Chelmsfordians

2010-01-10T19:26:00.003Z

New year, new update.

Untitled from mikeyp2000 on Vimeo.

2009-06-23T19:45:00.001+01:00

Late update from last week sorry, I apologise for the wobbly filming too.

Nick and jack in london from mikeyp2000 on Vimeo.

2009-06-17T22:42:00.002+01:00

Long time without even a hello, I know i'm sorry. Last weekend a skate session was had in London by myself, Nick, Jack and Macy which led to some footage gathered by all. Sadly Nick rolled his ankle, which finished his day early, but he still managed to pick up a bit of footage. I will be posting clips in the next couple of days, so hold tight.

2009-05-07T19:58:00.004+01:00

Finally I had some company to skate/film with on bank holiday Monday. Macy, Nick, his friend Ben, Russ and Channon King put in appearances in Chelmsford to provide a pretty fun day. It started pretty grim with bad weather and low spirits, but a spell of dryness and some tasty skating soon cheered everyone up. Macy bagged a nice line at apu banks, along with nick, who managed a list of other tricks just round the corner too. The day concluded at Mile Away banks, where the toils of skateboarding led to some high stress levels for Russ and Channon, but they got their tricks in the end.

2009-03-09T20:57:00.002Z

A day off work on friday for myself, Mike and Pete ment we could enjoy a quiet park session at Borehamwood and later Potters Bar. The lovely weather was a pleasant suprise also and put us all in a good mood for the weekend.
Saturday was a local skate in our hometown, where fresh back on a board Pete managed to rack up some footy! Mike tried some stuff but alas it wasn't to be his day, but he does a have some tricks to be proud of in the clip below from Potters Bar. Less proud am I of my filming, pretty shaky in places and the ever changing cloud cover ment my white balance was bit off. Still it was the first run for my new camera so I'm still adapting!

Mike at borehamwood park from mikeyp2000 on Vimeo.

2009-02-23T20:33:00.012Z

Well the weekend just gone provided an unbelieveable 2 days skating! I nearly died of shock when I realised what was planned. Saturday saw a trip to London, where I met born again Londoner Macy and good friend Simon, starting east and working our way across to the westend we hit up plenty of rad spots. Macy turned up some good 'uns, which was surprising, but all led to a good session. The cavalry arrived in the form of Mike and Kinghead later in the day, which only made a good day even better.
Sunday was a local session in Chelmsford involving myself, Macy, Kinghead and now lanky Nick. Some new spots were skated with the help of some wax, which proved good news for footage. Nick laid down plenty of bangers as usual, but there was also a said note as Kinghead run into ankle trouble again, so hope you doing alright mate.
All in all it was a brilliant weekend, best skate session i've had in a while anyway. I've put some clips and photo's up below, the London stuff is digi camera footage so don't shoot me.

Simon london line from mikeyp2000 on Vimeo.

Macy and Nick step ledge clip from mikeyp2000 on Vimeo.

2009-01-18T21:49:00.003Z

Hello and happy new year! Been a while I know but I been busy over the pond in New York. Just got back from a holiday out there with my lovely girlfriend. Mad city but has to be seen, was glad to get back though, the yanks get a bit too much. Among the many purchases I managed to pick myself up the little beauty pictured below, now just need to get my new camera! I'll keep people posted on that, but should be happening around the end of the month.

2008-11-24T22:49:00.005Z

So winter seems to have dug itself in properly now, meaning early darkness and numb hands, both of which were experienced last Saturday. A respectable size crew met up in London which included myself, Macy and a whole host of others for some well deserved skateboarding.
Southbank was first orders, where nick appeared to be in his element, laying bangers left right and centre. We then moved onto blackfriar ledges for a session, Nick managed to film some stuff, along with Macy. A couple of other little spots were skated on the move but sadly I had to make an early exit and left the others to session Meanwhile.
I can't put any clips of the day up as my editing package has gone pete tong again so people will have to bare with me (which most do already), but what I do have is a clip from the other week of Nick skating Chelmsford mini.

