Joe Coyne, Oli Short and Adam Kola are all the from the UK. They started Kingdom Magazine and are now up issue 7. I thought it was time for poeple to know who is behind the mag and understand what goes in behind the scenes to bring Kingdom to print every issue. It’s now distributed world wide and if you don’t get it where you are, email or tell your local shop to get in touch with them here www.kingdom-mag.co.uk Even if your not from the UK, open your mind and look at what goes in the UK. Maybe someday you’ll want to visit or even live here like me.
Dale: Where are you located and how many years have you been rolling?
Joe: I live in Brighton, the unofficial retirement capital of rollerblading. Been skating since 1993, not roller hockey, not reccy skating, grinding since 1993, so 15 years.
Joe MC ing NASS 2008
D: What role do you play in bringing Kingdom Magazine to our eyes?
J: I am co-editor of the mag and my time is split between chasing various contributors and advertisers, writing content for the mag and proofing every last page before we print. I also look after our website, Myface and Spacebook pages and of course run all the events and parties you know and love.
D: Who else is part of the team and can you briefly explain their role?
J: We’re fortunate to have some very talented and dedicated people in our team. Oli Short who along with Adam Kola helped found the magazine. Oli’s vision and ideas are what makes us tick and Adams photos are arguably the best in the industry. Ed Inglis came on board after the 1st web issue and is now our features editor, looking after everything from the video reviews to the interviews you read in the mag.
There’s also an army of contributors including Sam Butt and yourself taking snaps, Rupert Morgan and Lil Tom on design and all kinds of peeps writing content for us.
I almost forgot our publishing team at 328 media who have helped us realise our dream of bringing the magazine to print. They take care of advertising, distribution and all the admin that goes into running a mag. Without them, we’d be fucked!
Nick Lomax, Chris Farmer with his new DVD and Joe repping a DirtBox shirt on tour
D: What was the main aim you set out to achieve with Kingdom Mag and
have you come close to achieving it this early in the game?
J: I guess our main aim was to represent rollerblading in a new light. It wasn’t just by publishing a magazine but by running events, tours and parties to show people that might not have seen us before what we do. We have a long way to go before we’re where we want to be but we’re enjoying the ride.
D: There was a bit of controversy about a first few issue’s with non-English pros on the covers, any words about that?
J: Every single image that we print in Kingdom has been shot in the UK, bar maybe two or three. If the best option for a cover image we get is a foreigner, well we’re
going to run with it.
D: Following on from that, some UK skaters are complaining about the amount of Non English skaters in the mag, any thoughts on that?
Kingdom Magazine covers rollerblading in the UK, that includes visiting pros from all over the world. We always mix it up with British skaters and will continue to do so. Skaters will always complain, it’s in our nature. Just some advice to those negative mother fuckers, try being supportive for a change, it will make you feel a whole lot happier.
D: The UK isn’t such a large country geographically, but large with talent. How do these skaters make it to the pages of the magazine?
J: They need to make themselves known. Whether that’s by traveling to events and competitions or by sending us edits and photos, we are not psychics.
D: You’re up to Issue 7, how are things shaping up for the future?
J: All good, we’ve got some exciting plans for the next issue and all sorts of ideas for events in 2009, watch this space!
Thanks very much for your time Joe, I know your a busy guy and i wish Kingdom all the best for the future
Joe on another tour out handing out product at Milton Keynes
Issue 7, GO GET IT!!!!!
Damn, fuckin sick rail! The cover rocks for sure!
really good one! to bad im not able to come out to slamm jamm to see you guys and play football on the street with joe again!;-)
Good little read thank you.
Good one! Wish we had a German printmag …