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Vandem Longboard Shop News

Paris Trucks!

We are stoked to be stocking Paris Longboard Trucks in our shop.They are one of the turnier longboard trucks out there, with a very open bushing seat and a steep 50 degree baseplate. This makes them well suited to cruising, carving,... Read more

How to clean your skate bearings

Being a British skate shop, we are well used to a lot of rain. Especially at this time of year...Rain destroys skate bearings, costing you money. You would have thought that all those skate companies out there would have devised a waterproof bearing for us by now. However, it... Read more

How to grip your board

We get a lot of skaters buying griptape from us, then calling us they day their order arrives asking how best to apply it.Seeing as we grip skateboards and longboards every day in the shop, we thought we'd make this handy little guide to griptaping your longboard to show... Read more

The fastest way to remove your bearings and swap your wheels

Every time we show someone in the shop this little trick it seems to blow minds! Years of putting longboards together has taught us the absolute fastest way to switch your wheels round - dead useful if you want to replace some scrubbed race wheels with freshies, rotate a coned... Read more

Bristol Longboard Shop News, Longboard Scene and Events -

Vandem Swapmeet - 5th November 2016

Every skater needs to have a little clearout every now and then... if your cupboards are anything like ours you'll know what we mean! So we're having a Swapmeet on Saturday 5th November from 10.00-1.30 at our Bristol shop! Just... Read more

New Skate Product, Riptide Bushings, Sabre Trucks -

Check out our Longboard Bushing Selection!

We've been adding to our bushing selection recently!We now stock Riptide, Sabre and Bones longboard and skateboard bushings in a huge variety of shapes and durometers.We recommend that you pick your formula first, depending on how much rebound you want. We reckon that Riptide's Krank Formula is the... Read more

Longboard Reviews, Lush Longboards -

Lush Legend Mini Review

We've just got a delivery of the Lush Longboards Legend back in stock - good job too as this board has been flying out the door recently!The Legend is Lush's stab at a dancer. It's designed to be light, flexy, and long enough for all... Read more

British Downhill Skateboarding League 2016 End of Year Party

The BDSL are having their prize giving/year ender in Bristol at Roll for the Soul Cafe on December 4th.THe UK's top Downhill skaters have been competing over the last year at events all over the UK for points towards this - you can see... Read more

Hackbrett longboards -

Hackbrett Longboards back in stock

We're had a fresh delivery of Hackbrett Longboards from our friends in Freiburg, Germany yesterday.The boards are seriously nice bits of kit, beuatifully hand made from local materials, with years of skating evident in the shapes, concaves and profiles.Check out the:Hackbrett Wasser -... Read more

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