Insight have started collating everything they and their friends get up to on their new european blog, they are a hedonistic bunch so expect to see some fairly interesting material going up there and rest assured it'll be the first place they upload any new surf and skate footage. I'm off for a mosey around it now to see if there's anything I can steal for our blog, wish me luck......

Sam Partaix is a dangerous man. Hideously talented on a plank (massive interview in Kingpin recently), decidedly good looking and with an unnervingly alluring french accent. As if he didn't have enough strings to his bow, he's decided to dabble in the arts. As documented earlier today on the blog, he's cleaned up recently at the Vans Downtown Showdown in Hamburg (oh, you can add that he's now minted to his ever expanding list of credentials), just one of many competitions he has cropped up and cleaned up in. Sam has decided to document his recent travels and has...

We've just been sent the teaser trailer for the latest Palladium exploration in Detroit featuring none other than Johnny Knoxville. Entitled 'Detroit Lives', Johnny takes us on a journey to some of the hidden places where young people are helping to regenerate the city, labelled the death of the American Dream. The full length version is released at the end of the month; keep your eyes peeled. For now enjoy! www.paladiumboots.com...

On Saturday, 14th August, Hamburg’s Red Light District hosted the biggest skateboard event the German harbour city has ever seen. Canoe were lucky enough to attend, soak up the amazing atmosphere and hang out with a few legends! Over 5’000 people visited the Spielbudenplatz throughout the day, witnessing nine of Europe’s best Skateboard teams battle it out against each other. €14’000 out of the €50’000 prize purse went to the days winning team: Element Europe. It wasn’t just the skaters having fun as the weather held out throughout the day, a thronging crowd of spectators and a high level...

If you don't think this is awesome then you don't know what's up. This cat is so cool it doesn't even know it, I bet if it could talk it would have the same voice as Zack Morris from Saved By The Bell. I used to dream of having a platoon of yaks to do my bidding.This cat, it seems, had far loftier plans. ...

Check out 55DSL's Creative Director Andrea Rosso as he talks to MADE, in a no nonsense, revealing interview. Andrea chats about his love for 55DSL, his father Renzo Rosso, family life, what makes him happy and his passions for creativity and design. www.made-blog.com www.55dsl.com...

Just a quick one to let you know that King will be having a Carnival Bank Holiday sample sale at East Gallery on Brick Lane. Booyah. Full info on the flyer below. www.king-apparel.com...

Our much talked about New Balance shoebox 'Flimby' factory is on tour and can now be viewed at Schuh's flagship store on Oxford Street in London. If you're in the neighbourhood, go check it out and the amazing range of New Balance's 'Made in England' sneaks. More info to come on further 'Flimby Factory' tours. http://www.newbalance.co.uk ...

Sometimes you just can't get a break in this game. Working in a place like this, there'll be times when you just have to accept that weekends are just no longer your own when there's work to be done. The latest example of this 'work' is when we ventured down to Boardmasters to absorb the good times, gorge on cream teas and witness the surf, bmx and skateboard contests taking place. In tow was The Daily Street to document proceedings and, inevitably, to pick us up when we fell. With Vans as one of the main sponsors of the...

It's the last day of our Kenny Powers week here at Canoe, and in celebration of all things awesome, here are 2 - that's right 2 - videos for your Friday viewing pleasure. Urijah Faber and Patrick Willis can now conquer all. Thanks to our hero Kenny Powers. Enjoy. www.kswiss.com/tubes...