing at a time and placing oneself firmly in the present moment. A lot of issues stem from focussing on the past; for example- we may feel that we have been mistreated and we dwell on it or even something positive occurred that we have lost and may never achieve again. People are also more and more interested in the future with society placing a heavy emphasis on achieving more than others and fulfilling our aspirations of having more money/owning more material possessions. In this haze of worry about what has happened or what will happen to us, it is easy to forget to live in the now and this is where mindfulness comes in.Mindfulness is usually practised through meditation and careful consideration of every day acts but it is already an integral part of riding a skateboard.Skateboarding by its very nature requires us to focus clearly on what is happening at the very second of it happening. Take your eye off the ball for a second to be punished by a shinner, a broken bone or worse. Full concentration is required to avoid injury and this means that all other thoughts are pushed aside ‌ no worrying about bills or relationship issues whilst you set up for that scary trick because skateboarding can be a cruel mistress and punish you for not paying enough attention.
For years skateboarding has been my escape and the best coping mechanism that I have ever come across. Free from the constraints and pressures of society, I no longer have to be sensible, in fact I actively encourage childlike creativity to get the most out of the board (Gonz is a clear advocate of this theory).When skateboarding, nothing else matters other than the experience that I am having at that moment. To turn skateboarding into a sport means to add a pressure to achieve in it and to become competitive; this brings added stresses and detracts from the pure enjoyment of riding for yourself and not having a care in the world. It is crazy to think that what is essentially just a child’s toy can save your sanity. Forget stressing about that trick or making sure that your moves are on trend or NBD and grab the stick and some mates and be alive in the present moment-tomorrow’s worries can wait...
*statistics from mental health foundation(mental health.org.uk)
Mental health issues come in many forms and this article by no means wants to place them all in one category, Stress, anxiety and depression are the most common forms and are where this article originates from. Other forms include schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, PTSD and much more and may require you to seek professional help. For support with mental health issues try these websites and remember that you are not alone: mind.org.uk rethink.org sane.org.uk
illustration by polly forbes-gower instagram@polkip
josh whitehead
boneless.
photographs by
tim smith
words by kieran mcdonnell
"Josh is just one of them guys that can put his mind into a session no matter what the spot and shred the fuck out of it. from the days of getting 10 foot early grabs out the quarter at greenhead to duck pushing his way through the street and ripping anything that gets in his way i've known this lad for a very long time and he's by far one of my favorite skaters to watch."
bonkers noseblunt pull in.
kieran mc donnell
fifty fifty.
left to right: smak / sled1 / meds / peal / ments / epok / awone / basik / lifer
m32 bristol
*left to be reclaimed
artist feature
archer. text by ben haizelden
If you find these images offensive i guess you have a right to. But i think you might be missing the point(and something else) if you allow your disgust to get in the way of appreciating them. here’s archers two cents: “After failing to draw 50 extreme gay porn scenes ( got to 30 before the exhibition deadline) and with my internet history screaming, I decided to change tact and delve into the realms of fairly irrelevant celebrities and obese amateur female porn stars. Influenced by Melatonin and Kool Keith, I try and research at work and draw/paint every evening, doing my best to shut out the chronic back pain to build up a pointless portfolio in the hope that one day someone will pay millions for a 2x3cm pencil drawing of purple Aki.”
Cargo.com/scratchcardyouth Scratchcardyouth.tumblr.com Scratchcardyouth@gmail.com
dillon catney interview by jake stoodley photographs by karl payne
kickflip.
interview
dillon catney interview by
jake stoodley
Alright dude how's it going? its going real good thanks, i hope your good too, you and whoever is reading this.
