SYB WILL BE BACK SOON....

Due to shit luck and one of my favourite lens getting smashed, SYB will be taking a break to get new equipment, overhaul the website and make it as gnarly as possible. Plus there will be a new format for posts. Thanks for all the support over the years demons! We will be back to full strength very soon.

SYB - SLAYING THE CONCRETE SEAS!!!!!!!

THE WEDNESDAY WALLOP

For this weeks WALLOP we have a banger of a part from Tony Durao and a pic o Mark Burrows

 
Waters & Army Introduces Tony Durao from Quartersnacks on Vimeo.

Mark Burrows FS Rock Saughton

ELEMENT - HOLD IT DOWN FULL VIDEO

Sick free video release from the Element Euro team. Always good to get a free release that is full of proper gnarler skaters.

Fraser Mcilroy - Sick edit

GSS member and all round steez machine Fraser Mcilroy has dropped a part filmed by Scott Pearce around Glasgow at some rad spots. 

ERIC Dowswell - Bossing edit

Watch this part for some serious steez evolved tricks from Dowswell in ICSYS.

EASTERN SKATE MAG issue 3

Rob of the Salmon has managed to fire oot another issue of the eastern mag - issue 3. You can view it by clicking yon mouse on the cover below:

THE WEDNESDAY WALLOP

Been slackin on the wallop for a couple o weeks, sorry. Justin Damer's part in Belly Of The Beast is just that, a beast.

 
JUSTIN DAMER from 'Belly of the Beast' from Allen Danze on Vimeo.

SYB FRIDAY 666 - 28 June

Carve Wicked 666 hype.

The lads made a hella effort to come up and tear both North Berwick and Adeen apart at the WOTT. All of them were sound as fuck so it's only right Pulley and Chav Dan get some SYB love. Double Lien tae tails both totally different styles.

Hope you lads are coming up soon for a shred!

Chav Dan - Madonna tae tail @ NB

Sam Pulley - Lien tae tail or front D @ NB

Sandstone Surfing

Quality edit to celebrate the 25 year long service Clan Skates in Glasgow has provided for the Skaters of the city with Tom shimmin, doing his usual fancy ass shit on a board about the grimm Gow' streets. Edit by Paul VX and Scott Pearce.

HARVEST SKATEBOARDS - 1st board drop

The good fellows over at Harvest have just released their first set of board graphics. As can be expected they are fooking sick. Coming in at sizes between 7.9 and 8.25 they are available instore or online at Focus Skate Shop. Click here tae buy yin.

Concrete Slayer Series - Jam Dates

Due to alot of last minute decision making here are the final dates for the Concrete Slayer Series this year. Finishing off in Perth as the lads up there organise a good booze up and shred!

Livi Skate Jam is happening this Saturday, the 29th of June. Due to the locals being Lazy Bass it's a 2 minutes tae midnight jam. Just for the love of Shredding. Make sure and get yer act together for fucking next year!

ANDY WHITE SMASHING IT IN FRANCE

Guest skateshop in Toulouse have fired up this absolute treat of an edit of GSS top lad Andy White smashing a baguette up the french concretes arse!

A BRIEF GLANCE ISSUE 19

As always this online magazine never disappoints. Fucking class photos. Click the magto see the new issue...

ISSUE 19

SIDEWALK ISSUE 201 - FEATURING WOTT ARTICLE BY SYB & LEMONFARM

GO OOT N FUCKING BUY IT!

If you didn't need any more reason to buy sidewalk SYB has an article in the new issue of Sidewalk! All photos by SYB and event article written by Lemonfarm top lad Jah Ruler.

Plus there is a nuts photo of some dude 360 flipping off a jump jet harrier!

SYB FRIDAY 666 - 21st June

SYB x SIDEWALK WOTT ARTICLE

Hyped to say issue 201 of sidewalk has landed through ole shralps door with a 4 page write up and photos from this years WOTT carnage at North Berwick and Aberdeen. It's worth buying solely to read Jah Ruler's verbal insults/praise to all the lads that turned up to skate. Plus some pretty class captions created by SYB, Ronso and Kerr.

To make things even better here's 2 bolt tight 360 flip photos that DIDN'T make the cut. So you can expect insane shit in the mag. Go fucking buy it, support sidewalk, WOTT and Skateboarding.

Div - 360 flip the funbox

Dan Nic - 360 Flip flatbank

Columns and Cobblestone, Atlas Skateboarding

Sweet London street skating edit from Atlas Skateboarding with some rather sick lines from Suciu.

