got me'self the new issue of thrasher magazine april 2017 - issue #441 (soty issue) a.k.a. the bible, late last month. what mo' do ya wanna know? just go out and get one for yo'self, yo!
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first look: april 2017 issue ov the bible with chris russel.
chris flips through a beast of an issue, complete with k-walks on the cover, t-eddy awards, skate rock in mexico, the homies down under and much, much more.
we all have our preconceptions, more or less ill advised, on about every other subject… let's mention brazilian skateboarding, and you most likely will have more than one. this new production by the one and only “cotinz” should shake about every single one of them, thanks to a total immersion into the local underground, doubled with a certain lack of respect for what “the rules” about skate video making are supposed to be… take a seat, this is a diamond even if in the rough that we have as a live exclusive for you!
yuuuppp, rumours are definitely true! the hippest streetwear brand on the planet, thrasher, now publish magazines, incase you've been missing out! since january of 1981, in fact! git some today at your local streetwear dealership! jake phelps will love you for it, and you'll be the coolest cunt jack in town! =D
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first look: march 2017 issue of the bible with geoff rowley (who?)!
the liverpool legend geoff rowley flips through another thick issue loaded with first-rate ripping, sprinkling in expert analysis and preferable methods of slamming on a rail.
some of the best filmmakers in skateboarding take an assorted cast of skaters around the globe to skate some of the most epic spots that have ever been seen.featuring segments from sour, isle, pass~port, kyle camarillo and patrik wallner.
transworld skateboarding is proud to present our twenty-fourth video, “the cinematographer project.”we have assembled thirteen of skateboarding’s finest film makers to each produce their own original three to five minute short. the result is a truly creative and diverse take on the world of skateboarding.
torsten frank features mark gonzales’ thoughts and skating in europe with chewy cannon and lem villemin.
christopher middlebrook highlights an all-australian section with a host of rippers including jake duncombe, lewis marnell, dane burman and nick boserio.
chris ray filmed an entire evan smith part and dan wolfe did the same shooting a dennis busenitz part with real team riders justin brock, peter ramondetta, ishod wair, james hardy and more.
beagle entertains everyone with the skating of jamie tancowny, lizard, theotis beasley, figgy and tons of others.
jon holland puts sk8 mafia in the spotlight with tyler surrey, wes kremer, jamie palmore, jimmy cao and more.
bill strobeck rolls with alex olson, dylan rieder and mark gonzales to name a few.
russell houghten amazes with his time-lapse work while featuring skating from dylan rieder, arto saari, tom karangelov, and many others.
brennan conroy films the habitat team in a smooth montage with silas baxter-neal, stefan janoski, mark suciu and others.
mike manzoori skates the city streets at night with jose rojo, kyle leeper, rodrigo tx, and a host of others.
rb umali shot an all nyc groove with zoo york and brandon westgate, chaz ortiz, eli reed and more.
lee dupont focuses on washington street skate park with pat duffy, kyle berard, matt mumford, danny dicola and many others.
and finally alien workshop has a power driven montage that will knock your socks off featuring the entire alien team with an added focus on gilbert crockett and jake johnson.
needless to say, this video has something to offer everyone.
...and you too! a “trick” or ”treat”, honestly?!!!
on fukkin' point, and this is probably one of the best quotes in skateboarding's history, in my bloody opinion. =)
this is also one of the few reasons that i personally dislike “methods”,“style” and “technicality” aspects on how to push a fukkin' skateboard “properly”. so distasteful and seriously, who really gives a fukk?!!! no, i am neither mad nor angry, i am just sayin'... so, you go ahead and do your thang, and i'll do mine, aight? thats' it, end of story. finito!
click on the image above to check out more of brett nichols videos on vimeo.
pathways is a skateboarding film focused on modern architecture, drawing its influence from the skate videos of japan. 5 years in the making and filmed primarily in the san francisco bay area, it stars chris jatoft, josh paz, and many more.
learn more about this project in reel talk with brett nichols over at the transworld site, here. ...
if vimeo happens to be unavailable in your region, alternatively, you can watch the full length version of pathways,here.
back in the eighties, when the western world was deluged by a wave of blue denim, carhartt’sbrown duck work coats entered the streets as an antidote. detached from their original raison d’être of attiring hard-working men in mines and on railroad tracks, they arrived in our cities as some sort of new anti-denim. soon after, and largely due to the efforts of carhartt’seuropean distributorwork in progress, the american workwear classic evolved into the international streetwear icon by which we know it today.
work in progress: the carharrt wip archives is the first comprehensive publication exploring that remarkable evolution. edited by michel lebugleand anna sinofzik, with texts by gary warnett, mark kessler and anna sinofzik, it features more than 350 images including heaps of hitherto unpublished photographs, artworks, as well as ephemera drawn from the company’s own archives and different private collections, providing an unparalleled look into the brand’s bustling universe.
featuring the extensive story of the brand from its humble beginning to their most popular garments like the detroit jacket, watch hat, siberian jacket, and cargo pants, work in progressis a celebratory, transatlantic stroll through the company’s rich and colorful history. this collection will appeal to both fashion enthusiasts and devotees of american cool.
about the author.
