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.