Following on from the events in Paris, New York City and Berlin, DC Europe is launching the 4th edition of the Burning Ink art show in London (Beach Gallery, 20 Cheshire Street, E2), from the 13th to the 31st of March 2012 in partnership with Kids love Ink Custom Tattooing owned by the very talented Charlie Shazer.

Bringing together a unique selection of world-renowned street artists, graphic designers and illustrators, Burning Ink is a crossover event between the worlds of fine arts and tattoos.

Burning Ink art show – March 13th to 31st

With Kids Love Ink custom tattooing, exhibition @ beach gallery 20-14 Cheshire St. (Off Brick Lane) London.

“All the drawings will be burnt at the end of the show…”

One In A Million is back and this time it heads to New York City with host John Cardiel, as the skaters take on the streets of the Big Apple in pursuit of their dreams.

Many skateboarders dream of living the sponsored life. Free product, trips around the globe, and getting paid to do what you love. Sounds like heaven, right? But the journey to the promised land isn’t all that easy. One In A Million follows 11 of the nation’s greenest, most ripping young skateboarders, as they compete for a spot on the roster with the most legit sponsors in the game including Vans, CCS, Spitfire, Independent, Zero, Quiksilver and Mtn Dew! This year, the competition heads to New York City with host John Cardiel, as the skaters take on the streets of the Big Apple in pursuit of their dreams.

Vans is has announced that The Devil Wears Prada will be headlining the Vans Off The Wall Music Tour. Vans have established ties with The Devil Wears Prada, releasing limited edition footwear in honour of the band in 2011.

The 12 date tour will focus on the sensational Dead Throne album, which has received rave reviews, hailed as “accomplished, deft and unbelievably powerful from start to finish” by Rock Sound magazine. Throughout the tour, the band will be stopping by at various Vans stores up and down the UK for in-store signings. For your chance to meet the band in person, be sure to make your way to the relevant Vans store on the dates outlined below:

Vans Store Signing Dates

Vans Cardiff, 6pm, 2nd February 2012
17 The Hayes Mall, Cardiff CF10 1GA

Vans Manchester Central, 6pm, 4th February 2012
59 Church Street, Manchester, M4 1PD

Vans Birmingham, 6pm, 8th February 2012
Bullring, Unit 245, Birmingham B5 4BU

Vans Brighton, 6pm, 12th February 2012
38 West Street, Brighton, BN1 2RE

Vans London, 6pm, 17th February 2012
47 Carnaby Street, London, W1F 9PT

For info visit www.facebook.com/vanseurope for the latest updates.

Singer Mike Hranica says, “We aim to give listeners and fans something they can enjoy, but we’ll also always make songs we personally stand behind. We’d write differently if we were purely trying to sell albums, that’s just not how it works for us. No compromises.”

The Devil Wears Prada are: Frontman Mike Hranica, guitarist/vocalist Jeremy DePoyster, guitarist Chris Rubey, bassist Andy Trick, keyboardist James Baney, and drummer Daniel Williams.

Support acts are still to be confirmed, so be sure to keep an eye out for updates, but the dates are as follows:

Tour Dates, February 2012

Thurs 2nd Cardiff, Great Hall 2
Fri 3rd Stoke, Sugarmill
Sat 4th Manchester, Academy 3
Sun 5th Glasgow, G2
Tues 7th Newcastle, Academy 2
wed 8th Birmingham, Academy 2
Fri 10th Plymouth, White Rabbit
Sat 11th Southampton, The Cellar
Sun 12th Brighton, Haunt
Mon 13th Oxford, Academy 2
Tues 14th Colchester, Arts Centre
Fri 17th London, Underworld

Tickets cost £14 London/£13 regionally. Doors are: 7pm.

Design Your Own Skateboard Competition!

Welcome to our ‘Design Your Own Skateboard‘ Competition! The prize? Seeing your design come to life! That’s right peeps it’s your turn to design a skateboard deck of your own and the winner will have their design printed for real!

