Windmill 10!

A long time in the making, featuring places far and wide, a bunch of idiots and a bit of skateboarding, that thing people round here used to do



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_qe4WJLk9g

Starring:

Mongo Steeze
Lil' Jake
Barrat's face
Jack Stintburger
AfroFundar
Deck Starrr
That sexy guy we used to bum
Will Girlfriend
Phil Gent
Dave Edmonds
Joe Ripley Bear
Tom Funfair
Teaaaaague
Waltman's face
Harvey Saunders
BarratLOL
Jon Dryer
Patchwork
Lorraine Kelley
Seb Mallet
Jake Wisdomovahedi
Aaron Revel
Gift
Nasher
O'malley's face
Tevez's face
Rupert
Quantum of Wallace
Garyyyy
Felix Brownpants
Tyler the Chinese Dog
Ferghal's face
Sunny's shoe

Thanks to Sirus.

Go Skate!

Sorry...

again for the lack of updates. Gonna have a few interesting things up in the next few days. In the mean time check these two vids, pimped these guys out on here before but here's some more genius. Cassetteboy





http://www.youtube.com/user/cassetteboy

Street Dreams

Sure some of you have heard of this. Well it finally came out on dvd. Paul Rodriguez suffers the wrath of cops, parenting and Rob Dyrdek on an epic journey in the quest to land the infamous tre flip crooked grind. A very painful 90 minutes to endure but we know you're gonna watch it.


http://vidreel.com/video/OTIwMzYy/

R.I.P Another Skateboard Shop

Sorry for the lack of updates, just got my computer back from the hospital where it's been on life support for the last few weeks. Back on it as of now, starting with this...
Always wanted to do an editorial bit on here, despite the fact the cool guys will probably laugh at me in the playground. This seems like a fitting subject.
The age old SOS vs chainstore/online shopping wankfest argument gets brought back to light again whenever a local shop sadly passes away. Older heads get high and mighty while kids look gormlessly at them wondering what the big deal is. Guess explaining it would be a good place to start. I always use the Tesco analogy.
Suppose your Dad owns a local high street butchers; top quality meat from the local farmers, helps shoppers out with deals, orders in anything people ask for specially. Then Tesco sets up shop next door with their big freezer full of processed cow brains and suddenly people go there instead because 'Ooh, it's cheaper, and I can buy my car insurance at the same time'. Not long before boom, Dad's out of a job, along with all the local farmers.
And this is how it works in skateboarding. Try going in Route One and asking if you can tick a deck till next week; to knock a fiver off for some shoes; to give you someones number to show you round the local spots; to give you some old parts to make a setup for you little brother. The list goes on. There's more to a shop than how many Nikes and Antwaun Dixon boards they stock.
Local skateboard culture doesn't get progressed by people being completely passive with it, taking what they want to be the coolest without giving anything back. They're the reason the shops close down, shit parks still get built, members of the public give you so much shit when you skate street. They're the reason the local scene has dwindled so much, the heated sessions have stopped, the familiar faces are getting fewer and fewer and the goon is full of glory hunting posers that use their board as a fashion accessory, if they even have one.
Don't get me wrong, it goes the other way too. There's only so many times you can trek into town to your local shop only to find it closed in the middle of the day (Sorry Stevie but I heard this a depressing amount of times). But a skate shop isn't there to slave to you, it can't support you if you don't support it. And if you do, it will pay you back. I don't see Route One doing much for the scene. They don't need to, they'll get by with their scooter sales and overpriced jeans. And now what. No more Drawing Boards, Witchcraft, no support for the local scene vids, no community. But oh well, the Fracture video was pretty good, they've got a sick team. Oh wait...
So if you want to stop shit like this happening take a minute to think about what skateboarding has given you, stop asking 'When are the lights coming?','Where can I download X new video for free?','When's the Level getting rebuilt?' and think about giving back. 'The new park down the road is crap'. Well were you at the meetings? 'The goon is so boring these days'. Well fuck off somewhere else then. And think about what your money and your actions are doing for the community you are a part of.
Thanks for reading.

Disclaimer: This is not a holier-than-thou rant and I do not see myself as some great example of how to act, far from it. I had a load of thoughts that I thought were worth sharing, and wanted to make people think a bit further into what they do. Also this is not a direct attack on the workers in Route One Brighton, but I'm sure you guys know how it goes down at head office in your company.

Shirts and Signatures

Got a limited amount of Another tshirts left. £10, full details a few posts down. Gimme a shout to grab yours! Here's what's left...

Black large
Black small
Black small
Red X large
Red large
Red small
Blue small
Blue large
Blue large
White/white X large
White/Green small

 

ALSO the lighting petition is going well, but there's still a long way to go. I don't want to send this to the relevant parties until we have maybe a couple hundered more names on there. Please spread it around, show your friends, post on facebook etc etc, and let's get this going again!

And Now...

...the moment you've all been waiting for. Michael 'Ginge' Whitcombe provides ten more minutes of hammers in the long awaited All Killer No Filler 4




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJohMMYOEdA

Words of Wallace

Dave Wallace treats us to his unique lingo in this little interview over at Crossfire mag

http://www.caughtinthecrossfire.com/skate/dave-wallace/

Another Tees

Just got these in from good old Chris over at Vektor - 40 Another Skateboard Shop Tshirts.

On sale now for just £10. . Will be in the shop soon, but for now give me a shout if you want one - email

All profits will go to directly to Stevie Thompson and the shop. Show your support for your local skate scene and your local SOS

Limited colours and sizes so get on it quick! Also any suggestions of different colourways / ideas will be appreciated for the next run. Hoodys will come soon!

White on white, blue , black, green on white, grey, red, black.

SIGN THIS NOWWWWWWW

Don't know why we didn't think of this before. Let's make it happen! Lights at The Goon. Sign this shit and spread it around, when I've got enough I'll send it off to the appropriate people, once I've found out who that is. Additional comments are always helpful, but please keep them sensible and thought out, as otherwise I will just have to delete your signature, so your support will not be counted!

http://www.petitiononline.com/hllights/petition.html

Show your support!
Thankyou

And Another...

Montage overload. The third in Drew Marsden's amazing series of edits, Elle Est Tombée

Hubert...

Good old Ed's off to uni this week, so as a parting gift he's kindly uploaded an edit of all the best bits he's filmed since LA last year. Featuring all the usual heads and some sick skating

Ollie Ball footage? Really?

Yes you heard right, the one and only OKB has uploaded a new montage. Unfortunately, it's not new footage, but you can't have it all.

4 minutes of random shit filmed over summer 2009, enjoy...

Drawing Boards Tour

As some of you may know I had the privilege of joining the guys from Croydon's Drawing Boards on their 9 day filming mission to get footage for their upcoming full length. Was an amazing experience passing through London, Croydon, Portsmouth, Bristol, Milton Keynes, Brighton and Essex. Plenty of bangers went down that you'll get to see in the vid some time in the future, but until then feast your eyes on this offcuts edit from everything else we filmed.

Featuring Jak Tonge, Isaac Miller, Jerry Wilson, Elliot Rowe, Ad McEvoy, Ranny Ransom and myself.
Check out the site for the latest news and graphics and if you're stoked head down to Stevie's and pick up a fresh new piece of wood

www.thedrawingboards.com

Step Up

Aaron Suski, year 2000, 3 am, full of whisky and beer, churchill square lipslide.

Ham Jam 2010!

Absolute chaos in Shoreham bowl last Sunday. Big thanks to Geaordie and everyone nvolved in making it happen. Now go and drop the deep end you pussy.