Nick Mini ramp from mikeyp2000 on Vimeo.

2008-10-02T22:41:00.003+01:00

Summer is pretty much over but me and Macy managed to squeeze one last warm day out of mother nature and hit up London last weekend. We also met up with a couple of Macy's London friends (Simon and Roo?), both very nice blokes, Simon even managed to bag some footy, a sample of which can be seen below.
We skated some new spots to me which were really good, mostly ledges it has to be said some perfect ones at that. Hopefully a full crew will be gathered and we can return for another session.

Simon nosegrind from mikeyp2000 on Vimeo.

2008-08-30T15:37:00.004+01:00

Myself, Mike, Macy and Nick all took a bank holiday skate last Monday around the manor. Was an enjoyable and productive day (for Nick anyway), bagging some footage for the video, yes the video. Handrails and road gaps were both skated, things I never imagined documenting in Chelmsford, but the ever growing talent of Nick is proving unstoppable. Sadly no pics at the moment, I'm hoping Macy is going to hook me up soon. Also I added a link to Macy's/other peoples blog on the right hand side.

2008-07-04T09:55:00.002+01:00

Last weekends lovely weather permitted a trip to Ipswich, a town we've only appreciated for its park, but this time round we decided to hit up some street spots.
We've Mike as our guide we managed to skate some pretty decent spots, only downer being when Kinghead ruined his ankle on the first spot, putting him out for the day.
Also in our company was 'not so little' Nick, who shut down every spot we went to, everyone should definetely keep their eyes open for him...

Untitled from mikeyp2000 on Vimeo.

2008-06-22T12:02:00.003+01:00

London was the host for last weeks skate, which was a fairly enjoyable day out. Only fairly enjoyable because of some issues we encountered with spots. Such a shame a lot of the old spots we used to skate are being knocked down or 'redeveloped'. We still managed to skate a few little bits though.
The clip below is just of one spot we hit up, a definete old favourite.
I'll post some photos from the day at a later date.

Untitled from mikeyp2000 on Vimeo.

2008-04-20T16:14:00.004+01:00

Long time with no updates I know and I apologise.
Last weekend a couple of us managed to get out for a skate and even managed to get some footage. We hit up a warehouse that Macy knew about, which was a saviour from the April showers and provided a lot of fun things to skate.
Theres a short clip below of Mike ruining his legs and a photo of Macy which only supports what we've all been thinking.
P.S. Check out The Monster Network site for details on their video, looks to be a good 'un!

Untitled from mikeyp2000 on Vimeo.

2008-02-04T12:44:00.000Z

Me and a couple of the boys have been off work for a couple of days so attempted to get around and skate a bit. We visited some nice parks (Whitstable, Mudchute, Bay66, Ipswich, Colchester) and enjoyed the time spent away from the work place.
Couple of pics and a short clip below.

Colchester Block from mikeyp2000 on Vimeo.

2008-01-21T21:07:00.000Z

Weekend weather was crap again, but we attempted a skate on sunday. Took a trip northbound on the A12 to Colchester but play was stopped due to rain (see bottom pic for end of world weather), roll on summer...

2008-01-15T21:31:00.000Z

Alright people, I just wanted to say i'm still alive and will hopefully be updating with something this weekend. I've been cut loose from the ball and chain that is my bird, so I have this weekend free to skate and film all I like.
I also got a brilliant present for Christmas (photo below) and i'm hoping to get some of the photo's online once I get the film developed, as long as they're not all shit.

2007-09-13T20:43:00.000+01:00

Alright so yeah it's been a while, many things to be done im afraid.
We're still filming and i'm stil capturing, so please try not to panic.

Recent (and yes I mean within the past couple of weeks) footage

Untitled from mikeyp2000 on Vimeo.

