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Go Skateboarding Day!

Harvey — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:53:55 +0000

Been a while since I posted here….

A massive mission went down for Go Skateboarding Day. Hit up 3 SP’s: Shoreham; Uckfield; and Cuckfield.

Despite a hella case of hayfever and suffering the effects of a heavy weekend (it was his 21st on Sunday), Marcus Payne backside melons the hip at Cuckfield bowl….

Adam Alloway carves the deep end at Shoreham…

Sam Way shuv to manny on the box at Uckfield…

For more images from the session, click the Flickr feed on the right.

East Sussex Roadtrip

Harvey — Tue, 04 May 2010 11:53:03 +0000

Yesterdays Bank Holiday found 9 of us hitting 3 venues in East Sussex: Henfield, Uckfield, and Cuckfield. Good times. Below: Murray Cross had a very productive session, laying down some seriously nice moves. Here he is at the bowl in Cuckfield, slamming a perfect flip to tailstall in the deep end.

Adam Alloway, frontside carving, three wheels finding freedom.

Millies awesome 5-0 to tailslide to onefoot nosegrab. Henfields never seen one of these bad boys before!

Pics: Harvey Mills

6 Go Mad In Dorset

Harvey — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:05:23 +0000

Sunday was glorious – a proper English sunny day. Headed off to Dorchester Skatepark (a killer Mavericks design) at the crack of a sparrows fart, and virtually had the place to ourselves! Lunch was courtesy of Maccy D’s in Weymouth and we stopped off for a lil bowl session in Verwood on the way home. Good times.

Heres Ian “Milly” Millson flipping the Eurogap at Dorch. If you listen closely, you can still hear the residual echo of his new wheels – which he managed to flatspot after just 2 minutes of moderate shredding. Enjoi – sort your shit out, or we’ll send the boys round.

Sam Ways elegant ollie to 50-50 grind on the curved bench.

Jasper “J-Bird” Derisley proudly showing off his blood spattered deck after skinning both his hands. AGAIN!

For more from the session, click the Flickr feed to the right.

Pics: Harvey Mills

Jus’ Hangin’ @ Hayling

Harvey — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:40:27 +0000

Yesterday afternoon felt like a breezy early summer. Nice just to spend some time in the sun: smelling the salt in the air, hanging out, laughing and generally dicking about – without the relentless pressure of trying to get good photographs (ha ha). Having said that, the omni-present camera came out and we managed to capture a really fun little session. Heres the on-form George Burras killing a trick of his own creation (he claims). Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you the “Mc’Shuv With Cheese ©”…..

Pic: Harvey Mills

Make Friends With The Colour Bleeuuurghhh (Sick)

Harvey — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 21:32:31 +0000

Gnarly demo from the BluePrint team at Emsworth (of all places) on Tuesday April 6th. Great turn out, some sick skating from the BP team, and local shredders from the South Coast. Pics to follow of Messrs Shier, Campbell, Coakley, Brady, Jensen, Smith etc. In the meantime, Adam Keys turned up early to nail a couple of banging sequences. This one was so siiiiccckkk: FS Nollie Late Flip.

Sequence: Harvey Mills

Easter At Henfield

Harvey — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 18:39:04 +0000

Showing little in the way of respectful observation for religious ceremony and reflection, we headed to Henfield for an Easter Sunday shred. Great little concrete park, nice use of space: couple of mellow hubbas, a curved bank, wide quarter-pipe, a rail, and a manny pad / ledge – so something for everyone. Sweet. Check the Flickr feed for more —–>

Marcus Payne was determined to nail this fs flip to tails, and after a couple of attempts pulled it out of the bag on literally the last frame left on my bulging flash card.

Murray Cross, bs board

Pics: Harvey Mills

Murray Gets Animated!

Harvey — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:26:40 +0000

Murray Cross must’ve eaten 3 Shredded Wheat for brekkie, because that dude was on FIRE today. 5 banging sequences shot in as many minutes. FS Flip to Tail Stall. BOLTS!

Sequence: Harvey Mills

Getting A Wedgie

Harvey — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:58:52 +0000

Friday night saw a support event for Southsea Skatepark held at the Wedgewood Rooms. The King Kong bash featured some cool bands, amongst them were the brilliant Milk Kan and the awesome Ruskins (with guest appearance by Cook from Skins). Also, there was some live breakdancing action and an insanely tight mini-ramp, featuring the skating talent from the Bored and Herbal teams. Utter beer drenched chaos was the form for the session, a wayward board took out one of my flashes (bastard!), but it was a total blast. Jon Sekulla rips it up in a very tight space.

Pics: Harvey Mills

The Return Of Street Sundays (yay!)

Harvey — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:44:53 +0000

Banging street session at a spot with a couple of decent sized ledges and a somewhat complicated to build manny pad. Murray Cross nailing a sweeeeet hardflip over the ledge.

George Burras – Ollie North

Pics: Harvey Mills

Curious George

Harvey — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:44:37 +0000

Hanging at the local skatepark – George Burras styling out a fully boned one foot carve on the transition.

Pic: Harvey Mills

Knowle Bowl

Harvey — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:39:07 +0000

‘It’s like an amoeba’……..only smaller. This afternoons lil mish took Rory, Wiggy, Jasper, and Muzz into this sleepy Hampshire village – built on the grounds around an old lunatic asylum (I shit you not). Heres Andy Mainwaring, bs carving – 3 wheels out. Very Dogtown, circa 1977.

