Channon at Southend Tennis Court Banks

Speaking of Channon, here is a quick clippage from the Never Forever DVD at one (of the many) amazing Southend spots featured in the video.




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Rom 30th Birthday Session

It was Romford Skatepark's 30th birthday on Sunday and a huge session had been arranged so Russ went down and played pass the parcel, musical statues and had a slice of cake in kitchen roll and filmed a bunch of the sick skating that went down.

Romford is probably The Monster Network's oldest and most favourite skatepark and the skating certainly gave the old place a 30th birthday to remember with many old faces and lots of new ones ripping up the concrete.




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Milton Hips

Some digicam footage from Sunday's warm up at some skatepark hips in Milton in Southsea.




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Hurricanes at Royal London

Paul and a couple of hurricanes at Royal London banks.




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Dave Watson, Slamaholic

Ouch.




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James v Shaolin

James shuts down the Shaolin with his Wu remix.




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Enter the Remixes

Jay knocked up some Wu remixes of some of his pre Never Forever footage, check out Jay's today and be sure to check back on Friday for Jamie's which is killer (bees).




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Paul Crystal Palace

We've got a few more clips from NF knocking around, here Paul has a spillage at Crystal Palace whilst on a last minute filming mission in south London




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Sand at a skate spot?

Veran puts his sand wheels on to get through the beach run up




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Scarf Steez

In between saving the galaxy Dr Who, sorry I mean Paul, crailtaps in Jaywick




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Bailey DSA

Could Steve be a little more relaxed on his skateboard?




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Hands Free

In between filming a trick, Vern takes a call




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Those banks looked...

...so much better from the car! Paul tiptoes a 360 flip into the tunnel of doom in Southend




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Mad Snaps

Expect almost a second part from Jay in the extras, footage machine!




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Houses on Stilts

Russ took some rotten slams getting this line at Jaywick but it still didn't make the cut.




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Paddling Fool

Dave narrowly avoids a Mr Wilson moment at Harlow.




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Romford Royalty

The steady hand of Mr Kev Parrott has kindly hooked us up with some Simon Skipp footage for the video, it just wouldn't be the same without some Skipp gold now would it!?

P.S. As the video approaches completion expect lots more offcut footage in the coming weeks




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Nice Shirt

To celebrate the leap year here's a line of Russ in his Sunday best that didn't make the cut...




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Vezextra

Here's a clip from a while back of Veran at an OG Clacton spot...




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Tate Offcut No.1

As many of you will know Mr Jay Tate is a footage machine both in-front of and behind the lens. Jay has some serious footage sitting at MN HQ so here is one of many of his offcuts. More soon...




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Dave Watson & Smack Alley

Gorgeous Dave Watson and Simon Skipp were in Colchester on Sunday, here's a little offcut of Dave to wet your appetite.




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LBD No Complys

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Whilst looking through some tapes we came across this footage of LBD a little while back getting his no-complys on (or should that be complies?). Word is Dan is back in the UK for a visit next year!

green fingers..

Jay and the likdown have been keeping themselves busy in between filming their section for never forever, they've just put together the offcuts from their latest video; the Lik vol1.

these guys are killing it right now..

Dave Later'd

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After Dave's surf shorts bgp's caused such a stir when we posted that old Lately footage of Russ, we thought we'd show the trick he filmed in them that day way back in '04. Whilst we were looking through the vaults we found some other clips of Mr Dixon that have never seen the light of day either, and yes Dave the topless nollie big spin is in there too!

14 Wheeler...

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There's not alot to say about this clip really, seems Veran finds it easier skating in the rain with fourteen wheels these days...

Ave Some Jay Too...

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Whilst converting the Smith section that we put up on Friday we discovered Jay Tate had a small part in 'Let's ave it' too, rude not to put this up aswell we thought. Check out that doo!

Smith Gold

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After Wednesday's update mentioning Mr Neil Smith we thought we'd share a little Smithy gold that's been tucked away in the vaults on a DV tape since 2004. Here's Smithy's section from a South Woodham scene video 'Let's ave it!' that MN friend Phil Humphreys made just before he sold his camera to Russ. A long haired Russ even makes a cameo appearance in the part too! This section had to be shown the light of day as Neil was killing it even back then...start making a list of all the local spots he destroys in this part!

