This is a few days old but I just spotted it on The Times Surf Nation blog.

Two guys have ditched the Tube (I don’t blame them) and have taken to paddling on their surfboards down the Thames to work to commute to work. The journey takes several hours – although they can save up to an hour if they time the tides right.

No information on how they keep their copies of the Metro dry in the morning though…

Check out the story on the Evening Standard website here.

Surfing Magazine has a pretty horrifying story about the battle to catch the best waves in Peru turning nasty.  Guns have been involved as well as some pretty scary-sounding characters. Click here to read it.

Could it happen in snowboarding? Could snowfolk resort to violence to protect their access to the best powder? Here’s hoping not.

The British quest to practice boardsports without their usually essential environments continues with the development of Brushboarding.

It uses a panel of rotating brushes to create an environment where you can use surf, skate and snowboard moves.

To find out where there could be a Brushboading event near you visit the website and check out the demo below:

Check out this movie of the Fluro Flash Fun session held in Isenau, Switzerlad, last week. Lots ski suits, tindies and some moniski action. Rad!

The Night Rail Jam (Friday, February 29th)

Slopestyle (Saturday, March 1st) 

Superpipe (Sunday, March 2nd)

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Another update from Anna Barry, who seems to be having a blast in Europe at the moment. Here is her summary of her trip  to the Nikita Goodie Lady Session in Thyon, Valis, Switzerland.

It was a morning of all mornings that included 3 hours of driving, 3 coffee stops, 3 stops to ask for directions, 3 inches of snow/ice to be negotiated on the road, 3 forgotten passports (NB only to be discovered at border control) 3 snowboarders and one photographer had arrived in what some would call ‘style’ at Thyon, Switzerland to three foot of fresh snow.
Hmmm – by this stage I was ready for my fourth coffee of the morning and it was only 9am! We - Gilly Seagrave, Emma Lee Rogers, Jo Chastney and myself made the journey over from Morzine to attend the Nikita Goodie Lady Session organized by Nikita rider, Maude Richon. 
 The morning started slowly, with the park crew at Thyon working overtime to get the competition underway and deal with the 3ft of fresh snow that had fallen overnight. With a minor delay in the startof the competition – there was enough time to sneak a few cheeky tree runs in and take full advantage of the new snow.

Gilly havin a picnic!

The morning weather wasn’t the best for competition with visibility fading in and out,temperature plus wind chill pushing well into the minuses, the competition was going to be tough. A jib style section of the contest started the event off. The girls had ample choice of rails to hit consisting of a battleship, c-box, s-box and the picnic table. Girls jibbed for well over an hour, before continuing on  with the second stage of competition hitting two kickers for the afternoon - in a jam format.

Jo gapping the battleship rail.

Maude attacking the kicker

The girls were throwing down, with a variety of tricks -  Cab 3’s, to big shifty lofty backside ones to some serious technical tricks on the rails. It was Jo Chastney a member of the morning madness that took the whole event scoring a fistful of Swiss Francs, a Dakine travel bag stuffed with a bunch of goodies and a wildcard entry to ‘Intergirlacktik’ held at Les 2 Alpes in April. Where she will compete against the world’s best female riders.

Winner - Jo Chastney complete with novelty cheque and crown!!

All the girls competing were stoked on the competition and all came away with a prize – a super fun day all round.
A big thanks must go out to Maude for organizing the competition, Thyon park crew for making it happen, all the girls who competed and Emma for keeping me sane whilst I was attempting to take photos in what I thought was one of the coldest days

To find out more information and results check out www.centralcamps.com

In London, Go Skate Day was marked by the opening of Made of Skate – an exhibition exploring the history and cultural context of skateboarding footwear.

Skaters and industry folk from all over the world headed to Studio 95 at the Old Truman Brewery on Brick Lane for the opening (and the free beer and cool Blueprint Oystercard holders).

The exhibition is ace – battered skate shoes and skateboards of all shapes and sizes and amazing photography and board art. You can also relax and take it all in while sitting on one of the much-loved concrete benches used by skaters at the South Bank before the area’s revamp.

The show is open 11am to 6pm until Sunday July 8 and is definitely worth checking out if you’re in the area – www.madeforskate.com

Staying with the Go Skate Day tip, Element are holding 300 screenings of their movie This Is My Element on June 21.

The movie stars Starring Darrel Stanton, Chad Muska, Chad Timtim, Tony Tave, Brent Atchley, Mike Valley, Tosh Townend, Bam Margera, Nyjah Huston

The screenings will feature appearances by Josh Rio, Michael Mackrodt, Soichiro Nakajima, Bas Janssen, Bucky Lasek, Chrsi Senn, Jeremy Wray, Ray Barbee, Kevin Terpening, Vanessa Torres and Lacey Baker.

Check out the interactive guide to find the nearest screening to you:
www.elementskateboards.com

Thursday is the annual international Go Skateboarding Day. There’s stuff happening all over the world to mark it. So whether you want to go skate yourself or check out some of the boys in action in some of the various festivals and contests taking place, check the events blog at www.goskateboardingday.org for full details.