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Cover: Scott Howes - BS Flip Photo: Rich
News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg 4-6 Wild in the Streets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg 8-9 Manrodeo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg 10-13 Time Between . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg 14-17 Science Skateboards . . . . . . . . . . . .pg 18-23 Aperture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg 24-27
NEWS I guess the big thing this month should be the X Games but I’m not too bothered by it so just let you know Chris Cole won Street, Sandro Dias won Vert and Elissa Steamer won Girls Street. More at expn.com.
The UK Zero team did a little trip round the country taking in the sights of Stoke, Leeds, Glasgow and everywhere between. Although they were a little troubled by missed flights and rolled ankles. They still managed to impress.
All the Blueprint team are currently on tour so expect updates on their site. Also Document’s Big Push drops soon with a part featuring guest Brophy.
Bastien Salabanzi is now off Flip, German skater Willow has left Alis to join Flip. Danny Garcia has left Lakai and Koston is now riding Independent trucks.
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Andrew Reynolds is starting a clothing company called Altamont after the Alternative Woodstock that The Rolling Stones organised. Its through Soletech who also do Emerica shoes, so contact Afour here in the UK.
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NEWS Adrenaline Alley is the new Duffs and Plan B rider indoor skatepark in Corby. Adam Howe won the best trick at the Crossfire Aeon Footwear is going to Southbank 7 jam also distributed along with Yard placing 3rd in the Urban clothing in the UK by Games earlier this year. Second Level Distribution. Couple of notable videos The Boardroom in this month include the Leicester has now got a amazingly funny This n new surface for its bowl. That which will have you They also held a little shin rolling on the floor in dig which some UK Adio laughter, Tapestry Bitch! heads ducked over from (Will make sense once you Manrodeo for. watch it.) The other video
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to watch is Almost’s Cheese and Crackers which is the Chris Haslam and Daewon Song Mini Ramp project, this video will blow you away Blunt Triple flip in is all I need to say really! Skate comp at Beccles Skatepark in Suffolk on 27th August for more check out www.smashskates.com
Sam Taylor - Melon Fakie - Boardroom’s Old Bowl
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Emerica’s
Wild in the Streets Sunday 25th June saw skateboarders from across the UK and some from Europe descend on the streets of London, all organised by Emerica. The day started with 400 skateboarders filling the tiny space of Slam City Skates and Neal's Yard, then leading on to Holborn Viaduct Banks which got shutdown by three cars worth of police. So back to the streets to roam over to the Millennium Bridge Banks, where French rider Maxime Genin won some cash with styled ollies and kickflip to tails on the bank.
Next up, the London Bridge steps, for one of the best sessions of the day with Adam Stoddard taking the cash at this stop for frontside and backside nollies along with a cab backside nollie. Off along the river to the Mayor's Building for a protest skate in and around the amphitheatre, which saw the second police turn out with around 15 policemen arriving with screeching sirens moving skaters on. Last spot of the day was Southbank with sessions on the bank to block and down the stairs. Along with wedge to wedge outside on the esplanade. The bank to block saw Woody lay down a ollie up to noseblunt, followed by Si Skipp's frontside 5.0 to fakie. Cash was handed to Jo Lorenz for a backside nollie 180 and Kris Vile for a 360 flip both between the wedge ramps.
If you read Document you will have seen a sequence but here’s Woody’s Noseblunt from another angle.
Manrodeo 2006
Maples Street and Arnold Bowl, Nottingham Manrodeo 2006 kicked off on the Saturday at Maples Street Skatepark, a beauty of a park recently built in a bit of a sketchy area of Nottingham, but does give the kids an alternative to smashing windows of nearby houses, although some still were on the day. Loads of people turned up from all over, the park was jam packed.
This session carried on all afternoon until early evening as people slowly peeled away, in the general direction of The Old Moot Hall where Icon teamrider Mark Vasey’s band Das Ragworms were playing the offical Manrodeo gig. After which around 50 plus skaters most of which heavily under the influence by this point, descended on Rock City to complete the night. Next morning, well afternoon, came the hangover session at Arnold Bowl. With people slowly turning up through the afternoon as the effects of the night before wore off. This session also saw the helmet competition with some amazing efforts from several people, some not so practical for skating in however. Roll on next years Manrodeo!
Craig Smedley hoists a kickflip fakie at Arnold Bowl on day two.
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Stalefish Galore. Above Colin Adam pulls a super fast one, to the right Rees tweaks his out. Both at Maples Street park.
