Boy: Lucien Clarke

We've been trying to shoot one of the Palace skate team ever since we saw their hilariously funny PWBC videos on Tim & Barry's Don't Watch That TV a few years back. Then came their own-brand comprising Versace-homaging sweaters, Chanel logo-style shirts, VHS-chic skate videos, sick graphic and web design skills. Finally, we persuaded 23-year-old Lucien Clarke to let us take a few shots.

As well as being a pretty good-looking dude, he's probably the best British skateboarder since Benny Fairfax, notable for his laid-back American skate style. Lucien rides a custom Palace Jamaica-coloured deck, because he was born there and was pretty happy about a Marcus Garvey deck Palace are sending over. Thankfully, even though a lot of skate dudes can be total dicks if you don't really know them, Lucien is pretty down-to-earth for a guy whose room is full of boxes of free shit people like Supreme have sent him and even has his own DVS shoes colorway. Not that he's soft, or anything – he wouldn't wear any of the stuff we took along for him and we let him get away with it. Sorry advertisers.

Photos: Anna Ryon
Co-ordination: Ali Carman

Watch the video we made with the Palace skate team here.

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