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Photographers Stories 2012 – Joel Peck.

Ryan — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 11:52:12 +0000

Part time Manchester resident and full time travel enthusiast Joel Peck is up next in our Photographers Stories series, coming through with five of his favourite shots from across 2012 and the tale behind each.

Read on – more Photographers Stories coming your way soon…

Tony Da Silva, switch frontside hurricane, London.

I’m sure that every person who knows Tony will agree that he’s one of the most friendly, smiley and stylish skateboarders out there. With this comes modesty, a modesty that can sometimes merge, just slightly, into the negative depths of “I’m too old” or “I’m past it”. Judge for yourselves. Tony might be past thirty but that’s not stopping him from turning pro or effortlessly finding a new trick to battle up one of the countries most skated ledges. Keep your eyes peeled for lots of fresh Tony footage in two Manchester videos that are brewing; Joe Gavin’s ‘Snake Eyes Die’and Mark Kendrick’s ‘SHADS’.

Jak Pietryga, 360 flip, Colchester.

Something that sticks in your mind the most about a skate trip or tour is the actual mode of transport and the journeys themselves. On this particular tour with The Harmony, Adam Mondon had made sure to hook us up with the absolute finest (free) Monster energy ‘van’, and good on him. We spent a week or so in various Twister positions in the back of the van envious of whoever was riding shotgun, although maybe not because then you had to deal with Mondon’s dancing and singing to the insane Bangra CD that had been found inside the stereo. We had our ups and downs with the van but it came through in this instance; Mondon floored it towards this road gap with no mercy for Jak who was hanging onto the side to carry out this textbook 360 flip.

Joe Gavin, switch backside 180 nosegrind, Manchester.

Not much needs to be said here. I met Joe one morning to check out a spot relatively near his house before heading into town. The so-called spot was this waist high electricity box with a crusty run up. I’m always game to try and find different stuff but this wasn’t doing it for me! My feelings we irrelevant though because Joe wasted no time in hoisting himself up there. With no prior warm up, no video camera and in no more than ten minutes, Joe had rolled away from this. Easy! (Hyped on the postman BGP’s).

Nick Stansfield, switch frontside crook, Manchester.

This ledge is situated deep within Manchester’s suave district and the run up happens to be the entrance to a Jamie Oliver restaurant. This was shot on one of the opening nights of the restaurant and the scene was brilliant; flocks of overdressed couples were arriving to be seen by other overdressed couples and eat overpriced, undersized meals. To their horror a big group of noisy skateboarders had unknowingly sabotaged their grand entrances. Amongst all the taxis, buses, pedestrians and resulting quarrels, I was trying to light the ledge up. Thanks to Kendrick for balancing on the wall up above Nick to be a human lightstand and bounce some light on him. I’m pretty sure he doesn’t like heights and he wanted to film this. No problem for Nick though, he had this basically every go; a perfectly styled and extended switch crook coming back out to fakie.

Franklin Stephens, frontside smith grind, Ipswich.

What needs to be said here? Frank’s been one of my skateboard heroes since I can remember and I’m most definitely not alone in this. ‘Headcleaner’, ‘First Broadcast’ & ‘In Motion’ were all such influential and inspiring videos and Frank had stand out parts in all three. Long story short I was more than excited to have the chance to skate with him, I was just disappointed there was little to no photo potential at this random wasteland he’d brought us to.
“Oh wait, Frank’s found a tree and he happens to have a saw to get rid of protruding branches.”
I couldn’t have asked for more.

New Adam Howe footage from RampRage Skatepark.

Ryan — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 09:07:32 +0000

Low-key Ipswich badman Adam Howe takes to RampRage Skatepark to bang out his first web clip in what seems like years!

Good stuff Adam – more soon please…

Manhead, Remon, Dominguez and Currie at RampRage.

