London will host a mini ramp comp with £4k prize money at The Ledge Trade Show that will be held at Olympia on the weekend of September 2nd. Visit www.londonedge.com for tickets that are £16 for the weekend stuffed full of skaters, new skate gear and more.
Derby’s scene are in for a treat this month as Rollersnakes have built what looks like a killer little indoor park built by Craig Smedley, Dave Rampchild and Adam Boyfield to fight the winter ahead and also jumped through hoops to make their TF publicly accessible so you can skate it on special occasions.
The Vault will be open on 24th August for the first one off public session with BBQ and good times. You will need to fill out forms of consent to skate it, so head over here to find out more details.
If you re down in Brighton on Saturday 18th August, pop into Goon Fest on the seafront from midday for a day of skating and fun from the local scene down there.
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The annual concrete jam at Rom Skatepark in Essex will take place this Saturday and by the looks of the weather report, it may just be one to be at.
The only Olympic event worth attending this year is definitely the Note Olympics. Note are back with their most fun event of the year scheduled for this Sunday so if you nearby, make sure you don’t miss it. Rain or Shine.
Born in Cape Town, South Africa with a massive influence from RAD and Thrasher Magazine he was religiously engulfed into the punk rock and skateboarding lifestyle. Not a self proclaimed artist but a loser with a passion. Painting to pass time and to kill the Grey Britain, a style developed that sucked and was useless, but somehow looked cool.
Crow now has his works on display for the first time ever at Parlour Skate Store in Mile End, London. Go down there and meet him personally on the 14th July where he will be live screen printing with special deals. Useless Exhibition works include: Musicians Travis Barker, Lars Frederiksen, Mike Ness, Lemmy, and Skinhead Rob. Skateboarders include Duane Peters, Lee Ralph, Neil Heddings, Jason Jessee + more.
If you can’t get down there to pick one up, buy them direct from crowbrand.bigcartel.com
It’s that time of the year again where the South Coasters get together for their Battle of Hastings skate jam. £1066 cash is up for grabs again. Check the flyer for all info for this event that will take place on September 1st on the sea front.
Christian Hart’s new skate video ‘Now That’s What I Call Skateboarding‘ will be shown on Friday 20th July at Dempsey’s Bar in Cardiff featuring various Welsh skaters and beyond. Crayon will also unleash their first welcome section from Andy Evans on the night before the screening and will also introduce a new collab deck with Lost Art skateshop. View the flyer for more info.
Go Skateboarding Day is here once again so if you are planning to skate today, here’s a few options of events and get togethers that have been made public this year. There will be plenty more so if you have plans in your local area, feel free to list them below in the comments for others to see. Click on the red links for more info where possible and feel free to send your photos and footage to us here if you would like your sessions seen on Crossfire.
Here’s what’s on our radar:
Parlour Skateshop and Lakai Shoes have hooked up for a cruise across London from Mile End to Old Street hitting up 7 spots kicking off at 4.30pm. The first 50 people will receive FREE Lakai tees.
There is also an early morning roll in the bowl at Victoria park, East London planned from 7am. ‘Bring your own breakfast’. I wonder if anyone actually made that one. Shots of sugar puffs on the coping please.
Bay Sixty 6 Skatepark will have their final jam before the refit down here in London tonight from 4.30pm. Nike team riders Sean Malto, Youness Amrani, Lewis Marnell and Wieger Van Wageningen, alongside Fernando Bramsmark, Tim Zom, Chris Jones, Neil Smith, Daniel Kinloch, Joey Pressey and Korahn Gayle will be there for a session. They will also be hitting up spots around London during the day. Keep an eye on the Nikesb twitter to find out where and we will see you here later.
Ramp City Skatepark in Blackpool have a free session planned from 6.30-10pm. It’s also their 10th Anniversary jam, so celebrate this huge milestone of supporting their local scene and get down there to skate.
The Works Skatepark in Leeds have a session planned. Phone the park as their flyer says this is happneing on June 23rd, not today but they have the mini ramp in the yard all up and running, a BBQ going on all day too. For everyone who turns up to our event they also go a Works Go Skate Day t-shirt.
The Space in North Berwick, Scotland have £1 skate sessions from 10am-2pm and 6pm-10pm.
Chichester skateboarders have a get together planned starting at Chichester Skatepark from 4pm, followed by a game of S.K.A.T.E at their multi-storey car park where a death race will take place.
Guildford’s Skateboards have planned a Hill Bomb.
Newquay’s locals are meeting near the bus station to skate various spots in the area.
Worthing’s skateboarders have planned a meet up at Homefield Park at 4pm for an hour session followed by street cruise that will lead to the pier for a game of S.K.A.T.E.
In London, Supra team riders and Slam City Skates staff have teamed up at the shop from 4.30pm and will skate street down to Kennington and give out prizes.
Telford and Wrekin locals will meet up at Telford Magistrates Courts for street sessions localy.
In Southend, there will be a meet at the seafront.
In Peterborough, there’s a session planned at the Meethill Skatepark.
HAVE FUN AND LIST YOUR LOCAL SESSIONS IN THE COMMENTS BELOW.
Parlour Skateshop have hooked up with Lakai Shoes this Thursday 21st June for a cruise across London to support Go Skateboarding Day. The street sesh will include hitting up 7 spots that start at Mile End and finish at Old Street kicking off at 4.30pm. The first 50 people will receive FREE Lakai tees. How can you miss this?
