Cara-Beth Burnside

Homemade stickers

Alongside my skate coaching at Mile End, I also run a session called 'Skate and Create' for young people. This week, we made stickers! Here are some of mine. Not sure who the session was more for!

Birmingham Zine Festival 2012

I was at BZF this weekend, and here I am at my stall!

This is just some of the communal table. 

The wonderful Princesa Pirata Zine distro set up shop with this marvelous suitcase!

http://princesapiratadistro.wordpress.com/

I also met another illushredder who makes zines! Rad! Ashley Dhnoa, a brummie shredder makes Skate Brum. Check out his website and buy a copy!

http://ashleydhnoaillustration.tumblr.com/

Another brummie shredder, my good friend Wig Smith (of Gnargore fame) made this collabo zine with Lee Sparks on the seven different manifestations of the Prince of Darkness himself (No, not Ozzy)

Speaking of Ozzy, I found this gem on the communal table. It is a zine dedicated to giving a tour around the area of Brummieland where members of Black Sabbath grew up and first formed the band

 And here is a map

Leeds based 'Footprint' workers co-op brought their Risograph machine and asked store holders to draw something to be printed that day. Everyone got involved and the result was BZF: Zine in a day! Here is my effort below.

BZF was rad! thanks to the organisers Lizz, Annelise and Antonio. I definitely want to be involved again next year. Thanks to everyone who bought a zine/print form me, or even just talked to me, or even just had a good look! Bring on BZF 2013 :)

Brash at Birmingham Zine Festival!

I will be holding a stall selling Brash 4 and various other prints at BZF this Saturday at the Independent Publishing Fair. If you reside anywhere near Birmingham, then please do come along. It'll be a ball! :P

The fair will be at Sidewalk (no not the shredding mag you all know and love) but a venue in the centre of Birmingham, 125-131 Hurst Street.

In the meantime, check out the website: http://www.birminghamzinefestival.com/

And my little bio (if you scroll down a bit): http://www.birminghamzinefestival.com/2012-festival/

Brash 4 for sale online

Now you can, finally,  buy issue 4 online! Follow this link to my shop... or the link is just on the right hand side of the page.

http://brashzine.bigcartel.com/

Rich de Courcy

Richard de Courcy kindly made a super drawing for Brash. You can see it printed in full CMYK colour in issue 4. (email at harrietalana@hotmail.co.uk to buy a copy)

You can see more of Rich's wonderful work here:

http://rich-de-courcy.blogspot.co.uk/

Brash at the shows

So this was my 'Brash' installation, to coincide with the release of Brash 4, in the Mixed Special show, Red Gallery... 

...and this was the 'school show' at Camberwell a month earlier.

Science Skateboards

The awesome and totally wadical Chris Morgan, founder and owner of Science, did an interview for Brash 4 and has posted about it on the team's facebook page (thank you!)

The interview is a must read.. a rare and detailed insight into the sheer amount of hard work that goes into running a skateboard company. These are the guys that skateboarding often forgets, and I puzzle at why, because this is where all the talent lies. As I state in the zine intro; not only can they shred like a beast, but their creative skills are limitless... filming, editing, graphic design, web design, illustration, PR, communication and all the stressful and mundane tasks that must go into running a skateboard company.

This is just one of the five pages of the Chris Morgan/Science interview, full to the brim of rider shots, rarely heard Science philosophy, stories and opinions...  and an exclusive peek at Science's new decks, soon to be released...

check out the Science website: http://www.scienceskateboards.co.uk/

Please buy a copy of Brash to read the Science interview in full!

email me at harrietalana@hotmail.co.uk

or

find Brash 4 at the Mixed Special show from this thursday at the Red Gallery, Rivington Street, Shoreditich - http://mixedspecial.com/info/

or

you can buy Brash 4 at Parlour skate shop (more info soon)

I'll keep ya posted to as and when Brash 4 will be available online or to purchase anywhere else.

Skateboard Religion vs. Brash

Just as Brash is getting bigger and better, so is Skateboard Religion. Above is SBR's contribution to Brash an below is the Brash contribution to SBR...

Boards are £40 and you can get them from here:
http://skateboardreligion.bigcartel.com/product/family-portrait-2012

Also, keep checking the SBR website (currently under construction) for updates...
http://skateboardreligion.com/

Thanks to Nik Jones for giving me this opportunity enabling me to create my first board graphic!

Headphones promo film (Southbank)

Headphones promo film (Stockwell) ... featuring Alana Brash!

Late last year, Sam Taylor asked me to be part of a headphones promo video on behalf of an electrical company (his dad works for them) alongside, Luka Pinto, Kyle Platts, Josh Checkley and a bunch of other rad guys I met on the day.

Here is the Stockwell part!

Stoked to be a part of it, especially as I got some decent head phones out of it! :) Thanks Sam and his Dad. Well done to Jake Harris for making the films and Sam Ashley for taking the shots (there's a billboard photo of me looking like a gormless twat floating around somewhere... namely Heathrow airport)

Brash issue 4 at Camberwell BA show

Brash is finished.
Issue four is part of my final project for my illustration degree at Camberwell.
The private view, at the college is tomorrow night, and then on for the rest of the week, so please come if you can!

Here's a link for the details:
http://www.camberwell.arts.ac.uk/newsandevents/bashow2012/

Only a few copies of Brash 4 are currently available to buy exclusively (for now!) at the Illustration shop within the show.

Fret not though... I have printed 300 of the buggers, it's just a case of folding, stapling and stenciling, but a copy will be in your mitts if you very so wish it.

Please contact me now if you would like to pre order a copy. My email address is harrietalana@hotmail.co.uk

Brash 4 is coming...

