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Sunday Service: Tom Penny – Flip ‘Sorry’ (2002)

Ryan — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 07:00:24 +0000

“That’s Tom Penny on the cover, back in action and filming for the Flip video, thank God he’s not dead! Massive pop shuv from cobbled French tranny.” September 2001 – photo: Bartok.

Good old Teeps breaks his late 90′s/early 00′s silence with a sterling display of French mini ramp nonchalance.

Sunday Service: Brady, Palmer and Kennedy – “Driving South” (2003)

Ryan — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 07:00:26 +0000

“Colin attacks this apparently unconquered wooden beast with a black-eyed frontside noseslide.definition”
- Majorca, Winter 2002: We Come In Peace. April 2002, Bartok Photo.

One time Blueprint team-mates Danny Brady, Scott Palmer and Colin Kennedy take care of a three and a half minute joint part for Mark Baines’ independent release “Driving South”, along with a cameo from Joey Pressey.

Sunday Service: Garry Woodward – “Hating Life” (1999)

Ryan — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 08:00:01 +0000

I was mortified when i thought I’d lost my copy of Neil Chester’s 1999 A4 Distribution video “Hating Life”, but luckily enough, I’d only managed to misplace it as I found the thing whilst rifling through a box of old VHS earlier this week.

Anyway, Garry “Woody” Woodward’s closing section was always a real standout for me – the combination of full speed lines, proper “all terrain” business and raw Mancunion power meant that this particular part got a heavy rinsing upon its release. Seems as I finally found my copy of the video, I thought I’d share Woody’s part with the world via this weeks Sunday Service.

Obviously props to Neil Chester for filming and editing this classic UK video – pay attention to the boardslide attempts at Castlefield in Manchester at the start. Mental…

Andy Scott wins Volcom’s “Night Of The Living Vert” – footage here!

Ryan — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 11:06:54 +0000

Footage, photos and the full report from Volcom’s “Night Of The Living Vert” contest that took place in rural Spain last weekend is now online, which sees the Bolton Jedi himself, Andy Scott, sleepwalking his way into first place via a load of technical, lip trick filled runs and a rare airing of the mythical kickflip eggplant.

Click play below to check the full video of the jam, which also sees vertical shredding from the likes of Julien Benoliel, Alain Saavedra, Alain Goikoetxea, Diego Doural and more, then check out the photos and results over on the Volcom Europe site.

Sunday Service: Andy Scott – Exclusive VHS Mixtape.

Ryan — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 09:00:02 +0000

During his review for “Baghead Flats” back in 2008, the mighty Bingo declared that “…Gino has put out more footage in the last decade than Andy Scott.”

As most people out there will agree, there’s not that many skaters out there who are quite on a par with Gino when it comes to dropping minimal amounts of quality coverage, especially given Gino’s tendency to drop no more than a minute or so of footage every few years, though, as Bingo pointed out, Andy Scott definitely has to be up there.

Despite his youth as a Deathbox am and then later pro for the first Stateside line up of the Flip team, Andy never really had much in the way of video coverage. His shared section on “Spirit of the Blitz” (1991) and his brief appearance in Flip’s 411 “Industry” section are the two most memorable collections of footage from the early to mid 90′s. As the late 90′s made way for the early 2000′s, Andy was back in the UK almost full time and his appearance in video projects become more and more scattered. He would often appear in comp montages in independent videos, or in Sole Tech backed productions, but even then you’d only been greeted with a handful of tricks. It was only really with the release of Death’s “Better Than Life” (2007) and “Baghead Flats” (2008) that Andy properly laid claim to actual full sections, by which point he’d been pro for well over a decade, had nonchalantly won comps all over the world and was regularly cropping up on your favourite vert skaters “top skaters of all time” lists. As well as being one of the most naturally talented skateboarders this island has ever produced, Andy is also one of the most illusive.

With that in mind, a few weeks back Sam Ashley mentioned that perhaps Andy would make a good candidate for our next “VHS Mixtape”. A solid week of trawling through piles of VHS tapes later and Sam’s wish is now a reality – click the play button below to find an all new four minute remix of some hard to find and lesser seen Andy Scott moments from over the years, taken from a variety of UK and US videos released between 1991 and 2004. OK, two clips were taken from a video that came out in 2007, but the tricks were definitely filmed long before it was released.
I know there are more bits of footage lurking out there that have slipped through the cracks, but hopefully this should bring together some rare Scotty brilliance for you.

Anyway, get watching…

“Bobby vs The Edgar” – all new section from éS!

Ryan — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 09:55:59 +0000

To coincide with the launch of his latest pro shoe, The Edgar, from éS Footwear, Krooked Skateboards pro and all round beast Bobby Worrest has put out a full new section for your enjoyment.

Get watching “Bobby vs The Edgar” below for three solid minutes of rugged terrain getting bruised by Mr Worrest, all of which is set to a Tommy G soundtrack.

éS Footwear “Tri-X Northwest Trip” footage – Raemers, Rattray, McCrank…

Ryan — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 00:59:34 +0000

The full video from éS Footwear’s “Tri-X Northwest Trip” is now online, with Ben Raemers, John Rattray, Rick McCrank, Mike Anderson and the rest hitting up some of the largest America has to offer, with stop offs at a variety of street spots along the way.

Take eight minutes out of your day and hit the ‘play’ button below…

éS Footwear presents “One Week in Paris” with John Tanner

Ryan — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 11:08:43 +0000

Cliché Skateboards flow rider John Tanner and Hold Tight Henry break out of their familiar London surroundings and head to Paris for a week in what could be one of the last videos from éS Europe before the company embarks upon its “creative retreat”…

Pierre-Andre discusses éS Footwear’s “Creative Retreat”

Ryan — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 11:58:38 +0000

Since the weekend, the one topic that’s dominated the skateboarding corner of internetland is the fact that Sole Tech have decided to place éS Footwear on indefinite hiatus. After 16 years of influential shoes, videos, riders, tours and web projects, I, like most, will be sad to see the brand leave.

Transworld Business caught up with Sole Tech founder, owner and CEO Pierre-Andre Senizergues to learn more about the decision, the future of the brand, and the strategic implications of the decision for the other labels in its brand portfolio.

Click below to get reading…

PJ Ladd’s unseen window line (2003)

Ryan — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 11:32:32 +0000

Current Plan B Skateboards pro PJ Ladd hammers out a previously unseen pisstake post “Wonderful Horrible Life”, pre Flip “Really Sorry” first try line back in 2003.

Taken from the éS Days shrine to éS Footwear.