Columns and Cobblestone is an Atlas video of a recent trip to the city of London. Featuring Chris Mann, Jazz Leeb, Jesse Vooerman, Ben Rowles, Kyron Davis, Julian Klein, and Mark Suciu. Filmed and edited by Justin Albert.

BERT WOOTTON - COSMIT VOMIT 2

Came across this lads demonic part randomly today. Fucking hell - it's worth a watch if you are wanting to to get hyped for yer shred!

PORTLAND DIY skatepark, Switzerland

Place looks like it has built for hella fun sesh. I would be stoked to visit that place.

SYB FRIDAY 666 - 14th June

OG TROLLEY SESH @ SAUGHTON

Last night there was a beast of a sesh at Saughton for Burrows lad, Ollie's Birthday. Needless to say the sesh went off, especially with some absolute bangers getting thrown down on an OG setup trolley coming out the flat bank. None other than two of Scotland's elder OG shredders, the short wearing Bryan Jones and Nike Europe TM/Fine gent Colin Kennedy switched the steez on and smashed out some hype for the lads. Good times.

All the lads including Div, Cadam, Shezz, Dunder, Wu-Tang, Burrows were having it - SYB will post more soon. In the meantime savour this absolute banger of a 360 flip from Bryan, he fought hard for it. (Note: Div landed a 360 flip later on that he got smashed up trying tae. Wis Gnar.)

Bryan Jones Town Massacre - OG 360 Flip over the trolley @ Saughton

Colin Kennedy - Ollie One-footin the clouds away @ Saughton

Tyler Surrey & Gustav Tonnesen in STEE - Sk8Mafia & Sweet Skateboards

 Fucking hell this a beast of shared section from the STEE video.

SCOTLAND YA CUNTS!!

Great bit of history regarding the Scottish Scene from 98-00. When tapes were still the norm. makes you realise how good we have it with skate parks now-a-days. Serious ghetto setups back then. Genius shit.

Daniel Stankovic for Grey Area

Banger of an edit by the ever steez burger Daniel Stankovic for Grey Area. Beauty of a 360 flip @ 1:37ish. Stylish long lines.

  DANIJEL STANKOVIC / Part from "Grey Area" Movie from Grey Area Video on Vimeo.

Waiting for Lightning - Focus Screening

This is gonna be rad.

Focus showing Danny Ways Doco at the White Horse this Sunday at 8.00pm. See ye's there.

NORTH PACIFIC CONNECTION

Damn this is a sick edit across transition and street.

SYB FRIDAY 666 - 7th June

Front Rocking some heavy Green

Me and Tam hit this pretty well known spot in EK a few weeks back. It looks good but is a pain in the arse to get into a session on it. As usual Tam had a shit to throw down. This is one of said tricks. Getting up and out of that bank to wall is GNAR.

The Yeti - Front Rock @ EK cooncil building

Josh Pall - Sick Street Welcome Edit for passport

Lad is ripping it up down under. Some rad spots even better skating.

SYB FRIDAY(ISH) 666 - 31st May

Hella thursday club sesh @ Livi SYB has been taking a bit of time tae get back intae the swing of thing but the Livi sesh on thursday night with ALL THE LADS helped. Fucking brilliant to see everybody skating in one place having a good time and a good laugh. Everybody was killing it, in the new and old parks of the park. Evidence provided below...

DIV - BS grab, deep to shallow @ Livi (which is much fucking harder than it looks.)

 

Shezz - FS air @ Livi

Hiatus over.

Hiatus over. Back to business. Cheers Walloper for posting a few wednesday wallops to fill the void! We got two quick video hits worth watching first, Lemon Farm represents at perth and some of the lads smash out some mad shit. Jah Bless.

I Lemon Jah from Pirate Pirate on Vimeo.

Next Converse got their team together in Barca and turned a disused port into a sick skate spot, with Pontus Alv obviously coming up with the obstacles. Amazing shit.

THE WEDNESDAY WALLOP

This is the third Wallop in a row wi nothin inbetween!! Whats goin on SYB? This blog is slowly turnin into The Walloper!!!!

I'm stoked this is back and its got killer footage in it so Grosso's Love Letters is this weeks WALLOP.

THE WEDNESDAY WALLOP

One o my favourite's fae the last week or so.

SHEZ, FRONTSIDE WALL RIDE. THE SPACE, NORTH BERWICK 

THE WEDNESDAY WALLOP

You could o guessed what this weeks wallop was gonna be eh, but if yer no feelin this watch THIS

GSS BERLIN EDIT

SYB is fucking hyped on this shit. BOSS-A-FUCKING- NOVA lads!