What have you been up too? I’ve been chilling in jersey for the last year. living in georgetown doing my best to hold it down haha. not as easy these days tho, nearly the whole Georgetown crew has moved on. Ryan Cunningham has just come back for a while tho so thats sick. ive been filming alot with a few different people. Gatis Valters, Luka Pinto, Jack Wilson and Karl Payne are all working on different projects and I’ve been lucky to skate with them and film loads of fresh jersey footage that should be coming out early this year. i went to the Vladimir skate film festival in Croatia and that was amazing and I’ve also been chilling with my girlfriend Amy, i met her about 6 months ago, she’s sick at snowboarding and she lives in georgetown too so she’s certified Can you get any puff? haha actually been trying all day its a joke What's your opinion of the jersey and the skate scene? the jersey skate scene is rad. but the jersey attitude towards skating sucks. its like that almost everywhere tho so its nothing new… we make do. and there are some seriously skilled individuals rising out of the jersey trap. seems like all the kids have a pretty good attitude towards skating too. there all out skating street and killing it. rinsed out spots getting skated by the next generation and all that so its cool. its a small scene but its solid. Who are you affiliations? Subterranean Skateboards, Pillo Wheels, Ontick, JWTV, Rajon, many more
and many
You filmed your on tick part in two weeks or so, how did you manage that? Yeah just over i think… id just spent 3 months in Barcelona filming for a short Subterranean Video called “Bleak” i met Omar out there, he offered me his couch to sleep on in bristol, and said i could pay him in tricks haha. so i got the Megabus from Barcelona to Bristol which took 34 hours !!! then started filming the next day. i loved the bristol spots straight away as it was more rough and rugged compared to Barcelona and thats what I’m used to in jersey so i guess i found it pretty easy to work out the spots and pick my tricks. i would have had longer to film too but i rolled my ankle real bad and couldnt really skate… but I’m happy with my part and so stoked to be in the video. I remember you saying you wanted Kylie or the scissor sister's for a video part, do you still intend you do this? haha yeah, although I’ve got loads of Timberland instrumentals i want to use first A thank you? yeah sure. Thanks to Luka, Karl, Gatis, Gary Swan, Jack, Roberts and anyone else who’s ever bothered to film me. and most of all thanks to Omar and Kate for putting up with my stinking suitcase in there lounge for ages hahaha and thank you of course.
tailslide.
DILLON
/ 5.0
jake stoodley / wallie / nelson street bristol photograph by ben the luddite
jimmy silver / fastplant / somewhere warm photograph by james griffiths
alex halford / melon transfer / high up. photograph by neil turner
DANGER / NOLLIE INWARD HEEL / RADLEY STOKED
poems by
dave bevan jerry price
illustrated by (instagram@crush_the_pose)
dave bevan / wallride / a tight spot photograph by neil turner
dave bevan / shredding the gnar / the garden of england photograph by neil turner
bambi / wallride nollie / barca photograph by neil turner
ben rowley /nollie bs heel/showcase bristol photograph by james griffiths
ryan price / andrecht / campus pool photograph by ben the luddite
glen fox / front noseslide / jersey somewhere photograph by karl payne
damen / wallride / jersey photograph by karl payne
the strangest pet on earths poem. by
bruce mcclure
THE NEIGHBOURS the first thing to lift from the table was a bowl of cornflakes, a golden flurry of wheat birds taking flight from a field, the teapot was next falling like a wall and scattering the quiant countryside scene, across the floor, sheep dispersed, the shepheards head and crook, seperated from the rest of his plaid body, a brown stone stranded on the linoleum, third strike hit the picture of his mother hanging on the wall above the mantlepiece, sending the old dear cookaloop, in all these years she’d never been struck face on, her curls as pristine as the moment they were captured in sepia, and most importantly- she still smiled. the old man sat unruffled on his chair, staring through the broken window and into the sunlight, somewhere beyond the lawn his nemesis’ shadow lurked, and the man in possession of his - never returned - lawnmower. taking a sipp from his cup and a bite of toast, he rolled back the cuff of his grandfather shirt, and lifted his smith and weston .357
ILLUSTRATION BY CHRIS WRIGHT INSTAGRAM@TURBOISLAND