Homework

Back in the day, turning my homework diary into an undercover skate mag. I wasn't checkin my homework, I was reading old skate mags fool!

this is really cool

Es are celebrating like 15 years of makin shoes and shit. They have this archival website up and running and are up to 2005. Have a looksee.

http://skateboardingstartswith.es/

Side note: good use of weird domain endings right here.

Mr. John Motta

I didn't really ever know or had seen much of Skate Mental's John Motta, until I read his interview in last months Thrasher mag. It was really good and he seems like a cool guy, doing his own thing in Phoenix Arizona, finding and making spots using google earth (to find the spots, not make the spots, that'd be some mad technology!).

Really like this part, interesting spots and lines. I felt with this part, the skating progressed with each trick or line. Feels a bit more 'him' than the part below, if you get me?



His part from AM Chowder, again, really good stuff but this one has allot more 'normal' spots, think allot of this was filmed on tour.

Skate Film Festival

So over the last few days, LA has seen the first annual skate film festival. This is a great thing for skateboarding as it will help promote the genre further as an art form, can act as a springboard for current skateboarding film makers to possibly get into other types of film making, and it should also inspire the younger generations to raise the bar higher in future years.

It would be nice (and I think also inevitable) to see a similar festival take place in the UK/Europe, even though I know there is an international category within this film festival already.

Check out the website here and have a look at the winners and nominees!

Element - Get Busy Living

I don't know if this was previously posted (ain't the newest of skate flicks) but I luckily got a free copy of Element Europes' Get Busy Living on DVD. Stoked off this because I tried to watch it online (its free and here) but my internets a bit crappy. Plus having it on dvd means I will have it forevzzzz and I can watch it on a big-ass tv, which is always better than watching online.



From the trailer it's looking pretty good...I did watch a couple parts from it already but can't remember much. Always enjoy Euro team videos!

Nate Broussard

This is an alternate version of some part of his...dont know which one but you know, so what. Steeze on thon.

(STAY GOLD update: still not seen it yet, my friend hasn't received...hoping tomorrow. Thats what you get for living off the mainland)

LEO!

definitely one of my favorite parts from the STAY GOLD video. (which demands capital letters at all times) but just noticed what he wears in the video is different to this pic when hes doin this trick... as if he did it twice.