Edit done the way it should be: sick skating, quality tunes, high jinx, happy days GSS. Mega class shit.

SYB FRIDAY 666 - 10th May

Straight outta the shit hole to yer eye balls.

The Yeti always has something nuts for his local shred hole. On this occasion it was as always something fucking demonic... the lad likes a challenge and green tees.

in other news SYB was at WOTT. But you will have to wait for sidewalk to see the photos.

Yeti - Div pop out on the big Quarter @ EK

THE WEDNESDAY WALLOP

Couple o vids i enjoyed this week. Who knows you might like em too.


 
SHAUN GREGOIRE from 'Belly of the Beast' from Allen Danze on Vimeo.

SYB FRIDAY 666 - 3rd May

WOTT is gonna be Demonic!

War of the Thistles is happening this weekend just incase any cunt out there forgot!

Basic run down of the times is doors open for 12pm both days at North Berick, The Space on Saturday and then Transition Extreme on Sunday. The comp will then start around 2ish both days. Possibly a little later on the sunday in A'deen....

Come along get a shred with all the lads and watch some balls oot nuts shit go down. Prises up for grabs thanks to all the generous sponsors (included on the poster)

See ye there.

Plus another wee teaser photo....

THE WEDNESDAY WALLOP

Couple o belters

 
Alain Goikoetxea Full Part from Volcom on Vimeo.

JOSLIN - UNCUT from BONES WHEELS on Vimeo.

SYB FRIDAY 666 - 26th April

Yet again another lesser seen shredder gets a 666! Turned up for a wee sesh at Ek outdoor, expecting very little as the place is fairly shite but we made the most of it and a few of the lads were smashing shit out on the 8ft.

Willis was hucking these ifrontside grabs like a boss.

Sean Willis - Indy @ EK outdoor

Trully amazing, original video for Predatory Bird

Dunno what else to say but just fucking hell that was brilliant. Take the time to watch a top notch creative piece of work.

Everything Goes from predatory bird on Vimeo.

THE WEDNESDAY WALLOP

Spring is in the air and the outdoor schralps are gettin more regular. GET OUT N GET SOME!



Thomas Jones Crail Slide Saughton Skatepark.  Pic : Property o The Walloper

Most insane web-video part of 2013 yet!

Clint Walker just up'd the ante with this video part, taking street skating up a level. He has no fear of mental rails by the looks of it. Reminds me of Kirchart actually.

SYB FRIDAY 666 - 19th April

This summers goal for SYB is to try and showcase as many rippers across Scotland as possible. One said shred head is tech dread head, Aldo. You can always count on the GD crew at Renfrew to turn up with a fine bottle of wine and get a sesh! Here's Aldo getting tech with a Blunt to backtail revert oot @ Renfrew.
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Dammmmnnn son!

Shit is getting out of hand on the mega ramp these days. Jake Brown making history.

THE WEDNESDAY WALLOP

Forgot to post anythin last week, FANNY!

 

SYB FRIDAY 666 - 12 April

There's definately some kind of force field has been created above Saughton by the collective mind power of all the lads that crave a shred there! last night it was fucking soaking west coast, so a few of us headed through to Edinburgh in the hope of some dry weather. It was still raining 5 miles fae the park then it just stopped. FUCKING STOKED.

Sesh with the lads commenced, then some out of no where a huge rail turned up and got bolted in. A few folk stepped up and tackled the beast. I have no idea what their names were but these two shralpers nailed the full length.

Foreign Dude - K Grind the full beast @ Saughton

Andrzej Kwiatek - Feeble to fakie @ Saughton

Ben Fisher for Stereo

This lad has just put out a banger of a first web part for Stereo. Fire it on - fucking rad.

Randy Ploesser St.Loser edit

Refreshing to see a section that is as rad as this... decent lines, tech and all terrain. Defo worth a watch for some hype.

Giorgio Zattoni firing out some vert lines

This dude can skate vert.

SYB FRIDAY 666 - 5ht April

As much as I hate to admit I was slacking and missed a chance to skate Saughton as I couldn't be arsed with the drive. In hind sight I should have as I took a brutal slam on harsh freezing crete at about 10pm in EK. Lesson learned.


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THE WEDNESDAY WALLOP

YES! Johan Stuckey In Cosmic Vomit 2

 

SYB FRIDAY 666 - 29th March

Leave the beef and skate bitching behind this weekend. Get yourself a crew, some brews and go and have a fucking laugh falling on yer arse trying to skate. It's what it should always be about right?

