Reminder that my very first skateboard was a red Variflex banana board.
Back when Biebel skated
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I wanted a Variflex complete so bad when I was a kid. The local bike shop had them, £50. Must be nearly 40 years ago.
Had to put up with a fibreglass 70’s style one.
David Bowie thing on 6music rn.
Can never hear Five Years without wanting to watch this..
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Infamous independent video with THE Zered Bassett part(s)
Whacking this here (@gawkrodger )
Such a good skater. I was lucky enough to see JB progress on the daily and he was always light years ahead of everyone else. He had one friend Julien Gillot who was pretty much skating at the same level but unfortunately got caught up in life.
JB always said his influences were Chico and Carroll. It’s pretty obvious.
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Where was that footage of Djaybee impersonating Chico? It was literally fantastic.
Seen Motive making a resurgence on Insta, sick company, this video was so fucking good.
Was James Bush on Fabric at this point which is why he wasn’t on Motive?
Did you film and edit it? @ciaran I mean I know you obviously didn’t film it all.
Went to this spot in Brussels (IIRC) – this Jack Edwards line is utterly fucked. Double set is massive. Remember thinking him and Jasper King-Harman (sp) were the next gen for UK skating in late 00’s. Who is it now really?
Dylan Hughes, Layth Sami whats not to like haha – maybe the soundtrack?
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Jack truly was like nobody else I’ve seen skate. Never saw him learn anything just did them. Wherever he is now I hope he is okay.
I’m lay in bed watching Sorry for the millionth time I my life and noticed something I hadn’t before. Somebody has a guest trick in Appleyards section, but I can’t figure out who it is to save my life?! Also if dawned on me this is 23 years old and now I feel like life is flying by!
Edit: Got to the credits and it shows it’s TX. Can’t figure out where the Dill guest trick is mind?!
I filmed a load of the Bristol and whatever else from that trip to Brussels.
Brownie shot most of Sean’s part and Nick Richards filmed loads with Barney.
Yep, music was a huge, huge problem. PRS were looking for £25k from Selley to cover music rights with a generic reason, saying it was “for the artist”, when Tru Thoughts had said £3k would cover it. So yeah, super limited, very little I could do.
Jack shot that line in 2 or 3 attempts I think, or maybe it was 2 attempts on trying the frontside flip. He really was amazing, and from what I could gather, just wasn’t into the whole media circus of sponsored skating. He was due to join us on the Big Push a couple of months later and left after day 1, I think he felt completely out of place being 15 or so around a bunch of lads in their mid 20s. Lovely kid and one of the most technically gifted I’ve seen.
I want to say that spot was across the road from Ride All Day skateshop, if so, it looks to be filled in and made a lot less conducive to pissing in corners - street view link
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Yes, 50m down the street however it’s gone. Redev filled it in.
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the song from this part came on my shuffle so had to watch. tbh need to rewatch the whole video. pure nostalgia
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Spotted off the back of the jacket in the Tom thread. At 12 euro this should be classed as theft…
heard a podcast on Merle Haggard.
other country-sounding stuff jolted in neurons,
so i watched this.
completely brilliant
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Gap out to fakie bs 50 on a handrail is so good.
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Still stands up. So sick.
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As far as I am aware, this is the first time the Lodown video has appeared online.
”Super Lo8”
Some pretty interesting moments in there.
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Such a solid, timeless section. Love CK.
That last line is better than a lot of heavy enders.
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CK1 was a really underrated handrail skater. In that part there is a fakie bs nosgrind bs 180 out, bs 180 nosegrind switch bigspin out, bs tail big flip, switch flip bs 5050 and a fakie fs 180 fs feeble. What a bonkers list of handrail tricks
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