Street mission.

Today I went to skate street and shoot photos properly for the first time in a while. The first hour of the day was spent getting to our destination as we got a bit lost. When we did eventually arrive at the old swimming baths in Leam Lane the session didn't turn out quite as planned. Firstly Jimbo's VX broke for the last time and Will's wheel nut kept coming off and getting lost in a pile of pissy glass and litter.

Below Will attempts a front side 360 shuv it, he was unable to land it due to his wheel nut eventually refusing to stay on at all after previously being smashed in to place several times. We'll be going back soon to get the make and the sequence to go with it. CLICK TO ENLARGE.



Jimbo had no such equipment problems being a big time pro n' all and busted out this switch front heel to palm smash.



Here is a little bonus of Nial from the other day to finish off. 5-0 fakie at the old vauxhall garage, shot by Jimbo.



More to come tomorrow.

BEn.

James Coyle clip

Apologies for the severe lack of blogging over the past few weeks. This is down to a 3 week stint working 6 days a week followed by a 2 holiday but I'm back and will be doing my best get back on it. Here is a little clip of James Coyle sessioning the wasteland with a few bits from bridges thrown in too.



More soon. Ben.

Fabric Skateboards

Owner of Native skateshop and all round north east skateboarding mogul David whitelaw has finally launched Fabric Skateboards. Head on over to the now live website to see more. http://fabricskateboards.com/

Ben.

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April on film.

Throughout the month of April I shot a roll of Provia 100F positive film. It cost me £25 quid all in all so I hope it was worth it. Here's the ones that turned out well in chronological order. CLICK TO ENLARGE.

Stumbled upon this hanging from a tree at the wasteland. Disturbing.



Ranson



Me and will joined the gentleman's skate house crew for a sunny session in Walkergate in the earlier part of the month. It needed a brush but we didn't have one.



So Matty threw a fire extinguisher.



Will recieved his compulsory 5 minutes of teasing from Tom.



Homies from above.



Will with an ollie.



He didn't land this heel flip but it's my favorite shot from the roll so I had to include it.



Matty reflects on the session.



Joey Brezinski with a BS flip at the Cliche demo that never really materialised but was still fun.



Jamie performs his latest special move. I've used this angle too many times but thought it was worth a post anyway.



The biscuit came close to crumbling in the Howman heat but pulled through in the end.



Got another roll on the go already so should have some more stuff up soon.

Ben.

KOTHM Team Swag: Part 2

Phil Madden was undoubtedly MVP for Team Swag on Saturday and that covers both skating and partying. This road gap is enormous, the sequence doesn't do it that much justice but believe me it's big.

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Once Phil shutdown the days skating it was time to get our swag on. The Party that ensued was pretty rowdy, it was hard for me to focus the lens in my inebriated state but here's a few that came out rather amusing.



















Let's hope next years Howman ends as stupidly brilliant as this, perhaps it will been even better. Big thanks to Adam and the Deekies for restoring KOTHM to it's former glory. See you at the premier.

Ben.

King of the Howman: Team Swag part 1.

This weekend saw the return of the infamous King of the Howman contest after a two year hiatus and I think everyone will agree that it was a sick weekend so big up to dD for organising it. Team Swag consisted of a number of the North East's finest skateboarding and partying patrons, too many to mention so let's just say we were rolling deep. I shot a roll of film over Saturday and Sunday and here's what came of it. CLICK TO ENLARGE.

Jimbo sweats out the night befores intoxicants.



One speed, one gear, GO!



The Yoda uses the force in order to not die.



5-0



Breaking and entering.





Moshtastic



Jamie frontside wall rides.



Phil gets his swag on, back side flip.



Easy like a Sunday morning.









Here we see the team beautifully combining Swag and Mosh.



Crooked grind



Team Deekies and Team Swag chilling at the end of an epic weekend.



Lookout for some Swag party photos in part 2 which will be coming soon.

Ben.

Ben Larthe cruises 5 bridges.

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Sam Hutchinson

Sam Hutchinson or Blinky as most people know him performs a rather dangerous nose pick drop in.



Ben.

Feb/March 35mm

Throughout February and March I gradually shot a roll of fuji 200 35mm film. Below are the shots that made the cut. CLICK TO ENLARGE.

Jamie peruses February's Issue of Sidewalk to find Matty Smith's debut appearance in the mag.



Nial reminds us all of how fast his feet are with a quick nose pick pop in.



Ghetto Sean reverting to Hippy Sean for this particular jump.



Dan bs flip.



Matty with a big ollie in person as opposed to in paper.



Kurt performs the first trick of a line while homies watch on from a distance.



Here's the second trick of the same line and as usual he's getting gnarly with a shiftied out kickflip into a sandpaper bank.



And here's a few shots that aren't of skating to finish off.







Ben.