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Sunday Service: The Southbank Section – ‘Sound and Vision’.

Ryan — Sun, 19 May 2013 07:00:55 +0000

“If you hit something fast enough, it’s not gunna move” – Ricky Oyola. Grinding up an unskatable barrier.
‘An Environmental Issue’ article, Sidewalk 1. Photo: Andy.

Clive Daly, Toby Shuall, Mark Channer, Simon Evans, Rob Selley and more feature in the nighttime SB section from Mike Manzoori’s early 90′s classic ‘Sound and Vision’.

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Sunday Service: Mark Channer – Unabomber ‘Unapromo’ (1998)

Ryan — Sun, 12 May 2013 07:00:13 +0000

“Very, very, very good transfer tailslide in the middle of the smoke.”
’86,400 seconds in the life of Mark Channer’ – Sidewalk 26, May 1998. Photo: Wig.

Unabomber OG Mark Channer takes to a whole load of rugged British terrain for his section from the debut Bomber VHS ‘Unapromo’.

The National Skateboard Co X ‘Playing Fields’ – out soon!

Ryan — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 00:24:57 +0000

In tribute to one of the most pivotal video releases in UK skateboarding history (and with the blessing of those originally involved) The National Skateboard Co are releasing a one off ‘Playing Fields’ deck and t-shirt.

With a bit of luck, boards and shirts should be available in all good skate shops before next weekend!

For more info go here – www.thenationalskateboardco.com – or click below. Let’s hope this means the long mooted DVD release is imminent! Frank?

OG Unabomber footage – Stephens, Silvester, Harry…

Ryan — Mon, 07 May 2012 00:03:29 +0000

Paul Silvester has been rummaging around in the archives again, coming correct with a solid edit of “Headcleaner”-era footage from the OG Unabomber crew. Some of the footage was used in their 2002 video, though some of it is unseen up until now.

Get watching below, with Paul Silvester, Frank Stephens, Alan Rushbrooke, Mark Channer, Vaughan Baker and Pete Hellicar.

Sunday Service: Mark Channer – Unabomber “Headcleaner” (2001)

Ryan — Sun, 01 May 2011 09:00:15 +0000

As this bunch of text reaches your eyes, we should, if all goes to plan, be on our way to Transition Extreme, Aberdeen, for the second leg of this years War Of The Thistles weekender. If you’re lucky, footage from yesterdays comp at Dumbarton might already be on the site – head back to front page to check. Be sure to keep an eye on the site over the next twenty four hours for all the highlights from todays stop in The Granite City too.

Anyway, for something completely unrelated to the weekends Scotland antics, we decided to once again honour the sheer brilliance of Mark Channer’s low key London skateboarding, bringing you his last full part proper that appeared on the second full length Unabomber production, “Headcleaner”, released a whole decade back in 2001. Engage your eyes, sit yourself back and click play below to get involved…

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Resurrected: The Vans 2001 UK Tour Video

Ryan — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 00:06:30 +0000

Vans and Alan Glass have resurrected the long lost footage from the 2001 Vans UK Tour, featuring decade old antics from Chris Pulman, Dave Chesson, Emilio Arnanz, Olly Todd, Marc Churchill, Dan Cates, Mark Channer, Pete King, Chris Oliver and various guests.

Old faces, friends, classic spots and vintage radness awaits…

Sunday Service: “Sound and Vision”

Ryan — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 10:00:24 +0000

So here it is, the last Sunday Service of 2010, and what better way to end the year than by bringing you a full length, heavily sought after UK classic from the early 90′s?

“Sound and Vision” was one of Mike Manzoori’s first forays into the world of independent video production, following on from the 1991 London scene video “Bubblegum Weekend”, which was made as collaborative effort alongside Fraser Hamilton and Mark Channer.
Focussed on the scene in and around London and The South throughout the early 1990′s, “Sound and Vision” features plenty of otherwise unseen footage from Tom Penny, Mark Channer, Danny Wainwright, Carl Shipman, Matt Pritchard, Alan Rushbrooke, Alex Moul, Luke McKirdy, Andy Scott, Dave Allen and pretty much anyone else who happened to be passing through town. In addition to the heavy line up of UK heads, Mike also racked up footage from a variety of early Radlands and St Albans comps, which lead to appearances from visiting US pro’s including Mike Frazier, Jeremy Wray, Pat Duffy, Mike Crum and Danny Way, to name but a few.

Coming in at just shy of 40 minutes, I’m sure most will agree that this is a much better way to pass on part of your Boxing Day afternoon than dithering about scoffing leftovers from yesterday whilst catching up on Eastenders or Corrie or whatever.

Massive props are in order to both Mike Manzoori for allowing us to share his lesser seen UK gem with the world, and Mark Nicolson for all his hard work in making it happen and hooking the whole thing up – you’re both beasts of the highest order! Now go forth and enjoy – see you in 2011…

Friends section – “Bubblegum Weekend” (1991/1992). Rare Penny, Evans…

Ryan — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 11:30:45 +0000

Fraser Hamilton’s been digging in the vaults and has uploaded the friends section from “Bubblegum Weekend”, the 1991/1992 London based video produced by Fraser, Mark Channer and Mike Manzoori.

See below for three minutes of super rare footage from the likes of Simon Evans and a mini Tom Penny, amongst several other Southern heads of time and visiting friends.

Nice work Fraser – keep ‘em coming!