Category: Skateboarding News

It seems that good news is about to hit London as it will soon have another concrete skatepark to shred in January 2009. The Danson Skatepark was funded by a national lottery grant and will rep a bowl and small street area. We hear that the area itself looks pretty safe with surrounding football pitches and Leisure centre very close and it’s also nearby to Bexleyheath train station with a 5-10 minute skate to get there. Parking looks like it will be good and looks likely to close at 8pm every night so plenty of time to get a shred on.

The parks concrete is currently setting and will take a while. It’s pretty safe to say DO NOT skate this park until it’s officially open just like any other as the concrete will become rough as a badgers arse once it sets if you decide an early session is a good idea. Check it out below and thanks to Thomas Hardcastle for the pics and info.

Jessup Griptape have expanded their Pro and Am skate team. The new pro team additions include: Colin McKay, Terell Robinson, Daxter Lussier, Chris Dobstaff, and Don “The Nuge” Nguyen.

The new amateur team additions include: Dan Nepscha, Derek “Ghost” Burdette, Randy Ploesser, Shaun. P.Gregoire, Bryant “Cheddar” Chapo, Luis “Moose” De Los Reyes, and Colin Hale. Go to the Jessup’s website for more.

Cliché and Emerica skater Ricardo Fonseca has been confirmed to fly over for the Crossfire Xmas Jam on Saturday 13th December. The Portugeezer will be stoked to know that the Xmas party is being held at the Portuguese Sporting Club on Elkstone Rd after the jam and that the food there is the bollocks.

Check him out in this Déjà Vu edit below and expect hammers. Richard joins Eniz Fazliov from Finland who is also conformed as a euro guest. Click here for more info.

The recent Elemental Awareness National Contest Series in Peoria, Arizona saw Collin Provost, Chad Tim Tim and many more turn up to collect food for the homeless and lay down some sick skateboarding. Watch the park edit below.

The Berrics presents a Game of Skate with Sean Malto VS Donovan Strain.

It seems that a young Chris Haslam has the Groovy Grape for this young honey who gets to grips with skateboarding as easily as sucking on a strawberry milkshake. Check out the white hotpants, ooh…

Collin Provost, Nick Garcia and Tony Karr rock out some double action courtesy of Element’s video delivery unit.

Street sessions don’t stop just because the leaves have fallen off the trees. Check out this local Atlanta edit on this cold Monday morning and send yours.

The brand new Wakefield Skatepark designed and built by Gravity Skateparks will be ready to skate very soon.

These images were sent us this week by Marc Churchill who mentioned that ‘The Wakefield skatepark is rapidly becoming the most anticipated skatepark for a long time and Gravity are very proud to be involved in such a project. The skatepark has already been earmarked as a venue for skate and bmx tours, demos and competitions at this early stage!’

We will let you know when this opens but for now, look at these lovely curves and jog on.

Next Sunday 7th December Blueprint Skateboards riders Mark Baines, Ben Nordberg, Mike Wright & Neil Smith will be visiting Revolution Skatepark in Broadstairs for a demo from 12pm until 4pm.

Get down there if you are from the South.