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48 A few days ago a friend sent over a photo of a skater doing a fs bluntslide on a ledge, a classic good fs bluntslide shot. The photo catapulted me back to 1998 when the skater pictured in the shot was one of the new faces coming out of the skateboard scene of the Florence area and we used to meet at all the contests around Italy and sometimes at random street spots too.

It’s good to know that Raffaele has never stopped skating since then, and 20 years later he’s still out pushing, ripping, and having fun on his skateboard. Yes Raffa!

Raffaele Lippi [ Fs bluntslide ] - Photo Max Bacci.

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Mark Baines Switch slappy fakie flip Manchester, UK Photo Reece Leung

Axel Cruysberghs Feeble pop over Gran Canaria, Spain Photo DVL

Blake Harris Overcrooks Melbourne, Australia Photo Marcello Guardigli

Luca Gozzo Boardslide Siracusa, Italy Photo Davide Biondani / Canon

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Photography, words & artwork_Craig Dodds.

I’ve owned my trusty scanner for the guts of 7 years now as much as it

insists on driving me to the point of madness more times than I can care to remember. Although it’s only been the past couple of months that the fascination of scanning inanimate objects has taken a hold of me.

It all started off with a page from an old encyclopedia I had found in Spain that I wanted to photoshop into a zine I had started working on. Once I saw how intriguing the outcome was after some slight tweaks, the next 6 hours disappeared right before my eventually blood shot eyes without me ever really realising.

Everything in my room had quickly become digitised. I even remember that night having slightly bizarre dreams of scanning stuff over and over again, which sucked. The next morning when I awoke and the feeling of being eternally trapped within the 2D world of my computer had dissipated, an idea struck me to try to incorporate some of the scanned objects I thought I had wasted a quarter of a day scanning to see how they would look beside some skate photos. I’m sure the idea had been exhausted before but I didn’t care to check the internet under the immediate fear of not being arsed to at least try it my own way.

I figured going back to some of the skate spots I’d shot photos of and incorporating items from those locations would be a good way to start. With mostly grass, rubble and the odd soggy ciggy it quickly occurred to me this wasn’t going to work... Much to the disappointment of my scanner that had already been left covered in rubbish and old tobacco juice. Back to the drawing board I guess. I went to bed that night with this concept getting ready to join all the other long forgotten ideas I’ve had in the past. Less than an “eureka” moment and more like a “fuck it”. I figured it would just be better to blend the photos together with certain items I thought might complement each other instead.

After I’d soon exhausted everything I’d previously scanned I started to paint certain colour strokes for some of the skate photos and shot photos of things too considerable for my scanner to handle.

This I felt in the end worked much better. Less authentic for all you folk out there but better than the struggle to get a chunk of breeze block to fit into my scanner.

Phili Halton // Ollie - Dublin.

Going down to Dublin is always an interesting change of scenery. With its modern approach to architecture and its severe heroin problem it makes city life all the more different from our modest home of Belfast. The city centre as much as it is overrun with skate spots and smooth concrete is sadly a massive bust 90% of the time. Public transport is the only answer for accessing the more relaxed side to skateboarding away from the hustle and bustle of the city centre. If you’re lucky though, Phili will be on hand to drive you around in his lovely Audi to the spots instead. A step up from watching junkies shoot up in their dicks on the bus, but it comes at the price of listening to trap music... so its fifty, fifty. We soon had a list of spots to start ticking off, this one being the last stop for the day. Phili momentarily took the role of tour guide and dropped some knowledge on our asses. This church is located in a relatively quiet part of South Dublin but in 1927 shortly after the Irish civil war, the Garda (Police) commissioner was shot dead on his way to mass here.

