Shout out to Jason at The No Comply Network for hustling together another fun event, this time at the Kings Norton skatepark in the south of the city. The weather held off just long enough to allow things to happen though there was only a little sun and plenty of breeze. Fun was had and prizes were given. Heres to the next one.

 

Photo and video: @jonbladesphoto

We are getting a few events lined up for the year and the first is the Beyond Skateboarding / No Comply Network jam on the 10th of March at Kings Norton. Its going to be a blast.

 

It had to be done.

To keep things moving we put our hands in our pockets and commissioned the Ramp Supply Co to build a block that could be left at Eastside. It has an extra cutout so it can be locked up and weather treated for a longer life. Take care of the block and lets see if we can make it through to the summer. 

*If you shoot photos or any clips then use #dasblokk so we can build up a resource and there will be prizes for best efforts.

Girl have released their new video and it is a banger. Focusing on the ams you get to see Griffin Gass and Neils Bennett go in and the rest of the crew feature in this 30 minute feature. No cinematic epic with drones and mega gimbles, this is all solid skateboarding with a few classic Girl skits and touches.

Featuring Sean Malto Andrew Brophy Mike Carroll Rick McCrank Tyler "Manchild" Pacheco Simon Bannerot With Appearances By Cory Kennedy Jeron Wilson Brandon Biebel MikeMo Capaldi.

The latest video from the venerable Wolftown crew.

"Filmed throughout The Black Country and its surrounding areas, this volume includes skating from: Henry Fox, Alex Ramsell, Kaine Bird, James Denning, Kane Dearn, Henry Matthews, Anthony Ackers, Claire Alleaume, Brad Edwards, Dan Brueton, Shaun Boyle, Christopher Emery, Ali Watson, Sean Baker, Ben Sheldon, Rajinder Sami, Luke Elks, Dan Smith and Kris Vile. Filmed and edited by Christopher Emery. Additional filming by Rajinder Sami. The Black Country is a region of the West Midlands in England, and commonly refers to all or part of the four Metropolitan Boroughs of Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton. The 14-mile road between Wolverhampton and Birmingham was described as "one continuous town" in 1785. The name is believed to come from the soot from the heavy industries that covered the area, although the 30-foot-thick (10 metre) coal seam close to the surface is another possible origin."

It's almost Supersonic time! Birminghams own world renowned music and art festival is just over a week away and in it's 15th year it shows no sign of slowing down. This year we are playing a small part by hosting some of Dennis McNetts Anti Hero prints as part of his first major project in the UK. He will be Supersonics artist in residence creating a huge participatory performance piece in and around the Custard Factory with the help of musicians and audience members alike which will be taking place on Sunday the 24th. 

Conjurer of the colossal, Dennis doesn’t just exhibit work in galleries, he parades it down the street. Sculpting full scale temples or engineering viking ships inspired by Norse mythology to cruise through New York City. Birthing a 16ft puppet operated by 20 people in elaborate masks with costumed dancers and caterwauling musicians. Whatever the setting, the results are astounding. 

The Premiere for the latest This Is Birmingham video went off last weekend. Turnout was amazing and the video did not disappoint. The crew came through with the goods and O.G edited it down to a sharp 15 minutes with no filler. Look for spots you know and plenty you don't with some guest appearances too.

Really looking forward to seeing the latest instalment from the This Is Birmingham crew on the big screen. With the help of The Mockingbird Cinema we will be showing a premiere on the 22nd of April at 4.30 sharp. It's limited by time and space so don't sleep.

Greg Herbert and Jake Lafolley head up Low Profile and their new video Dos.Virus features skating from Paris, Montréal and Liverpool with appearances from Graham Thoms, Jake Laffoley, Gregory Herbert, Vasilis Kalamaridis, Gervais T-k Goprou, John Bdr, Isidro Camacho, Tyrone O'Hara, Valérian Nicolas, Charlie Birch, Paul Hill, Rauri Jones, Guillaume Zwaan and Arnaud Verdier. Good work L.P. crew.

If you missed the DVD Rob Whiston got the Brumcentric Hate film up on the Tube. Bonus interview with the renaissance man on the Sidewalk site here.

 

In case you haven't had a chance to see Last Orders by now here it is. We are still going to be stocking the DVD so when the internet eventually goes down and the apocalypse is upon us you'll still be able to see some of the best UK skateboarding ever caught on camera.

Killer clip from Wayward wheels.