SLAM CITY SKATES - H'MIN BAM

John Rattray, Backside Disasters some mighty tight vertical sections. Andy Dobson's Warehouse Project, Aberdeen , 2002. Photo - Oliver Barton

Slam City Skates has recently created a blog post dedicated to Alex Craig's all time classic Scottish skate film 'H'MIN BAM'. Ben Powell former editor of Sidewalk Magazine and John Rattary reminisce about the video and the way Alex went about shooting and editing the film. Head on over to their site, sit down with a brew and enjoy a splendid chat between these two absolute legends.

TUNESDAYS

SHOPPING - FOR YOUR PLEASURE

Really enjoying this tune at the moment, it somewhat reminds me of a certain Devo track, I'm sure this UK based, post punk band would certainly take that as a compliment... The 80s inspired rifts make you just wanna head bob your way to the fridge for an ice cold beer.

BANCHORY SKATEPARK

Banchory the charming Royal Deeside town has just recently been awarded full planning permission for a new skatepark located at Belfield Park, the site of the existing mini-ramp. Over the years Banchory has been lucky enough to have had one or two quirky skate obstacles, to begin with was the square bowl located over at King George Park, I believe the bowl was built in the late 80s, it was questionable to say the very least. Then in the early 00s was the infamous £5,000 recycled harbour wall skatepark, designed by the one and only Mr Glen Bolland, a fine example of how to build a park on the ultra cheap! After the park was demolished the council replaced it with a mini-ramp which was definitely not fit for a Queen, since its construction several upgrades have been made to make it more user friendly, it would be fair to say it is on its last legs.

Plans of the proposed skatepark can be viewed over on the Banchory Skatepark website, it seems to be designed by Youngo and crew over at Concreate, judging by their past parks Banchory is in for a treat.

The dream is a still wee while off, they need cash and a lot of it! The committee are currently in the process of fundraising and have also set up a Go Fund Me page where you can make a small donation, see link below.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/banchory-skatepark?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link-tip&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet

PLANET OF THE HUMANS

"Less must be the new normal." It's late, I will leave it at that... 

LIFE IN GENERAL

'Life in general', a film by Alex Craig documenting a trip with Bryan Fox and friends in a van called 'General'... Another tease at what life is like without lockdown restrictions in place. Hold tight!

CAMEL FINDS WATER

An adventurous fun spirited Wes Anderson-esque short film where Trevor and his pal Tosh fix up an old abandoned fishing boat and head north up the coast to Canada, BC in search for waves. 

STRAVA ART

We found out this week that apparently Strava Art is a thing.  For those of us who aren't happy enough with simply getting out and about, you can add another dimension to your activity by creating a pretty picture.  Not sure we have the will power or organisational skills to pull something like this off as yet but give it a few more weeks of lockdown and who knows what we may create.  For now we'll just scope some of the efforts others have made.

ALL NIGHT PASSION 90s SPECIAL

"Come inside the All Night Passion living room where we'll take you on a journey through 90’s, love and magic… An extended 4 hour special, playing all our favourite 90’s house, techno, eurodance and party jams. Streaming live this Saturday from 8pm." 

www.twitch.tv/allnightpassion

"Food banks are a lifeline for so many, especially at the moment. Last week CFINE delivered 40’000 meals to self-isolated individuals and families who are food insecure, 40’000!!! Please donate whatever you can to help them continue their outstanding work."

www.cfine.org/all-night-passion

AH DINNA KEN

Cybil, fit's Sandy up tae? Oh ah dinna ken Sandra, seems tae be dein' 'at skateboard malarky! Fit a carry on!

Campbell Gardiner recently uploaded his Aberdeen scene video, 'Ah Dinna Ken' in full, it's al' ein but an aafa guid ein with a hale load o' cinematic super 8 shots....

Get yersel a wee dram and sit down for some fine viewing. Rare min!

FANTASTIC FUNGI

The New York Times describes Fantastic Fungi as a model for planetary survival... That's a fair claim but one I am willing to believe.

"Mushrooms can heal you, they can feed you and they can kill you!" - Paul Stamets

Fantastic Fungi is a film by Louie Schwartzberg and is available to buy or rent over on his site, Rotten Toms rates this one at 100%. It's a must watch!

FART

The Getty Museum in Urghmerica has been asking the public to post in their recreations of famous artworks whilst holed up at home leading to some pretty creative submissions.  Isn't the human race just urghmazing - check it.

KING KELLAS

Super cool to see young Neil Kellas on the front cover of this months NORTH SKATEBOARD MAGAZINE issue 25... Hell yeah boi, keep shredding and stay safe in the streets of Edinburgh!

TUNESDAYS

LL COOL J - MAMA SAID KNOCK YOU OUT

"Don't call it a comeback, I've been here for years!"

SURFISTATOMATO

Pastel colours, minimalist architecture and straight forward simple composition = Andrew Bartholomew

FRAC CENTRE

Let your imagination run wild...

JAKOB + MACFARLANE

SKATEBOARD SCRAPS

CODA have used the bi-product from producing skateboards to create this installation which was designed to provide a shaded refuge for the crowds that gather at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC, the structure has also incorporated refreshing cooling stations and detachable wooden seats. 

HAUTE POSEUR

Cole Nowicki the chap behind SUNDAY DRIVE DIGEST has written an interesting article about skateboarding as a fashion accessory that has featured over on the Vancouver based magazine, Hush. If you have a strong minded opinion on this topic then you will enjoy this read.

hushmagazine.ca

SCRAPBOOK

-NO.11-

DREAMY DAYS

Dreaming of surf.

TYPOGRAPHY

People often ask where we get the font from for KAPLANK KAPOW, the answer is... we invented it! Fonts are great, to understand where and how fonts came about then watch the video above.