Daredevil

This one has to score high on picture of the week.

Year 3 at NGUK

Last night we had an end of year barbeque with the whole Team from New Generation UK and the Team from New Generation Switzerland, and after indulging in some amazing ribeye steaks and barbequed shrimps, we recapped some of the highlights of the year and looked back on what we've been up to at the UKHQ.

Here's the condensed version:

- Set up a new office and base to make room for a bigger Team

- Trained first Swiss Team & helped set up bases & run events there

- Trained first Finnish Team & helped set up bases & run events there

- International conference in London with people from 10 countries

- 4 regional Wired weekends with 90 young leaders

- Over 50 youth meetings, seminars & events

- God is Colourblind tour with 10 concerts in 8 schools

- Launched 12 new websites and subsites in 3 nations

- Overhauled and relaunched our online Login Area

- Produced NG Bibles in 5 languages

- Released 2 ONE magazines

- Produced 2 video series and 3 trailers

- Signed our first UK book deal

- Signed our first DVD deal

With a new Team on the way in this September and our first 3 pioneer years behind us we're amped and ready for NGUK 2.0 To stay up to date with what we're doing, or even join the Team for next year (yep, if you're lucky and you're good we might still let you in) check us out at www.newgeneration.co.uk

Circle the Mag

Last week at Christ Air skate camp I bumped into old friend and fellow veteran boardrider Daniel Månsson. Daniel is the man behind a new project called Circle the Mag, a skateboarding magazine featuring premium photography and skating from some of the greats, interviews with 3 all-time skate legends, and the book of John all rolled into a nice, crisp magazine. The mag is perfect for passing around to fellow skaters and boardriding enthusiasts with little or no connection to circles of faith, and the first print run of 4000 have been well-received from all over the industry. Daniel has put this thing together with some help from friends at Lonka boardclub in Jönköping and skate contacts in the States he acquired whilst working on his Faces of Skateboarding project. Faces was/is a highly-acclaimed coffee table book profiling 100 of the greats in the industry, and Daniel has worked on similar surf publications, as well as other stuff like album covers for bands such as Blindside and press shots for high profile businessmen and celebrities everywhere from Stockholm to LA. You can see the holding site for Circle the Mag at www.circlethemag.se, check out the Faces of Skateboarding site at www.facesofskateboarding.com, or drop by Daniel's site for a full portfolio at www.danielmansson.com