2007-07-21T13:57:00.000+01:00

So we've been trying to make the most of any dry weekends we get, which has taken us more often then not to Colchester. Last weekend we gave a little 3 stair ledge a session and picked up some footage, much to my delight. We hit up a couple of other spots, where some odd bits of footage were collected. Theres a clip below just to show some random bits, but be warned, theres some shockers in there.

Untitled from mikeyp2000 and Vimeo.

2007-06-24T21:53:00.001+01:00

Well today we were scheduled to go Ipswich, but sadly the weather wouldn't allow us. So instead a couple of us braved the bus lanes and another fun undercover spot.
Due to the bad weather morale was low, so I decided to hype the boys by laying down some stunts of my own, the results of which can be seen below.

Untitled from mikeyp2000 on Vimeo

2007-05-28T22:58:00.000+01:00

Don't shed any tears my adoring fans, I do still skate. The clip below was filmed not so very long ago, so don't put me out the game yet.

Clip for blog from mikeyp2000 on Vimeo

2007-05-16T21:23:00.000+01:00

Good friend and Monster Network videographer; Russell Cowling, has knocked up his own blog. So take a look right here.

2007-05-10T20:42:00.000+01:00

The other day we took a trip northwards to Colchester in the hope of more footage for the video. Our mission was pretty successful with most boys bagging some goodies.
Theres a clip below of Mike battling in persuit of one particular stunt.
Sorry I have to use this totally shit flash embed thing because vimeo won't let me link the quicktime file for some reason. Mr.Monster Network if you can help with this please do! As I know you use vimeo..

Mike bs flip attempts from mikeyp2000 on Vimeo

2007-04-22T10:02:00.000+01:00

Right big apologies for the long delay in updates. Been waiting on a couple of things before I could post anything and then when I finally got them my computer went tits up. Luckily its sorted now so I can finally start capturing all the footage again and make some updates.
Anyway we went to Barcelona not so long ago, an amazing city (when its not raining) and I strongly reccomend anyone who hasn't been to go now!
Our fun times can be seen in the form of a cheesy myspace slideshow below, I do apologise for this, but its just such a bitch to upload photos to the blog. Oh yeah theres a quick clip too.

An ender to blow your mind

2007-04-01T10:46:00.000+01:00

I got some old footage to show because I can't fit any new stuff on my hard drive.
Sorry for the long delay, but it will be at least another week before another update as we are flying to Barcelona tomorrow! So expect a mega update filled with photos and a montage when we get back.

Where is he now?

2007-03-04T18:38:00.000Z

So the weekend has come to a close and it was completely unproductive as usual.
Macy filmed a trick at the very grim bus lanes today, whether it will be used I don't know.
We also went a bit myskateordie.com and abused Mullets new camera phone yesterday, check out the clips below.
Oh and yes thats right people, its footage of the totally underground undiscovered skateboarding talent that is; mikeyp2000.

Raw Talent

TIIIIIIMBEEEEEER

p.s Can you spot the tight trousered fringe loving emo wanker ex-skateboarder who fs flipped Greenwood house 5 set 3 years ago? Don't call it a come back..

2007-02-26T22:37:00.000Z

Last weekend me and the boys took a trip to the lovely sea side town of Southend. The day wasn't very productive as a lack of spot knowledge ment we went round in circles most of the time (but thanks for the help anyway Mr. Gonella, we're bloody useless).
The clip below is the only thing filmed all day, a clear indicator of why you should always carry a spare board, or perhaps two.

Oh you've only gone and done it, again.

(Excuse the filmer shadow)

2007-02-17T08:50:00.000Z

Ello again, sorry no updates because I just ain't got anything to update with.
On the news front however, we're going Barcalona! From the 2nd - 8th April. Should be a really good trip and we'll hopefully get plenty of footage for the video, yes it is still happening.
Also ive added another link to my very small links list; its Monster Networks very own Paul Gonella's photography site. So many amazing photograph's, theres a store too so you can view his work in its full glossy glory.

2007-01-29T16:00:00.000Z

O.K got a random clip down below for you to watch. I can never have enough footage of Macy falling over, pure comedy.

