Cover Photograph: RHYS BICKMORE Frontside shuvit by DANNY J. PARKER
EDITED & DESIGNED BY BEN HAIZELDEN
SKATEBOARDER FEATURES
Stan Byrne Javier 'JARPY' Zerpa ARTIST FEATURES
Traci Lordss David 'CHEF' Cook Tom Quigley Kernow Bys Vyken Words & Photographs by Danny J. Parker WRITER FEATURE
Tony Wood - Procrastiskate
The Strangest Pet on Earths Poem by Bruce McClure Illustrated by Henry 'Swampy' Moore
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At the Dena Lane Funday a few years back. Stan jumped off an upended grindbox into the big bank. Nutter.
INTERVIEW AND PHOTOGRAPHS BY BEN HAIZELDEN
STAN BYRNE
instagram@thestanzilla
SKATEBOARDER FEATURE
Let's get the basics out of the way. How old are you Stan? You've been living in Bristol for a while, but where are you originally from?
I’m 26 and been in Bristol for just over 2 years and I’m originally from Coventry.
How did you find skateboarding?
I was nearly 13 and a friends brother was giving away his old setup and i thought I’d give it a try, spent a couple months messing around in car parks and then went to skatepark and then I was hooked. Now I’ve been skateboarding half my life
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What is it about skateboarding that keeps you coming back for more?
Everything about it, the community is a big part of it, I rarely have had friends outside of skating, all the art and media and creativity in it is just an endless source of inspiration for me, Everything about it!
If you weren't a skateboarder what do you think you'd be doing?
I don’t think I’d be anything like I am, it’s pretty much an impossible thing for me to picture not having a skateboard or what I’d think about or be doing most of the time. Thanks for the impossible question haha
I know you're also into painting Citadel Miniatures. How did you get into miniature painting?
I’ve always been drawing and making things and had a little bit of Warhammer when I was young, I love lots of things that take patience, detail work is kind of my meditation. I recently picked some up at the start of the first lockdown and have gotten really into painting all sort of figures and models in the last year or so, it's just nice to have something to slow down and focus on
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Off the girder, into the bank, weave through the eye of a needle, and then not getting run over. Hectic.
Stan is a big fan of the @fourdown instagram account.
You don't play the games though do you? Not tempted to go hang out with the other nerds and get some battles going? I must confess that in another life I used to play a bit of Warhammer 40,000 haha.
I’ve never had a massive urge to get into that side of it, I like the freedom to make whatever I want, I like cutting and mashing together things that shouldn’t be. The more I’m making the further I’m straying away into bigger models and terrain and just general painting.
Back to skateboarding! What inspires you in your skating? I know you love a mosher drop, but there must be a part of skating that really stokes you out?
I love it all but the best bit is hanging out with your friends, encouraging them to do stuff, getting encouragement back, trying things that give you that rush of excitement, going too fast, jumping off things you shouldn’t be jumping off, being cheeky and having a laugh
Orc painted by Stan.
with your mates, It’s the best feeling in the world.
If you could steal someone's trick. The ability to do the trick exactly the way they do it. Who and what trick would that be?
Can I do a list? I’m gonna do a list. Invert like the gonz Bomb hills like Omar Salazar Do any trick on a mini ramp like Chad Vogt Tre Flip like Jason Lee Push like Gil Amos
Style and power is key!
Any plans for skating? Trips? Video part?
Think we’ve all had a bit of a hard time planning anything the last couple of years obviously but always trying to get out there more and more, need to travel loads more, just sofa surf about the uk and europe and see what's out there Anybody wants to film or shoot photos I’m down to go We all need to go on a big bristol crew trip soon i reckon, invade some cities cause some
Orc painted by Stan.
havoc and have a big ol’ giggle in the process
Andrecht wallride over the spine at Curbside, Bristol.
ARTIST FEATURE
TRACI LORDS The other Traci Lords.
instagram@tracilordss
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Kernow Bys Vyken Street Skating in Cornwall. Words & Photographs by
Danny J. Parker
instagram@danny.j.parker
According to legend, the tin mines of Cornwall were inhabited by mischievous sprites known as the Knockers who lived deep in the tunnels far from humans. There are some who believe that the Knockers were the spirits of miners who had passed on and the Knocking sounds that they made were to warn of impending cave ins. To avoid any cruel tricks being played on them, it became customary for the miners to leave small offerings to the knockers, most often in the form of the crust from their pasty. Fast forward to today and there is another breed of trickster managing to sustain themselves upon the small morsels of crust that Cornwall has to offer. I speak of course of the Cornish street skater.