Hence the reason we got some stupid shit this friday. I think this is gotta be a NBD, Obeast providing the makeshift weigh for the yeti to jump out and back in.

See you on the shred.


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THE WEDNESDAY WALLOP

This week am goin wi this

 
Lifeblood Skateboards Welcomes Josh Rodriguez from Lifeblood Skateboards on Vimeo.

SIDEWALK & KINGPIN OUT NOW!

If your Scottish and Skateboard go get a fucking copy of sidewalk asap and examine the insanity of air Colin Adam is getting at Queens Park Vert Ramp first hand. Massive props to Col for getting the cover, everyone that has seen him skate knows he is a fucking ruler. Support the scene!

Also Kingpin has a beauty of a cover on the new issue plusa sequence that you need to see - all i'm saying is Alain Goikoetxea is pulling some crazy asss shit.

SYB FRIDAY 666 - 22nd march

Lowest slung jeans in the west, Obeast keeps his arse at bay long enough to fire out a Back D on the tight quarter at EK indoor.

Over and out.

Obeast - Back D @ EK indoor

THE WEDNESDAY WALLOP

Another week where we have a bit o transition and a bit o street

 


Thomas Nichols from Daniel Evans on Vimeo.

Creature Premiere - with Focus Skate shop

Focus are hosting a premiere for the new Creature Video tomorrow night at the bongo club at 8pm. You know there will be a few transition bangers and shit so get yourself along.

SYB FRIDAY 666 - 15th March

Vert Party 2 Eve

A wee bit o hype fur the moro and all the lads heading to The Space in North Berwick, have a fucking rad sesh/comp. A prime example of some hype is just trying shit on vert. Doesn't have to be 5ft oot it, just getting to the coping can get ye stoked. Dunder looks pretty happy wi this 5-0 tailgrab. Why no eh?

North Skate magazine 2

The finest skate magazine ever to come out of Scotland has a new issue! If you want to support the mag, scottish skateboarding, skate photographers and skate shops go along top your local skate shop and pick one up!

Support tait's fetish with film here too: www.northskatemag.com

 

VERT PARTY 2 - 16/3/13

That time of year again to go get the pads out or go and watch some absolute vertical carnage on a skateboard! The Space in North Berwick are hosting the second Vert Party so get yourself through this saturday.

 

THE WEDNESDAY WALLOP

Vert hype this week what wi VERT PARTY 2 happnin at The Space on Saturday. Colin Adam goin big on this method air fae Sunday's sesh(click the pic yer gonna want tae see it bigger). Followed by ROGER's latest signing Paul Zitzer gettin some!

                                          

                 
Paul Zitzer : Roger Skateboards Token Older Vert Skater from Roger Skateboards on Vimeo.

SYB FRIDAY 666 - 8th March

Here's one from the crypt of unused photos that have been misplaced or marked for some reason... No less insane but just from a photo perspective this shot of Colin wasn't shot right so never used. But the fact he is doing a STEGG (STALE EGGPLANT) makes up for it. FUCKING BOOM.

 

GSS 'White Thug Life'

Little edit from the GSS lads! Keeping the local park scene rad with a good mix of shredders in there.

THE WEDNESDAY WALLOP

Bit o transition bit o street

 


Nate Keegan "Style" from Western Edition on Vimeo.

SYB FRIDAY 666 - 1st March

Raw street footage fresh from the shred tonight. Altho the ground was damp a few of the lads went on a little spot hunt. Mainly hitting up some pretty gash spots but sometimes they can be a laugh. Prime example is Weri here ragging in off a shoddy rail into shitty bank!

A wild spot was checked but wet so will be documented in the coming weeks - GNARLIER.

Weir - Raggers it in off the top.

 

THE WEDNESDAY WALLOP

Aaron Homoki kills it. This weeks Wallop is made up o his parts in A Happy Medium 1 & 2, they're both incredible bits o skateboarding. Looks like he's gonna feature in A Happy Medium 3 as well. Can't wait!!

Lifeblood/Indy tour

King lad and co bring the pain with this monstorous tour of europe. With Colin and a load of indy/lifeblood skaters in tow.

SYB FRIDAY 666 - Friday 22nd Feb

So yet again my wee peanut of a brain has failed to work this one out but all I know is whatever Kerr done was gnar. If anyone would like to tell me the correct name for this trick I will be happy to change it up!