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Moments from the
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The Essence of
Words: Mark A. Silberstein
Science Skateboards It was an unusually warm day down at South Bank, before the official summer and a few of us decided to hit up some other spots to skate, one of the people there that day was Chris Morgan. My shrapnel lined pockets dictated how I would be travelling; on the Tube; to reach the destination, sometimes I feel like a kid and surely my youthful appearance was enough... I only knew a handful of the skaters at Waterloo station and I started speaking to one of them who was about the same old school age as myself, Chris, a quite spoken friendly guy. Little did I know then, at that chance meeting that he owned a skateboard company called Science Skateboards and that a few weeks later I would be working with him.
The next time I saw Chris was down at South Bank selling Science decks out of his backpack. I spoke to him about the company and offered my services as a writer, knowing in the back of my mind there are a hell of a lot of skateboarders that do graphic design, photography and work in other creative forms dealing with images, but not that many that write, I was right. After a few chilled out meetings, hanging out in free places like coffee shops and parks discussing Science, a connection was formed and writing for the website began.
Photo: Rich
Scott Howes - Switch Frontside Heel
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Ten years ago Chris started selling t-shirts emblazoned with Science designs but the name Science which comes from the Latin word scientia which means knowledge, go back even further for Chris, “It was my science class in school, my chemistry teacher told me about the meaning of the word and it always stuck with me, it made an impression, i thought it was cool.” Chris worked as head designer for Eclectic Breaks for four years giving a 100% to it and attempting to give the same to Science at the
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same time. He decided he wanted to be his own boss and left to focus solely on Science. An aspect of the company that seperates it from being just another skateboard company is that there is a design consultancy side to it, Chris has already used his skills in creating design work for amongst others Danny Wainwright’s UK skate shop 50:50 and revered graffiti collective ‘They Made Me Do It’. Preferring ‘skateboard graphics over graphics on skateboards’, Chris harks back to a time when, “Skateboard graphics like record sleeves of the last generation were crafted, unlike today where a large amount of skateboards are like cd’s and have a short shelf life with the graphics produced as a means to an end!” This nostalgic notion has prompted him to collaborate with other artists who have some connection to skateboarding and believe in the quality over quantity view in creating works of art on board graphics and clothing for Science. The artists doing the collaboration range from and fit the criteria as, “Artists whose work I am into to and giving people with talent a break, but it all depends on how real the person and their design is, I’ve not chosen anyone who is a follower!” The collaboration is as follows: the illustrators Stevie Gee,
Jethro Haynes, Mr Gauky and Jon Burgerman and design company ‘I Love Dust’. Also included is the highly accomplished French artist Koadzn who was one of the 100 artists participating in Tag The System art event that took place in Paris this year, also involved is the design company Hype Type who are responsible for the design and publication of the book on skateboard art by the gifted skateboarder and artist, Andy Howell. From the visual side of Science is Rich and Henry from Concrete Poets - the aptly named skateboard collective creating skateboard videos with a lot of time and effort poured into them - Rich is the photographer and Henry is doing the filming and editing for the Science skateboard video along with additional filmers, the video is now in production. The skateboard team consists of two skaters from Sheffield who are on flow, Fran Sprenger at 15 years old the youngest on the team, and 16 year old Mike Burns. From London the two 17 year olds are Dan Tomlinson, and brand new to the team, Scott Howes. Also hailing from London is 22 years old South African expat, Shaun Witherup who used to be sponsored by Expedition one and Island Style shoes in South Africa and in his time in Liverpool he was sponsored by Lost Art skate shop and Insane Boards. At present he is being helped out by DVS shoes.
“skateboard graphics over graphics on skateboards”
Dan Tomlinson - Over to Road Photo - Chris
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It was a coincidence that introduced me into the world of Science and to analyse a realisation that I have known for some time, that in the hearts and minds of most, if not all skateboarders next to, below or even above the expression that skateboardeing portrays is a desire to communicate in other forms of creativity. As an individual whose love for skateboarding and art, Chris Morgan and all those involved, share this vision and are very aware of how these two mediums have impact seperately or can be blended to form the essence that is Science.
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For more information:t: 07843 417 984 w: www.scnc.co.uk e: scnc@scnc.co.uk
Shaun Witherup - Wallie 180 Photo - Chris
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Tom May - BS Heelflip - London
Lewis Sharman - Ollie - Milton Keynes
Sam Taylor - Hardflip - Leicester Photo: Matt Clarke
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Ash Lever - BS Smith - Leiston
Ben Bucklee - Noseblunt - Lowestoft
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