Harry While Crooked Grind. Newquay Harbour.
The county itself is unique mix of coast, countryside and rugged moorland. Aside from the border with Devon (which is mostly made up of the River Tamar), Cornwall is exposed almost entirely to the ravages of the Atlantic Ocean. The North Coast is characterized by rougher seas and huge sheer cliffs, while the comparatively sheltered south coast is much more tranquil. The Gulf Stream regulates the temperature making it the mildest climate in the UK. Sure seems to rain a lot though. Winters are long and wet but there’s few places I would rather be on a hot summer’s day.
The county sits on a bedrock of granite. You would have thought that someone might have polished some up and used it to build the occasional plaza but the manmade terran in Cornwall is as rugged as the landscape. As is the case with most of the country, an abundance of fairly decent parks have sprung up over the last 15 years or so with 3 gnarly bowls for those more inclined towards transition situated at Hayle, Penzance and Newquay’s new Concrete Waves.
Street spots are few and far between though, and often require a lot of travelling to get to but for those willing to leave the parks and seek them out, there are definitely some gems to be found. Think Eastern Exposure
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with sea views
Street skating in Cornwall really forces creativity and you often have to see spots where others wouldn’t necessarily consider skateboarding to be an option. Don’t get me wrong, there’s some good rails and ledges dotted around the county but not many. Most of the time there’s rough ground, short run ups and thousands of summer tourists to deal with. It takes a certain type of skateboarder to go to the lengths that are needed to film and shoot photos here (on more than one occasion, we’ve had to bring our own landing) but the scene down here is full of skaters who are not only extremely talented, but willing to put in the work to try and come away with something that looks unique. Old mining towns, fishing villages and sleepy surf towns can all throw up some interesting spots (and the occasional epic backdrop) if you know where to look.
Eddie Belvedere Nosegrind. St Austell.
Eddie Belvedere 5050 Gap out. Penryn.
Harry While Hippy jump. Fistral Beach.
Harry While Feeble Grind. Truro.
Max Hawke Ollie Over Bush to Noseblunt. Cambourne.
Max Hawke. Front Shuv. St Mawes.
Although hardly a traditional destination for skate tourism, Cornwall seems to be getting a lot more coverage over the last few years. The comp at the yearly (before Covid) Boardmasters festival means that most involved in the UK skate industry have been down here at some point and it isn’t uncommon for me to see spots that I recognize in Videos and magazines these days. Matt Hunt managed to make a Cornish full length a few years ago (‘In Crust We Trust’) and he and Eddie Belvedere recently filmed a full part entirely within the county over the period of a few months (check out Eddie’s ‘Cornwellian’ part if you haven’t already).
Rhys Bickmore Nollie Backside Tailslide to Hill Bomb. Penzance.
Eddie Belvedere Nollie Flip. Penzance.
Although there are countless others, I’ve chosen to base this article around four incredible humans who all skate Cornwall in a very different way. Eddie Belvedere moved down from Manchester about 8 years ago. Already a major figure in UK skateboarding, he brought with him an infectious energy and enthusiasm to explore. A proper all terrain shredder, his output since he has been here speaks for itself and there’s absolutely no sign of him slowing down even on the rugged ground of the Kern. Harry While skates rails better than I can skate curbs (watch his end part in Matt Hunt’s ‘In Crust we Trust’ that I mentioned earlier). He’s super gnarly whilst at the same time being one of the nicest people you’ll ever meet. He has also been working on a new part which comes out very soon!
Max Hawke Wallride Yank Out. Newquay.
Max Hawke has been quietly killing it for years. He has always been a big fan of steep, crusty banks and fully embraces what Cornwall has to offer. Even when we lived in Barcelona he would always seem to skate spots that were more wallride than bank, quite often with a bonus uphill run up. You can take the boy out of Cornwall….
Rhys Bickmore Switch Frontside Crook. Hayle.
Lastly Rhys Bickmore who may have the fastest feet in the whole of the SouthWest. A fullblown ledge technician, Rhys would be right at home in one of those hypothetical concrete plazas that I spoke of before, but as he lives in West Cornwall so he makes do with what he has (very successfully too).
Skating street in Cornwall is a very different experience to skating a city (we only have one city and it’s the size of a small town), but for those willing to look past the crustiness of it all and push a little harder, it’s one that can be extremely rewarding when it gives up the goods.