Known as the “Irish Mussolini” for his fascist views, Kevin O’Higgins had been an enemy of the Irish Republican Army and had executed many of the rebels among its ranks. He was later shot dead by three IRA men one Sunday morning when he had asked his Garda escort to go back to his house to collect some cigarettes. Unattended, the three men had their chance. One man involved in the killing, Timothy Coughlan, was later found dead outside his home in suspicious circumstances. It’s believed to have been the vengeance of the Garda themselves, but cover ups and a lengthy state investigation led nowhere. Garda records claim they shot Timothy Coughlan as he tried to attack them but he was found to have died from a shot to the back of the head, all leading back to the ironically named, Church of Assumptions. The local priest also encourages skateboarders to use the grounds which is a rare occurrence for anywhere but always respected..

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Gerard Keane // Wallie - Belfast.

Equipped with a strange sense of humour and a whole satchel of weird and wonderful tricks to make the session even more amusing, Gerry is the kind of man who is sorely missed when he doesn’t make it to the session, or when he sleeps in... Every time we skate here a friend of ours who sadly we don’t see as often with his leap into adult life, works in the building directly above this spot and posts his bird’s eye view of us skating on to Facebook almost every time we are here. It’s become quite the ritual for us as we often forget he works there until someone points out we’ve been tagged yet again.

We’re still yet to spot him though...

Gav Coughlan // Bs ollie - Dublin.

I’m slightly convinced this landmark was erected with Dublin’s finest skateboarder and stoner in mind, Gav Coughlan. Situated not too far from his humble residence, we went here to pay our respects to the seemingly giant spliff. The ground surrounding this impeccable corner is beyond the stages of dogshit, not to mention the amount of dog eggs you have to tactically avoid on route also. Cruiser wheels soon became the answer to this as Gav smashed his way up as far as he could but failing to reach high enough to light this bad boy up. a brief glance

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Andrius Bruzas // Fs lipslide - Barcelona.

Andy the Pollock he’s often referred to by his mates (including me), but unbeknownst to many his actual origin of birth is Lithuania. Although you’d never guess it through the thick Dublin accent and the stench of chicken rolls. He does however break out his native tongue every now and again catching people off guard, or to chat to his dear mother that often begins to sound more like a mafia meeting. This was a hot day in Spain, not that there’s any lack of them but you know when you’re in for a scorcher. That being said I can’t be sure what made us end up at one of the highest points in Barcelona at Montjuic. An overdose on the infamous 1 euro Macba fries and a severe lack of water I’m putting this one down to. For anyone who hasn’t been here this hubba is its own metro line. You have to be cautious of pick pockets and terrible buskers on route down this beast.

Kurtis Boyd // One foot - Belfast.

Recently, I’ve made the convenient purchase of a drain key. As much as it burdens me to add any extra weight into my almost army equivalent camera bag, it serves its purpose too well to leave at home. It really does open a lot of doors for street skating (no pun intended).

For 4 of your hard-earned British pounds I seriously suggest you get online and sort yourself out with one of these and begin to piss off the general public in a whole new type of way.

Photography & words_ Cameron Markin.

This famous double set is in the heart of Sydney’s CBD. Located at the base of the Colonial Building in the more widely known ‘Martin Place,’ these stairs have copped a beating over the past 20 years. This is common knowledge amongst most. What you may not know however, is that this building, along with the double set and most of Martin Place as we know it, is set for demolition over the next few years to make way for increased train infrastructure.

So if you’ve ever wanted a chance at getting in one more before it goes, book your plane tickets before it’s too late.

Here’s the story of how we ticked two more NBD’s off the list one lovely Sydney Sunday.

Dean and Mikey had both been running at the old girl for about 45 minutes. Other than one stomp Dean was generally flailing around, while Mikey’s catches were becoming increasingly convincing.

Meanwhile, I was 15ft up a tree across the road being peered at by the Tiffany & Co. employees like a monkey in a zoo.

Just as the day’s light really started to get away from us, out of nowhere Dean rolled away from the most text book nollie backside heelflip you ever did see!! With Mikey riding the stoke from Dean’s make, he blew minds and made days by getting Dean’s back on his very next attempt

P.S . I got fly kicked in the chest by a homeless guy for skating around immediately after celebrations.

