January sales?
Not really our thing - it seems to me to be a kick in the teeth to anyone who made a Christmas purchase.
It goes against our very nature and intent: to nurture each and every one of you who has bought, ridden or merely considered riding some type of skateboard.
It seems only yesterday that I was sharing a board with the other kids in my street, taking turns to skate round the corner, wobbling a bit, grinning a lot.
I'm so stoked knowing that since Christmas there is a whole new cohort experiencing the same thing.
You really don't need much to get started. 20 years ago I had a Lush Mako and a helmet and apparently, not even any socks. I'm still on a board as often as possible.
If you let it, your new board can be not only a great toy but a way of life - of exercising, socialising and exploring... And long term, it's much cheaper than therapy.
This newsletter is not a weekly sales catalogue, but a tool to keep up to date with the possibilities available to you - events, industry news, product insights, legit new gear, videos and a bit of randomness for good measure.
Here's the full list from 2025 to give you an idea:
Winter ❄️
1. New Year, New Skateboard
2. From Canada With Love
3. Kids Love Popsicles
4. Warning: Seismic Activity! 🌋
5. What if this belonged to you?
6. This Valentines: Size Matters 📏
7. Help us shape a local skatepark...
8. Fancying Something Unique?
Spring 🐝
9. Landyachtz 2025 is coming!
10. Being on film? Not my strong point. 🎥
11. How To: Make New Friends in 2025?
12. Pantheon: The Complete Package
13. After four long years... 🌄
14. Friday News on a Wednesday?
15. The C Word(s) 🦑
16. Skate season is in full swing!
17. The Wisdom of 50+ Years of Skateboarding
18. The Skategeezer Manifesto: Intro
19. Weekend-long Skate Session!
20. The Skategeezer Manifesto: Chapter 1
21. Announcing: Bristol Board Meeting 2025
22. The Skategeezer Manifesto: Chapter 2
23. Emergency Replacement Email
24. The Skategeezer Manifesto: Chapter 3
Summer 🌻
25. A long-awaited delivery
26. The Skategeezer Manifesto: Chapter 4
27. Short, sharp, and on our shelves...
28. The Skategeezer Manifesto: Chapter 5
29. Summer Events... near you?
30. The Skategeezer Manifesto: Chapter 6
31. My apologies for the bodge
32. The Skategeezer Manifesto: Chapter 7
33. Wheelie Good News
34. The Skategeezer Manifesto: Chapter 8
35. Want even more carve?
36. The Skategeezer Manifesto: Chapter 9
37. Come and say hello 👋
38. The Skategeezer Manifesto: Chapter 10
39. Cheap and Buttery...
40. The Skategeezer Manifesto: Chapter 11
41. Fresh from the most inspired, twisted minds in longboarding...
42. The Skategeezer Manifesto: Chapter 12
43. It's that time of year again...
44. The Skategeezer Manifesto: Chapter 13
45. This Weekend: Surfing, Sambas and Suffering 🌊
46. The Skategeezer Manifesto: Chapter 14
47. Fill the blank: Black Fr...
48. The Skategeezer Manifesto: Chapter 15
Autumn 🍂
49. Are you free this weekend?
50. The Skategeezer Manifesto: Chapter 16
51. 'Twas the night before the BBM
52. The Skategeezer Manifesto: Chapter 17
53. Thank you 💗
54. The Skategeezer Manifesto: Chapter 18
55. Surf's up, Prices down 🌊
56. The Skategeezer Manifesto: The Whole Thing
57. A year old blunder...
58. A True Skateboarding Multi-tool?
59. What matters most? Brand or Quality?
60. Redefining Your Longboard: Phase One
61. We're Ready - Are You?
62. They finally arrived!
63. Redefining your Longboard: Part 2
64. Lush are putting their money where their mouth is...
65. New Powell Dragons: Explained 🐉
Winter ❄️
66. Samba: Worth all the fuss?
67. We're Open for Christmas Shopping Tomorrow!
68. Vandem Christmas Decorations..?!
69. How's the Board/Life Upgrade?
70. It's this one!
If there's anything we're missing or you just want to say hello - hit reply or give us a call on 01179332833.
We'll be back in the shop from Tuesday January 6th.
Happy New Year,
Matt, Rich, Josh and Danielle @ Vandem
Stuck for somewhere to skate in the winter months? It's worth checking out your local multi-story car park.
If security are present, cookies/hot chocolate can go a surprisingly long way to smoothing out any differing opinions on proper use of the space...