Kernow Bys Vyken.
JARPY
INTERVIEW AND PHOTOGRAPHS BY BEN HAIZELDEN ADDITIONAL PHOTGRAPHY BY JAMES COLLINS
instagram@justjarpy
Javier Zerpa
So dude, where does the name Jarpy come from? Is that your birth name?
It’s a nick name. My name is Javier Zerpa. My friend Leonardo Trasolini started calling me “Jarpy” back in the day but I don’t know why and everyone started calling me Jarpy from there until today.
Can you tell us how old you are, and where you're from?
I’m 33 years old and I’m original from Maracay, Venezuela
Can you tell our readers a little about where you are from? It's a pretty wild place right now?
Venezuela is a beautiful place full of amazing people every corner. Unfortunately there has been a dictatorship there for the last 20 years. It's effected everyone in Venezuela and yes unfortunately it’s a dangerous place to go right now. (Venezuela libre de dictadura)
You recently became a dad, are you gonna try to get your son skating?
I wanna make my son happy, obviously skateboarding is my big passion and I want to share all this amazing world with him if he wants. But at the same time if he wants to be a biker, dancer, artist or whatever he wants to be, he has all my support from the beginning.
A good attitude to have! Its a hard balance to find isnt it. I tried hard not to push my daughter into skating. But also make her feel welcome to come skate if she wanted. Now we go skate a few times a week. She's asking me to go now hah hah.
How long have you been skating? Where did you find it, who turned you onto it?
I start skating with a regular street board when I was 12 years old. My dad gave me a ZERO complete set up for Chrismas and I just felt the connection with the skateboard straight away. After a while I jumped into big boards in 2009 with my first 40” Brad Edwards board and this day I found my real passion for skateboard.
So let's talk about your choice of skateboard. To me a skateboarder is a skateboarder no matter what they ride. If the attitude and commitment to the way they do tricks is there then fuck it! Though it'd be rad to know why you prefer to ride a longboard? Does it make certain tricks easier? Or does it just feel natural?
I think it’s just a personal preference, remember it’s longer and heavy. I don’t think it’s easier or harder I think it’s just different and fun. In my case I feel more confident riding big boards between 40” to 45” long. It’s like you say, a skateboard it’s a piece of wood with trucks and wheels, the rest it’s the way you ride your setup. Get your wood and go shred.
Right on! So what's your favourite thing to skate ? Favourite tricks ?
FRONTSIDE AIR FILTON BOWL PHOTOGRAPH BY
JAMES COLLINS
I’m a transition guy. I really love a good miniramp or pool but I can't say no to a DIY spot. I do try to skate everything though. It’s part of my personal challenge with these big boards. My favourite tricks are the frontside smith, frontside boneless, and big wallrides.
Any favourite skaters? Are there people from the 'longboard scene' that maybe more people should know about?
There are so many shredders out there riding big boards like no one can imagine; they have my respect and admiration. For example Rikiya Imanishi, the king Brad Edwards (RIP), Guto Lamerá, Diego Polito, Jesse Parker, Rob Alaff or Jeremy Peckham (RIP)
Do you have any plane for the year ahead? Any projects or tricks that you're working on?
This year, especially this summer will be full of filming projects and skate trips around UK and Europe. What tricks I wanna learn this year it’s hard to say! I’m a longboarder trying to skate like a normal skater you know? Everything new trick I learn is a challenge but it’s magic to me; and a real pleasure.
Thanks for this Jarpy! lets wrap this up. Any shout outs?
I would like to thank my family, especially my wife Laura and son Dylan for all the support they give me every day. I would also like to thank the entire community of skateboarders in Bristol for always making me feel part of the family. Also thanks my sponsors ( Gravity Skateboards, Allay Germany & The Moustache Guy ) for keeping me rolling and of course thank Dogpiss Magazine for giving me the opportunity to share a little about myself with the community.
Cheers mate!!!
ARTIST FEATURE
DAVID CHEF COOK Interview & Photograph by Ben Haizelden
So Chef you're Bristol born and bred?
Yeah man. I’m born and bred mostly Bristol but I did spend a couple of years in Weymouth, Dorset. But gotta love the cider city, and the skaters and bmxers of the city of Bristol. Shout out to DHL..YATETAPE...CRUCIAL, mainly shouting out to all the people that have involvement in the city.. Also shout out to all the Deaner locals!
Have you always been into drawing and making art?
