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Duck Lane: New combi bowl opens in Bournemouth

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If you have ever taken a trip down to Bournemouth for a day out skating then you will know that their scene is full of characters who frequent Kings Park. We’ve had some great days down there over the years so the news that a new park was being opened not far from there by Maverick was music to our ears, whose design and build on this new combi-bowl looks solid.

Duck Lane has been built as part of a new Mansell Homes housing development in Kinson, put together by Bournemouth Council. It consists of a unique combi-bowl and uncompromising design as explained by Maverick’s Russ Holbert who has been working on the project:

“The design has a retro feel with endless, flowing lines. At the top end, the facility features a micro clover bowl with a superfun, triple 8 pumpline. The clover bowl opens out into a unconventional snake run with offset hips and links up with a large bowled mini ramp. The walls of the mini ramp and snake run have been designed to direct riders straight down into the pool which is 9ft deep and features two monster hips. We are so stoked on this project and just so happy to have been a part of it. Hats off to all involved!”

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One of the locals involved to make this happen was Richard ‘Geordie’ Inskip, whose input working alongside the council was key:

“Being stoked with my involvement of this park is an understatement. This is by far the most american style bowl I have skated in England. The design is amazing and the lines bring concrete surfing to a whole new level, saying that, so does the build quality. Maverick have just lifted the bar for UK skateparks. If this is what we can expect from new parks, UK skating is about to enter a whole new dimension.”

Duck Lane’s new combi-bowl opened this weekend, timed perfectly for the summer months ahead. Note that the site around the bowl is newly seeded, so if you visit, make sure you respect the site and clean up after yourselves.

We will leave you with a quote from Maverick‘s Ian Jennings who sums up this new feat perfectly: “It has tons of lines, it’s progressive and accessible – yet also really gnarly, fast and above all, LOADS of FUN!” Start planning your trip as this area has a variety of parks to skate.

You can find the park just off the Ringwood Rd (A348) on Holloway Avenue, Kinson, BH11 9JS. Directions and map here.

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Vans Combi Pool Party 2013 results and footage

vanscombipoolpartyBucky Lasek and Chris Miller took the honours in this year’s Pool Party at the Vans Combi Pool over the duration of this weekend in California. Enjoy the highlighted footage of the full weekend.

Masters Results

1. Chris Miller (Del Mar, CA) $15,000
2. Steve Caballero (San Jose, CA) $7,500
3. Christian Hosoi (Huntington Beach, CA) $4,000

Pro’s

1. Bucky Lasek (Encinitas, CA) $28,000
2. Pedro Barros (Florianopolis, BRA) $14,000
3. Rune Glifberg (Copenhagen, DEN) $7,000

Pro footage:

Masters footage:

Qualifiers footage:

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Alex Perelson at the 2011 Pro-Tech Pool Party

realskateboards Out of all of the footage that has been gracing the internet this week, this is one of the stand outs. Real Skateboards are probably wondering how lucky they are to have such a talent riding their wood this year as Alex Perelson is turning out to be one of the best skateboarders on the planet in such a small space of time.

Watch this highlight footage of him ripping at this year’s Pro-Tech Pool Party and weep.