Summer is (kinda) on the way and for months now we’ve been saying one essential purchase this year is a cruiser skateboard. Above is a killer interview with founder of Penny Skatebaords Ben Mackay about how he started the company and why he turned back to the classic plastic boards of the seventies.

Get yourself a Penny board from HERE and HERE.

Remember back in issue 166 we gave you a fucking brilliant Dude Of Sport interview with awesomely-bearded chap Chris Haslam? Well here he is, ripping alongside fellow Globe rider David Gonzalez in aid of the new Globe X Thrasher collaboration. Each athlete has created their own shoe, which you should check out HERE. Sexy times.

In what could be one of the best collaborations of the year, the PWBC aka Palace talk you through their recent project with Umbro. Take a look behind the scenes of the crazy good edit they made for the collab, and hear main man Lev talk through the Choir’s love of football and skateboarding.

Shrreders, rippers and what not have been wearing Levi’s for years whilst cruising round – so Levi’s have decided to release the Streetwear series.
To coincide with the new line, they created a series of short films titled Locals Only filmed in Barcelona, Berlin, Marseilles and Copenhagen profiling various dudes from their respective cities.

Check out the whole collection in their lookbook HERE and get your hands on it in various skate stores around the country.

Watch all the edits after the jump, they’re totally worth it.
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A week and a bit ago, we told you that the really fucking brilliant-looking DC Shoes documentary all about skate legend Danny Way, called Waiting For Lightning, would be aired for the first time in the UK on 1 May. Since then, tickets have been snapped up in a flashy flash, but luckily we’ve kept a few back, just so you can win ‘em. Happy fucking days, right?

For your chance to win two tickets to the super exclusive Waiting For Lightning premiere, a pair of DC core skate shoes and a sexy Nixon Time Teller P watch (which has Mike D from Beastie Boys on it, obviously), send the answer the following question with your name, address and contact details to competitions@frontarmy.co.uk in an e-mail headed I WANNA SEE DANNY WAY:

What sport is pro skateboarder Danny Way, like, really fucking good at?
A. Skateboarding
B. Skateboarding
C. Skateboarding

Competition ends on Thursday 26 April, so get moving fast.

Nixon and Desillusion magazine have made this crazy-good portrait of legendry pro skateboarder Andrew Reynolds which sees him talking about loadsa stuff, from what happened when he first moved to Hollywood to how he runs his companies. Damn good watch with a damn good soundtrack.

The generous lot at Route One are holding a FREE skate day at seven skate parks across the UK for FREE. Did we mention it was free? On top of covering your admission, they’re giving away £12,000 worth of prizes. They’ll also be sending some of their skate team to each venue exclusively for all you skaters. More info after the jump.
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Last week in Austin at ol’ SXSW, Thrasher held their Death Match event featuring killer bands and hard skating.

Check out the long edit above profiling the whole event.