Still no new hard drive, getting paid this Thursday, then its all systems go.

The Clip

2007-01-10T22:03:00.000Z

So things are potentionally looking up for my computer status, just waiting for my fat pay check and I should be on my way to carry on video production.
In the mean time my long time friend and brother from another mother, Peter Baker, has sent me this lovely photo taken from his luxury flat in east London. Check it out below...

2006-12-14T20:53:00.000Z

Well I still ain't got a new hard drive, I ain't filmed anything since the Brentwood footage and I ain't got a lot of time/money to do much towards the video at moment. I'll let you know how things progress, in the mean time, take it easy and stay sharp!

2006-11-28T13:32:00.000Z

Right well I got my computer back, minus a hard drive. If anyone knows a company that are able to repair hard drive mechanics let me know, as the problem is apparently not software/file related.
Anyway I knocked up a short mini ramp montage for your viewing pleasure.
Shout out to the B-town locals, who rep their endz hard and occasionally give Chelmsford a bit of competition on mini ramp.

The Montage

2006-11-20T17:27:00.000Z

Updates?
My computer is fucked and I may have lost all the footage, happy now people? because I fucking ain't.

2006-11-08T10:22:00.000Z

Right well video progress is almost reached a complete stop really. I'm so busy right now I just haven't had the time to get much done, i'm saving for a light which should mean I can film Macy skating down Chelmsford High street at 8 o'clock in the evening.
Theres a clip below of Mike for your viewing 'pleasure', I may actually ban him from bs heels.

Sarcastic self props

2006-10-29T09:13:00.000Z

Got a quick clip to show, nothing special, but it's something to look at.

Don't diss curbs

2006-10-25T19:50:00.000+01:00

There ain't much happening at the moment, ive kinda started editing the intro to the video and will probably release some kind of trailer around december time.

The boys over in Colchester have been busy with their own productions and website, check dem at dis site yo www.safari-skate.co.nr

2006-10-12T11:44:00.000+01:00

Ive just recieved a banging tape of footage from Russ, some seriously good stuff in there. I continually dig at the OG Monster Network lots ages, but Gonz and Russ have got some sick moves, just proving age really don't matter. In fact they're showing me up at the moment, as I have zero tricks on tape. Maybe I should start dusting off the old slappy noselides....

2006-10-09T23:16:00.000+01:00

Ive been really busy lately, so apologies again.
This weekend gave some pretty good footage for the video, which is slowly making progress.
Monster Network filmer and diamond geezer; Russ Cowling, has just posted me a tape of footage for the friends section. It looks as if the Colchester boys will be making up the majority of the section, with harmony superstars such as Veran 'Myspace' Tull and Steve Bailey. Russ and the old boys will also be spinning their zimmer frames for the camera, an inspiration to us all!

Anyway there's a clip below, Mullet wanted that willy grind so bad.

Oh and Macy you have much better stuff, so stay cool brother.

Clip here

2006-09-25T22:21:00.000+01:00

Lack of updates, blah blah. Basically we got some footy over the weekend, again Nick did some ridiculous stuff, hes going to steal the show I think...
Anyway I ain't got any footage or photo's to show, so just hang on i'll post something soon.
Oh and kid's, behave yourselves with the comments please. Any unsavoury remarks about my mother and you will recieve an ASBO sharpish.

2006-09-16T23:12:00.000+01:00

For people that don't know, Dukes is a night club in Chelmsford. Whether your looking for fit birds, hundreds of people dancing like idiots, or a good old ruck, Dukes is the place to be. Since turning 18 me and the boys have hit up Dukes numerous times, always resulting in memorable moments. Most noteably the first time we went, which brought to light the fact that Mike is a fucking animal on the dance floor. Anyway theres some dodgy photo's below, taken from Mullet's mobile.

The Dukes experience...

2006-09-15T09:21:00.000+01:00

There is an update coming, so stay tuned. Ive been busy with uni stuff and amongst other things, going Dukes....

