The Hooked team blog

Monday, 19 March 2012

Crisp deck art

Check out the work of James Skevington. Designer and illustrator based in MK, this deck 3D illustration is amazing. Check out the rest of his stuff on here.

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Saturday, 17 March 2012

Hooked & friends: February in Mallorca Edit (part 1 of 2)

Watch the Hooked family and friends lurk...

Wednesday, 14 March 2012

As you may have read in the Part 1 of this trip write up, we zipped over to Mallorca for a Hooked trip as February is too cold in England. Have a look at some of the spots we hit and tricks we got... Callum, Jacob and myself (Dave) lurked hard.

The nice people at Shine Skateshop took us to this amazing spot...

2 benches in a line, massive stairs and hubba and a 4 set behind the camera

Jacob Bettinson front tailslides the perfect bench

Miki Juame, owner of Shine Skateshop front blunts it... he rips

Callum Moore went balls out

Then we went to this amazing block spot by the sea

All sorts of grindable material

Mallorca OG shredder Miguel Urbina going for the switch frontside flip... this dude has done more than most skaters ever will - absolutely blinding

Miki switch ollies the gap

Preparation to film

Callum makes this place look good

Miki switch bs heel the gap (footage coming in the edit)

Jacob Bettinson tre flip (footage coming soon)

Boom - tre flip without the fisheye

The guys from Shine took us to this rad place for food, and showed us lots of new spots

Callum, Jacob and Miki lurk where the streets are paved with gold

And we headed back to Shine Skateshop to wind down

Miki and his lady run the shop... stay tuned for the 3rd and final part of the trip. And the killer edit... including Miki.

Sunday, 11 March 2012

New concrete: Long Eaton skatepark, Derbyshire

We checked out the newly built Long Eaton skatepark by Freestyle skateparks.

Lots of exciting stuff there, a lot of elements we know and love in similar sized parks, such as Hucknall, Mansfield and even some elements reminiscent of Chesterfield.

Have a look...

The left side has a long flatbar, some varied size blocks and small hubbas.

We pan around to the right to see a Pier 7 style manny pad, plus varied banks and blocks. On the far right theres a good size step up and big rail and hubba, very similar to Hucknall.

As you can see, a quarter to roll into all of this

The quarter is backed onto a mini ramp, with a spine that gets wider

The mini is nice, but the sun is in your eyes

Over the other side of the park (after you've rolled in past all of the blocks) we get taco, mellow bank and rail

The taco is fun, although a lot of people approach it from different angles which makes it a collision zone

Looking back the other way, the step up, big rail and hubba

A small two stair next to the Pier 7 style manny pad too

Local lurkers were already using the taco to launch to flat....

Go there, it's definately worth checking out, it's got quite a street feel to it if you like the sorts of obstacles above! We do!

Find it a West Park Leisure Centre:

West Park Leisure Centre

Wilsthorpe Road

Long Eaton

Derbyshire

NG10 4AA

For satnav use postcode West Park Leisure Centre NG10 4AA

you can't miss the leisure centre. The park is quite a walk from the carpark, just follow the path past the football fields and you see it on the left!

Location of park located on map

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