Two inverts (FS & BS) and a tailblock doubles with Barletta, right?
I have a massive, framed image of the first one - FS invert. Essex Swords fully on show.
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Yeah think that’s right, I’m a car park skater so I have no clue what anything is called. Awesome covers but I had no idea he had so many!
Got back from work and read TSC from cover to cover. Absolutely brilliant!
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Footage of that cover is in this…Last trick.
…and yeah, sooooo fucking proud. I got the hi-res of the cover off of Burnett. Printed three up huge. One for Ben, one for Munson (Because even though he wasn’t there or really involved with him at this point in terms of skating…you can’t ever deny the route Ben travelled was always part of Munsons story) and one for myself.
If anyone ever wants the hi-res, just let me know. I still have it.
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Sent you a link to DMs. x
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If I were to make any criticism at all of the mag, I’d have liked to see more about “skating during covid”. I don’t think our community is doing that great with it all
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I’m sure they’ll have time for that, maybe the first issue needs to be less divisive about a subject to win people over.
Fair point but reckon social media is the best place for that (if anywhere)
Guidelines are changing too fast for a quarterly mag
Besides feel like with skating most people are just going to go ahead and act as they please, I don’t feel like a skate mag PSA will sway people
Don’t get me wrong, I loved it and was so stoked with the content. I’m really happy that there was so much focus on mental health because its ever so important right now, more than ever
I wasn’t expecting a “guide to lockdown skating” as such just perhaps something about staying safe and looking after your homes during this mess. Skating can be important mentally and physically but you gotta stay covid safe too
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Picked up a copy from WH Smith’s today, which was a novelty buying a skate mag from there that wasn’t Thrasher. Felt like 2006. Anyway.
Was a good read, some interesting articles and the photography was all great. I liked how a lot of the articles gave back history about certain things, great for someone new to skateboarding. I can sort of see the angle they’re going for with it, something less niche. It felt inviting. Will pick up issue 2.
A few thoughts:
The fables page was a bit sparse but I guess that’ll grow with time.
I thought it could have done with a final ‘sign off’ single page article at the back, just to finish it off nicely.
I really wish they’d printed it on uncoated stock. Personal preference there, but I always think coated looks cheap unless you use going for super high gloss (which this isn’t).
Unrelated to the magazine, but some skate companies really need a better designer doing their ads.
Why am I already getting ads on Instagram for Supereight?
I thought people on here would have had more to say about the giant Route One ad.
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I chose to ignore the route one thing. Otherwise we’re talking about them and giving them the attention they crave
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I was going to ask if anybody knew what this was. Says it’s skater owned and operated but the only place I’ve ever seen it is in targeted Facebook and Instagram adverts.
Apparently it’s some online shop based in Nottingham
Some guys from Nottingham started it a few years ago. Seems they are hitting the social media add pretty hard.
What he said. 
Also, they’re all pretty cool and they have a nice looking indoor mini ramp.
But it is online only, with a .net domain name, and there is a legit sos in the city centre.
lol they’re not the BNP
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https://www.thepalomino.com/collections/latest/products/the-skateboarders-companion-issue-1
Palamino got it for free.
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And there’s always something worth buying from Palomino.
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Yup, trying to convince myself my life needs those BOS trackies.
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