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DEAN PARSONS // nollie bs heel.

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MIKEY MENDOZA // fakie hardflip.

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SPITFIRE IN BELGIUM

Photography_ DVL Words_ Bram De Martelaere.

The moment I moved to the USA, to San Francisco, I always said, if I had a million dollars, I’d bring all my Belgian friends to the US and vice versa. I’d pay for all my US friends to visit Belgium. So both sides could see how awesome the other country really is. That Belgium is not all about waffles, sprouts, and beers. That the USA is not all gun-carrying folk eating steaks for breakfast.

Turns out, working in skateboarding is kind of like winning the lottery. While filming for the Spitfire Arson Department videos I managed to get Jarne Verbruggen, Axel Cruysberghs and some others out to San Francisco. DONE. Cross it off the bucket list.

Part two of the master plan was to get some guys across the Atlantic to the old continent. With the Copenhagen contest bringing over 75% of the American skateboard industry, it wasn’t hard to pick 3 favorites to travel south towards Belgium. Mike Anderson, Raney Beres and Robbie Brockel ended up being the chosen ones. Jarne Verbruggen and Phil Zwijsen would fill out the crew. Perfect blend if I say so myself.

The original plan was to stay in a hostel somewhere near the oceanside, but when I heard that the house I grew up in was going to be vacant I jumped on the opportunity to stay there. Right in the eye of the Nostalgia hurricane. All the weird dive bars, all the frituurs one can hope to show skateboarders from a different continent. Right smack in the middle of the country, about a ten-minute drive from the infamous Malinas Skatepark.

Perfect to get your legs going in the morning.

By now I’ve opened and closed this window about ten times. I’ve sat down, got back up, refilled my coffee mug, drank my coffee and rearranged my desk three times. In various orders. I can just feel Davide, a brief glance’s editor, incessantly refreshing his inbox, waiting for this text.

When Davy Van Laere asked me to write this micro tour article, I said: “Yeah, of course.” I thought this was going to be easy. “Can you not make it like a normal tour article?” “Sure”, I replied. Well, let me tell you this is hard.

MIKE ANDERSON // [ switch 5-0 fs 180 into the bank ]

JARNE VERBRUGGEN // [ bluntslide kickflip to fakie ]

The crew made for a no-nonsense approach to a skate trip.

You wake up, you go skate, you rip. Nobody needed crazy psychedelics (even though they were bought), nobody wanted to go check out any red light district (even though it was checked out), nobody needed special attention (some needed special attention).

Evenings were spent drinking a good amount of Jupilers, eating french fries and weirding out the US guys with all the different kinds of “meats” you get at the frituur. I showed them the bars and old squares in Mechelen.We spent a few days in Antwerp and skated some of Phil’s childhood spots. We drove to Oostende for it to start raining so we watched tourists eat shit trying to slide down the notorious transition wall.

We went to Kortrijk for Axel’s going Pro party and it was super fun to find new spots in Brussels just meters away from old ones. I wish I was a better writer so I could tell you about how smoothly Jarne pulled off the backside noseblunt, how gnarly Phil’s drop-in Kortrijk was and I would find 10 different ways to describe how amazing it is to watch Raney Beres attack every single thing you put in front of him. Good thing Davy was there to capture it all.

Check out the photos, they don’t lie. A week came and went.

We were TOAST. We were done. Even though we all wanted to go to our own respective homes, I can tell you, I can’t wait for the next one.

RANEY BERES // [ fs ollie ]

ROBBIE BROCKEL // [ crooks ]

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RANEY BERES // [ tweaker ]

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ROBBIE BROCKEL // [ fs crooks ]

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RANEY BERES // [ boneless ]

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[ Haze Wheels à Milan ]

Photography & Interviews / Davide Biondani [ Canon]

Spring is the best time of the year; the temperatures get warmer, the colors get brighter, people are happier and daylight lasts longer, the best scenario for a skateboard tour I’d say. So when I got a call from Mario at Playwood Distribution asking if I would be down to shoot with the Haze Wheels team in Milano for a few days I couldn’t have said anything different than “Yes”.