The Vault

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Russ and some of the friday crew have been heavily hitting up Southend of late, here's a clip from the Lately tapes vault from 2002 featuring Russ on the other side of the camera for a change. Lbd taking the filming and hat loan duties...

Ol' Dirty 30: Russ Gets Old...

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Another one bites the dust, Russ is 30! Some digging in the shoeboxes resulted in some old footage coming up from the depths...

jay and the likdown...

As well as being busy filming a full part for the next MN production, Jay Tate has just completed his own Southend scene dvd entitled 'the lik vol1'. Check out the trailer and contact Jay to order a copy over at the Likdown site.

what's up with your footage?....

now Russ has finished his filming duties for The Harmony it's full steam ahead for the next Monster Network visual feast. Footage is coming in thick and fast at the moment and the next video promises to be one of our best yet.

Teasers, photos, offcuts and general video hype will be up on the site over the next few months....

The Madness...

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Dave got dealt some serious madness a few weeks back in Southend trying to film a trick....

Sandy's Ramp...

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This update needs no introduction, get a cuppa, a few biscuits and enjoy Sanj's gracefully tear round Haverhill mini ramp

Southsea Common Outtakes Trailer...

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Paul just finished the 'Southsea Common' two disk dvd boxset. Comprising of the Gorm video 'Shades of Grey' (1995) and Paul's full length videos 'Zoo - 365 In Southsea' (1998) and 'Pigeon' (1999) plus over 1.5 hours of extras and unseen footage it's been a bit of an epic labour of love! More details will be added soon to the Videography and hopefully the DVD will be for sale soon too. For now check out the trailer comprising some of the outtake footage...

Tate Time!

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Many of you will have seen Jay Tate feature in our last video, well as you've probably noticed he's been out with us alot lately and is well on the way to having a full part in the next video. And as you will see in this clip he's been changing the trick selection up a bit too!

tantrum...

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Oooooh, handbag of fire, madam? Frustration at not getting a trick at the old Chelmsford bus station before it was demolished mixed with wonky knee and soggy board still don't add up to a decent excuse for Paul's tizz. Just deserts. LBD sets the record straight!

winter sun...

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Paul recently collected together Russ' super8 footage shot for 'Lately' (including some unseen clips) and put them together in to a short film called 'Winter Sun'.

RIP Chelmsford Bus Station benches...

10 years gone (+5)...

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10 years gone was a video put together in 2002 using footage paul filmed back at the first radlands comp in 1992. the video is now available to watch in the 10 years gone section or by clicking above...check the shipman and tom penny tech!

p.s. apologies for the slowmo it was put together on some crappy software at the time...

Plan B at Saffron Walden...

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Paul was up at the Plan B demo at the new Dreamland built Saffron Walden skatepark on Sunday. The video camera battery died early one but he managed to grab some footage...

Filmed & Edited : Paul Gonella

Music : 'Fine Line' by Red Riders

Skaters: Danny Way, Adam Howe, Paul Rodriguez & PJ Ladd

Safari's Block Party...

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Zakk from the safari crew filmed and edited this clip a little while ago...we're just poaching it off the safari website...hope thats ok fellas! Russ, Dave, Steve, Paul, Veran and some of the Safari crew up in there!

Colchester Berms...

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On Monday Russ and Paul had an Easter Colchester spot hunt (instead of eggs) and found something that they knew Dave would love. Crack open the box of sweepers, Dave!

London

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Last thursday a bunch of friends from all over the uk (and a nyc visitor) came together under the sun in london. Russ, Paul and Dave from Colchester, Rich from Norwich, Rob and Gary from Southsea and Stu from New York City. A bunch of skating, a pile of spots like Southbank, White Grounds-ish, Mudchute, etc and smiles with friends old and new in the city topped off with some beers by the river. very good times...

p.s. A Bunch of photos from Rob soon...