Cameron Stuart captured some of the action from the recent opening day session for the new Arbroath Skatepark.
Scottish Street Champs 2014 Report
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 [...]
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 [...]
Grind – a symphony for skateboard and choir…
Here's an interesting wee skate related artistic production. Opera company Tête a Tête and young composer Samuel Bordoli have teamed up with skaters and Glasgow community choir, The Sirens of Titans Choir, to make a real noise using the unique acoustics of a skate park (Unit23) in Glasgow (Dumbarton). Later this [...]
Glasgow M74 Flyover Park gets Traction…
The idea of building a skatepark under the new(ish) M74 flyover in Glasgow has been kicking about for a couple of years now. It's nice to see the idea finally get some traction and hit the media. Check out the draft plans over at the BBC here... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-28309787
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 [...]
United Skateboarding Photography Project Crowdfunder
The 'United Skateboarding Photography Project' was set up by a skater called Jonathon Young with the aim "to create a one-of-a-kind skateboard photography book featuring skateboard photographers from around the globe supporting the charitable foundation Grind for Life". An Indiegogo campaign for the project ran recently but unfortunately didn't meet its funding [...]
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 [...]