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gary warnettis a fashion and culture journalist, copywriter, and consultant based in london. mark kessler is a writer, translator, and copy editor based in freiburg. ian luna is an author and editor based in new york. michel lebugleis an editor and designer based in düsseldorf.anna sinofzik is a culture editor and writer based in berlin.
carhartt work in progress(carhartt wip) forms a division of the american brand carhartt, one of the first company’s to pioneer workwear in the usa. founded in europe in 1989, 100 years after hamilton carhartt established his business in detroit, michigan, carhartt wip has been carefully adapting and modifying carhartt’s core product characteristics for a different audience of consumers who value refined design and quality while remaining true to carhartt’s brand origins. since the beginning, carhartt wip have built a strong, organic relationship with unknown, inspiring, provocative and upcoming figures in music and sport, becoming an iconic and well respected brand in underground scenes, from hip- hop to skate, from graffiti to cycling, as well as working with labels such as a.p.c., neighborhood, patta, vans, junya watanabe and many more. starting with one store in london in 1997, carhartt wip have meanwhile opened flagship stores in more than 60 locations and can be found in over 2500 stores worldwide.
the shenanigans that did not make it into the “magic camera”dvd, but t'is still gold, none the less! eh yo, mr. ray gurz! what does a person like me hafta do to be flow-ed for some ov 'em lost souls boards from you? =D
all the good stuff that didn't make it into “magic camera” earlier this year (2016)!
music by lumpy & the dumpers, man is the bastard and brainbombs!
you can still purchase a copy of “magic camera” on dvdformat, here!
got the new issue of thrasher magazine february 2017 - issue #439 last week, with yonnie cruz smacked on the front cover of the slab! i'm not even gonna give any sorta comment on this one, so why don't ch'all go out and get ya'self a copy, a'ight?
but if you wanna know more tho', go watch the short clip of the first look below video. thanks!
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first look: february 2017 issue ov the bible with nora vasconcellos!
norabroadcasts live from the arctic circle, where the weather is frigid, but the new issue brings the heat.
this shit below, is dope! the whole heroin skateboardsinternational jingbang, in one sweet killa film, from 2013, yo!!! snooze and you'll lose, sukkaz! chekkit out, y'all!
video nasty features the whole heroin skateboardsteam and was filmed all over the world, from manchester england, osaka and okinawa in japan, vancouver canada, paris france, los angeles california, and even more exotic locations that i've forgotten the names of. video nasty is no means your average skateboard company video, it blends creative skateboarding at strange spots with eccentric personalities, the result is a skateboarding video unlike any you may have seen before.
purchased this big ass globe internationalbook, as show in the image above, a day before new years eve last year (2016) at a local book store. well, i actually made them bring it in store for me, as it would have definitely cost hella lot more if i had mail ordered it myself and by the way, this book weighs a ton!i fukkin' kid you not!
“unemployable:30 years of hardcore, skate and street”, consists of 705 pages from cover to cover! this muthafukka is jam packed & filled with more than 500photographs and illustrations, with hardcover binding and weighs a little over 3 kilograms!no fukkin' lie, i tell ya! more like a couple of cinder blocks rather than a book. i strained my right shoulder from the sheer weight of it gravitating down on the slings of the tote bag that i was carrying this book in, during my whole day out. what afukkin' pain in the neck!
alright, alright... let's get on to business now. actually, i had already mentioned about this book before purchasing it in a few posts sometime back. so, go and read it, here, you lazy arses! well, that makes us even, since me own arse is too damn lazy to write a personal take and / or review for this ginormous beast!
anyways, fuck the world, go read as many books as you can, take photographs and while you're at it, don't forget to push your skateboards too, muthafukkaz!
hahaha! if you don't get the header, you never fuckin' will... =D
click on the image above to enlarge.
photo: pinkviolence.
got the new issue of thrasher magazine january 2017 - issue #438 a few weeks back. what a fucking gnarly issue this slab of pulp is! i got the alternate cover, with the late dylan rieder (rest in peace) on it. this issue come with a sheet of stickers and a whole lot more jam packed in the pages. y'all gotta cop yo'self an issue of this, yo! or you might regret missing out on one of the best magazine released for 2017... go out 'nd git some!
watch below as marc johnson flips thru' the pages ov the bible in the first look.
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the man with the magic feet sits down to pour through the january 2017 issue. spoiler alert—it’s heavy from start to finish!
alright, okay... here's an issue of ollie 12 2016. december vol.212 (my own bread). this japanese street / skate culture magazine is kinda a'ight... nothing much to review in here, unless you want me to describe to you in details about the photographs and images in it, 'cause most of the text published in this magazine is in japanese, hence... =|
i finally got my hands on this gem of a book below,a few weeks back. the 2nd revised edition of skateboarding.3d by sebastian denz. it is definitely one hella bound full of dope-ness! \m/
click on the image above to enlarge.
photo: pinkviolence.
overview.
