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Kingpin Magazine

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About Me


We are Kingpin magazine, a delightful periodical dedicated to the pursuit of jumps, wheelies and/ or skids on skateboards. Kingpin is right across Europe, printed in English, French, German and Spanish simultaneously (yes, it is a nightmare to organise). What we try to do is give skateboarders an insight into the scenes and countries around them so that in the spirit of co-operation and brotherhood enshrined in the charter of the European Union, you can go to another country and wreck it.Kingpin was started a couple of years back when five people from different skate mags around Europe got together to build a new platform for skaters to get themselves seen beyond the boundaries of their home countries and bring the European skatescene together with it. As well as covering the famous scenes and faces from around the world, we have worked hard to cover places no magazines had ever been before, to find new and exciting skateboarding talents from everywhere we find them.
Kingpin is unique among magazines in that we work with local writers and photographers wherever possible so that the stories we tell are true.
As of now, Kingpin has 46 freelancers working for us right across the globe to bring us the best new talent in skateboarding every month.
Would you like to get involved and tell us what's up? Give us a shout, we're all ears.
PS- We already know we suck.

My Interests

Music:

Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Alice Coltrane, Charles Mingus, Nina Simone, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, Fela Kuti, George Benson, Gilles Peterson, Herbie Hancock, Van Morrison, Nick Drake, Blackalicious, Jari, Q-Tip, Bob Dylan, DeLaSoul, DrOctagon, Funkadelic, Horace Andy, Massive Attack, James Brown, Jeff Buckley, Hendrix, John Martyn, Johnny Cash, Led Zeppelin, Louis Armstrong, Paco De Lucia, The Pharcyde, PJ Harvey, Portishead, Public Enemy, Roberta Flack, Rolling Stones, Roy Ayres, Slayer, Soundgarden, Staple Singers, Tommy Guererro, Beastie Boys, Gil Scott Heron, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Louis Prima, Stan Getz, Prince, Luther Vandross, LL Cool J, Lional Ritchie, Kraftwerk, Fourtet, Englebert Humperdink, Diana Ross, David Bowie, Santana, Public Enemy, Vincent Gallo, Van Halen, Tommy Guerrero, Thom Yorke, Steely Dan, Sly Stone, Serge Gainsbourg, Ruben Gonzalez, Roy Avers, Roots Manuva, Randy Newman, Portishead, Pearl Jam, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Explosions In The Sky, Ennio Morricone, Depeche Mode, Bob James, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Al green, Pepe Deluxe, Rhythm Plate, The Flaming Lips, Automata, Quantic Soul Orchestra, DJ Yoda, DJ Shadow, Rob Dougan, Hot Chip, Unkle, Radiohead, Aim, The Crystal Method, Jaazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, RJD2, Frank Sinatra, Dolly Parton, Metallica, The Cinematic Orchestra, Mark Ronson, Aphex Twin, The Matt Ward Jizz Explosion and the Dot Cotton Experience.

Television:

http://kingpinskateboarding.com/