Pic: Harvey Mills

The Yoooooonit Innit?!

Harvey — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:30:30 +0000

Yet another session at Unit 19 last night – this time with some locals, and a crew making the trip east on the M27 from Bournemouth. Heres Pye “The Pyeman” Kassiri inverting on the mini-ramp for a nicely executed handplant. More to come from these guys I’m sure….

Pic: Harvey Mills

The Dust Bowl

Harvey — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:54:30 +0000

The venue for todays sesh was a dirty little bowl in the middle of nowhere. If you wanna find it, head east into darkest West Sussex, and find the Co-op mini market supervised by Noblock The Dwarf-Slayer. Turn left at the Village Of The Damned, and ask one of the big eared Boys from the farm where the smooth hole in the ground is. After much hilarity and sick shredding by all, a ‘Bert-Off’ was called for. As the only impartial judge, and owner of the camera, I declare the winner to be……….rollonthedrums…….ADAM ALLOWAY for the dirtiest frontside Bert slide (with grind) I’ve ever seen. Just plain naaaaaaassssttttyyyyy….

Photo: Harvey Mills

Under A Hampshire Sky

Harvey — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:25:32 +0000

Playing S.K.A.T.E. at dusk under an awesome sky is a rare treat in February. Sam Way takes time out to wipe his nose.

Photo: Harvey Mills

Greg Nowik @ Unit 19

Harvey — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:47:53 +0000

Greg Nowik, the undisputed master of the mini-ramp goes huge with this Lien Air at Unit 19 in a practice session ready for the Volcom Comp in Munich this weekend.

Photo: Harvey Mills

Mini-ramp Mayhem @ Unit 19

Harvey — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:49:31 +0000

Another sweet session at the South finest indoor mini-ramp. Heres George Burras laying down an old skool slide. Click on the Flickr feed (right) for more.

Photo: Harvey Mills

Creepy Crawley

Harvey — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:49:39 +0000

First session of the year at Crawley, featuring some of the South Coasts finest skaters. Great to see such a strong display of Hampshires best at this popular West Sussex skatepark. Click the feed on the right for more pics from this sesh. Heres Herbal’s sickeningly talented Marcus Payne banging out an awesome tuck knee grab over the big box.

Photo: Harvey Mills

“Everyone Knows That Sunday Is Skate Day”

Harvey — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 12:28:50 +0000

Trying to find a dry spot yesterday was a nightmare. Everywhere was either covered in ice (check out the Herbal Ice-Jam pics), or it was way too wet to skate. Luckily we remembered that a spot that we’d previously sessioned had sun all day long, so there was a fair chance of it being dry. Heres Marcus Payne making the 7 set his bitch….

Photo: Harvey Mills

One Giant Leap…

Harvey — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:51:23 +0000

Took this back in October. A beautiful autumn day on the South Coast – perfect for a sneaky skate mission. We spent the day doing some street stuff, leaping fences and finding new spots.

On the way home, Murray (Cross) decided that it was time to finally attempt this massive (and I mean MASSIVE) 13 set on the A27 flyover at Havant. The height and distance of this leap of faith cannot be underestimated. Alex set up his video camera on the roundabout underneath the flyover, and I took my position at the bottom of the steps. Murray was clearly full of adrenaline prior to the first attempt and believe me, it took some balls.

After half a dozen close calls, and me narrowly avoiding a board to the face, he NAILED it – the sickest ollie I’ve ever seen. We were all totally PSYCHED – especially Muzza. Nice one fella.

Photo: Harvey Mills

Steezey Does It

Harvey — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:44:53 +0000

Photo: Harvey Mills

Another goofy footer (and a new face to the Skateboarding Photo blog) Charlie Bryant, shredding the mini-ramp and styling out his FS 5-0 at Unit 19. Sweet.

Friday Night @ Unit 19

Harvey — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:46:26 +0000

Photo: Harvey Mills

Great session at Unit 19 last night. 10 south-coast skaters fully representing the Hampshire tribe. Aiden McMasters epic rock to fakie on the extension. Click the Flickr feed on the right for more Friday night action.

Winter Sun

Harvey — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:06:29 +0000

Muzza Cross tail stallin’ on the spine. Check the Flickr feed on the right for hundreds more street and park pics.

Photo: Harvey Mills

Wot no rain?!

Harvey — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:32:35 +0000

No rain today – a rare treat. Colder than a polar bears dangly bits, but nice to see some of the boys grinning and bearing it this afternoon. Sam Way returned from Australia today, and manages to shake out some cobwebs.

Photo: Harvey Mills

Wallridin’ The Sundial

Harvey — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:06:51 +0000

Murray Cross supa-stylin’ a wallride on the sundial sculpture. The backdrop for this night-shoot was so dark, it looks like it was shot in a studio. Flashing up front and rear to make the subject ‘pop-out’ has worked well. Expect to see more from this potentially interesting lil spot soon. Weather permitting.

Photo: Harvey Mills

Playing On The Plaza

Harvey — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:03:45 +0000

Yesterdays night shoot with Aiden McMaster and Murray Cross. Bloody cold and very windy, but they skated the sundial sculpture at the Plaza on Hayling Island- a previously un-photographed session spot (?). Heres a sick plant to air sequence from Aiden….

Photo: Harvey Mills