Recently this 18-year-old kid from London named Austin Bristow hit us up with an idea for a new video segment. The concept was pretty straightforward: Show off a few locals from the area who, despite holding their own on a board, might not get as much shine as some of the bigger names. These types of clips are coming out of everywhere these days, from Vancouver to New York, but we had yet to see one from London. Obviously, we were curious to see what Austin could whip up.
Sure, you might be thinking London is just another one of those major metropolitan areas that’s getting a lot of coverage these days, so what’s the point? There’s definitely a vivid scene there already, centered around staples like Southbank, and crews like the Palace guys, but I don’t think skateboard media as a whole has given them as much shine as they should be getting, at least not here in America.
This is the first installment of more to come from Austin and his friends, all shot in the chuddy streets of London. For a dude who’s not even old enough to legally drink over here, I’d say Austin is off to a good start.
The skaters in order of appearance:
Kyle Wilson
Tom Delion
Sam Roberts
Jeremy Jones
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September 12, 2016 1:17 pm
Yea shakes !! Gutted it’s a different Sam Roberts though lol
September 12, 2016 3:43 pm
Ackney Bumps!!!
September 12, 2016 3:56 pm
Love it. More!
September 12, 2016 6:32 pm
upper or lower sydenham though?
If its blue mountain cafe your weak. Bell green estate is bless
September 12, 2016 5:02 pm
very nice