To enter, you must first download the template from our website. The template can be used in Photoshop, Illustrator or simply printed and worked on by hand depending on your abilities. Don’t worry you don’t need to be a Graphic designer to enter! This competition is being judged by the people of Facebook simply on the design they ‘Like’ the best. It’s all about creativity, imagination and concept in whatever form it takes! So give it a go and you could win some rad prizes for your efforts!

Once you have designed your deck you must email the finished artwork to wassup@feralinc.com (obviously if you have chosen to draw, paint or collage your deck you will need to scan it first and then email it to us).

As soon as we receive it, we will post your entry on our Facebook Page and let the people vote for their favorite! The design with the most ‘Likes’ from the Facebook community wins! Remember you can drum up as much support from your friends and family as you like but only ‘Likes’ on the official Feral Inc Facebook Page count towards the final scores!

Rules

- Only entries using the supplied template will be valid.

- You may enter as many different designs as you wish.

- ‘Likes’ on different designs by the same entrant will not be counted together – your highest score for a given design will be used as your best score.

- Your entry is only valid if posted by Feral Inc on the official Feral Inc Facebook Page – likes from any other source will not be counted towards the final scores – YOU MUST EMAIL IT TO US!

- Last date for submission is midnight on Tuesday 31st January 2012, submissions received after then will not be entered into the competition.

- Judging will last 2 weeks and ends at midnight on Tuesday 14th February 2012, any additional ‘Likes’ after this point will not be counted towards final scores.

- The Winner and 2 Runner-ups will be announced by Friday 17th February 2012.

- In the event of a tie situation an external panel of 3 judges (appointed by Feral Inc) will decide the Winner.

- We like controversial but no overtly offensive, racist or victimising content will be posted. If an entry is deemed too offensive it will simply be deleted from our inbox.

- By entering you assign ownership of your design to Feral Inc for the sake of this competition. We will not use your design for anything other than creating the prize for this competition should you win.

- Likewise, by entering you give your full consent for Feral Inc to post images of your design on http://www.facebook.com/

- You may not use the Feral Inc logo without our prior written consent.

Good luck, get started now by downloading the ‘Design Your Own Skateboard’ template below!

Prizes:

WINNER: 1 lucky Winner will see their design come to life as we convert it to print-ready artwork and put it into production in a limited run of just 5 decks!

RUNNERS UP: 2 Runners up will win a selection of Feral Inc skate goods including: tshirts, hoodies & decks.

WILDCARD: We reserve the right to reward 1 special entry with a mystery prize for ‘unconventional approach’. The Wildcard will be selected not by the number of ‘Likes’ but by an extraordinary demonstration of effort!

The grand opening event is set to take place on Saturday December 10th with a 12 hour jam kicking off at 10am. Check the flyer below for more details and a drawing of the park’s layout, and keep an eye on www.ramprage.co.ukfor further details, directions etc.

Get yourself along on Wednesday 14th December from 8pm to join in the epic festive piss-up.

Check out the Slam City Facebook for more info.

Check the highlights from yesterdays hectic session below, with Jake Collins, Chris Oliver and Sam Pulley occupying the podium, alongside Greg Nowik, Josh “Manhead” Young, Ryan Hurt, Craig Questions, Dan Hill, Socks, Martin Maquire, Salar Kooshki and more!

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The shindig kicks off at 7pm and will run until 10pm, with an under 16’s bowl bash, over 16’s pool party and a girl’s mini ramp jam, with a Santa’s Cruz Grotto dishing out presents for all and a live DJ spinning ear-pleases all night long.

Check the poster below for prices and contact details…

Get in the festive spirit, wrap up warm and head on down to Bay Sixty6 Skatepark on December 10th for an unsposored comp with Slam City vouchers up for grabs, and pro and sponsored street jams and mini ramp session with £600 cash on the line!

As ever, the jam will be followed by the traditional booze fueled riot/after-party at Mau Mau on Portobello Road, where Dainton and co will also be premiering the brand new Kill City video “Rookies”.

How’s that for a proper kick-start to your festivities? Keep an eye on the Crossfire site for further details…