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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: 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…

Pontus Alv and Jerome Campbell in Beirut – new footage from Converse!

Ryan — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 00:04:48 +0000

Polar Skate Co professionals Jerome Campbell and Pontus Alv take to the bustling streets of Beirut in the latest video from Converse and Neil Chester!

Pick up a copy of the most recent Kingpin to check out Sam Ashley’s article from the mission…

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…

Sunday Service: Frank Stephens – “In Motion” (2004)

Ryan — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 09:00:38 +0000

Wrap your eyes around Frank Stephens’ legendary section from the last Sidewalk video “In Motion” now! Filmed mainly during Frank’s time spent between Unabomber and Cliché at rural spots everywhere from Spanish farmyards to Ipswich backstreets by Ben Powell and Neil Chester.

The first Liverpool premiere took place last night, with London, Bristol, Belfast, Glasgow and Milton Keynes to follow. Keep an eye on the site for updates and further details.

Sunday Service: Ben Grove – “In Motion” (2004)

Ryan — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 09:00:00 +0000

As the time passes until the UK premieres of the next Sidewalk video “In Progress”, shock yourself again with the pure gnarl of Ben Grove’s opening section from the 2004 Sidewalk offering “In Motion”, by Neil Chester and Ben Powell.

The last trick is still untouchable…

Check out “In Progress” premiere info here: Sidewalk “In Progress” video premieres – Liverpool, London and Belfast info!

Sunday Service: Andy Scott and Scott Palmer – “Hating Life”

Ryan — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 10:00:08 +0000

To further celebrate Andy Scott and Josh “Manhead” Youngs win at this weeks Wangl Tangl doubles mini ramp comp in Austria – click: Manhead and Andy Scott take first at Wangl Tangl 2011 – we decided to rummage in the VHS vault and bring you Andy Scott’s lesser seen short section from Neil Chester’s A4 Distribution video “Hating Life” (1999).

We’ve also kept Scott Palmer’s raw part that followed Andy on the original VHS, meaning you get two Northern legends for the price of one to enhance your Sunday morning!

Get watching below…

Andy Scott and Scott Palmer – “Hating Life” (1999) >>

Neil Chester’s 2008 Blueprint Skateboards German Tour video

Ryan — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 08:00:11 +0000

This has been floating around online for a good few months now, but only somehow caught our attention yesterday.

See below for the banging five minute edit of Neil “Chez” Chester’s final trip as filmer for Blueprint Skateboards to Germany back in 2008, featuring comedy slams and no shortage of rad skating from Mark Baines, Colin Kennedy, Neil Smith, Jerome Campbell and a bit of Ben Nordberg.

http://15ft.blogspot.com/

Neil Chester

Sunday Service: Mark Baines and Joel Curtis

Ryan — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 10:00:33 +0000

Well, it’s pretty much been a Mark Baines themed week on the site, so we thought we might as well carry it over ’til today as well.

So earlier this week we brought you Mark’s “Through The Eyes Of” edit, which, in amongst the variety of football related antics, saw Mark, Jerome Campbell, Danny Beall, Tom Harrison, Ash Hall and several others get the first session in at the new Sheffield DIY spot “Baineside” (or Jeromeside or Beallside depending on who you ask…), and today we bring you Mark and Joel Curtis’ joint section from Neil Chester’s classic 2001 VHS release “Steady”, predominantly filmed in and around Sheffield and South Yorkshire with a cameo from the one and only Scott Palmer.

Get more Baines in your eyes now – ram your mouse directly into the ‘play’ button below…

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