Somehow I had never seen this footage of Mike, which looks like it was filmed over a couple of sessions at the works and I was so staggered I had to start a new thread. Obvs it’s not news to say he was/is one of the most transcendentally gifted skaters ever, but just to see what one of his random sessions was like, just beggars belief. A true savant.
Big up Mike.
Feel free to post up any other gems.
He reminds me a bit of MJ, you get the feeling almost any trick could pop into their head a couple of seconds beforehand and they can just do it every time
Probably the best skater I’ve ever seen irl.
Never seen that before either and it was absolutely amazing. The guy is a prodigy. His Baghead Flats part is one of my favourite sections ever.
Where is he and what is he up to?
I think Nick (Binnington) used to live with him. I’ll ask when I next see him.
This. I’ve seen him do things which are still inconceivable to me now.
I speak to Mike semi-regularly - last I heard he was back living in Hebden Bridge, attending writing classes and working in a charity shop.
From Joe Moore’s account too - anyone know what he’s up to?
Had the pleasure of spending quite a bit of time with him when I lived in Leeds. Such an enormously nice, humble guy who could seemingly make his skateboard do literally whatever he wanted. I used to think he looked like he was following the board around, rather than trying to make it go where he wanted.
Just moved to shef to uni, turned round the corner at Subway 9 to watch him fs bigspin it.
Then a couple years later Beall and I went round the corner and watched lintel do that mad 50
Man, probably haven’t watched this since the Leeds premiere, I’d forgotten about a few of these dudes.
It was always wild to see Mike skate at Hyde Park, he could seemingly do anything he wanted on his board
@hugo made him quit skating hahah
Joe’s OK. He was very unwell in the summer of 2021 and left skateboarding behind for the sake of his health. He’s in a stable relationship and seems to be quite happy.
Thanks for the heads up.