Extreme Sports

Spitfire Teammates Chris Cole and Mike Mo Capaldi go head to head for this weekends first match up in the BATB6.

This week Green Day teamed up with Actions REALized for Children’s Hospital Oakland, Miller took 1st in the masters, SBC looked back with McCrank, The boss brought out some classics, everyone showed support for Southbank, The UK Skate shops raised money in honor of Bingo, Brock thrashed Atlanta, InstaREAL had a bonus photo challenge, Frank talked facial hair, The Venture crew hit up Double Rock, Cole took his switch Tre down everything, Chrome ball had a tribute to marnell, and to finish it out Kyle Walker dropped a new video part In Color…now for the weekend you need to be at Familia and Orchard.

Solid snaps, fast skating and some gnarly spots, Real rider Kyle walker’s new ‘in Color’ part now live at thrashermagazine.com

Thanks to all the UK skateshops and the entire UK skate community for being apart of the ‘Bingo’ Actions REALized decks. The money raised by you was donated to the British Heart Foundation in honor of Steven ‘Bingo’ Binks. Your support is truly appreciated, Thank You Skateboarding.

Pilerats & Flipside This is out of the ordinary for ‘collabs’, when the email came in I was thinking Flipside must be a brand in WA or something – was half right. It’s a brand, a store, a joint that apparently makes kick ass burgers. And they’ve gone and created a burger with the gents from Pilerats Magazine in what I think is the first ever – Magazine x Burger Collaboration! The partnership is based upon exploring creative collaborations between two of Perth’s most exciting young businesses. Pilerats Magazine is the first purely digital publication in Australia – not confined by the limitations of the print medium and aiming to produce media that is engaging and innovative, offering a complete experience, while Flipside Burger Bar have been producing super-high quality and wicked-tasty burgers in Western Australia since 2006 (so I’ve been told, I’m yet to sample the offerings). While it’s not your typical #mcgangbang I generally tend to eat, the PMB sure does look pretty tasty. Only catch is that’s available at Flipside, can’t imagine they’re doing home delivery, especially not to the east coast. So if you’re WA bound, visiting or living, head over to Flipside and nail a PMB – hit us with some #clichemay photos of you guzzling it back… Anyone had the $10 secret lunch? —– PS Download the Pilerats magazine here.

Urge :: Tom and Tim Meet Tom and Tim, two interesting style cats from the streets of the world. They’re shoes, not people. These are the latest two styles about to drop from Urge Footwear. Both are different in their own way and very on the money in terms of styling. The TIM comes in three different colours- Black, Ox blood and Tan. These sophisticated brogues are made of genuine, soft leather, including the sock and lining. The outsole is made up of a combination of rubber and recycled leather. The leather has fine detailing, with the outsole grip shaped with circle engravings. The brogues lace up with a mix of dark brown/ black laces. As good for dancing across the floors of a New York jazz club, as they are for kicking in the teeth of a punk who’s scamming on your lady. The TOM comes in an Earth Mulit-colour. This boot is made of three major material mixes with a brown/khaki lace. It starts off with a Khaki coloured suede leather, flowing into a camo printed canvas and finished with a mix of red and brown leathers, using a brogue-inspired detailing in the leather. The boot is also lined with soft, genuine leather. The outsole is a mixed combination of rubber and leather. Made for stomping around the mean streets of London, saying ‘innit’ at the grafitti artists as you walk down Brick Lane. Both shoes are arriving Early week commencing May 20th

Rough and Tumblr Are we having pun yet? This site is dedicated to all of the great (and not so great) word puns out there. We do love a good pun at Empire Ave, and given the title of this segment is even a word pun in itself, you can enjoy some extra punny goodness. S,o feast your eyes on some masterful word fun at this tumblr: Are We Having Pun Yet. Do yourself a favour and go to some of the older archived posts. There’s gold in them there hills.

Urban Outfitters HQ $100mil, 5 buildings and whole lot of cheesesteaks and UO got a new HQ in Philly – granted, this was back in ’06, I think, but still. It’s impressive now, so I imagine it would have been really impressive back in the day. Considering how big UO is, it was kind of a surprise to know they reside in Philly – brand stereotyping? Who knows. Either way, regardless if you dig them or not, this is a kick ass looking HQ. You can watch an interesting clip on it over at Office Snapshots – we couldn’t embed it here. But it’s a good interview with the architects who designed it.

KILL CITY. Kill City is a Los Angeles based punk inspired contemporary line and sources inspiration from around alternative music and its associated sub-cultures from the past, present, and future. Their philosophy is to produce intricately made fashionable pieces with distinctive silhouettes and vibrant colors that reflect today’s evolving interests and cultural influences. This is a look at their Spring/Summer ’13 Collection. Kinda reminds me of ‘Natural Born Killers’, but that’s probably more about the backdrop of the photoshoot then anything else. You seen that movie? It’s epic. more at KILL CITY

Satta x Hypebeast A seventies inspired cruiser made from solid ash wood, finished with a polyurethane laquer. Believe the Hypebeast. Satta and Hypebeast have teamed up for this collaboration, and it’s looking nice and smooth. Retailing at $100USD it’s a cool throwback to the past. We’re loving the print detail as well, almost like a surfboard spray.  The majority of the wood Satta uses is salvaged offcuts from their own woodshop and local timber mills, which is nice. There’s a cool video below on the process to make this land craft. Enjoy Available now online.