Fiasco Skateboarding.com – Live from the South Coast

I’ve had the same trucks for about six years now that were originally given two me by a mate, and after bits started breaking I used old parts to keep them together. Today they consist of a Krux baseplate, Grind King kingpin, Venture bushings and a Venture hanger, and have seen better days to say the least:

After snapping my board on Thursday I decided it was a good time to treat myself with the first new pair of trucks I’ve ever bought, as well as a nice new Heroin deck:

Smither and I then proceeded to Emsworth, where we managed to film this before the camera’s battery died after sitting in the boot of the car for god knows how long:

Yesterday I received a text from a mate saying that their Global ticket had arrived (which I was buying from them) and if I could pop round with the £115 for it. I knew that I had spent a bit too much money the past few weeks but I though I could just about afford to pay them. I checked my statement on the net quickly and was devastated when I saw that this was my balance just over a month ago:

And this is what it said today:

And I’ve been paid four times since then, so I’ve spent just under a grand in a month and have almost nothing to show for it. Not stoked! Especially as I now owe my mate £115 for the Global ticket which is under two weeks away, and I have to save up for Amsterdam as well which is a month away. So tonight I’m driving to a mate’s house keeping the car under two and a half thousand revs (which is a lot harder than it seems) and just chilling with whatever beers are on offer at Tesco and hope that I get paid at midnight tonight, not tomorrow.

was fantastic. My only day off, woke up to glorious sunshine, made a nice healthy fry up, did some steady chilling with some lovely PG Tips, cooked some popcorn chicken at Smither’s musses’ house, watched a bit of Jimmy Cao & Dave Bachinsky then proceeded to Emsworth where it went off! Was hoping to film some stuff yesterday, but you know how it is. So instead here’s one from Cam that’s been on YouTube since November that I haven’t actually posted:

Sorry, haven’t been around all weekend and don’t have anything new to post so here’s Smither bailing a line in what looks like last autumn.

Also thanks to everyone who voted 6:57 for the “Something For The Weekend” link I posted a few days ago; they came first in every category. Well done lads!

Apparently I’m supposed to be putting things to do with skateboarding on this website! So after getting boozy every Tuesday night in Portsmouth and punching my mates in the face, Cam and I always rectify our sins by attempting to do some skateboarding the day after. Growing bored of the concrete prison that is Emsworth skatepark, we decided to ‘take it back to the old-school’ and skate Milton for a change. So here’s some photographical evidence that we did actually do this:

I have also noticed that my friends come out with some cracking lines now and then, so I’ve decided that when I remember them, I’m going to add a quote of the day to the end of my posts. These will probably only be funny to me, but it’s my blog, so shut it:

“On a scale of zerra to terra, how much terra are we reppin right now?” – Mike on us wearing matching orange & green sunglasses.

Some footage from Charlie from the same day as that other Crawley edit made by me.

Here’s this weekend’s offcuts.