The new vert ramp in North Berwick, Scotland will get sessioned in an invitational vert party on Saturday 25th February sponsored by Santa Cruz, Focus Skate Shop, Independent Trucks (who will be bringing the beer), Shralp Your Bass and Acrete. The party will be held at The Space from 7pm-10pm. To enter the jam, contact Dixon via email.
The Space can be found at Uprising East Lothian, 1 Tantallon Road, North Berwick, EH395NF.
London skaters are looking forward to yet another concrete skatepark likely to be open to the public very soon. Gravity Skateparks are behind the new project at Lloyds Park in Walthamstow that includes banks, ledges, hip, rail, a bowled corner and much more. It’s said to be almost complete but not open, so don’t turn up there expecting a session until it’s officially ready to skate but look forward to fresh ‘crete for the Spring.
Locals of Calais in France are celebrating the arrival of one of the most plush skateparks we have seen to date. Designed by Bang Architects this once used peanut factory has now made way for the ZAP’ ADOS Skatepark, an eco-friendly skate park that is part of a major urban renewal project in the area.
It is located along a canal in St. Pierre, so get packing and book that ferry ticket.
Images from Inhabitat
Lost Art have some raw, black and white footage up of Ash Wilson, Dave Mackey, Joe Lynskey, Adam Aulaqi, Ali Watson, Pete Steele, Louie Brownlie and many more here this week.
Does Jake Mitchell take the most uncomfortable slam seen this month? Ragdoll.
Tom Fok has an edit online this week shot last summer with Nick Chappell and Tom Steele skating various concrete parks including Filton, Emerson’s Green, Hereford and Midsomer Norton.
Reiss Johnson has some new footage online today for Heathen Skateboards skating Blackpool’s Ramp City, the new Deeside park in North Wales and several other parks filmed by Phil Harvey.
Palace Skateboards have assigned their first US team rider. Read the interview with New York City’s Shawn Powers on Quartersnacks.
Mike O’Shea filmed Phil Parker, Jason Lewer, Ian Devine and more at the Campus Skatepark in Bristol recently and popped it online today. Campus is Bristol’s only youth focused skateboarder owned indoor skatepark. Find out more at www.campus-skatepark.co.uk
Revolution Skatepark down in Kent are busy as usual. They are currently working on their third, full length video called “Our Time” which has a teaser you can see below. It features all the Revolution staff, pro’s, am’s and more. As an added bonus, their first video About Time is available for free on the web now. Watch this to see how far the park has come in the past 14 years.
With that in mind, a entirely new building has been erected where the outside ramp complex used to be. Locals on the South East coast will be skating it as soon as the street obstacles and mini ramps, that are currently being made in another warehouse, are laid for use. Well done to all behind the progress at Revolution, we will bring you the design and photos of the new layout when we get them through.
Patrick Wallner’s Visual Traveling tales continue to drop online. This week he has unleashed Holy Cow, a ten minute feature traveling through South Asian countries such as India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka with Walker Ryan, Laurence Keefe, Michael Mackrodt and Kenny Reed on board for the ride.
Watch this fantastic documentary and take in the culture.