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Death’s “Ordinary Madness” documentary.

Ryan — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 12:56:06 +0000

Set aside the next 12 minutes of your day and watch on below as Andy Evans meets up with the Death Skateboards crew to find out about the early days of the company, the Death house, and working on their latest release, Ordinary Madness…

Jeff Grosso’s Loveletter to Sadlands.

Ryan — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 09:34:09 +0000

The latest of Jeff Grosso’s amazing Loveletters series is now up, this time around looking at the legendary Moonscape that was Sadlands and its long lasting impact on skateboarding.

Watch and learn…

Grosso’s Loveletters To Skateboarding – The Girls.

Ryan — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 10:50:35 +0000

Jeff Grosso’s amazing Loveletters series continues this week with an ode to female skaters through the ages, co-hosted by Cara-Beth Burnside – witness…

This Ain’t California – Berlin skate documentary screening in London, Friday!

Ryan — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 10:11:46 +0000

“This Ain’t California”, the documentary covering skateboarding in Berlin throughout the 1980′s receives its debut UK screening this coming Friday at Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club, London, with all the fun kicking off at 7pm.

Check out the Facebook Event Page for the screening for specifics, but dust of your German and give the teaser a watch below – this one looks like it should be a good one.

Bones Brigade: An Autobiography – win tickets to the London screening!

Ryan — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 11:09:09 +0000

Stacy Peralta’s Bones Brigade: An Autobiography documentary gets its first London screening next month, with two showings taking place at Leicester Square’s Prince Charles Cinema on November 2nd.

The film will be showing at 6:45pm and 9pm with various ticket bundles now available on the Bones Brigade website. Individual tickets are priced at £11.50, though you can pre-order your copy of the DVD, Blueray or HD Download at the same time. Click here to check out all the options!

Anyway, the good folks at Shiner have come through with ten pairs of tickets for the London screenings to pass on to you lucky people, alongside a bunch of hats, posters and stickers!

Answer the simple question below now to enter…

What was the name of the very first Bones Brigade video?

Sorry, this competition has now closed.

“St Anne’s: Full Circle” documentary – part 2 online now!

Ryan — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 11:34:32 +0000

Continuing on from where we left off last Wednesday, the second and final part of Peter Adam’s amazing “Full Circle” documentary charting the rise and fall of the legendary St Anne’s plaza in Belfast is now online and ready to be watched below!

Witness Bernie Rea’s legendary casual destruction of St Anne’s, before the 2001 regeneration of Belfast city center meant the end of the plaza’s EMB-like reign over Irish skateboarding. Despite the councils best efforts to level the area, skaters still flock to the present day incarnation of St Anne’s to session the still intact nine set, and to step to the new Belfast proving ground “The Ten”.

Watch on below – with more rare footage from over the years and interviews from Jay Dords, Conhuir and Denis Lynn, Hippy, Chris Shannon, Pete Adam and various others.

“St Anne’s: Full Circle” documentary – part 1 online now!

Ryan — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 09:43:41 +0000

“Behold…some genuine St Anne’s history.”

The first part of Peter Adam’s amazing “Full Circle” documentary charting the rise and fall of the legendary St Anne’s plaza in Belfast is now online and waiting to be watched below!

Part 1 starts out with the plaza’s construction in 1993, then details how it quickly became Northern Ireland’s all encompassing answer to EMB despite the constant presence of some of Belfast shady undesirables. With rare archive footage and interviews from Jay Dords, Conhuir and Denis Lynn, Hippy, Mini Brown, Chris Shannon, Pete Adam and countless others.

Part 2 will be online next Wednesday starting with the appearance of Bernie Rea, so head back then for more Irish skate history!

“St Anne’s: Full Circle” Belfast documentary coming soon – teaser here!

Ryan — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 10:47:30 +0000

Following its premiere a couple of weeks back, Peter Adams is readying the amazing “St Anne’s: Full Circle” documentary for its impending online release exclusively through Sidewalk and Mpora!

The documentary charts the rise and fall of the legendary St. Anne’s plaza in Belfast, that housed skaters, bmxers, misfits and drunks from the early nineties onwards, and tells the story through the eyes of the people that it meant the most to – skateboarders. From its construction, though to its deconstruction and up to the present day, St. Anne’s plaza has undoubtedly helped shape a generation.

Check the teaser below now, then head on back next Wednesday, September 26th, for part 1.

Get hyped, this one is a banger!

“St. Anne’s: Full Circle” documentary premiere – Belfast, September 11th.

Ryan — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 00:02:29 +0000

“St. Anne’s: Full Circle” is a documentary piece by Peter Adam about the rise and fall of the original St. Anne’s plaza in Belfast, that housed skaters, bmxers, misfits and drunks from the early nineties onwards. Told through the eyes of the people that it meant the most to – skateboarders.

From it’s construction, though to it’s deconstruction and up to the present day, St. Anne’s plaza has helped shape a generation; this is it’s story…

The premiere is set to take place at the Black Box, Belfast on Tuesday September 11th, 8pm. Entry is £2 which includes a raffle ticket for a chance to win a Wireless Skateboard’s deck!

Check the Facebook page for more details…

Graham Baker – amazing mini documentary here!

Ryan — Wed, 09 May 2012 13:44:56 +0000

Graham Baker is one of London’s best loved skateboarders, a stalwart of every event in the capital and an inspiration to all who meet him. Despite his long time battle with Asperger Syndrome, since the 1980′s Graham has become a regular face at Slam City Skates and a frequent visitor to Pioneer Skatepark, St Albans, befriending all who he encounters.

Will Robson-Scott has made a short film about Graham and his love for skating – set aside the next seven minutes of your day and prepare to be stoked…