2006-09-11T11:34:00.000+01:00

A few new spots were skated in London on saturday, sadly not much footy was gained.
Yesterday was spent in Chelmsford, where Nick racked up a couple of lines and a single, Macy got a couple of lines too.
Again I have to mention how good Nick is, he learnt 2 new tricks in the space of like ten minutes, then did them in lines, mental.
Clip below is just some random bits from the weekend.

Da Clip

2006-09-04T21:00:00.000+01:00

Sunday was spent with some of the very young Chelmsford rippers, a couple of faces I hope to include in the video...I can already hear the Monster Network moans now, complaining about where all the years have gone. Oh and on a related note, happy birthday to Russ, who I believe has just celebrated his 79th birthday.
Theres a quick montage below, just muck around stuff. Nick was completely robbed of the fs flip, probably due to the fact his truck was broken. Also that pole was actually a proper pole jam at one point, Nick killed it, just wait for the video...

2006-08-29T23:27:00.000+01:00

Last Sunday was a true Chelmsford mission, hitting up some old and 'new' spots. Mike, Mullet and Macy all picked up footage, at the expensive of some muddy boards.
Mike was on hand to photograph the day, check out the photo's below.

2006-08-26T11:30:00.000+01:00

Thursday/Friday have just been spent in stoke! The plaza is fucking amazing, I strongly reccomend going there to anyone. However I wouldn't reccomend walking round Stoke late at night, as the place looks rough. Anyhoo we got some footy for the the video (plaza footage in videos, yay or nay?) and below is a short clip of Mike's throwaway stuff.

2006-08-21T17:18:00.000+01:00

Me, Mike, Macy and Mullet went on a Chelmsford mission yesterday and got some really good footy. Very productive day indeed...A Ipswich journey is planned for tomorrow, which I hope is as successful as yesterday for footage. Right down to the most important part of this post; some Macy throwaway footage below.

Clik dis yo

2006-08-16T09:12:00.000+01:00

Lack of updates, general apologies all round. Anyway, couple of clips below...The fence was removed via Mikes 'handy work', to create this nice little gap.
On the video progress side of things, well they've been a bit slow the past week, but i'm hoping to get some tricks this weekend. The video is slowly coming together though, still haven't got a name though, make your suggestions.

Tricks

2006-08-06T21:30:00.000+01:00

Right we went to Bicnacre mini ramp yesterday, which was well fun as none of us can actually skate mini (minus Mullet of course). I didn't film anything because we basically pissed around and the slide show below pretty much says it all...Oh, today we went Colchester and Mike and Mullet got some sick manual combo's down. Pretty successful weekend for footy, just need to chase up Macy this week I think...

All photographs courtesy of my fantastic photography friend Peter Baker.

2006-07-31T19:20:00.000+01:00

Serious lack of updates going on here, sorry! Well Mike picked up a couple of tricks on sunday, and then we all got incredibly drunk right after, we had to celebrate my birthday some how! Anyway theres a clip below, he did a couple more tricks over it, but saved for the video of course...Oh and I didn't realise how much that branch ruined the shot at the time, bit pissed off, nothings ever perfect eh.

2006-07-23T20:44:00.000+01:00

If my lens wasn't fucked enough, this happened today.

2006-07-19T21:00:00.000+01:00

Unusual trick for Mike

2006-07-13T07:36:00.000+01:00

Ive been working the last few days so ive been really busy, stay with the blog, I won't forget it! I'm going to try film some stuff for it next monday , so we'll see how that goes. Might even get some footy tommorrow so stay tuned.
Anyway the clip below was something I made for Mike's MySpace page, the main aim was to attract the ladies I think.

Mad Props To My Man Stevie

2006-07-07T10:58:00.000+01:00

Went out filming last night and got some well good stuff with Macy, stuff that only you'd only see Macy doing...Anyway another clip below, horrid landing I know, probably pester him to go back.

