The ‘Product Review’ Category:

Product Check: Elwood Clothing Collection

November 8th, 2009 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young

Product Check: Elwood Clothing Collection

One of the things I love about putting my time and effort into the Europeskate site is that I get to hook up with all sorts of people from around the world and exchange thoughts about – of course – skateboarding, art, music and products. It keeps me up-to-date about what’s going on and I’ve always been interested in seeing what the companies are coming up with, which new board/shoe/clothing etc. design will hit the market and get loads of people wanting it.

As with most product areas, there are the good ones and the stuff that should have never been produced. I don’t waste my time with the bad and I usually just let other people complain about things – that’s not my attitude.

Myles Anderson Button-Down Shirt + Box Out T-Shirt
Myles Anderson Button-Down Shirt + Box Out T-Shirt

Getting to the point: Muriel from Elwood Clothing was cool and sent me a package with some clothing to check out and I have to say: nice quality, good looking graphics, nothing flashy – just good clothes which fit well and are good to skate in. More of the latest collection right after the jump…

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Zoo York Sky High Pro Series boards

August 5th, 2009 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young

Been way too long presenting some new products, especially boards. So it’s good to get a pretty cool looking series from The ZOO YORK INSTITUTE which presents the Sky High Pro Series- a collaboration with Alessandro Zuek Simonetti.  Born in Italy, Alessandro currently lives and works in New York City.  Most well known for his photographs documenting street culture this project took him high above, to view the city in a new way, from above.

So, that was pretty good copy and pasting I did there. Where can you get your hands on these lovely looking decks? The usual “no idea” sentence for you – in selected shops. How about in selected websites *hehe* as a giveaway? I’ll try my luck for the trusty readers out there.

 Zoo York's Sky High Skateboard deck series 

- Click here for the Zoo York website

The 2009 SLAM Deck Guide

April 27th, 2009 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young

The 2009 SLAM Deck Guide

For me, it doesn’t matter really what graphics are the bottom of the board as long as the board itself suits my personal taste and feel for a board. But if I have a choice and you should usually, then I’d of course be picking that deck with graphics I like the most.

The good thing about skateboarding growing so big is that the amount of new board graphics and really quality design keeps growing as well. SLAM Skateboarding Magazine has put together a 2009 deck guide with a selection of decks for us to check out. Sure, it’s not all of them but it is good for a quick overview…Roger Skateboards and the ghost with a boner is absolutely a classic design. What an idea :) Click on the pic to head on over to the deck guide

check out the 2009 decks - click here!

éS Spring 2009 sneak preview shoes

December 18th, 2008 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young

éS Spring 2009 sneak preview shoes

Bringing back some fashion / clothing / shoe updates at the end of the year as many of us will be on the receiving end of some Christmas presents or plain cash – not me, I’m the giver at the moment! But nevertheless it’s always fun to see what the companies’ product designers come up with to push the sales and maybe even create new trends.

Have a look at the latest shoes from éS coming out in spring 2009:

Theory 1.5
Theory 1.5
Garcia 2
Garcia 2
Cessna Mid – new style
Cessna Mid
Hi Lo – new style
Hi Lo

New decks from DEATH Skateboards

September 25th, 2008 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young

New decks from DEATH Skateboards

DEATH Skateboards has quite a good team together and I just love their designs. Simple and to the point (and they relate to my favorite football club St. Pauli – yeah, I have a season ticket and it’s great. You have to be in the stadium in Hamburg to understand, believe me, it’s not normal football there!) with their graphics, the new Punk Deck Pro Series represents Patrick Melcher, Zarosh and Richie Jackson.

Check out their site as they have a bunch of other decks and cool products if you like the skull,bones and death themes as much as I do!

- DEATH Skateboards website

Punk Deck Pro Series

Roll them Sk8 dice!

September 24th, 2008 / 5 Comments » / by Jonathan Young

Roll them Sk8 dice!

There is always going to be a lot of space for creativity and new ideas in and around skateboarding. Robbie McKinley and Kevin Lewis came up with the idea to integrate the Game of S.K.A.T.E. into actual dice to spice up the game – the result being Sk8 Dice. Looks good to me. Go to the site to find out how to get a set.

- Sk8 Dice website

Sk8 Dice and the rules

Sneak product previews from the ASR

September 14th, 2008 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young

Sneak product previews from the ASR

All courtesy of Transworld Skateboarding, here is a slideshow of some of the products you will be seeing in skate shops in 2009. Supposedly quite a few companies missed out on this year’s tradeshow but it’s something to look at…

Lakai Fully Flared t-shirts available

September 6th, 2008 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young

Lakai Fully Flared t-shirts available

If you make something which is good and people like it, then you should know how to market it well. Lakai sure know how to do that and has now brought out t-shirts with various shots from the Fully Flared video intro. So what’s the big story? None really…cool t-shirts though.

- Lakai website

Lakai Fully Flared t-shirts 1 & 2

Lakai Fully Flared t-shirts 3 & 4