Ryan — Thu, 10 May 2012 01:34:45 +0000

Over the Easter break, a few members of the Vans UK team wound up at Colchester’s RampRage Skatepark as part of the Skate Camp that was going on there. Josh Young, Nick Remon, Daryl Dominguez and Shaun Currie stayed after hours one evening to film a “Late Nights At The Office” clip with Potter and co which is online now – witness…

R1′s “Free Skate Day 2012″ – all edits now live!

Ryan — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:47:16 +0000

All of the edits from last Monday’s Route One “Free Skate Day 2012″ are now online and ready to be watched below. Check the clips from Leeds, Colchester, Belfast, Glasgow, Mount Hawke and Hemel Hempstead, featuring Conhuir Lynn, Doug McLaughlan, Andy Makepeace, Nicky Howells, Joe Lynksey, Benson and the rest of the R1 team.

Public voting for the official clips has gone live on the R1 Facebook, with the video that racks up the most votes before Friday earning its local park £1,000 towards development. Get on the case and support your local establishment!

Unit 23, Dumbarton:

The Works, Leeds:

Ramprage, Colchester:

The XC, Hemel Hempstead:

T13, Belfast:

Mount Hawke, Cornwall:

Exist, Swansea:

Vans Easter Skate Camp 2012 – RampRage, 10th-12th April.

Ryan — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 02:43:04 +0000

If you’re at a loose end this coming Easter school holiday and can get to the Essex area, then Vans have got the perfect event lined up for you – the Vans Easter Camp 2012 will be running at Colchester’s RampRage Skatepark from 1oth-12th April, with coaching from members of the Vans UK team and free gear for all!

Have a read of the poster below for further info, then get in touch with RampRage to book your space now.

More Ramprage Skatepark footage – Raemers, Awadh, Davies…

Ryan — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 02:41:47 +0000

Kevin Parrott sends a bit more footage from Colchester’s newest park, RampRage, in your direction today, coming through with an edit of the opening nights’ session, featuring Ben Raemers, Awadh Mohammed, Carl “Potter” Wilson, Dave Davies and Mark Munson…

Footage from RampRage Skatepark – Ben Raemers, Carl Wilson…

Ryan — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 00:01:29 +0000

Check out Alex Diss’ short video from the recently opened RampRage Skatepark in Colchester, featuring Ben Raemers, Carl “Potter” Wilson, Mark Radman and Stuart Dyer.

Enjoy…

RampRage Skatepark, Colchester – Grand Opening, Dec 10th.

Ryan — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:23:48 +0000

Colchester is on the verge of having it’s very own indoor playground in the form of the soon to opened RampRage Skatepark!

The grand opening event is set to take place on Saturday December 10th with a 12 hour jam kicking off at 10am. Check the flyer below for more details and a drawing of the park’s layout, and keep an eye on www.ramprage.co.uk for further details, directions etc.

“In Between Days – The Lik Down Remix” with Potter, Remon, Watson…

Ryan — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 10:38:46 +0000

Jay Tate has put together a remix edit of the footage he contributed to the last Russ Cowling/Monster Network video “In Between Days”, featuring plenty of East Anglian locals, including Carl ‘Potter’ Wilson, Dave Watson, Nick Remon, Jay Tate and others.

Have a watch below then hit up the Monster Network site for more…

IN BETWEEN DAYS LIK DOWN REFIX from LIK DOWN on Vimeo.

“In Between Days” – unused footage montage

Ryan — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 00:04:04 +0000

“In Between Days”, the excellent new Monster Network video by Russell Cowling, is out now, featuring the likes of Carl ‘Potter’ Wilson, Channon King, Dave Watson, Simon Skipp, Jay Tate, Nick Remon, Adam Howe, John Minta and various other East Anglian heads.

The full DVD can still be picked up on the Monster Network site, and to further wet your appetite Russ has uploaded a montage of unused footage that somehow got overlooked when putting together the extras. Thank God for the internet, eh? Peep it below…