Montreal-by-way-of-Fredericton’s Josh Clark has a New York NBD on newsstand display at the moment, and on top of that he’s joined his fellow “soldier in the battlefield” Andrew McGrawon Zoo York’s International squad. What comes next? ASkateNewSpot.com interview to bring you up-to-date, that’s what.
Josh is also a Concrete regular, usually via sick skate photos and more recently by pulling interviewer duties for the upcoming Issue 112. How about we get reacquainted with his City Of New Lights part from ’09, which includes another epic display of fakie flippery, shall we?
Real‘s very anticipated Since Day Onewill premiere at 7pm this Saturday, April 2nd in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal. It’s free, and you’ll find the locations of the Canadian premieres right here. Naturally there are afterparties for the 19-and-olders (18ers if you’re in MTL). Get the skinny on where all 3 parties are right here.
Before the premiere, ‘Couver will also play host to Real’s Justin Brock, Peter Ramondetta, Ishod Wair and James Hardy for an autograph sesh at 5pm (details here). Speaking of Ramondetta, here’s a little 666 treatment from him as a warm up to Since Day One.
No premiere in your town? Don’t fret, the Collector’s Edition DVD and iTunes download will be good to go for rollers the world over on April 11th. For the Real video primer on SkateDaily.net featuring Deluxe VP and Real co-founder Jim Thiebaud (pictured below), Since Day One editor Dan Wolfe and Real ripper Davis Torgerson, click the image:
Check out photos and video from the March 31st world premiere in San Francisco by clicking here.
Morgan Smith recently took part in a Digital SkateboardingQuickies clip, and Spencer Hamilton is next up to bat with a line filmed in AZ. Check out a few photos of him from the recent SUPRA Footwear Three Amigos tour through Texas, and stay tuned for more from Spenny in Concrete #112.
Last week, Thrasher is running videos from their Double Rock Lockdown contest, where 2 skaters from Foundation, Think, Alien and Krooked are sentenced to 24-hours at the mag’s Bay Area indoor. Think was in the clink recently, and were represented by Toronto’s Lee Yankoualong with Josh Matthews. Check out their pre-lockdown interview here, and don’t drop the wax!
Artistand legendary pro Jeremy Wray appeared in and illustrated our “Hook, Line & Sinker” Bones trip feature in Issue 110 (p.62 in the online mag). More recently he took part in Issue 111′s “Five Spot” (check it out on p.108 of the digital edition), and his top response to “Favourite videos you’ve appeared in” was Plan B’s 1994 release, Second Hand Smoke. Take note of his flawless technique that was way ahead of its time:
Calgary is good times in the skate-department, and this Tyler Warren video gives you a dose. The Calgary Association of Skateboarding Enthusiasts have also addressed a commonly asked question: “What can I do to help get a new skatepark?” Well, this is what you do.
It appears that Ipswich, England’s Ben Raemers has (properly!) been welcomed to the éS Footwear team. Rick McCrank and Co. chime in on the “new” team-lad in a trio of videos. After watching Part 1 below, check out Bad Luck Ben! and Boy Genius by clicking here.
In other Firing Line news, here’s a little rugged spot love by British Ben:
Pittsburgh, PA’s Evan Smith is featured in the latest DC Shoes commercial (he also appears in the Canadian Pop-Up Tour video that just dropped recently). 30 seconds well spent:
After releasing this teaser from the Three Amigos Texas Tour, SUPRA Footwear just posted some photos from the trip that feature JS Lapierre, Keelan Dadd, Boo Johnson, Spencer Hamilton, Cody McEntire and Scott “Horsey” Walker. Check out Part 1and Part 2 of Shad Lambert’s photo-set from the Lone Star State.
Stay tuned for more from JS and Spencer in the upcoming issue of Concrete.
Vancouver’s Hunter Wood just let us know that the Film Fatties site has been revamped, and for the first new post he put together a little March Madness video featuring Christopher Logiacco, Steven Bearance, Jeff Pisony and Tony Myshlyaev. Spring has sprung on the west coast:
Concrete, along with Element, Scotties and Switch are proud to present the Summer 2011 release of Jordan Moss and Wade Power’s Slub Bucks.
The video will feature Issue 111 cover kid TJ Rogers, along with Bobby De Keyzer, Will Marshall, Mitch Donovan, Charles Deschamps, Brandon “Beaster” Bandula, Will Cristofaro (check out his interview on p.38 of Issue 110 online), Jesse Mullins and Brandon Del Bianco. Stay tuned for more from the Slub Bucks camp. For now, let’s kick things off with the promo…
Over on Push.ca you’ll find some images and commentary from the St. Patrick’s Day release of 3 styles of DVS x Green Applelimited edition shoes at Mike McDermott’s Winnipeg shop. Click the image or right here to get the full scoop.
Expedition-One’s Joey Pepper teamed up Concrete for a little somethin’ that’s coming soon, and KAYO TV just posted a remix of his footy from Madnessand beyond. Always a pleasure to watch the Pepps:
REMIX – EXPEDITION-ONE – JOEY PEPPER from KAYOTV on Vimeo.
