Sunday at 5 bridges.

Sunday was another wet day on Tyneside so 5 Bridges beckoned ocne again. Nial apparently got buck last night and couldn't really skate so took one for the team and filmed the rest of us pissing about. Edited by Coyle.



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D.O.T.T Once again it's on.

At Dog On The Tyne we pride ourselves on quality and today is no exception. We have a team of experts insuring that the followers get what they deserve. We went to dynamix this fine evening and D.O.T.T media hype man had all angles covered. Make sure to watch it in HD.

Enjoy

Dancam

D.O.T.T at 5 Bridges

Check out this little montage made by Mr. Coyle using his brand new steady cam.



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D.O.T.T Dynamix gets it's freak on

Short blog clip of the last 30 minutes of the session.



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Connor North Fabric edit

Fabric skateboards just dropped this sick edit to welcome Connor to their flow roster. Filmed and edited by Josh Paxton.



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35mm

I have shot very little 35mm recently but here are the results of a roll that managed to stay in my camera for a good few months. CLICK TO ENLARGE.

Firstly we have a couple of attempts to steal some light from Johnny's flashes. It was pretty hard to time as my exposure was only a second long meaning I had to hope Johnny fired his shutter within that second. We did manage to allign our minds telepathically but weren't quite precise enough, I feel this shot of Jimbo ollieing a disabled ramp is timed slightly too late but its the only one that worked at this spot.



On this one the flashes weren't quite powerful enough but if you enlarge it and look closely you'll see Jimbo balancing a nosegrind. I kind of like the ghostly nature of it though.



Here is the rest of the roll in chronological order.











'Welcome to the Layer Cake'.



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Will Creswick

Another night shoot and another back smith for Will. CLICK TO ENLARGE.



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Night mission.

Last night I went out in order to shoot with Fabric's latest flow bro Conner North. The plan was to shoot a potential Fabric advert but once we had finished shooting it turned into a bit of a night mission as various other skateboard practitioners joined us. Numerous maneuvers were executed, a few of which I am withholding for now and a few of which you can see below. CLICK TO ENLARGE.

The first stop was the Millenium bridge where Matty Smith attempted this frontside noseslide. Unfortunately Bish's light died before he could land it and as it was the only thing lighting the spot he thought it would be best to go back and get it another time.



Despite this he was still all smiles.



After shooting in a couple of other locations we ended up at Bar 55 where Jimbo risked life and limb. He landed this ollie but had to jump off before rolling onto the road because of the car coming round the corner. If you look close you can see it is infact a Police car which then proceeded to give us a bit of a telling off for firing flashes directly into motorists eyes...fair enough. He will be going back to film it with a full roll out in the near future.



More to come soon.

Ben.

Scott Cherry

I went on a little night time shoot with Mr. Cherry this evening. Here's a cheeky switch flip into a pretty gnarly bank with a busy road for a roll out. I wouldn't even want to roll down this thing regular let alone switch. CLICK TO ENLARGE.



2nd angle.



Hoping to get out on more night missions as the winter sets in so keep your eyes peeled for more posts.

Ben.

Howdon

Scott backside flips for the local bacon with no hotdog in sight.


Ben-Pivot fakie


Jc

D.O.T.T 5 Bridges

A few little clips from 5 bridges with niall mcdermott,james coyle,ben larthe, conor north, sean tracy, dan main and paul morris.

Archives

I recently had a couple of tussles with Tonsillitis hence the lack of posts in the past few weeks. I'm still recovering from the second bout but will hopefully be fighting fit again soon. Here is a shot of James Coyle from the Archives that was featured in Sidewalk last year.

D.I.Y pole jam over a treacherous water gap. This really was 'make or break', or 'get or wet' if you prefer. CLICK TO ENLARGE.



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Autumn creeps in.

We hit the streets tonight to start on a new project that you will here about very soon and also you will be hearing about our current video project in the next week...ie the premiere so check back mid next week for details.

But until then we gave you the man behind the lens and a few snaps i took off him in between filming.


Ben-Pivot fakie on a real big bank




5050 on some hotels bottom lip



Little 50 for the craic



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New camera!

I recently decided to join the ever expanding Canon 7D club. I'd had my old 40D for nearly four years and it was damaging my street cred so I thought it was time for an upgrade. Today was the first chance i've had to test my new purchase so I took a few snaps of Nial skating at 5 bridges. CLICK TO ENLARGE.

Half cab flip.



BS flip



FS flip



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Wallriding

Apology's once again for the lack of posts recently but I haven't had much chance to do any skateboarding or photography due to work. However the bank holiday weekend gave me a few days off to to partake in both of those ventures. Me and James Coyle went on a little mission around the industrial estates of Howdon and North Shields on Sunday and BS wallrides ended up being the trick of choice for the day.

We sniped this first spot through a fence whilst looking for something else entirely. It's rough, rugged and really hard to skate. CLICK TO ENLARGE.





This second spot is even harder to skate than the first as the run up is about 3m long, meaning you have to run across grass and jump onto your board before instantly being hit by a tight bank to wall. The run out is also a bit of a nightmare.



