The Bay 66 skatepark in London is hosting a Make It Count event with Element this May. Read the flyers here for all details.
Category: Skateboarding Events
French has a new exhibition on in London featuring some of his newest illustrations at the Beach store between the dates of 10th and 27th of May. Find Beach at 20 Cheshire Street, Shoreditch, London E2 6EH.
The Gnargore lads from the West Midlands are back with another scene video this summer called Kickflip and and Friends scheduled to premiere on June 22nd at the Custard Factory cinema in Birmingham. A new pocket cam video blog has appeared over the weekend
Streetfest returns to Old Street again on the bank holiday Sunday 6th May so get ready for more mini ramp action, music, graf and a whole bunch of street culture from London locals.
The mini ramp comp is invitational so if you want in, then get hold of Dave Chesson direct and get yourself on that list.
If you are based in the Essex area and looking for skateboard tuition throughout the Easter holidays, then look into the Vans Skate Camp that is being run though Ramp Rage skatepark in Colchester.
The sessions are running from 10th-12th April from 10am-4pm and cost £60 per person. Visit www.ramprage.co.uk for details and book through the skatepark which is on 01206 617 515.
This Sunday sees the official opening of the Gravity built Telegraph Hill skatepark in SE14, London. The plans are for a full day of skateboarding with best trick comps and prizes from Blueprint, Heroin, Meet Bernard, Volcom, Lovenskate, and Stand Up Skateshop. Directions here.
Visit the park’s Facebook page for more info and enjoy this shot of Craig Questions bonelessing the new ‘crete for Gorm’s camera lens.
Dorchester’s concrete will have it’s annual roasting from locals this year on Saturday April 28th with cash money prizes for best tricks and free stuff from various sponsors. Get down to one of Maverick Skatepark’s best builds for a full day of it between 11 – 6pm. The park can be found at Weymouth Avenue, DT1 1QZ and the Facebook event page to join is here.
Tonight, the guys at Campus Skatepark in BristoL will be hosting a raging mini ramp party. From the updates on their facebook page, they have kegs of beer, loads of freebies to give out and some amped locals.
It runs from 6pm till 10pm, £5 entry for everyone; skaters, spectators and people who want to enter the comp. This includes entry to The Croft for the after party. The Sports hall closes at 8pm and the comp will run from 8pm till 9pm on Campus mini ramp set up with £300 prize money. Over 16’s only. Get down there if you are out West.
Hemel Hempstead’s indoor park, the XC is set for another event this winter with Santa Cruz Skateboards hosting the pool for a funfilled Xmas Jam. The session will kick off on the 18th December between 7-10pm with a mini ramp comp and much more. Expect pool carnage.
The Vans UKSA National Skateboarding Championships returns this year with a change of venue.
Previously held at Adrenaline Alley in Corby, the event that boasts £10,000 in prize money has been relocated to the impressive XC skatepark in Hemel Hempstead and will take place on the weekend of 22nd and 23rd October.
The main change this year is that the XC has no vert ramp so the prize money will be split down to 20th place split between bowl, pool and street.
The venue has a large spectator capacity but there’s a limited amount of skate/spectate tickets available (35 places). This will you to skate the pool/bowl and mini ramp all day, watch the comp, have a ringside view and allow you to skate in the pool jam if you want. Contact the venue to buy in advance and for any other ticket info on 01442 228799.
SKATE/SPECTATE Tickets are priced as below:
Adult advanced £12
Junior advanced £11
Adult on the door £14
Junior on the door £12
Spectate only (very reasonable indeed!):
Adult advanced £5.00 Junior £3.00
Adult on the day £7.00 Junior £5.00
Rough Schedule:
Saturday 11am-8pm
Qualifiers start at 12.
Pool Jam
Writerstailblock fastest trick comp – Yes BDF has a speed gun
Sunday
11am – 8pm
12pm girls comp
1.30pm – Semis
3pm – Final
4pm – Best Trick comps
5.30pm – Prize giving