Gnarathon Vienna 2025 by Alfred David

Alfred David brings forth the Austrian chaos from the Gnarathon Vienna 2025, with skateboarding from Schian Taylor, Jordan Thackeray, Maiti Steenhoud and more.

Push: Chris Collins

Talking Kent, handrails and Harry Lintell with Chris Collins, as printed in Issue 16.

Push - Salar Kooshki

From Issue 1 of The Skateboarder's Companion.

Gnarathon Vienna 2025 by Alfred David

Alfred David brings forth the Austrian chaos from the Gnarathon Vienna 2025, with skateboarding from Schian Taylor, Jordan Thackeray, Maiti Steenhoud and more.

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📖JOSHUA📖
With the last rays of Peak District light fading, and the rain firmly setting in, Joshua Whitehad - @daoism_ - sticks a switch shove-it flip into the remnants of past industrial activities, as seen in Joshua’s Issue 17 Push interview 📚
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📸 @timo_smitho
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#joshuawhitehead #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

📖JASMINE📖
Great Linford falls victim to The Gyalz! Back tail over t’hip during an autumnal southern migration, as seen in Jasmine’s Issue 18 Push interview, conducted by @hildabquick 📚 Issue 18 is available nationwide now or order a copy online via the link in our bio!
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📸 @_humanshit
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#jasminelowe #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

A 1998 DV hit from Southbank, featuring @sonsofthehounds @ratt_ray Scott Palmer @nick__jensen Clive Dailey @pritchardswyd Lee Stewart and @tin_coal_barn.
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📹 @meetatbenjys
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#southbank #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

📖SHAUN📖
In celebration of warmer days returning to Sheffield, @prawn_currie leaps over both litter fall and gate, as printed in Issue 18 📚 Issue 18 is available nationwide right now, or order your copy via the link in our bio!
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📸 @reeceleung
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#shauncurrie #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

Only the most exotic locations for @andyleescott - Bridlington and Burnley, Summer 2009.
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📹 @beeps1973 & @ryan_m_gray
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#andyscott #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

@chris_kermit_collins
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“After going to the Jumble Sale premiere, it was very evident that Tom (Pickard) was trying to do a really good thing, trying to push the scene, pushing the youngsters into filming, getting them out on the streets with their pals. It was really refreshing to see someone trying to reinstate some of those qualities and traditions into the young skaters again.”
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Up on the site now is Chris Collins’ Issue 16 Push interview, which sees Chris and Tom Pickard discussing Kent skateboarding history, returning to skateboarding and reconnecting with Harry Lintell, filming the end part for Debris, his love for handrails and more! Head to the site to read - link in our story.
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📸 @tobyshawphoto
1 - Portrait.
2 - Backside 5050, Southwater.
3 - Frontside 5050, Battle.
4 - Backside lip slide, Horsham.
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#chriscollins #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

📖BELLA📖
My Favourite View in the World
Artwork by @bellasdailysketch, published in Issue 16 📚 limited back issues remain on our online store if you’d like to own this one in print!
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#bellawarley #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

A couple of bonus @miriam.nelson1 Maple Street manoeuvres from her Issue 16 Push interview. Frontside ollie and 👉 fisheye sugarcane.
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📸 @tomquigley
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#miriamnelson #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

📖TWIGGY📖
Like some sort of brick loving Dickensian villain, @skatetwiggy takes flight in London’s East End and ollies from Hoxton volcano to Hoxton volcano, as printed in Issue 18’s content pages 📚 Pick up a copy nationwide now or order yourself one via the link in our bio!
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📸 @rob_whiston
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#twiggy #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

@hifi0retto nocturnal kickflips and 👉 one foots in west London last week.
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📸 @vx.4000
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#javifioretto #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

@don.1rfan @tylaa__x & @prawn_currie at @shredenhams this afternoon 🛍️
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#shredenhams #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

📖JOSHUA📖
Joshua Brown - @mr.b.rown - races against both the police and a Spanish downpour to halfcab heel the three block, as seen in Issue 18’s @lp.skateboarding in Valencia article 📚 Issue 18 is available nationwide right now, or order your copy via the link in our bio!
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📸 @vx.4000
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#joshuabrown #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

