Ground Control GC.1, episode 3 opens with a never before seen section, initially created to bridge the gap between Nils Jansons and Alex Burston‘s profiles, but dropped at the last minute due to pacing issues.
We then move on to a full profile for Alex Burston, a British blader, born and bread in Manchester but due to his unquestionable ability, he is now making impressive leaps into an international scene of professional bladers.
Released in 2011, Ground Control came to define a years worth of achievement from the blading community. Featuring a strong roster of talent from the team itself and directed by Simon Mulvaney, this film documents the story of the frames beneath the feet of each of the GC team.
Alex Burston makes a trip to Glasgow to hang out and film this edit with fellow team mates Chaz Sands and Scott Quinn and takes in a little of the true “Unit Life”.
Here is a little taster on what to expect from Alex Burston‘s section in the new Razors film.
Burston has been injured recently due to excessive rollerblading, but he still managed to gather some clips together for the enjoyment of you guys. Hope everyone enjoys it.
Filmed in only 5 hours and edited in the same amount of time, this Podcast demonstrates Alex’s efficiency when it comes to riding both street and park. Through the video we get a brief, yet insightful look into his skate setup, reasons for joining the Razors team and his feelings on their latest product; the Aragon 4. More.
Me and Alex Burston set out to film for this edit for a while ago although the majority was filmed in only four or five sessions. Alex is the kind of skater you want to film with, he can get five or six sick clips at different spots easily in under 2 hours.
He is also a perfectionist and will not stand for sloppily landed tricks just to get the clip quicker, basically he’s perfect to film with.
Thanks to Sam Brookfield for filming a couple of second angles and also Scott Hallows for providing me with some of Lawrence Badgers clips so that we had enough to get this finished up.
Also don’t forget to be at the MCR street comp Alex has throwing alongside side Nick Lomax on the 2nd of July it’s sure to be a big day for Manchester skating.
Alex Burston from Manchester (England) is one of the fastest rising stars in the European skate scene.
Over the last 2 years he was winning various contest such Laced, Chosen Few and Boneyard Jam in England, Ghetto Games in Latvia, Open Street Comp in Moscow and the Pony Cup in Denmark.
He was touring hard and putting out killer edits. His GC section showed the world what we already knew: Burston is here and here to stay.
To celebrate the hard work and dedication Alex has shown we are proud to bring you his first pro skate.
The lads all got together for a lock-in at the House Skatepark in the week leading up to the Noiya Jam 2012. Fun was had by all and the tricks went off.
Check out this video to see Nick Lomax, Alex Burston, Ross Jones & Scott Hallows all killing the grind box.
Filmed by Tim Darker, Josh Holmes & Nick Lomax in House Skatepark, Sheffield (England) ; edited by Tim Darker.
