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Sunday Service: Howard Cooke/Lee Dainton – ‘Hating Life’ (1999)

Ryan — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 08:00:22 +0000

“Green tile fever supports Howard’s backside floater.”
- Howard Cooke interview, Sidewalk 24, March 1998.
- Photo: Wig

A short burst of raw power from Howard Cooke, some Welsh tranny madness from Lee Dainton and a Cornish cameo from Tim Tremayne – Sunday morning viewing via Neil Chester and A4 is online now! Hit the play button to bring the hype…

Sunday Service: Howard Cooke – ‘The Lord Video’ (c.1995)

Ryan — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 08:00:55 +0000

“Howard Cooke grinds on a blades edge in Liverpool.”
Issue 17 – June 97.

The legend that is Howard Cooke takes his uncompromising, brutal approach to skateboarding on a UK wide mission for the first Lord Clothing video.

“Skateboarding’s Classic Slams” with Howard Cooke.

Ryan — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 09:06:28 +0000

If you think your Friday morning could do with a bit of a brutal wake up call, get your eyes around this “Skateboarding’s Classic Slams” clip, which sees Liverpool legend and one time Consolidated pro Howard Cooke getting beaten up by a kinked rail in New Jersey back in the day.

Sunday Service: “Kenobeds” – full Liverpool scene video (2001/2002)

Ryan — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 09:00:02 +0000

To coincide with the epic Liverpool scene article that can be found occupying a large chunk of the latest issue of the mag, Ash Wilson from Lost Art Skateshop has hooked us up with a copy of the infamous yet super rare 2001/2001 Liverpool scene video “Kenobeds” to share with the world. Featuring never before seen footage from the likes of Mackey, Ash Wilson, Howard Cooke, John Dalton, Kingy, Joel O’Connor and plenty of others, Kenobeds was only produced in two runs of 50 and mainly circulated amongst friends, meaning copies of it barely left Liverpool.

Ash tracked down “French” Fred Bezombes, the man responsible for the creation of Kenobeds, to get a few words on the video…

“Kenobeds was a never meant to be a real video. I started filming my friends every now and then as a memento of my time in Liverpool. I had very little footage as we were more busy skating and having fun than filming. One day I dislocated my foot so I knew I wouldn’t be able to skate for a long time as it kept popping in and out of place.

Spring was there and summer was coming so I went out to skate spots to hang out and I started filming a lot for something to do. I decided to get at least one clip of every single one of my friends; some people managed a few clips, some have one trick, some were killing it. My foot slowly healed and I was able to film some clips too. I know since then a lot of us went different ways, I’ve lost touch with most people in Kenobeds but every time I think of that video it brings back good memories from my old friends and it will always put a smile on my face. And to all my friends from that era, thank you for the good times.” – “French” Fred Bezombes, 2011.

Get involved now! Set aside twenty minutes of your Sunday, click play below and, for the first time, enjoy Kenobeds in full!

Serious props to Ash Wilson and Fred Bezombes for hooking this up!

Kenobeds – part 1 (Joel O’Connor, Kingy, Nollie Dan, French Fred, S.A Shawn, JOC and friends.)

Kenobeds – Part 1 >>

Kenobeds – part 2 (Metal Mike, Big Ash Wilson, John Winter, John Dalton, Howard Cooke and Mackey.)

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Sunday Service: Ireland Section – Viewfinder 4 (2002)

Ryan — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 10:00:17 +0000

To in-keep with this weeks Irish “Shiner Ship Tour” theme , we’ve decided to bring you a chunk of dopeness from Viewfinder 4 (2002), in the shape of the mammoth Emerald Isle section. With vintage footage of Bernie Rae, Wayne Gallagher, Bruce “The Ox” Kelliher, Jer Evans, Mike Keane and others, plus appearances from visitors such as Frank Stephens, Matt Davies, Andy Simpson and Howard Cooke, click the play button below to get your Sunday morning view on…

Ireland Section – Viewfinder 4 (2002) >>

“Leo Sharp’s Irish Photo Gems” from Boggin’ Zine

Ryan — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 00:03:12 +0000

Leo Sharp has dug deep into his vast virtual filing cabinet of gems and come up with a selection of his favourite Irish snaps from over the years, each one of which he has cross-examined over on Boggin’ Zine!

Read Leo’s favourite stories about Al Collins, Andy Scott, Howard Cooke, Bernie Rae and Bruce “The Ox” Kelliher now – click Scotty’s hefty leap…

Fos for Chima – new interview up from Real Skateboards!

Ryan — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 04:11:51 +0000

Heroin and Landscape head honcho Fos recently knocked up some art for a Real Skateboards Chima Ferguson deck, so Real decided to sit him down and quiz him on everything from football hooligans on ecstacy to the specific details of those infamous jeans, covering a fair bit of art talk and Howard Cooke based banter along the way.

Get reading now – click below, yo.