The life of a skate shoe

6 Tricks on the Sabbath: Skatepark hip

A hip session went down when it was dry, Dave put's some stuff over a 'big but not' hip. It's at the skatepark in Clay Cross, if you can get to it... check it out

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Dang it's wet

Enjoi your local indoor skateparks... The House or The Boardroom. Get inspired, Enjoi at The Berrics.

China trip

A lot of skate companies are sending out their squad to China these days, and it's fast becoming the new skate Mecca. Like Barcelona - 10 years ago! There's Loads of spots and interesting terrain, but oddly enough, no one to skate it. Skateboarding is generally not big in China... except for making cheap boards probably.

So when we were offered the chance to go, we snapped it up. Have a look at where we lurked.

Welcome to China

No swine flu here

Ancient relic

We used mopeds to get around

Odd food... including squid tentacles and chicken head soup

Salute to the Dynasty

Old and new

Giant insect (attacking city)

There lots of interesting spots like this... with not many people to rinse them

Smooth take off, smooth landing

Assembly rooms anyone

They barriers are radder than ours

Loads of these everywhere

Marble and granite

If these were in England they'd be knobbed

Slick ledges and blocks

A lick of wax

Dave bs 5050s

Pier 7 style manny pads / ledges

Crooks were fast

Drinking ritulals

Small people

Lion King was a drummer in a band

This band could play anything you wanted

Chinese dogs

Lurking

Bright lights

Ridable architecture everywhere

The beers are bigger

Our Chinese connection

So as there's not tonnes of skating being done -even in Beijing, people just watch in awe. People stop and stare at you skating, but not in the same way as England. It's a really laid back vibe, it's amazing skating spots that aren't rinsed for once.

It's expensive to get there, but when you are there it's dirt cheap - check it out if you can... there's bound to be a shit load of China on the new Zoo York vid!

Get travelling

Spray..."Between the Lines"

Skate and Design

More inspiration for ya- Michael Sieben part of the Thrasher Crew and and a graffic designer in his own rite, shares an insight into the start of his career- from skate to create .

Quote:
A positive attitude can really make dreams come true - it did for me.
David Bailey

News...Views

The Aftermath- New Orleans Style

After the devastation of the Gulf Coast due to hurricane Katrina back in 2005 things looked bleak, with homes and lives destroyed- things could only get better and here's proof.

Hopefully this will never happen to us, but it just shows skater ingenuity and resourcefulness in the use of the their local environ. Respect!

Be Inspired to use what you got!

Events... Aide-Mémoire

War of the Thistles


Lads and Lasses get your sen to the WotT.

2nd and 3rd of May.

On the Sunday at Transition S. P. Aberdeen.

*SORRY MOVIE REMOVED

Watch and Learn, stuff thrown down from last year.

Sponsored by Relentless, Ethnies, Sidewalk and loads more- its set to be a right good fling.

Skate Park... Update

Ashbourne's New Mini

Ok, it's maybe on a bit of a slant and one transition is bigger than the other but, we thought it was a welcome addition to an other wise street orientated skate park. Now at least there is something for nearly everyone to have a go at.

The surface is plastic, like the rest of the park(something like skating on lino and not being told off by yer mom) under foot its as slick as a bastard, but under trucks it's quite smooth and the wheels stick well.

Rad Dad, Rockin the Fakie


Ok... well at least one 'finger cloud' photo's allowed...thanks Phil


Phil S, blastin an ollie on the D-way.


Nice sticker Slap!!

Goofy v Regular

Area 51 in Eindhoven Holland





G V R, alot of great Euro skaters turned up for this comp, some as young as 14 were throwin it down.
In the end the Regulars won, but everyone was stoked on the comp to much to notice.





Best trick went to Denny Pham from Rostock Germany with a nollie backside 360 heel over the euro barrels. 



Check out a 30min. feature on Sky Eurosport2 ch.411 all next week.

Spotted: Carpark gap

So the stores road bank gaps are another day's battle - try this little gap to put your stuff down. It's not huge but enough to keep most people entertained, just watch the run up; it's a bit rough.

Get an idea of size

It's more length than height here

Could look good stuck on the end of a line

So, get there and try it out. Probably best after 6pm so there's defo no cars, but it's in the least used part of the Kingsway industrial estate car park. If you get something down it, send us a picuture + we'll pop it on the site. 6 tricks on the Sabbath anyone?

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