On another note - have you entered the SYB x FOCUS Facebook comp yet? Like, share and leave an answer to the question by emailing SYB or going to the facebook page and look for the post. (I have taken a screen grab of the post you need to enter below tae. Fucking get involved.

kerr - Rewind Grind @ NB

THE WEDNESDAY WALLOP (very late i know)

Big Mark's pick o the week

  Ben Krahn's Remarkable Wizardry from SKATEDAILY.net on Vimeo.

SYB x FOCUS Competition

So here's a little eye brow raiser for all the SYB followers out there... we have teamed up with the hella decent fellows over at Focus Skate shop to provide all the demons out there with a chance to win one of the new Focus 'Surface Pressure' boards, with 2 runners up winning a Focus tshirt.

Focus Surface Pressure Series

Head honcho, Sibs gave us a little insight into the new Surface Pressure Series...
"We've just released this series of 3 decks by long time shop collaborator Tommy Perman aka Surface Pressure. In his trademark style he has captured 3 scenes from the streets of Glasgow and Edinburgh.

Tommy has been collaborating with Focus since 2004, creating swing tags, t-shirts, prints and most recently boards. He grew up in Edinburgh and has spent the majority of his life living in the centre of cities and influenced by their rich visual clutter and the way they grow and change all the time."


So now in traditional SYB style we aren't making the comp straight forward, but of course rather stupid.


How to enter...
Go on the SYB Facebook page, look for the 'SYB x FOCUS Comp' Status, Like and Share the status then leave your answer as a comment. Or email: shralpyabass@hotmail.com


Now comes the stupid part!
We want you to come up with a fucking ridiculous 'SYB Chimera' (A Chimera is an imaginary creature made up of two different animals like a Griffen, Centuar, Sphinx.. etc). As usual, the more stupid and funny entries will be regarded highly.


If you want to pick up one of these boards the old fashion way and part with some hard earned cash, head on over to www.focuspocus.co.uk the boards are £39.95.

SYB FRIDAY 666 - 15th February

Here's a treat for all the skateboard lovers out there... a plank of wood and some fierce concrete is all you really need! Here's someone who loves some scary crete and mental gaps. Colin Adam making up NBD lines at Saughton for fun.

Cannibal - Transfer from the bowl at Soco over Burrows lad Ollie for extra gnar.

 

THE WEDNESDAY WALLOP

BIT O BEN RAYBOURN & A BIT O BRAD MCCLAIN THIS WEEK

 

Simie Glasgow SHREDIT

Another lovely glasgow SHREDIT from the good seafaring captain of the VX ship - Simie.

With loads of glasgow heads including Tom Shimmin, Shaun Markie, Pete Copeland, Kerr McLachlan, Freddie Lusk, David Boyson Cooper, Alexander Martin, Dugald Etheredge, Aaron Wilmot and Chris Weir.

Benson Footage at R-kade Skatepark

Benson footage from death skateboards at R-kade skatepark. Benson rips out some meaty tricks in this edit. Park looks rad tae.

SYB FRIDAY 666 - 8th February

A few of the lads went down to Flo Skatepark in Nottingham last week for an all night shralp with some lads from iron Column and a few other heads from down south.

Random information from the trip was as follows:
- The Leeds pool bowl is still hard tae skate but fucking satisfying to get a grind on.
 - The chilli sauce in the kebabs in Nottingham is fiery as hell.
- Drinking beer and skating is prime.
- Craig Questions is a crazy/funny man.
- Snelling and the lads know how to rip out some wild old school shit.
- Flo bowl is hella fun to shred.
- Iron Column lads are sound.
- Dunder can sleep in a car boot.
- Hull is is fucking shite.

Here's a few photos from the shred…

THE WEDNESDAY WALLOP

Cody Lockwood killin it!

Skate & Create - Transworld

I always enjoy this setup from Transworld. Gives skaters some creative freedom to do rad shit. Here's Toy machines effort this year plus Deathwish's edit. You can see the articles over here tae... Click here.

VERT footie from Simie

Here's the main lad Simie with some prime NB vert footage, in the aptly named 'VERT' clip of Wilmot, Paris, Div and Colin.  Think he is dropping clips all week, so keep your fucking eyes peeled demons.

SYB FRIDAY 666 - Friday 1st February

Hiiiiiiiigh fucking stale tail!

With all the depressing shit happening recently I decided to choose a photo that literally had some kind of high point. So here is Paris sending some positive waves of shred and hype your way this friday.

RIP Focus Glasgow... cheers for the service.

Adam Paris - Stale Tail* @ Dbart

*I here-forth take no responsibility for being shite at naming tricks as I am a lazy cunt.