LLSB x CHPO Southbank Watch: The Time Is Now

Long Live Southbank proudly presents their new ‘Southbank Watch’, courtesy of the legends at CHPO! The watch is available from tomorrow 9th May on our online shop over at www.llsb.com/shop in limited numbers, as well as through CHPO from the 11th. This clip was filmed over a couple of sessions with SB locals Jeremy Jones, Ryan Gabison, Joel Banner (heal up soon G!) and Lukas Kacevicius.

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You Can Make History – Long Live Southbank

In 2015, Long Live Southbank’s award-winning film ‘You Can’t Move History, You Can Secure the Future’ looked at young people’s engagement with cultural heritage through the example of the Long Live Southbank (LLSB) campaign to save the Undercroft skate space. Since the end of 2015, the relationship between the Southbank’s communities and policymakers has improved dramatically. LLSB’s new film, You Can Make History, documents the ongoing project to restore previously closed-off areas of the Undercroft, and the changes in the relationship between young people and policymakers on London’s Southbank. As well as showcasing the progress made by LLSB, it allows Southbank Centre management a space to articulate their experience of moving towards a more positive and collaborative relationship with the Long Live Southbank campaign. In doing so it asks questions about young people and their relationship with cultural heritage, the communications flow between grassroots and more formal organisations and the relationship between skating, art and academia.

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YOU CAN MAKE HISTORY FULL TRAILER – Long Live South Bank

Join South Bank on Friday 22nd March for a FREE premier of our new film ‘You Can Make History’ in partnership with the University of Sussex and funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. Directed by Dan Buck Joyce, the film covers the current restoration campaign and includes interviews with some of your favorite SB locals filmed over the last year.

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Blast Skates X Long Live Southbank

Southbank is super excited to announce a special collaboration with Blast Skates featuring a limited edition t-shirt and shoulder bag! Grab ‘em whilst you can, these won’t be hanging around for long.. Check this little edit featuring Daisuke Kagoshima, Rich West, Matt Bromley, Lucien Clarke, Tisho, Junpei and Jake Snelling, filmed and edited by George Toland.

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SLS London: England’s Legacy

England has a long & rich skate history. From the historic Radlands contests in the 1990’s which helped put guys like Geoff Rowley, Tom Penny & more English skaters on the map, to Southbank which has been skated since the 1970’s.

Check out this piece SLS created with the help of Geoff Rowley, Korahn Gayle, Winstan Whittier, Paul Richards, Long Live Southbank, Jenna Selby & Louis Woodhead. Donate & learn more about Long Live Southbank’s mission to restore sections that have been closed off since 2004. Go to llsb.com and follow them on Instagram at @longlivesouthbank!

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