Second angle.





Jimbo had planned to complete a hat-trick of wallrdies at another spot but unfortunately this happened...



It's not as bad at might look, hopefully he'll only be out for a few weeks. Although, having only just recovered from spraining his other ankle on the big push this can be considered incredibly bad luck.

I will be continuing to work a lot for the coming weeks but I'll do my best to get some more posting done soon.

Ben.

July on Film

As per usual I shot a roll of 35mm film throughout the month of July. On getting the roll back from the lab I realised that every shot bar one was of Will, maybe I should rename the post 'Will on film'. He's just too rad. Checkout the results below. CLICK TO ENLARGE.

Big lad front smith.





Bump to sign ollie. You can see in the background the slow demise of one of the most iconic buildings and skate spots on the banks of the tyne, R.I.P spillers.



Here's the one shot that isn't of Will. Nial doing a noseblunt.



Will emerges from a pissy jungle with 4 bits of Nike wax. Johnny needs to improove his hiding skills.



I'm thinking of using this billboard as Dog on the Tyne's motto. After all I have turned Will's dream of being an international superstar skater into a reality. No need to thank me....it's what I do.



Backside ollie over a hole in the side of Washington police station.



The dude lurking in the background whilst Will performs this cheeky 50 50 proceeded to sit and sarcastically berate us for about 15 minutes. He was complaining about the noise whilst he was trying to work, which would've been understandable if he didn't stink of booze. Who knows though, he may be a beverage tester for special brew. After we eventualy got sick of his tirade we left to go skate Harry Bastard where he showed up later and apologised leaving everyone baffled.



Working a lot again at the minute but I'll do my best to get some more posts up soon.

Washington Wizard

Apologies for the severe lack of blogging recently but I have been working 6 days a week for the past month or so. This week however I have had some time off and today me and Wizzley the Wizard took a little trip to Washington. We managed to shoot a few snaps at the police station banks after a wee session at the skatepark. The weather was pretty dull but hopefully the photos do not reflect that. CLICK TO ENLARGE.

Backside ollie.



Kick flip.



Crooked bonk.



More soon...hopefully.

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Crayon Montage

Peep this sick HD Crayon montage from a recent skatepark tour in sunny Wales. Featuring our very own James Coyle along with Welsh Tommy and Barney Page. Keep your eyes peeled for the sickest flip out of anything ever at 1.50.

Crayon Skateboards Pro Party- The Aftermath. from Crayon Skateboards on Vimeo.

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Novel Magazine

Novel magazine is a free publication concentrating on arts, literature & culture in the North East. It provides a platform for people working in all areas of creative industries to get their work published and accepts contributions from anyone and everyone with creative nouse. Issue 3 of the magazine is themed 'sub-cultures and the subversive' and as skateboarding couldn't fit more snuggly into that theme I decided to contribute some images and words to the editors. To my utter delight the they were so happy with one of the images shot on 35mm film they dedcided to stick it on the cover! The image in question features Dog on the Tyne's very own James Coyle dropping gnarly hammers in Durham. Not only did D.O.T.T get the cover but Novel also ran 6 more of my images (35mm and digital) alongside a short article I wrote about the skate scene in the U.K. I will be dropping off a few issues in Native tomorrow and there will also be 4 thousand more isuues distributed throughout Newcastle's shops and cultural centre's so check it out when you get the chance. I want to say a big thank you to Lee and Kerry at the Magazine for embracing skating and giving me and James our first covers as photographer and skater respectively. Check out a preview of the cover below and the link to the Novel website. CLICK TO ENLARGE.



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June on film.

Throughout June I shot a roll of 35mm film, a lot of the roll was used up on a family holiday but I managed to save a few frames for some radical skatedoard action. Here's the best of a small bunch. CLICK TO ENLARGE.

Dan Main, bluntslide pop to fakie.



Will Cresswick, ollie.



The ever illusive Paul Morris, feeble grind.



Dan again, riding a wall.



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Scott Cherry

I recently purchased a new lens so went out today to give it a try. Here's a shot of Cherry busting out a kick flip. I had planned to shoot more stuff but we were rolling deep so I just left the car somewhere and skated around with my 35mm. I finished the roll today so expect it to be up in the near future. CLICK TO ENLARGE.



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Creature Demo Exi

I only took one pic as stu is the demo...Backside air

Dog On The Tyne Hit Washington Skatepark

Jimmy Boyce guest board on Superdead.

North East skate legend and nomadic wild man Jimmy Boyce is getting a guest board on Superdead Skateboards. Here's a little teaser and a sequence from the archives of jimmy doing what he does best, board sliding massive shit. Get hyped!




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May on film.

Here's a few shots from a roll of 35mm provia slide film that I shot throughout a delightfully sunny May. Most of the roll wasn't skating so there's not that many. CLICK TO ENLARGE.

Ghetto Sean. Front nose slide





Jimbo. Kick flip to fakie.



Nial. Frontside flip.



Jimbo, kick flip back lip.



Should have another roll done soon.

Ben.