Meeting new friends, skating in Milano and shooting some photos sounded good to me.

Pierre Subra, Victor Campillo, Morgan Katomba, Yann Garin and Gauthier Rouger flew from Paris and joined Pietro Bontà and Ruben Spelta at Milano Centrale, where, of course the guys were hyped to skate and where we spent most of the time. We also pushed around the city and skated different spots for three full days..

It’s always good to watch new people skating some classic (and new) spots and see their approach to them, it’s also always good to see how with a skateboard under your feet you can find new friends in a minute.

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[ PIETRO BONTà ] Hi Pietro, can you introduce yourself briefly?

Hi, I’m Pietro, but for my friends and my boss at work I’m also known as “Billy,” I live in Milano now, I work in a kitchen in order to pay rent, shoot photos, and everything else I need to stay alive.

You’re from the Valtellina, in the North, you grew up in Perugia in central Italy and

you’ve been living in Milan for a few years now. What pushed you to move here and what do you think of the city as a place to live in?

After Perugia I went back to live in Valtellina for a few years to stay with my family, but then I realized that I needed a place where I could grow both personally and skateboarding-wise, so I moved to Milan because it seemed like the best place for me, and indeed it was. I really like this city, it’s pretty large and active, it’s beautiful to shoot photos of and lately the skate scene has been growing constantly. I hope it stays this way.

In the past two or three years it seems like the scene in Milano has exploded with a

new generation of skaters that skate Milano Centrale every day, and more and more people coming from other cities to shoot at MC...

Skating at MC is fantastic, the spot is gigantic and full of fun things to skate, there are lots of different generations skating together, and if you’re not skating you can easily spend whole days there like at a park, drinking beers. The plaza is also the central train station so there is always something sketchy going on, ha ha. It makes you feel at home.

What spot from another city in Italy would you bring to Milan if you could?

The Centro Direzionale in Naples, absolutely!!!

How was meeting and skating with Pierre, Victor, Morgan, Ruben, and Gouthier?

I already knew Ruben and skating with him is always super fun. I met all the other guys for the first time and got really hyped. I can’t wait to travel to Paris to skate with them!

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[ BS SMITH GRIND ]

[ PIERRE SUBRa ]

Can you introduce yourself briefly?

My name is Pierre Subra, I’m 26 years old. I’m from the suburbs of Paris and I live in Paris.

I’ve been skating since I was 12 or 13 years old and I skate for Haze wheels, Converse, Screwheads hardware, Unemployed griptape and Nozbone skateshop.

Was this your first time in Milano? What did you expect before leaving for the trip and what did you like the most about the city?

It was my first time in Milano, it’s a really beautiful city. I didn’t expect anything, I was just excited about skating and meeting new people. Everything was cool except maybe the first Airbnb, where we got kicked out from, ha ha ha. I really liked the spots and the local crew at the plaza, there is a really good spirit.

How was meeting Pietro and Ruben and skating in Milano Centrale together?

It was really nice to meet those two guys, they are really amazing skaters, 2 different styles but it’s really inspiring to watch them skating Milano Centrale. I hope to skate a bit more with Ruben the next time, because we didn’t see him a lot, and Pietro was the best guide ever. I really hope to skate with them again soon.

You work at Nozbone shop in Paris, does working in a skateshop sometimes make you hate skateboarding?

Ha ha, sometimes yes! I admit it. It’s a kind of passionate love, sometimes you hate it but most of the time you are fully in love, I think it’s a classic syndrome, ha ha ha.

Best trick and memory of the trip? Was it fun to jump into the water twice in one hour to get your board back at the Darsena spot?

