Vandem Longboard Shop News
How to Glue Longboard Footbrake Soles
We've had TikiBrakes longboard footbrake soles in stock for a while now. We've been asked a few times for a tutorial on how to glue them on - so we made one! Click here to check it out.You can buy TikiBrakes from us here in 6mm or 8mm... Read more
Bristol Longboard Society Car Park Session
We had a fun skate in our local multi-storey last night with the Bristol Longboard Society.Multi-storey car parks make for great skate spots to dodge the British Winter - it may be cold, but at least it's dry! Read more
Car Park Session + open on Saturday
There's a multi-storey skate going on this Sunday night, a last pre-Christmas get together for the Bristol Longboarding Society. Come on down for some late night longboarding good times! Facebook event here.We're also open this Saturday (17th December) from 10.30am - 1.30pm. Stop on by to check out... Read more
Custom Hackbrett Race Board
Check out this custom Hackbrett Schnelle complete we just built for a customer in the South West! Ready to shred with Sabre Forged Precision Trucks and Cult Raptures.Like all orders over £100, this gets a Free Vandem Tshirt and a ton of stickers...Give us a shout... Read more
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
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
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