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Tag Archives: The Albion

Kevin Kalkoff: Je ne sais quoi

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October 8, 2013

/ H Man

I saw a promo for this last night on Will Evans instagram and nearly popped a poo, Kevin Kalkoff can ride round parks so damn smoothly as demonstrated in this here video in conjunction with The Albion (for his interview) and Vans Europe. He then rocks a couple of sweet tables on the the street for good measure.

Music:
Jimmy Hendrix – I Don’t Live Today

Video / Kevin Kalkoff, The Albion, Vans, Will Evans / Comment

The Make: Marv in the Pacific Northwest

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August 21, 2013

/ H Man

This is a pretty damn good edit from the Make BMX featuring Marv, Wozzy and Greg Flag, with GZA providing the sound track to the video. Enjoy the next two minutes of riding in British Colombia, Washington and Oregon, the street looks sick.

Be sure to head over to the Albion site after watching to check out the photo gallery!

Music:
GZA & Genius Masta Killa – High Price, Small Reward

Video / Greg Flag, Marv, The Albion, The Make, Wozzy / Comment

Behind the Scenes: The Albion Fathead Interview

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June 16, 2013

/ H Man

Alex Barton-Holme aka Fathead has just had an interview go out in the latest issue of The Albion magazine. I haven’t had a chance to grab a copy yet but anyways have you ever wondered what goes into shooting an interview? Well 4Down’s James Cox went along to document a bit of the going’s on with The Albion’s Dan Benson and Fathead as they clocked photos for the interview. As you can expect Fathead has some choice words to say, some amazing riding and a handful of bad slams too. He’s put in some hard work on this interview by the looks of it.

Video / 4Down, Fathead, The Albion / Comment

Owain Clegg: At the Boneyard

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April 11, 2013

/ H Man

This is an amazing video made by the Albion of Owain Clegg. As they describe he’s been there since the beginning, so much so that he’s pretty much part of the fixtures, Owain knows every nook and cranny of that place and the following video shows that off perfectly as he rips around the Boneyard, carving up every line that’s there in classic Clegg style. Loving the original footy and the 80’s/HD mix that goes on during the session!

Music:
Bruce Springsteen – Dancing In The Dark

Video / Boneyard Skatepark, Owain Clegg, The Albion / Comment

The Making of the Albion Cover

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February 4, 2013

/ H Man

The Albion issue 12 is now available from all good bike shops out there and a very good friend of the Phire, Bertie Buck was given the task of creating the front cover. Check out the detail below in the cover shot or even better watch the making of video and you’ll get to see in more detail exactly how and what Bertie has done to create the new cover.

The Albion Issue 12

The Albion Issue 12, Cover by Bertie Buck

The making of the The Albion Issue 12 cover:

News / Bertie Buck, The Albion / Comment

The Albion: Keep ya mits warm in winter

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January 5, 2013

/ H Man

I was just surfing over on the Albion website and came across something that reminded me of my childhood when I found an old hand warmer in my parents kitchen drawer. I didn’t have a clue what it was but I remember it’s shape and polished silver finish it had. It was kept inside a little velvet pouch and to be honest I thought it was some sort of hip flask. Well roll on 15 years and I noticed that the good men over at the Albion have produced a more modern “better for the environment” version of the classic pocket hand warmer and it looks quite the piece.

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You can get them in three different sizes starting at £29.95 from their online store here.

News / Hand Warmer, The Albion / Comment

Mutiny x Albion London 2012

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December 15, 2012

/ H Man

Matt Roe, Robbo, bad habits, London, summer, street, park and lots of background action from the onlookers. Loving the b-side to the Mutiny in London 2012 edit from a few month back. Best quote Matt Roe “Hey up!”

Music:
Wolf Pack – Instrumental

Video / London, Matt Roe, Mutiny, Robbo, The Albion / Comment

The Albion Magazine, Issue 11

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November 30, 2012

/ H Man

Check out this for a front cover, well saying that, check out all of the Albion front covers. They’ve always managed to create progressive, interesting and a different cover every issue. Not going for the safe and regular “rider doing trick” format, they’ve always taken the other route that a lot of mags were scarred to take. I remember years ago when I did some work for a BMX magazine and they wanted to run one of my pictures as the cover. It was a photo of someone doing a tweaked table off of a hipped bank to wall that the rider had built themselves. They’d spent ages making this thing and there was a story to go with the cover, hence the magazine wanting to run it. However the photo was taken in the landscape format and they wanted a portrait shot of the same trick if possible. Well I told them that I didn’t have one and that they should go for something a bit different and run a landscape photo to fit inside a portrait layout, showing the film perforations and maybes have space at the top to expand their logo and at the bottom to fill in whats happening in the magazine… Well they saw this as a bit too edgy and were hell bent on thinking that this kind of cover wouldn’t be a safe choice.. Needless to say a few months down the line, not making the right choices led to the magazines demise. I can’t help but think that if you aren’t prepared to take some risks sometimes and try new things that you are pretty much going to be left in the dirt while everyone else around you carries on progressing.

And this leads me to my point about this post, a friend of mine, Adi Gilbert of 99 Seconds, had the opportunity to design the latest cover of the Albion Magazine for Issue 11. It’s so amazing when you see some of your friends artwork in a magazine or advert but when they get the front cover of something which is sent all over the world, you can’t help but be a bit stoked for them. Hat’s off to Adi and the Albion for doing it differently and I can’t wait to get a couple of copies myself.

News / 99 Seconds, Adi Gilbert, The Albion / 2 Comments

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