The official blog will be going live later this week, with video on the Sidewalk website, but in the meantime, here is Tom’s bloggage of the week from the Gnargore site.
I’ve been away filming with A Third Foot Skateboard on their Summer Vacation Tour over the past weekend. We headed up to Leeds from Ideal on Friday morning with CJ at the helm, Ben, Phil, Myself and last minute arrival Jason.
Ozzy Ben introduced me to the ‘Worst Rap Battle Ever’ Youtube video. It’s fucking genius.
Eli kills it! “I’m the best man – I did it!”
Other than quoting lines from the above rap battle, we pretty much rinsed that “I am crack” Juelz Santana tune in the van. Google it.
Things I learnt from Leeds were:-
- Hyde Park is a gash magnet!
- There is too much to skate there
- Hella DIY concrete jobs
- Ben waking up to this:- cakefarts.com and freaking out was hilarious! NSFW!
- Everyone we met was friendly as fuck!
Shout out to Vince, Avid, Doug and all the other housemates for having us.
After spending a few days in and around the Leeds area, we headed over to Manchester to Woody’s house. CJ blew the all the electrics in his flat, and nearly ruined the entire day. luckily, a repair man came out to sort it, so we could go skate.
Things I learnt from Manchester:-
- The ‘Pumpcage’ is way more fun when its empty!
- Urbis is Manchesters equivalent of ‘Pigeon Park’ in Birmingham. Mosher/dickhead central!
- Breakdancers are douche bags
- Salford Lads Club is sketchy as fuck! We still snuck in a few tourist pics though!
I’ve spent the evening capturing footage from bare tapes and starting to organise it into folders. Fun times.
Hold tight for the edit!
