Category: Skateboarding News

Remind yourselves of last years 7-Set Jam today, the next one arrives on September 15th, spread the word and get your party tickets and travel arrangements sorted now.

Ingredients…

Skateboarder

Skateboard

Skatepark

Add the skateboarder to the skateboard.

Mix into bowl – mellow whipping of corners at first.

as skateboarder becomes warmer increase from mellow to cocky.

As legs turn to jelly, bail from board & hit concrete.

Allow a further mix of board, concrete & finger to equal pain.

Wallah – & there you have it – recipe complete – the succulent red juices flow down the palms & onto the forearm as the tender ever so under cooked flesh flaps in the wind. Remove embarrassed skateboarder from skatepark to hospital to get his pathetic little finger reattached.

Get well soon Darryl!

Bristol claimed the countries biggest celebration in skateboarding this weekend as a 10 Years of 50:50 party dropped at the store.

Danny, Syd and the rest of the crew threw a huge exhibition on Friday night with various heads involved.

Expect a gallery feature from the exhibition and party on here this week and look out for the team at this years Crossfire 7-Set Jam on September 15th.

Etnies are holding the skateboard equivalent of Pokemon, battling lefties against righties in a bid to see who is the best.

Basically, it’s the 2007 Goofy vs. Regular competition in Lake Forest, California, where literally hundreds of the world’s best skateboarders will compete to see whether goofy or regular are the best skaters, as well as play the hokey-cokey. Left leg in, right leg out, etc.

Fancy being there? Well check the GvR site at http://gvr.etnies.com to see who else is going to be there, then enter the competition to win VIP passes to the event and hang out with everyone!

Straight from Kev at UKSA. This is really important so read it, sign the petition and don’t let happen. Stand up for your rights!

In an amazingly odd move the management of the new London bridge skatepark have imposed a rule banning skateboarders over 18 from skating the park.

Sign the petition organised by Seth and Slam at…

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/892230000

Here’s a quote from the parks management…

“In the case of Whites Grounds, we are not permitted to allow unaccompanied adults on the site at any time as young people. If a young person was to be assaulted or groomed during our supervised sessions, we would be held accountable.”

You also have the chance to write a comment on the petition so please keep it articulate and sensible. This is a crazy rule that needs overturning so get signing. This rule at the London Bridge park is, to coin a phrase, political correctness gone mad.“…unaccompanied adults”??? That’s a bizarre twist on things!

For a start the park is SUPERVISED, unlike many in the UK, and should serve as deterrent enough to any improper behaviour.

One of the best things about skateboarding is that it is all inclusive and trying to keep adults and children apart is unnecessary nannying that has clearly been thought up by somebody with no real knowledge of skateboarding.

This rule fairly reeks of naive thinking that skateboarding is just something that kids do. This attitude is something all skateboarders have to battle against everyday and further highlights the misunderstanding that
many seem to have about the activity.

A grown man with a skateboard is not a potential paedophile and does not need to “grow up”.

The park is also frequented by a large number of sponsored and professional skateboarders from both the UK and abroad on their visits to London. Most of these are over 18 and banning them from the park is depriving younger kids from skateboarding with respected peers that they look up to and can learn a lot from. London is home to many sponsored and professional skaters. We have very few public parks of a worthy standard and their presence at these few decent skateparks is something that helps keep the scene alive.

Can you imagine David Beckham being denied access to playing on a public football pitch? That’s exactly what’s happening here if the over 18 exclusion stays in place.

The management behind the London Bridge park need to seriously reconsider their actions and consult other local councils responsible for public skateparks in the UK. They’ll clearly find that their rules are unprecedented and completely unnecessary.

Thanks for your support,

Kevin Parrott
United Kingdom Skateboarding Association
www.ukskate.org.uk

Birdhouse have put up the trailer for their latest video offering The Beginning on their site, with the premiere being announced for October 12th in Huntongton Beach, then 55 regional and international premieres to follow.

Epic skating and some heavy slams being dished out by Tony Hawk, Matt Ball, Steve Nesser, Brian Sumner, Jeremy Klein, Willy Santos and Shaun White. Who knows, this might even be better than The End. Wouldn’t put money on that mind you, that video was incredible.

See the trailer for The Beginning by clicking right here, right now

“Ass, titties, ass, titties”. Heroin have thrown up the trailer for Document’s Big Push 2007. Looks gnarly already so this video should be amazing.

Expect all the usual skating from Heroin as well as some serious pissing around.