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TheDeafWord: Matt Bennett Interview

TheDeafWord: Matt Bennett Interview

We spoke to Matt Bennett – Toy Machine Pro and inventor of the  Bennett grind – Enjoy     How did you first get into skateboarding? What do you think you would be doing if you had never stuck with it?   I got a Ninja Turtles skateboard for Christmas 1990.  That just hung around...
Landmark Skate Tunes #2: Mogwai - 'Tracy (Kid Loco's Playing With The Young Team Remix)'

Landmark Skate Tunes #2: Mogwai – ‘Tracy (Kid Loco’s Playing With The Young Team Remix)’

The credits of a skateboarding film are after all, watched. Often glimpses dedication, trivia and lifestyle are found here. Mogwai’s track closes Emerica’s video perfectly as we watch Suski’s smoothly filmed line, Joey Poirez’s mini section, travel and let’s not forget as the song slowly fades we see what skateboarding can be – paying a...
Landmark Skate Tunes #1: Donovan - 'Get Thy Bearings'

Landmark Skate Tunes #1: Donovan – ‘Get Thy Bearings’

We don’t remember the first time we watched Reynold’s part in ‘Baker 2g’. But we know after ‘Crimson and Clover’ by Tommy James & the Shondells faded, leading to Reynolds standing, checking his board (sunglasses on), whilst this song began followed by probably the nicest fakie tre and most casual switch crook ever, that this...