5 Bridges.

Today I went on a little mission with Dan and Jimbo to Temple park banks. I didn't shoot any digital shots whilst we were there but got a couple at bridges on the way back. CLICK TO ENLARGE.

Dan with a steezy fakie flip.



Then Jimbo had the idea of doing some doubles. After a bit of timing issues the lads managed to get this front tail/backside ollie combo.



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D.O.T.T Guetto Owl's

March on film

This year March has brought some quite exsquisite weather with it, which is a far cry from the snow of last year. Throughout these hazy days I have been shooting a roll of 35mm film, recording the joys of skateboarding and chillin'. Here are the results for your viewing pleasure in chronilogical order. CLICK TO ENLARGE.

Niall and Cherry chillin' at the heli-pad before the sun put his hat on.



A soft looking Jimbo performs a wallie at the heli-pad.



Dan with a nosegrind taken from a tree. I managed to get two birds stoned at once with this shot as I got to climb a tree and got a nice photo.



Dan and Adam on the floor.



This dodgy looking character was staying in a tent hidden in one of Gateshead many alcove's. According to his lass it was a bargain at just £17.99.



Dan, smith grind.



Check out the intense leg shapes on this 180 switch manual. Yes Dan!



Will, frontside nosegrind pop out in an ethereal haze.



Niall with a noseblunt at West Jesmond school.



Classic.



Art.



Will chills in Heaton Park as 'Booze Britain' unfolds around him.



To finish we have three of my favourite things; skateboarding, sunshine and a bottle of Dog. Happy Days.



We are entering what may be the final month of posting by me on Dog on the Tyne. I'm moving to London to try and make something of myself and I don't think I'll have much time for shooting photos at first. Who knows though, maybe one day Dog on the Thames will be born.

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Sequences

I went on a couple of missions in the past couple of days with Native riders Dan Main and James Coyle. Here are a few sequences from said missions.

On Sunday me and Jimbo went to this bank in Fenham where he did a cheeky little backside flip.



Today I went out with Dan to the huge manny pad by Asda in gateshead. He did this 180 fakie nose manny revert 3 times as he kept landing a bit dodgy but this one looks good to me.



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Will Creswick

Today I took Will to the boathouse ledge after we'd had a good sesion at 5 bridges with the homies. He's back smithed this ledge countless times but this time he did it with a 180 out making it considerably harder. Feast your eyes on the sequence below.



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Jan and Feb on Film

I shot a roll of Fuji 200 35mm film throughout the months of January and February. I used up a lot of the roll at Bingo's memorial Jam, the weather was pretty dyer on that day and because Fuji 200 works best in nice bright conditions it meant that a lot of the shots didn't turn out as I would have liked. The ones that did can be seen below along with shots from various other locations I visited.

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Matty Smith, BS wallride.



Jimbo, front tail.



Chillers.



Stitt, FS nosegrind.





The Wasteland looking pretty haggard.



Cherry with a broken equipment NBD.



To finish here's a few shots from our recent trip to the Heli pad.







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Dan Main

Dan has been getting on it recently and today was no exception. After a few failed attempts at shooting some sequences in Gateshead and town we went on a little mission to Wallsend where he got a couple of tricks. CLICK TO ENLARGE.

Firstly we went to the Segedunum ledge. Anyone who has been before will know that the steepness of the hill makes it pretty hard to skate but Dan managed to land quite a few of these front smiths.



The next and final spot we hit was this little gap to rail where Dan got a quick K bonk.



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The Heli Pad.

Today a few of us went on a mission to Newcastle Heli Pad. Initially it doesn't seem worth climbing over two spikey fences for but it is actually an alright spot. I was mainly shooting film stills but did get the digi out to shoot a couple of sequences. Here they are:

Jimbo with a half cab nose manny shuv it.



Dan with a super silky backside flip fakie nose manny.



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Dan Main

Today I went on a little mission with Dan Main to try and shoot some stuff that might go towards a first light. We didn't end up getting anything mag worthy but we did get this wallride in Byker. Johnny has already been here with Dan but I never shoot when I go to this spot as I always end up skating it so I decided to go anyway and just used a different angle. He landed this one. CLICK TO ENLARGE.




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Durham

After last nights mission to Chester-le-street we continued on to Durham City centre to skate the recently installed granite ledges. There were drunk people everywhere which was funny and annoying in equal measure. Here's a little montage Coyle made.

D.O.T.T Durham from D.O.T.T on Vimeo.

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Chester-le-street

Tonight a few of us went on a little mission to Chester-le-Street to try and find a spot. We found it and it turned out to be a pretty good except that the run up was soaking wet. However this did not perterb Matty Smith who proceeded to ollie the rail into the bank frontside and backside. We're planning to go back on a dryer day and get some more tricks. CLICK TO ENLARGE.





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Peter Lally

After Bingo's Jam on Sunday a few of us went street skating in the centre of toon. Here's a shot of Peter Lally stylishly executing a backside lip slide on monument bench. CLICK TO ENLARGE.



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Bingo's Memorial Jam

It's hard to believe that it has been a year since we lost our beloved Bingo. Just like last year local scenes from all over the country came together at 5 bridges to celebrate the life of perhaps the U.K's greatest ever skateboarding ambassador. Also like last year the weather played it's part and half of bridges was soaking wet once again. However, spirits were not dampened and the turn out was nothing short of spectacular, perhaps not on the same level as last year but still a strong showing. I was shooting 35mm film for most of the day but heres a few digital snaps that I also shot. CLICK TO ENLARGE.

Matty Smith was on a mission and nailed some nice tricks on the big ledge including a beautiful frontside crooks, I wasn't shooting at the time but I did get this 50-50 180 out.



He also battled a 5-0 back 180 out for quite sometime which he was unable to get. Afterwards his face looked like this:



And his back looked like this.



Jamie Errington busted out this back tail 270 shuv with consumate ease. Very impressive.



This ollie to wallride down is also rather impressive when seen in person.



Lally, Bish and Baines.



Jimbo with a frontside hurricane.





Kurt.



Will and Boris.



Blinky.



Connor.



Mr Scott Cherry was killing it all day, especially in this portrait.



This switch 50-50 was the only skate shot I got of Cherry but it was one of the most impressive tricks of the day as this rail is wobbly, steep and surrounded by shitty ground so anything on it is pretty sick let a lone a switch 50.



All in all it was a great day once again and another great celebration of the wonderful life of Steven Binks. If you haven't already you should check out Andy Harker's piece on Bingo in Grey Magazine's newspaper style publication called 'The Edition'. Andy was one of Bingo's closest and oldest friends and he writes about him in a way that oozes love and admiration in a way that only the closest of friends can. MISCHIEF FOREVER.

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