Ha ha, now I think it was fun to jump in the canal, but in that moment, I was really mad.

Brand new board, but finally she was waterproof, ha ha ha. The best trick for me was Victor’s huge kickflip on the invisible bump to stairs, he did it in 4 or 5 tries?! Wow... The best memory was definitely meeting all you guys. Thanks for everything.

[ FS OLLIE FAKIE MANNY ]

[ SWITCH 360 FLIP ]

[ RUBEN SPELTa ]

[ NO COMPLY TAILSLIDE ]

[ HALF CAB NOSESLIDE 270 OUT ]

[ GAUTHIER ROUGEr ]

Can you introduce yourself briefly?

My name is Gauthier Rouger, I’m 30, I was born in Bordeaux and grew up and live there, but I move around a lot, like to Paris and around Barcelona because my mom lives in Salou now. It’s 1h30m away from BCN. I’ve been skating for about 18 years and my sponsors are Hélas, Haze, Adidas, Avenue & Son. The first time we went on tour together was in 2003 with Es, you were the youngest of the crew and you were blasting bs smith grinds on big hubbas. The second time

was a few years ago in Sicily with Lakai and now this time with Haze was the third.

How has your approach to skateboarding changed over the years? And how do you see the state of skateboarding today? You kind of “moved away” from skateboarding for a while, we didn’t see much of you for a few years, what happened?

To answer your first question, I can say that my approach to skatebording has never changed, you know when you skate, you skate, skateboarding is universal and even if you don’t speak the same language you can skate with anyone, tricks speak for you. All this is to say, I’m just skating and I think my approach has never changed since I was 14 years old, I like skating with friends, I like filming and I like the feeling when you film a good trick, I like to watch skating, I just like skateboarding!

Regarding the second question, what I see now is that everyone finds skateboarding cool.

If you want to be cool, then skate. When I started, you weren’t cool if you skated, you were just an idiot kid, ha ha! Now it’s cool, and I appreciate that for sure, ha ha. But you know, I started skateboarding when it was not cool to do, I did it just because I loved it and all the things revolving around skateboarding: friendship, music, traveling, culture... skateboarding is a good school of life.

Third question: back to reality, I got my first flat in Bordeaux when my sponsors quit me, (Es stopped, and I quit Element because they stopped paying me) so I had to pay my rent, bills etc... by myself, and when I stopped being payed I started to work. I was young and I didn’t really live besides skateboarding, so I lived my life, met a lot of the friends who have become my brothers now. But sometimes some people ask me, “hey, why did you stop skateboarding?” Bla bla bla... I respond that I have never stopped skateboarding!

How was this mission to Milano with the guys? Favorite spot and favorite trick of the trip?

Very good! The guys, Pietro, Ruben, Patrik and all the others at the plaza, who welcomed us are cool! We had some good days with a lot of spots and everyone was nice, so it was a good trip! Now my favs: for the spot I want to say Milano Centrale because you can chill and you have a lot of possibilities (the place is bigger than it seems in videos). But we stayed just 4 days so it’s a little frustrating. Maybe I’ll go back there one day! And fav trick, I want to give a special mention to Victor, who killed all the spots naturally, and for the good mood he had all the time!

You turned 30 years old on the last day of the tour, how is being the oldest on the team? Skate wise, what do you think the new generations are missing from back in the days and what do you envy about them today?

Ha ha! I don’t know, I’m still 20 in my head, you know? But if I had to answer, probably now I don’t forget my toothbrush anymore and maybe I skate more than when I was 20, ha ha! I think (and it’s my opinion, every answer is just my opinion) the new guys have to learn from the older guys, but what’s more difficult, is that the older guys also have to listen to the younger guys because they are the future! Don’t forget that. ;) What’s next for you? Are you working on a video part or leaving for some trips this summer?

Yes, I’m filming for Hélas, we’ve being filming and we will see... and yes, probably move between Paris, Bordeaux, BCN and other destinations hopefully. (Special thanks to Beber, Mario, and you Davide for following and supporting us). Long life to Haze Wheels!