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put on the 3d glasses and immerse yourself in a hyper-real world of vibrating color, extreme tricks, and professional skateboarders. featuring the european carhartt skate team and inspired by virtual spaces, this award-winning volume brings the culture of skateboarding to life while exploring the thrilling possibilities of 3d photography. skater and photographer sebastian denz spent three years travelling across europe photographing some of the best skateboarders within its borders. long before 3d became popular in current cinema, denz used its effect to capture these striking images, including portraits of skateboarders as well as action shots in various locations from diy spots to skate bowls situated in barns and backyards. denz built his own large-format camera to take the 3d pictures in a never-before-seen quality and produced unique images which come to life in three dimensions and pay tribute to skateboarding culture.
this time around our mission was to do an entire issue on our hometown of “berlin” - an ode to the city’s future and past with some present thrown in the mix for good measure.
and here’s a little sneak peek on what’s happening in our “berlin”issue.
- david lichtenauer... is dividing his time between building high-concept skate ramps, high-concept airplanes and high-concept miniature filmsets - amongst many other creative high-concept things.
- thomas von wittich... has been following berlin’s notorious graffiti crew “berlin kidz“ for two years - and luckily for us he always carried a camera with him.
- moscowman... probably is the hottest ticket on today’s dance floors, not only in berlin but world wide - and we had a long conversation with the young Israeli about his mission to free all dance floors.
- ruth wolf-rehfeldt... is an unfairly forgotten genius from the former gdr, whose art is very complex, very skilled, very elaborate - and it was entirely created with her trusted typewriter.
- more eloquent statements and visual awesomeness about “berlin” from the likes of: lukas feireiss, andreas gehrke, anna uddenberg, live from earth, conny maier, zhivago duncan, alex gnädiger and many others.
cover by daniel josefson (r.i.p. 1961 - 2016).
the “berlin”magazine has the format 200mm width x 250mm height and features high quality print, different paper stocks & comes with flaps + specials colors!
warning, the footages you're about to watch are NSFW, guise!!! so all ov y'all, please view at your own discretion, a'ight? thanks!
between the lines: ian reid x girl skateboards!
photographerian reid and girl skateboard's co-foundermike carroll give us the lowdown on the opening of reid's new exhibition, “a day's work,” at these days, which not only showcases a healthy amount of reid's fetish photography, but marks the exclusive release of his skate deckcollaboration with girl.
check out havoc tv. ... girl skateboards x ian reid collection | out now!!!
our man ian reid is one of the most gifted and original photographers and we teamed up for a new collaboration between girl skateboards and ian featuring his photography. check out some fun we had during the opening of his new show “a days work” at these days gallery.
featuring: ian reid, mike carroll, tyler “manchild” pacheco and riana.
“clearly we were unemployable. to the outside that meant we were losers with juvenile hobbies and no future. to us, it meant not following a conventional life path. we wanted a grown-up life that would match our teen lives: optimistic, innovative, and fun.” ―globe cofounder matt hill.
from the 1970s underground melbourne skate scene to a company with a presence in over one hundred countries, unemployable is the story of how three australian brothers―stephen, peter, and matt hill―founded one of the world’s biggest skate, street, and surf companies, globe International. throughout several iterations, the company was the first australian skate shoe player; a creator and distributor of leading streetwear fashion labels such as stüssy, mossimo, obey and mooks; a producer of celebrated skate and surf movies; and from its earliest beginnings, a business that recognized the importance of connecting to the customer.
beyond the story of the hill brothers, the book features a large cast of players who ran globe’s debauched skate tours, infamous industry parties, exotic surf contests, frenzied stadium events, cutting-edge fashion parades, and red-carpet launches. in addition, it includes over 190 exclusive contributions from globe insiders and untold tales from the world’s most respected skaters and surfers including rodney mullen, tony hawk, cj and damien hobgood and many more. it also touches on globe’s affiliations beyond action sports.
a story about following your dreams, unemployable will resonate with a broad range of readers beyond a purely skate/surf/street audience.
i got something really interesting in, earlier today...
“a skateboarder's view on low-key street culture”, that's what it reads on the spine of these magazines below. it amazes me how much effort has been put in one of these. the editor in chief, jin yob kim, from seoul, korea, does a great job printing these quarterly issue magazines. so many good photography, art and write ups. it's really taking skateboarding magazines to a whole other level. i've only read and gone through the first two issues thus far and frankly speaking, i am in awe by the both them! such zen.
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photo: pinkviolence.
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#1 - japan issue.
this clip shows the first video project for the quiet leaf magazine, an independent quarterly publication based in seoul, korea. it deals with low-key movers and shakers in skateboarding and its creative sub-culture, including photography, jazzy hip hop, arts and literature.
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#2 - france issue.
for the france issue of the quiet leaf we spoke to some of the most creative cats out there, and some of our featured artists put together a quick magazine launch at ofr. in paris. this clip shows benjamin deberdt, soypanday, oliviertavu ente and jean feil preparing the space and also a nice overview of the gallery.
p.s. if you want me to review and / or feature any of your skateboarding magazines / 'zines, drop me an email, here and i'll pass you my street address. thanks! =)
