“Emerica, Carhartt and Kingpin Magazine teamed up and sent out builder crews and riders to various DIY spots all over Europe; mixing concrete, putting dreams into effect, setting them in stone. Covering locations as distant as Berlin (Germany), Brescia (Italy), Shefield (England) and Helsinki (Finland), the outcome is as versatile as the different countries, as facetted as the people in skateboarding and as manifold as the things they like to skate.”

Via www.freshngood.com

www.cooler.mpora.com / www.mattclarkephotography.tumblr.com

The articles from visits to Malaga, Thailand and a Supra Euro Tour are filled with amazing photos of skating and snapshots. Other magazines take note… this is how its done!

We have a few copies in the shop if you fancy a browse at your leisure …

“In anticipation of the release of SUPRA’s forthcoming full-length tour video, set to release next week, we take a look into some footage of the brand’s team riders shredding throughout New York City. Having rented an apartment in Brooklyn for roughly a month, the gang of talented boarders virtually made the city their playground, awarding onlookers with high-octane visibility of their well-honed skate skills.”

Via Hypebeast

“What were you doing when you were 7 years old? Skaters of all ages agree, no one started as early, as talented, or as inspired as Asher Bradshaw. The skateboarding phenom is still in elementary school, but already shreds harder than kids twice his age. He’s been busy in the year or so since his breakout YouTube debut, catching the eyes of Tony Alva and helping his parents work on a Kickstarter project to fund a documentary about his amazing talent and viral rise to skating stardom. eDsanca recently caught up with Asher in Venice Beach and put together an edit showcasing the youngster doing exactly what he does best.”

Via Hypebeast

“HUF has partnered with Japanese artist Haroshi and Bay Area-based skateboard distributor DLX Distribution on a collaboration that incorporates the clean design aesthetic of HUF, the raw, street-skating principles of DLX, and a combination of both elements represented through the artwork of Haroshi.

Haroshi is a self-taught artist born in 1978 and currently based out of Tokyo, Japan. Combining years of experience as a jewelry craftsman with his long-time passion for skateboarding, Haroshi has developed a unique ability to salvage and hand-carve stacks of used skateboard decks into extraordinary three-dimensional wooden sculptures. Juxtaposing the rough, worn rails of the used decks with the polished forms of their finished product, Haroshi demonstrates an uncanny capability to create ‘beauty out of destruction.’

A professional skateboarder for DLX brands since 1992, HUF-founder Keith Hufnagel sees a very relevant connection between the way both DLX approaches skateboarding and Haroshi approaches his art: seek out material of raw potential and refine it into its finished form.

In honor of this collaboration, HUF and DLX sent Haroshi hundreds of used skateboard decks skated by specific DLX team riders. Drawing upon his philosophy that there is a significant relationship between the skateboarder and his skateboard, Haroshi has transformed the very decks skated by these DLX team riders into one-of-a-kind sculptures representative of the skaters themselves.”

Via FreshNGood

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“Here Comes The Neighborhood’ explores a unique juncture in history as a new community emerges and evolves. A progressive urban revitalization campaign is examined in the first person, using this year’s new artists and their commissions as a lens to explore a neighborhood in transition. The Series is framed by colorful overview and concluding episodes, providing the scope of past, present and future. Each episode is accented by images from legendary documentary photographer Martha Cooper, who has been capturing The Walls since they began in 2009. Her photographs will also appear in a Special Edition Art Book “The Wynwood Walls and Doors” released in connection with this years new commissions and Art Basel 2011.”

More of the series can be seen here: www.hctn.tv

“I originally wanted to film for Kettering Scum 2, but lacking any real motivation mainly from shooting photos instead all the time, skating myself and with other mates away from Kettering, in the end I tried to put a decent video together full with as many skaters in Kettering at the moment with a huge help filming from Dan Whitney and Brett Taylor, thanks so much guys!”

“There aren’t many bangers in the video, there’s a Lil Wayne song in there, many of the skaters are way better than they were when I filmed them, but fuck it, it’s all fun. Get To Da Chopper!” – Matt Clarke

Music:
Outkast – Ms. Jackson
Mark Ronson – Ooh Wee (ft. Nate Dogg, Ghostface Killah)
Diana Ross – Heatwave
Lightman – Documentation
Sick Of It All – Step Down
Lil Wayne – Swag Surfin