Some glimpses into the hectic Saturday night gathering at @vans_london to celebrate the release of @currencaples’ new pro model shoe, courtesy of Filadelfo Luke Kroon!
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📸 @_humanshit
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#currencaples #vanseurope #vanslondon #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

@elianawoosnam
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“I ended up working with this local charity called Mighty Girls to run free coaching sessions over summer. Seeing how much confidence everyone gained as they progressed was super special. I wanted them to know that they’re allowed to take up space. You don’t need to hide in a multi-storey car park, you’re allowed to be in the skatepark just as much as anyone else!”
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If you didn’t catch this one in print, Eliana Woosnam’s Issue 17 Push interview is now live on the site, in which Eliana and Ginge discuss growing up skating in Bath, women in STEM, the 2004 Villa Villa Cola video ‘Getting Nowhere Faster’, Alexis Lewis and the Petticoat crew, skating in Marseille, and plenty more besides! Go have a read now - link in our story.
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📸 @yo.where.this
1 - Portrait, London, 2024.
2 - Roll in, Clifton, 2024.
3 - Fakie 5050 halfcap out, London, 2024.
4 - Drop in to 5050, London, 2024.
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#elianawoosnam #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

🎉LEO🎉
Happy 50th birthday to our resident photo editor, lifelong photographic workhorse and all round exemplary human, Leo Sharp! To celebrate Big L’s half century, here is the man himself handling a solid crook in Marseille earlier this month, then swipe 👉 for some clips from the session, also featuring @jrtwoodley and @brianandersonsb.
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📸 @thisisdieselmike
📹 @ryan_m_gray
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#leosharp #jameswoodley #briananderson #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

📖ADRIAN📖
Inner Marnold fully engaged, @adriankskhoo hippy jumps his way through a London playground’s swing, as printed in Issue 18 📚 Issue 18 is available nationwide right now, or order yourself a copy via the link in our bio!
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📸 @c.e.foulkes
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#adriankhoo #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

@bumooooo aka Ben Morris navigates his way through a bank to bank wallie situation, as printed in Issue 17 📚
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📸 @thisisdieselmike
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#bumo #benmorris #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

📖FRED📖
The Hebden Bridge-born domination of towering Leeds street terrain continues. @fred69._.420 returns to Parkinson’s to subject the 10 to a stomped nollie heel, as printed in Issue 18 📚
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📸 @reeceleung
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#fredryan #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

📖GOTH SHAUN📖
Take flight, mine Gothic wine! The reared cobwebbed mound of Burton beareth witness to a mighty slobplant, as seen in @shaunofthesad’s Issue 18 Push interview, conducted by @funeralforde 📚 Pick up a copy of Issue 18 now, available nationwide, or order a copy online via the link in our bio!
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📸 @michael_k_wright_design
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#gothshaun #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

Under South London summer skies of blue, @sol.dhariwal blasts alley-oop over @thegrovediy hip.
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📸 @_humanshit
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#soldhariwalbisset #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷
@eniwcinottsafkcub @breakfastwithfrost & @jono_coote stray from the beaten Marseille path for some concrete exploration earlier this month! More from @jrtwoodley’s stag do mission soon…
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#divadam #robertfrost #jonocoote #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

‼️SWEENEY‼️
Following on from yesterdays archival Benson post, here are some abridged highlights from Aaron Sweeney’s ruthless 2008 seige of Cantelowes, which saw a youthful Aaron attack the North London concrete with his trademark rabid ferocity and walk away with the top spot on the Bowlriders podium.
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📹 @ryan_m_gray
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#aaronsweeney #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

📖JASMINE📖
Jas triumphs over Leeds Uni security in the traditional game of Cat and Mouse, outwitting the guards to secure this triple set ride-on 5-0 for her Issue 18 Push interview, conducted by @hildabquick 📚 Issue 18 is available nationwide right now, or order your copy online via the link in our bio!
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📸 @reeceleung
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#jaslowe #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

‼️BENSON‼️
Throwback to 2008 when a jetlagged Benson flew back from the States, had no sleep, accidentally turned up at Cantelowes in the middle of an international bowl comp and finished the day in second place (behind Aaron Sweeney). Bonkers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿⚡️
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📹 @ryan_m_gray
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#benson #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