Featuring...
Science skateboards, Olivia Skalkos, Lucy Adams, Horse zine and Horse zine James, Skateboard Religion, BMT, Craig Questions, Jenna Selby, Emma Richardson, Helen Lovelee, Mitch Long, DIY tattooing by Mat Collins, Artwork by Pat Macdonald, Rich de Courcy and Callum Abbott, story telling by William Kramer, Stockwell Skate Park, Parlour Skate Shop, Jim Thompson, Valentine Katz and Billy Jay Holmes.

It's gonna be a good 'un. Please contain your excitement.

Papergirl exhibition

Some copies of Brash zine, along with other art by yours truly was sent up to Birmingham recently to be part of the Papergirl show. Everyone involved in the show will now have their artwork delivered out to people via 'couriers' on bicycles....rad!

Check out more pics of the show here:

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.350340131695539.82725.156074854455402&type=3

Photos by Kate Ward... thank you very much! Sorry I couldn't be there.

Lovenskate

Graphic by Paul Parker http://www.pparkerillustration.com/

I've been a huuuge fan of Lovenskate ever since I met Stu at t-shirt screen printing event in Birmingham. It's taken me until now (three years!) to finally buying a Lovenskate plank. They are only company in the country that goes that extra push to screen print their boards, which is untimely so much more 'skateboarder', keeping that DIY mentality alive and kicking.

So support British skateboarding and go buy your next deck from Lovenskate!
http://www.lovenskateshop.com/

Lucy Adams

Footage by Brashzine



Photograph by Jenna Selby



Lucy Adams is the UKs number 1 female skateboarder and Brash met up with her for a chat: the interview will be featured in Brash issue 4. Lucy skates for Lovenskate (best company in the world!) and DC and relishes the fact that she has often been described as being able to 'skate like a guy.' A down to earth, totally rad individual who rips up any comp she enters, now runs a blog where she shares everything she gets up to skate wise, 'bigging up' the scene and being a true inspiration for skater girls and boys alike!

http://lucyadamsskateboarder.blogspot.com/

Rogue Skateboards

Please check out the new Rogue website, where you can buy the brand new board designed by team rider Helen Lovelee, as well as check out other team riders and what Rogue and friends get up to.

http://rogueskateboards.co.uk/





I recently purchased the Lovelee deck (haha get it?!) , which is currently hung up on my kitchen wall, patiently waiting to be shrodden on.

Sidewalk features Brash (issue 3) yet again!

Brash gets another lovely review from the lovely people at Sidewalk. Thanks! So that's twice Alana Brash is in Sidewalk this month...phwoar! :P

Stockwell Winter Games in Sidewalk! (and Alana's zine stall)

A couple of Stockwell lurkers (Jim and Ash) have put together an article of what went down late last year, including the drizzly Stockwell games as well as the art show, live music and zine/t-shirt stall for Sidewalk... rad or what? It features, Johnners, Martyn, Pat Madonald, Rich de Courcy, Alex Payne, Nik Jones, myself and many more. Go buy it!

Santa Cruz Xmas Jam and Grrrls Mini Ramp Jam

From left: Helena Long, Rianne Evans, Taeko Akimoto, Ayumi Wantanabe, Becky Jaques, myself, Dannielle Gallacher and lil ripper, Tamsin Bunce

After some persuasion via text message from Becky Jaques, I decided to mission it from Peckham to deepest darkest Hertfordshire, and I'm not kidding either, black and icy it were! Stepping off the train at Hemel Hempstead, I was greeted by freezing temperatures and had to walk up to the XC over slippery paths and iced up puddles.

On arrival, I was greeted by Emma Richardson and Dannielle Gallacher, who sat cotching in the warm cafe/chill out area. The 'indoor' skatepark actually is kinda outside as it has one wall missing, so December temperatures easily reached us when skating. I then bumped into Helena who'd got there 15minutes earlier (I failed to meet her at Euston, being 4mins late for the train). She informed me that the bowls were slippery, which I later found out when I dropped in the pool an immediately slid out and ate shit!

Anyway, on entering the indoor park (which is overwelmingly, scarily, RAD!) I headed to the mini ramp whereby was met with shrieks and hugs from Becky. She immediately told me to get in there (the mini ramp) which despite it being a manic, snaking, free for all session, I did. Unfortunately, a sneeky guy named 'Socks' dropped in on me and made me roll my ankle! Gahh! I was well bummed out to say the least, and started to wich I hadn't come.
However, after some positive vibes from Becky, I stretched my foot a little bit and had a roll round the park. I came back to the mini a few minutes later, after realising I could forget about my ankle injury for a few hours and got stuck in with practicing some tricks (just 50-50s, axels stall, rock fakie). In the midst of that, I also did some filming, Ewen Bower, Lucy Adams and Helena all looking hot on the coping!

Ewen. Sequence

Lucy

Helena

Anyway, the Jam got under way and I just got so fucking hyped! I was so excited, I just wanted to skate as much as possible, I hope I didn't snake anyone, if I did, sorry! 'Cos I was so hyped and shredding without a care in the world, I managed to get some good 50-50s and then... I learnt slash grinds... just like that! So stoked!

Ok that's enough about me. In between skating the Jam, I managed to do some filming, I tried my best to film everyone, some screenshots of which, you can see in the previous post. I will make an edit soon and post it up :)

Such a rad sesh on Sunday night, I'm sooo glad Becky made me came. Cheers for the interview, Becky (Brash 4 stuff!) and thanks Felix for helping me with the interview! It was raaad seeing everyone too, and meeting some of the girls I hadn't met before. Nice one!

Here's a lovely write up of the event by Janna Selby, nice one! http://cooler.mpora.com/news/events/santa-cruz-christmas-pool-party.html