Yeah I have been drawing since I was real young. I used to copy comics and Beanos when I was a kid and gradually through time I progressed. But anyone who is creative will never be happy cause they wanna get better and better. I think that’s why I love it ‘cause it is endless.
Chef toboggans over The Coffin at Dean Lane. Photograph by Ben Haizelden
I’m not an expert by any stretch but while your work initially seems quite traditional there are elements to it that break from that. The intricate detailing in both the eagle and snake are particularly rad and not something I've really seen often in such traditional subjects.
Is it a conscious decision to take traditional subjects and do this, or just an organic thing?
Yeah I love tattoo flash and japanese work. I defo get inspiration from them styles, but I mainly see things and take aspects from things I like…..so saving images on Instagram, taking photos in random shops that might have work up or in pubs which catches my eye for ideas I may draw. My main aim is to be different and float away from the norm.
Are you tattooing these yourself? Or have friends taken your designs?
I had an apprenticeship but I dropped out due to money issues and needed to pay rent. I have a machine, but I don’t tattoo anyone just myself.
What's next. You gonna try to get an apprenticeship with a tattooist?
I am looking for another apprenticeship. So anyone out there holla if they're keen.. hahahaha
Any more shout out's or thank you's mate?
Shout out to all the Bristol heads keeping it real. All the skaters at Deaner, Dylan for being a rad cunt and keeping DLH Funday going. Shout out to Crucial Yate Tape, Beige Cru, Endless, all the homies and Emily B... and you (Ben Haizelden).
instagram@davidchefcook_vg_
PHOTOGRAPHER PROJECT FEATURE
TOM QUIGLEY
instagram@tomquigley
Out West in Bridgford I started exploring a new project a couple of years before the pandemic, inspired by that minimalist style of photography that captures the everyday and the ordinary. I wanted to document the rough council estates of my childhood on the other side of town - and that became a nice, occasional break from shooting skateboarding, and something different to try with my Hasselblad 500C/M. I had thought at the time that I would never be able to do the same in West Bridgford, the more affluent suburb of Nottingham in which I currently live. It's almost the polar opposite - not rough around the edges, and seemingly bland and devoid of character. Then 2020 hit, and that first lockdown became an endless abyss of confinement - the worst part being the ever-shifting end date. The time was thrust upon us to use or lose - so while working from home, those daily exercise breaks became my only chance to get out with a camera and have some shred of creativity. (Something not achieved in a lacklustre day job...) Fixing my bike on day one, I ventured out one way, then another, until I eventually would cycle every street in a 2-mile radius - and this is how I discovered the character of West Bridgford. Whether it was looking for those everyday things such as garage doors and green fields that are quintessentially British, or happening upon the quirkiest of sights, such as missing buoys or a single helium balloon flying from behind a hedge. (Which incidentally, was shot the day before the 75th anniversary of VE day - the balloon flew higher than the trees the following day, with a commemorative message written on it.) The zine I've published features the best images from this 2020 body of work, and while not primarily lockdown-focussed, it hints at the isolated year we had; a basketball mid-air in a back garden the only sign of human action in these images.
Out West in Bridgford is a limited edition of 30, signed & numbered, and comes with a set of four postcard prints - available now at www.futuristpictures.co.uk.
Kerr
Deeside Skatepark RIP.
Words & Photographs by Alistair
They ripped my local skatepark apart, with a mini digger, saws, and crowbars, and then to add insult to injury, they fed it through a chipper.
They replaced it with hospital beds, and never used them.
JAMIE CLEGG
The park was fun, no it was more than that, something for everyone, bowls, pipes, a mini, a street plaza, wall ride, it had it all, and it was ours.
So many sessions, so many tricks, so much laughter, and pain, oh and bloody gummy bears.
park was covered in rubbish, and sweets, mostly gummy bears.
I miss the park, I miss my friends, this last year has been pretty shit, it needs to get better.
Rumour is that they’ll rebuild the park, even heard that from someone who works for the county council, it won’t be the same, maybe it’ll be even better.
DEAN SANDERS AIRS.
After a scooter session the
WRITER FEATURE
TONY WOOD I’m Tony Wood, skateboarder, train driver, husband and now author! I’ve been skating since about 1987 with a couple of very long breaks but been back at it since 2013 this time.
