I sent some notes about making Video Nasty to an Australian Podcast called Frankenbrother that reviewed it. It’s a cool listen into the making of our 2013 video. Worth checking out for sure.
Dead Dave at G park
Dead Dave came through L.A. a couple of years ago, and we skated G park together. This was before we were giving him skateboards. We had a laugh and I bought a car off him. Shortly afterwards we started giving him boards.
Earth Goblin unleashed upon the world.
After months of ads, trailers, editing and hype, Earth Goblin is with us.
It Premiered at the Downtown Independent theater on Main Street in L.A. on a chilly Monday night, 13th Jan 2020. It went up on the Thrasher site the next day, and I’ve been overwhelmed by the messages of support and love for the video. Thanks for letting me share my vision of skateboarding with the world and I’m really happy that it resonated with a few of you.
Earth Goblin update.
Working on it all, looking good for a release next week!! I actually finished editing it all last week, and then ended up going to the mountains for a while. I don’t even know if anyone reads blog posts anymore because of all the new social media stuff like Insta and the like, but I thought I’d share this little update.
Trying to figure out some kind of last minute L.A. premier right now. Stay tuned.
Frank Shaw Earth Goblin Trailer
Frank Shaw trailer for the new Earth Goblin video. We’re screening Franks part at Shrunken Head in Portland on Saturday night. Over a month before the whole video drops. If you’re in the area come by and say hey.
Earth Goblin
Excited to announce our forthcoming video “Earth Goblin”.
Introducing Dead Dave and Zane Timpson to the team, Craig Questions, Tom Day and Frank Shaw also have parts. Here’s the first trailer. Enjoy.
Craig MSH2
Just put Craig Questions Magic Sticky Hand 2 part up on our Youtube channel.
Here’s hoping they don’t take it down cos of the music, which we cleared with the band.
Their bloody algorithm stuff is annoying though.
Nachoooo!
Very stoked on this, Jack Black buys a Heroin board at 303 boardshop in Denver.
Craig in Barcelona
Craig and Zombie Stu head to Barcelona for a week to avoid a cold British Winter, get a bit of sun and ride skateboards around.
Chopper EGTBA part
I first went to Japan in 1999, I got to meet Chopper for the first time. I’d been a big fan of his skating since I saw his tricks in the 1996 FESN video by Takahiro Morita. I always looked for photos of him in Ollie Magazine too whenever I saw copies of that. When I finally met him for the first time it was at Spotaka, the local Osaka shop. He was so nice and courteous to a Northern English skateboarder with a weird little British company.
Every time I seemed to go to Japan after that I would meet Chopper, either coincidentally at a trade show, or I’d call him and go skateboarding with him. Our Japanese distributor at the time were the ones who connected us and got him to officially ride for Heroin. He said he liked the first video we had made “Good Shit” and so I was stoked to have him as part of the squad. He was actually the first Pro for Heroin Skateboards. When it came to filming his part for EGTBA, it’s a mash up of footage that he’d had around for a while that hadn’t been used for anything, and some filming trips to the UK where he would go out with Chris Massey and Alan Glass. I’ve always loved his unique style and creativity in skateboarding. I feel like I just wanted his style of mashing around the streets of Osaka to be brought over to our dirty British pavements. Alan Glass hit the nail on the head to use this Crass song, and I think it goes perfectly with Choppers skating. I heard this song the other day and it reminded me of how much I liked this part and made me think I should upload it to our Vimeo channel.