📖JONO📖
@jono_coote crailblocks a mound of Nottingham soil for his Issue 18 Anecdotes interview, swipe 👉 for some clips from the session 📚 Issue 18 is available nationwide right now, from 450 newsagents, high street and travel branches of WH Smith, your local skate shop or skatepark (for free), or order your copy online via the link in our bio!
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📸 @reeceleung
📹 @ryan_m_gray
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#jonocoote #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿GLENROTHES🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
@b3thwalk3r from the much anticipated Glenrothes 1 scene edit by @amyga6000, which is finally playing on the site now! With parts from Nathan Conelly, Beth Walker and Bobby Baillie, plus a ‘Wholesome Homie Section’ featuring many a Glenrothes local. Go watch 👀
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📹 @amyga6000
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#bethwalker #glenrothes #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

Six years ✨❤️ Miss you, Ben.
1 - Portrait, Shoreditch, 2017 📸 @sharphoto
2 - Frontside air, Raemers Park, June 2016 📸 @cj_skate_photo
#benraemers #smileforraemers #ukskateboarding

🦷MOULY🦷
“I got a really bad bacterial infection where a doctor said it had spread from my mouth and I nearly lost my eye. My eye fully closed up; they said if I’d have left it another two days, I would have lost my eye, then that could have spread to my brain, and if that happened, I could’ve got a blood infection in my brain, then I would have died. That was serious, and that was years ago (laughs). I kept battling through, then it just got to the point where I was getting really ill because of it.”
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Lifted from the pages of Issue 17 is Alex Moul’s Consultation interview, which is waiting to be read over on the site now! If you missed this one in print, learn all about Alex’s turbulent few years that surrounded his April 2023 appeal for life saving dental work, covering such topics as healthcare and brushes with death, to vanishing TV executives and dental kinship with Andy Roy. Link in our story!
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#alexmoul #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

📖DILLON📖
@dilloncatney with a lengthy switch nosegrind, taken from the @lp.skateboarding Valencia article in Issue 18 📚 See what else the London centric crew got up to over the course of their recent Spanish missions now - pick up a copy of our newest issue from over 450 newsagents, high street and travel branches of WH Smith, your local skate shop or skatepark (for free), or order a copy online via the link in our bio!
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📸 @vx.4000
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#dilloncatney #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

👑RODNEY👑
UK skateboarding royalty Rodney Clarke has been left paralysed from the waist down following a recent accident and needs help to cover medical treatment, transportation costs and living expenses whilst he undergoes rehab in hopes of regaining his mobility. Please spread the word and donate all you can via the link in our story, then swipe through here 👉 for an assortment of Rodney gold from over the years ❤️
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#rodneyclarke #ukskateboarding

🗺️SARDINIA🗺️
Some photographic radness to accompany the Chris Hoeve and Friends in Sardinia edit we shared earlier this week, featuring @chrishoeve @busty003 & @kam1l_maes. Head to the site now for the full video and photo gallery!
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📸 @robrouleaux
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#chrishoeve #bastianbechtold #kamilmaes #theskateboarderscompanion

@hasegawa_mizuho @lillystoephasius @mazelparis and @nanacondaskate shut down the women’s final at @vert_attack 2025, taken from Andy Evans action packed highlights edit, which is playing on the site in full now!
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📹 Andy Evans
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#vertattack2025 #theskateboarderscompanion

📖JAMES📖
Woolwich steel gets dealt a west London hurricane by @james_wh1te17, as seen in James’ issue 18 Push interview, conducted by @hectorbarnett 📚 Issue 18 is available nationwide right now, from newsagents, high street and travel branches of WH Smith, your local skate shop or skatepark (for free), or order a copy online via the link in our bio!
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📸 @_humanshit
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#jameswhite #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

🗺️SARDINIA🗺️
@chrishoeve @kam1l_maes & @busty003 escape winter in the Netherlands and undertake some much needed Sardinian exploration - full edit and accompanying photo gallery waiting on the site now! Link in our story…
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📹 @flowriginal @kam1l_maes & @busty003
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#chrishoeve #kamilmaes #bastianbechtold #sardiniaskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