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[ VICTOR CAMPILLo ] HI VIctor, can you introduce yourself briefly?

Yo, my name is Victor Campillo, I’m 20 and I’m from Aix-en-Provence where I still live. I’ve been skating for the past 16 years and my sponsors are currently BMG, Haze wheels, Pure, Silence, and Unemployed. They help me out and I’m really thankful for that.

How was skating in Milano with your friends? It looked like you had good fun and liked the spots… What was your favorite spot?

Skating Milano was so sick, it was a dream and it was the first time for me. I was there last August with my girlfriend, I didn’t skate but I just asked someone to lend me a board in Centrale to try the plaza, ha ha. Like everyone, I’d seen Centrale in many skate videos. I didn’t know much about the crew (except Gauthier) before coming to Milano with them, so it was really nice to meet all of them and the Italian guys. For sure Centrale was my favorite spot but I really loved the one with the wooden kicker near the water. I like to skate that kind of spots.

As far as I know you don’t have a shoe nor a board sponsor, right?

Yes, I do, but it’s a bit complicated, since I got some shoes from Converse recently, thanks to Luidgi. But before that I didn’t have a shoe sponsor so I still have some shoes left that I bought that I’m still skating in. But yes, I’d prefer something solid for sure, we are workig on it, it will take some time. Even though with or without a sponsor, the way you skate doesn’t change much, it’s you and the way you want to skate, and that’s it!

It looks like people today are obsessed with Instagram and the need to put every trick online five minutes after landing it, what’s your opinion on this?

I prefer big projects 100% for sure. But big respect to people who do mad tricks and put it on Instagram directly. I also film with VX and stuff, and most of the time, I’ll film someone for a big project and they’ll ask me for the footy to put on Insta (I don’t really like that, ha ha). I have an Insta account but it’s just for teasing videos we make and funny shit with the mate or the girlfriend, and landscapes, but nothing serious. But it’s a good tool for work, I swear.

Where do you like to skate in Paris and what spot from Milano would you like to bring to your city?

I’m not from Paris so I’m not there all the time, but I like to skate Créteil a lot! The big plaza.

Centrale would be mad in Paris, ha ha, it would be good anywhere.

[ NOLLIE SHOVE-IT ]

[ OLLIE UP WALLRIDE NOLLIE OUT ]

[ KICKFLIP ]

[ MORGAN KATOMBa ] Can you introduce yourself briefly?

Hi, my name is Morgan Katomba, 21 years old, I’m from Paris and I live in east Paris. I’ve been skating since I was 10 or 11, I don’t really remember. I skate for Haze wheels, Converse, Screwed hardware, Cinquieme Terrasse and Nozbone Skateshop.

What kinds of spots do you like to skate and where do you usually skate in Paris?

I try to skate all kinds of spots. In Paris I used to skate at République a lot but now I try to go in the streets as much as possible. I go to République only when there is no street session planned.

How was skating in Milano with your friends and meeting Ruben and Pietro?

It was nice to meet them, it’s better than only seeing them on social media! They are very kind and the skate scene in Milano is very welcoming!

It was my first time in Italy and I really enjoyed it! We got into some trouble, we got kicked out of the Airbnb on the second day, but Bertrand found us another hostel straight afterward so it was ok!

What do you think about today’s trend of posting every trick straight to Instagram 5 minutes after landing it?

I don’t really know what to think about it, if it’s only iPhone footage it’s ok, but if it’s footage filmed on camera it would be better to keep it for a project! Unless it’s some unused footage.

Best trick and best memory of the trip?

I don’t know whether it’s the best trick, but the gap nollie popshove-it over the trash can that Victor did at Centrale station was massive! Best memory was the restaurant where we went to eat pizza, it was great!

[ OLLIE UP TO PIVOT ]

[ CAVEMAN NOSEGRIND ]

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