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Lev Tanju interview from Slam City.

Ryan — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 11:53:04 +0000

Jacob Sawyer sits down with Palace mastermind Lev Tanju for a chat about current affairs, some Southbank banter, the upcoming Palace video, new Palace riders and more.

Click below to bring yourself up to speed…

Sunday Service: Leo and Jody Smith – Reaction “Creation” (2001)

Ryan — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 08:00:13 +0000

“Jody switch kickflips plant life, whilst Leo chooses a swizz heels.”
Leo and Jody Smith – Twin Haunts.
Sidewalk 55, April 2001
Photo: Wig

The Smith Twins set about various parts of the UK during their first section proper, taken from Reactions first and only VHS release ‘Creation’…

Sunday Service: Colin Kennedy – Blueprint “WFTW” (2000)

Ryan — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 07:00:51 +0000

You lack the minerals and vitamins, irons and the niacin
F*ck who that I offend, rappers sit back I’m ’bout to begin
’bout foul talk you sqwak, never even walked the walk
More less destined to get tested, never been arrested
My album will manifest many things that I saw did or heard about
or told first hand, never word of mouth
What’s in the future for the fusion in the changer?
Rappers are in danger who will use wits to be a remainder
When the missile is aimed, to blow you out of the frame
Some will keep their limbs and, some will be maimed
The same suckers with the gab about, killer instincts
but turned b*tch and knowin’ damn well they lack
In this division the connoisseur, crackin’ your head with a 4 by 4
Realize sucka, I be the comin’ like Noah
Always sendin’ you down, perpetratin’ facadin’ what you consider
a image, to me this is, just a scrimmage
I’m feel I’m stone, not cause I bop or wear my cap cocked
The more emotion I put into it, the harder I rock
Those who pose lyrical but really ain’t true I feel…

…”Their time’s limited, hard rocks too”

Classic in every sense of the word – click the play button below and be stoked.

Sunday Service: Harry – Unabomber “Unapromo” (1998)

Ryan — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 08:00:18 +0000

“Can you believe, right? Me board banged into there, and a chip went into me eye.”

Harry’s section from the classic debut Unabomber VHS “UnaPromo” is undoubtedly one of the finest UK sections of the late 90′s. Nick Drake, ridiculous pop, proper street lines, pedestrian collisions, burly slams, infamous quotes and long gone Nottingham spots – click the play button below, enjoy the three and half minutes of raw brilliance that awaits then get yourself outdoors and take in a traditional Sunday afternoon session.

Sunday Service – Paul Silvester “Sub C-Y” (1998)

Ryan — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 08:00:21 +0000

Paul Silvester has been going back through a load of his old VHS tapes and stumbled across his rare as you like section from Toby Batchelor’s 1998 independent video “Sub C-Y”.

Filmed during the early days of Unabomber, this part sees Man hitting up various spots throughout Leeds city center and the nearby university, during the same period where he was also filming for “Viewfinder 1″ (1998) and “Unapromo” (1998).

Anyway, a solid couple of minutes of illusive Silky footage awaits – click the play button below to get viewing.

What does “Sub C-Y” mean exactly? The most common theory is that it’s an abbreviation of “Sub Chocolate Yawn”.

Don’t ask…

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: Jimmy Boyes – “Viewfinder 1″ (1998)

Ryan — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 09:00:01 +0000

Smashing TV’s, riding off Land Rover roofs and generally getting raw across the North East – Jimmy Boyes lays claim to a couple of minutes of your Sunday morning with his short but energetic appearance in Viewfinder 1 (1998).

Click the ‘play’ button below to witness a rare does of Jimmy Boyes brilliance, get inspired then go for a skate…

See you next Sunday!

MPORA Action Sports

Sunday Service: Mark Baines – Exclusive VHS Mixtape.

Ryan — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 09:00:59 +0000

The intro to Mark Baines’ “WORD” interview in the latest issue of the mag really does sum up Mark’s approach to skateboarding perfectly – he really has “been there, done that” in every sense; the vast archive of video parts, interviews, covers and all the rest is there for the world to see and stands testament to his sheer dedication to skating.

Over the years he’s had countless classic video parts, though, like a lot of people who came up through the mid to late 1990′s, a fair share of his equally as rad coverage appeared in montages, friends sections and on scene videos that were hard to get hold of, the majority of which aren’t instantly accessible online right now.
So, to coincide with the release of Mark’s interview, we’ve been rummaging around in the VHS archives and have pieced together another “VHS Mixtape” comprised of some of Mark’s finer moments from the late 90′s/early 00′s that might have otherwise slipped through the interweb cracks.

Without further ado, click on the first link below to involve yourself in just over three minutes worth or re-edited Baines dopeness from over the years, then check out the current mag for fourteen pages up-to-date bangers in print form…

Mark Baines – VHS Mixtape

Leo Valls “VHS” interview and video part

Ryan — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 01:23:38 +0000

Magenta Skateboards rider Leo Valls has scored himself a full interview on the VHS Mag website, alongside a rad, flowing edit which can be viewed now below.

Watch the clip to wet your appetite, then check out his full interview for more of the same…

Sunday Service: Alex Moul/Oxford – Viewfinder 2 (1999)

Ryan — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 09:00:01 +0000

Scoring his umpteenth Sunday Service this week is mag favourite, Oxford native and UK street skating pioneer Alex Moul, with his end section from the 1999 VHS classic, Viewfinder 2. Made up of footage from the streets, parks and schoolyards of Oxford, alongside a cheeky bit of footage from London, the first part this particular Mouly section also doubles up as a Oxford based montage, featuring passing faces such as Harry, Frank Stephens, Flynn Trotman, Vaughan Baker and plenty of others!

Fire yourself back in time 12 years now by clicking play below…