🇸🇪VERT ATTACK🇸🇪
Andy Evans’ ballistic recap of the 2025 @vert_attack global gathering in Malmo is now LIVE on the site, containing no shortage of vertical chaos from the solid Swedish weekender! Enjoy some highlights here from the event’s closing session - with @_jessethomas @jdsanchez___ @hampus_winberg viktorsolmunde & oliver_holmdk - then track down the link in our story for the full edit! More highlights coming your way soon…
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📹 Andy Evans
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#vertattack2025 #theskateboarderscompanion

20 bricks up, @_jessethomas locks into a hurricane on Newcastle’s smallest vert, at @thewasteydiy, as printed in Issue 17 📚
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📸 @blindjohnny
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#jessethomas #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

📖JACOB📖
Ever wondered what life on the Isle of Wight would be like if you were a freestyle skateboarder? Well, Jacob Pelletier and fellow freestyle enthusiast Andy Evans discuss just that in Jacob’s Issue 16 Push interview, which is now online. Head to the site and read on as Jacob and Andy chat about all things freestyle, working in aero engineering, the Black Knight and Isle of Wight’s role in the Space Race, Joe Moore and Andy Anderson, and neurodivergence in the freestyle community. Link in our story!
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📸 @sharphoto
1 - Portrait
2 - Coastal wrap around
3 - Pond pogo
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#jacobpelletier #freestyleskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion #ukskateboarding #isleofwightskateboarding

🪿🧱🪿🧱
RIP Gooseside 💔 Endless props to the Manchester scene for their three and a half years of dedication and graft that made the DIY the central spot of the city. Days out in Cottonopolis will never be the same again…
Swipe through here 👉 for an assortment of @gooseside.diy highlights from over the years, from Instagram, Public Broadcasting and the magazine, and keep a keen eye peeled to see what renegade Mancunian build comes next…
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Skaters, filmers and photographers tagged on each slide.
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#gooseside #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

📖IZZY📖
@izzyalmond trades in wintertime Yorkshire for off-season Magaluf and hippy jumps where inebriated chaos usually reigns supreme, as printed in Issue 18’s Broadcasts photo gallery 📚 Swipe 👉 for the footage. Issue 18 is available right now from 450 independent newsagents and high street and travel branches of WH Smith, with free copies landing in skate shops and skateparks later this week. Alternatively order one online via the link in our bio!
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📸 @reeceleung
📹 @josh_hallett for ‘There is no Spoon’ from @welcomeskatestore x @vagueskatemag x @dickies_europe
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#izzyalmond #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

🐊NEW BIRD🐊
Swipe through here 👉 for a whole load of photos from @thebenraemersfoundation X @lostartshop Skate For Ben session at @newbirddiy on Sunday, featuring a host of locals, familiar faces and friends from around the country as they tackle the infamous Liverpool DIY in memory of Ben ❤️ Full coverage of the Merseyside weekender coming soon…
Comment below with any missing tags.
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📸 @timo_smitho
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#thebenraemersfoundation #newbirddiy #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

🧱NEW BIRD🧱
Vitamin D soaked highlights from @thebenraemersfoundation’s Skate For Ben event at the always excellent @newbirddiy in Liverpool yesterday, with @baz_dan @jordolighttt @libertyandwisdom @chutzpahclang @diggs_english @hhalleluwah @daoism_ and more! Full weekend coverage coming via the Foundation soon…
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#thebenraemersfoundation #newbirddiy #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

🇲🇾NOT THAT HOT🇲🇾
@don.1rfan @lazyloddy & @0scarmasprime with some after dark ditch business, taken from Not That Hot, the edit from @cardiffskateboardclub’s 2024 mission to Malaysia! Head to the site now to enjoy the full video…
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📹 @thisisdieselmike @nizamhisham @j0han.arif
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#donirfan #lloydhouston #oscarevans #malaysiaskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

