Longboard Scene and Events Updates
Longboard Event Announcement: Tregaron Freeride is back!
And it has been for some time... It's a topic I rarely broach via this blog/newsletter. Common sense says: - It's scary - There's nowhere safe to practise - Won't you get hurt? I can well understand the misgivings. Starting out, many years ago, I couldn't... Read more
Bristol Board Meeting 2023
Save the date! For anyone who's been hiding under a rock - I myself have been known to hide under rocks - the Bristol Board Meeting is the longest running, most inclusive longboard event in the UK. If you missed it last... Read more
Bored of your board?
*They were already creative masterminds, we just provided a roof and some boxes It's cold, its dark... But you can still scratch that skate itch!While I was away last week, Rob opened up the shop one evening to do exactly that. Redoing... Read more
Board Meeting This Weekend!
See you on Sunday! We've been making our final preparations for this years Bristol Board Meeting, and cant wait to see all of your smiling faces on Sunday morning (and tired but still smiling faces in the afternoon!) A few extra points to remember ahead of... Read more
Way more Board Meeting Prizes!
Only one week to go! We've added some more sponsors for the Bristol Board Meeting - check out the swag pile!! We now have prizes from: Landyachtz Arbor Collective Read more
Free skate stuff!
1. Get to the Bristol Board Meeting 2. Skate with us along the bike path into Bristol3. Find me, Rob or Rich on the way and buy raffle tickets4. Conduct a ceremony to bring luck into your life 4.a. We respectfully request that no... Read more
How to: Get the most out of shorter evenings!
What's about these pumptracks, then? Usually, longboard pumping is a horizontal motion along a level plane.Pumptracks turn that on it's side - it's all up and down - and they're popping up everywhere!Fantastic fun in themselves, and a great way to get into skating transition for those... Read more
Bristol Balloon Fiesta Skate
What a weekend that was... Bristol Girls Longboard crew have really outdone themselves this time... and that's saying something, because they tend to do a really good job. Rob and I (scratch that, Rob did it all. I washed up some mugs and strummed the guitar... Read more
Bristol Longboard Girls on the BBC
Well well, we've been riding boards, shipping boards, writing emails but in all the craziness of the last few years, this blog has been left quiet. Today that changes - as we have something worth writing about! On the news today we saw some familiar faces from Bristol - longboards and... Read more