I’ve always loved to write and I’m especially fond of poetry as it comes naturally to me. I started popping a few poems up on cations skate groups in Facebook with no intention of ever making them into an actual book. Then Carl Mynott of Stour Valley Publishing approached me about collating my work into an anthology! I was honestly quite reluctant at first because I thought it was a terrible idea. Eventually I relented on the condition that I could reach out to a couple of friends to do some illustrations to go with it.
So now Procrastiskate exists (an excerpt of which is presented within this feature) and my second collection drops on June the eighth.
I grew up in the east end of London but now live in Essex which is where I mostly skate. We are blessed to have a park with a fantastic bowl and a pretty healthy skateboard scene. Coming back to skateboarding genuinely changed my life. I have new friends, a healthier mind and an entirely new social circle which I never expected.
instagram@skatebard17
GALLERY
MARLEY KIRTLAND-DURRANT
OLLIE LEWES EAST SUSSEX PHOTOGRAPH BY
SAM ROBERTS instagram@hambobet
ALBIE EDMONDS BACKSIDE TAILSLIDE
LEWES EAST SUSSEX PHOTOGRAPH BY
SAM ROBERTS instagram@hambobet
JACK ALLISON
KICKFLIP NOTTINGHAM PHOTOGRAPH BY
TOM QUIGLEY
TRICKSY
NOTTINGHAM PHOTOGRAPH BY
JARRAD THOMAS instagram@jarradtphotography
STEVE ATFIELD instagram@deja_lu
WALLRIDE CIVIC SQUARE PLYMOUTH PHOTOGRAPH BY
LUCIEN HARRIS
ADAM KEYS
BACKSIDE FLIP GRAN CANARIA PHOTOGRAPH BY
BEN COGGINS
BEAR MYLES
WALLIE LUCIEN 'MAN RAMP' PARSONS LLOYDS BRISTOL PHOTOGRAPH BY
JODI ROGERS instagram@jodi_rogers
JOE BONAS
MAYDAY DEAN LANE BRISTOL
PHOTOGRAPH BY BEN HAIZELDEN
SAL FLIP TAIL SLASHER BOWL BRISTOL
PHOTOGRAPH BY BEN HAIZELDEN
KEEN WILL
SOX
FS OLLIE DEAN LANE BRISTOL
PHOTOGRAPH BY BEN HAIZELDEN
BEN DEVINE
FS AIR DEAN LANE BRISTOL
PHOTOGRAPH BY BEN HAIZELDEN
SIMRAN SOND
OLLIE THE GRIND BOX OUT OF KICKER DEAN LANE BRISTOL PHOTOGRAPH BY BEN HAIZELDEN
JAMES O'HARE
EARLYGRAB 270 CURBSIDE BRISTOL
PHOTOGRAPH BY BEN HAIZELDEN
FRANCIS PETERS OLLIE BRISTOL PHOTOGRAPH BY AL HODGSON instagram@al_hodgson
HARRY SHACKLETON HEELFIP BLACKPOOL PHOTOGRAPH BY TIM SMITH instagram@timo_smitho
CALUM SIMPSON
OLLIE CURBSIDE BRISTOL PHOTOGRAPH BY BEN HAIZELDEN
RAFF
KICKFLIP DEAN LANE BRISTOL PHOTOGRAPH BY BEN HAIZELDEN
BEN BROYD SLOB PLANT DEAN LANE BRISTOL PHOTOGRAPH BY ROB WHISTON @whistonphoto
JAKE SNELLING BONELESS BIG BEN LONDON PHOTOGRAPH BY ROB WHISTON @whistonphoto
Photographs by Rob Whiston featuring Alex Ramsell
After 10 in Stourbridge
THE STRANGEST PET ON EARTHS POEM By Bruce McClure Illustrated by Henry 'Swampy" Moore
There Are Men Out There Like That
They had been arguing in the car, For longer than they cared to remember, And probably before that too, They argued in bed at night whilst sleeping, The constant wrangle hovering above their heads,
Like a scribble, And when they walked to work, It tore chunks out the brickwork. This was meant to be a holiday, A getaway on a Mediterranean island, (Where azure waters silver still, Floated at the feet of Gods) She was small and made of fire, He was tall and lived in the past,
And he did, And this is what he thought of, As he dumped her on the roadside, Friends’ smiles large as clouds, Filling up the windscreen, And her,
Another one from a different story, Where was she now?
The car a ball of anger haring round the bend in pain, If he’d only remained in the present, This one tiny time, Not going so far before turning back, She might still have been there, Instead of the goat chewing on a can, Tire marks in the dust.