⏰411VM⏰
Issue 18 not only contains something of a deep dive into the U.K. presence of @411videomagazine, the powers that be at @sidewalkdistribution have also given us a grip of their first 411VM collection to give away to a handful of lucky readers. Head to the site now to win boards, wheels, alarm clocks and zines, and have a swipe through here 👉 for some homegrown 411VM highlights from over the years! Serious VHS nostalgia awaits - link in our story…
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#411vm #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

📖NATHAN📖
The clobber goes green and Nathan Clancy - @scatalas - one ups himself on a South Hampstead noseslide, as seen in Nathan’s Issue 18 Push interview, conducted by @d8minic 📚 Issue 18 is available nationwide from today! Pick up a copy from over 450 independent newsagents, high street and travel branches of WH Smith, your local skate shop or skatepark (for free), or order one online via the link in our bio!
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📸 @_humanshit
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#nathanclancy #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

📼NOT THAT HOT📼
Head to the site now for the full edit from @cardiffskateboardclub’s pilgrimage to Malaysia in order to spend some time in the presence of @don.1rfan and sample the brilliant terrain found in and around Kuala Lumpur. Along for the mission were @pj_enks @collinsboss93 @0scarmasprime @lazyloddy 🇲🇾 To accompany the video, we’ve also uploaded a gallery of photos from the resulting issue 16 article! Link in our story…
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📹 @thisisdieselmike @nizamhisham & @j0han.arif
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#donirfan #pj #jakecollins #lloydhouston #oscarevans #cardiffskateboardclub #theskateboarderscompanion

📖Issue 18📖
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On the cover:
Part time Glaswegian Haritini ‘Tiny’ Giannakoploulou puts it all on the home turf line. Drop down 5050 yank off in Athens, 24 hours before going to print, shot by Rob Whiston.
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Inside you will find:
Anecdotes: @jono_coote
Broken Bikes & Lost Cameras: @lp.skateboarding in Valencia
From the Underground: @411videomagazine
Push: @2lowe_ @grimeydes
Push: @scatalas
Push: @shaunofthesad
Push: @james_wh1te17
Inauguration: @reeceleung
One for the Road: @starbuttonsparks
Competition: @411videomagazine
A Broadcasts photo gallery
A free A2 @helenalegslong poster from @vans_europe
How to grip a board, news, @thebenraemersfoundation and more!
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Issue 18 is arriving with subscribers from today, with copies available from over 450 high street outlets nationwide this coming Thursday. Free copies will also be available from skate shops and skateparks all over the UK from April 24th courtesy of @rocksoliddist!
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Swipe to see a silent FaceTime video (Rob’s phone didn’t record the audio…) of Tiny being surprised by Rob Whiston with her cover over the weekend!
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#tiny #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

🇲🇾NOT THAT HOT🇲🇾
The full video from @cardiffskateboardclub’s 2024 mission to Kuala Lumpur (and surrounding areas) to visit Don Irfan will be dropping later this week! To get you suitably prepared for that, swipe through here 👉 for the photos from the resulting Issue 16 article. Limited back issues remain on our online story if you fancy owning this lot in print…
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📸 @thisisdieselmike
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#malaysiaskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

🧱BETONGPARK🧱
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“I do think it’s still that ambition and focus on true quality that sets us apart. That, and us all being skaters, of course.”
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Live from Hullbridge during one of the final days of last summer’s build, Daryl Nobbs - @covsid - takes some time out from his on-site responsibilities to talk you through the genesis of @betongpark_ltd, the European DIY scene, skatepark construction, and plenty more besides, for Issue 15’s Manufacture article. If you missed this concrete covered deep dive in print, bring yourself up to speed now! Link in our story…
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📸 @rob_whiston @alx_irv_photo @sharphoto @sam.elstub
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#betongparkltd #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

Rest easy Doug McLaughlan 💫
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#dougmclaughlan

📖LEVEL 7📖
@polaa.x with a lengthy Danny Sargent-esque front board, and 👉 @patcog_ with a crook to nosemanny, making full use of the low impact merriment offered by @canvas_sps Level 7 pop up space at Bristol’s @cabotcircus. Learn all about @canvas_sps Bristol city centre car park takeover by picking up a copy of Issue 17 📚 available nationwide right now, or order a copy via the link in our bio!
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📸 @yo.where.this
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#level7 #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

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