What are the greatest Christmas films? This question is particularly important to me at the moment as I’m buying a new Panasonic TV from John Lewis and am planning on breaking it in with plenty of the best Christmas movies over the festive season. I’ve been thinking about which films I’m really looking forward to watching on this new super clear, high resolution television. I’ve drawn a few into a short list to share with all of you: …
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Every skater, everywhere would like a new skateboard deck. They might use it to replace a beat up deck or to build a new custom board. I recently got a new deck by Fabric Skateboards and I love it. It’s a great 7.9″ board made from 7-Ply Canadian Maple (using resin glue to make it uber strong), with awesome graphics and a cool cut in logo on the grip tape. Before I fitted some trucks and started scuffing it…
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Buying Skateboard Bearings for a skater is like buying boardwax for a surfer – they’re the perfect stocking filler. So whats a bearing? Well basically in the middle of all skate wheels is a cutout which has the job of housing and protecting two sets of ball bearings. The purpose of these bearings is to stop friction between the axle and the inside of the each wheel as you skate around and these spin. You need this because the…
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I’ve been getting a bit of a move on with my Christmas shopping and today I’m going to tell you about one of the best presents I’ve bought so far. You’ve got to promise not to tell anyone though (it’s a secret). Okay, now you’re sworn to secrecy, I’ll tell you all about it. A lover of the vintage seaside style, the recipient is going to be over the moon with this colourful vintage-look deckchair from Deckchair Stripes. The…
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They say that the wheel is man’s greatest invention, this has got to include Skateboard wheels. Skateboard wheels come in pretty much one shape (duh! They’re wheels, they’ve gotta be round!) but in many different sizes and hardnesses. Size is what’s called diameter, which means how tall the wheel is and is measured in millimeters (mm) for skating wheels. The other information you need to be thinking about is hardness. Most wheels use the a-scale. It doesn’t really matter…
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