Skateboard Scotland organised the first ever Scottish Street Championships at the New Kaos Indoor Concrete Skatepark in East Kilbride on the 13th of September 2014. As with most indoor events in Scotland you are never really sure who is going to bother to show up. But we were all stoked …
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All This Mayhem – Tas & Ben Pappas Documentary
If you’ve been skating since the early 1990’s you’ll be familiar with the names Tas and Ben Pappas, two brothers from Melbourne, Australia who dominated the vert scene at that time. What you may or may not know is what became of them, this documentary “All This Mayhem” (made by …
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Weather Permitting trailer
Focus Skate Store presents a trailer for their upcoming full length video “Weather Permitting”. Filmed by Zander Ritchie, the final product will feature a whole load of scottish skate peeps.
Swellbow snacks Pt.1: Kieran Menzies
Swellbow clothing presents Kieran Menzies in some Edinburgh schralpage.
Lerwick skatepark official opens in the Shetland Isles
The official opening of the new Wheelscape constructed Skatepark up in the Shetland Isles takes place on Saturday 17th May, it looks to be a great little park with a bit of street and transition. Wheelscape describe it as: The Street course has many popular skatepark features; Stairs, Ledges, Handrails, mixed in …
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EK Park in East Kilbride closes
Sad news coming from East Kilbride that EK park unfortunately has had to cease trading mainly due to a dispute over the rent for the building (it would seem). It is unfortunate that the park had to come to its demise this way. It provided some much needed shelter for the …
War of the Thistles 2014 report
Skateboard Scotland organised the 9th War of the Thistles event to be held in Aberdeen’s Transition Extreme and North Berwick’s The Space over the May day holiday weekend. As you all probably know by now War of the Thistles is not your standard skate comp with rules, scores and placing’s. …
‘Overcast’ by Iron Giraffe
‘Overcast’ by Iron Giraffe contains skating in various parts of Scotland. Filmed / edited by Paul McConnach with skating by Adam Paris, Jamie Bolland, Paul Silvester, Tom Shimmin, Rauri, Ross McSherry, Danny Jack, Daniel Nicholas, Kerr McLaughlan, Colin Adam, Mark ‘T-Bag’ Murray, Dave Lane, Keith Allan and more. You can pick up …
Scottish Mini-ramp Champs report
Skateboard Scotland decided to run their first Scottish Mini Ramp Championship. The last Scottish Mini ramp championship was a two-day event held by Kenny Omond at the old Crofthead ramp and the old indoor ramps up in Kirkton Community Centre in Dundee, with Mark ‘92’ Thomson taking the victory. So it has …
Clan Skates 25th Anniversary…
Clan Skate 25th Anniversary