Author Archives: Rick Curran

An “Anonymous Traveller” scopes out the potential for skating in Scotland’s outer reaches.

Saughton Park is now undergoing consultation to be the new location for Edinburgh’s long-planned outdoor skatepark

Southbank in London has been a core skatespot since the early seventies, but it is now under threat.

The first time a proper skate comp has been run in a proper skate park in Edinburgh. How stoked are we!!

Skateboard Scotland are organising 2 minibuses up to the Thistles this year. One from Glasgow and one from Edinburgh.

A few events at Transgression park in March.

The full £457,000 funding is in place for the new concrete park in Kirkintilloch.

The two Dougie’s and Ken at EHX have managed to achieve something which Edinburgh council haven’t after 20 years of trying. Big props and congratulations must go out to these guys for managing this feat and getting the park built with a load of help from friends and future users …

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The Kirkintilloch skatepark is on course to be built next year.  The KSI group got an award of £230,000 from the WRG Communities Challenge and WREN last week.  This is 50% of the total funding in place (total project value is £457,900) and they expect to hear from the other …

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Sunday afternoon at the Bongo was a lot more peaceful for me than the Friday night had been. Focus had organised a premiere of the new Lakai Movie and we were all looking forward to it. Even though the Livi boys had all seen it already due to the pre-livi …

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