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!

New Skaterham Spine...

South London update! Paul and MN homies Gorm and Ray popped over to Skaterham's new spine mini on Saturday...Dave would love it, it's steeeeeep! They also have a great outdoor area with a large mini, nice ledge and some tiny quarterpipes and flatbanks not to mention the indoor vert. Later, refreshments were provided by The Fox pub.

The Golden Mile...

Dave, Russ and Steve visited Southend yesterday to meet up with Jay, Ben and Mark Longman. The sun was out, the spots were good and the chips weren't too bad either!

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!

Terrain spotting in Suffolk...

Sandy and Russ have been hitting up pastures new in sunny Suffolk this week.
More footage in the bail gun too, where's this footage going to end up?
mmmmm.....

How's Life in Begium...

MN belgian homie Bram recently got back to Europe from a stint in SF in preperation for moving back there for good...lucky so and so. Bram puts together Life Support Zine and we thought this would be a good excuse to post his lo-fi zine video series called 'How We Live'...nothing but raw skateboarding, travelling, drinking and friendship. ruling!

p.s. Important Chelmsford trivia: Stella also comes from belgium.

Croydonia Safari...

Russ was down in Croydon to visit Paul this weekend dodging rain showers and skating some of the many spots. Some photos were taken, some super8 shot and some footage logged, not to mention the mighty moonbase alpha skated until the sky fell...

Veran Tull, Nanananana 19, 19...

Today is Veran's 19th birthday! Happy birthday V-Tizzy! Remember what Paul Hardcastle said, "In World War II the average age of the combat soldier was 26...In Vietnam he was 19...."

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...

Save Southsea Skatepark!

It's looking like Portsmouth council are dead set on closing Southsea Skatepark sometime in September which would be a terrible blow to both Southsea skateboarding and the UK as a whole. The Monster Network has strong ties with Southsea going back many years so we're joining Bored and the skatepark user group in trying to stop the council in it's tracks. If you could spare a few seconds and put your name down on the online petition it could make a real difference!

For further information and details on user group weekly meetings and progress check the Bored website.

Latest Editorial...

Veran and Steve get a well desereved double page layout all to themselves in this month's Document magazine (August). Be sure to check out the full Harmony Sardinia tour article, it's a winner. Good work lads!

Also added to the Editorial section is Dave's recent Sidewalk Distractions article from May's issue including photos by Paul.

Sunset in Croydon...

Paul got a bit of a spot guided tour in Croydon Tuesday night with one bank in particular warming the cockles. A bit of super8 footage good logged and Gorm pulled out his camera (with Paul and Ray on 'the monkey presses the button' duties for Gorm snaps). The boys back in Essex are going to be stoked when they come down for a visit! For more Gorm photos check out gorminator...

Goodtimes in Ipswich...

Russ, Sandy and Mark took a little trip up to Ipswich on Sunday. As well as bagging a load of good footage the boys also came home with some rather nice snaps thanks to Mark's keen eye and quick trigger finger. You can check out more of Mark's photos on his photo blog...

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...

Wink At The Camera...

Last of this week's main editorial updates is dug out of the MN archives! Back in 1997 somehow the Monster Network got recruited to model reebok for an ID magazine article. Hard to believe but yes, we have the pictures to prove it! Check the editorial section for the shame/glory. Maybe we should post up the awesome Kylie cover instead to make up for the camo overload...

More Editorial...

Some more editorial added to the Editorial section including Dave and Sandy's artisan articles and Veran's Omens...

Editorial...

Over the years the monster network, family and friends have turned up in a bunch of uk skate magazines. Russ recently warmed up his scanner and dusted off the magazine pile and put together the new editorial page (in the history menu) which will be the home of old and new editorial content from mags, etc. We will be adding a load more in the coming days and weeks so keep checking the section...

Dunmow Downpoor...

Sunday was a risk it for a biscuit weather day and a bunch of MN faces from all over headed to the recently modified Great Dunmow to try their luck dodging showers (nothing new there then)...