2006-07-04T07:36:00.000+01:00

I apologise for lack of updates, the England game brought me down a bit, don't worry boys we'll av it in Euro 2008. Anyway filming missions are being arranged for the video and tings are looking on the up at the moment, weather is scorching too!
The clip below is from a while ago now, I think we need to go back and get some more footy, its a rad spot.

A Line

2006-06-26T13:04:00.000+01:00

England beat Ecuador and college is finally over, happy days.
Couple of clips of Mike again, you'd think I don't film anyone else wouldn't you.

London Town

2006-06-25T00:34:00.000+01:00

We was out filming today, Mike and Mullet got stuff down...Yeah so i'm up for doing a video now, I just need to motivate the troops and call in a couple of peeps who've gone AWOL. Oh and look no clip, well boo hoo, there'll be something up later after i've watched England slaughter Equador. Also today we made a rather wicked discovery, perhaps a clip or too some time soon of the treasure we found...

2006-06-22T21:37:00.000+01:00

Ah fanny, looks like I missed a couple of posts, I can hear the angry mobs already...I looked deep into the depths of my archives to find these couple of clips, they're pretty dirt and the compression don't do them any favours either. BUT what Luke is trying is hard, those stairs are long, and well Mullets clip needs no words. REMEMBER HOLLA BACK WITH A COMMENT IF YOU WANT TO DISS OUR CREW.

CENTRAL PARK MASSIVE BIG BIG UP RENEGADE FM 107.4

2006-06-19T11:42:00.000+01:00

A couple of nearlys to look at, i'm determined to make Mike go back and get the second trick.

Come on Mike!

2006-06-18T10:37:00.001+01:00

The Monster Network premiere was last night and it was really good, everyone should buy the dvd. Visit Chelmsfords Hoax or the MN site linked to you right...

2006-06-16T10:45:00.000+01:00

One bored winter day we decided to visit one of the worst parks in Essex, and for some reason, Mike actually skated transition (take note of the ender, off the hizzer).

Writtle

2006-06-15T13:10:00.000+01:00

Just a small edit, film geeks should recognise the song....and yeah the landing is pretty shit, but thats Mike for you.

Le skateboard

2006-06-14T14:41:00.000+01:00

This set of stairs is cursed for Mike I swear, we've been there so many times and hes tried about 100 different tricks, which have all ended as nearlys.
Heres an example...(warning contains explicit words of encouragement, my apologies).

2006-06-13T09:30:00.000+01:00

This is a special clip for a couple of reasons, firstly theres actually a crew of us, its been a long time since ive skated with that many people. Secondly, Tim doesn't look like so much of a my space prat.
Anyway, have a look...

Another gnar Luke mission

Oh and also, if you've been experiencing problems watching the clips, try downloading the newest version of quicktime (no idea whether it will work, but thats what all the cool sites say).

2006-06-11T13:17:00.001+01:00

This gap has never been done and Luke is the only person to have tried it, as far as I know. I'm sure some 10 year old kid will throw himself down it at some point soon though.
I must remember to make Luke go back and get this...

2006-06-10T10:10:00.000+01:00

I found this montage knocking about my hard drive and thought i'd put it up here. I think I posted it on the sidewalk forum a while back, but no matter. I'm going to hold off on new footy for a while, until I make a decision about something...

2006-06-09T00:30:00.000+01:00

Ah no I missed out yesterdays post, only by about half an hour though, oh well maybe every day was a bit of a bold statement. Anyway hes a short edit of a barrier session in Mullet's manor, nothing serious...

Defend your endz

2006-06-07T10:06:00.000+01:00

Some very recent footy here, second spot was only discovered a little while back, a chelmsford secret. Colours are a little crazy, got carried away in the sun...

tricks

2006-06-06T11:14:00.000+01:00

Couple of clips from mk plaza. I think the nosegrind was Mike's first decent one too...

Mkaaaaay

2006-06-05T23:30:00.000+01:00

First post of this blog, I will update daily with at least a clip.

Start of with something close to all our hearts, manual pads.