Native Skate Store Blog

10/01/2020

Pris…..sick! Prissick Plaza, Middlesbrough. Sidewalk Skateboard Magazine Article Issue 112 Jan 2006

In a bid to document pre-internet North East skateboarding (we lost a whole load of great stuff when our old forum was deleted. Doh!) We’re going to try and upload any Magazine articles we can find to our blog here.This post we have scanned in an article entitled ‘Pris…..sick!’ from Issue 112 of Sidewalk Magazine from January 2006. Shot in late 2005 at the then brand new Prissick Plaza skatepark in Middlesbrough, Teeside. It features a bunch of heads like teeside OG Kev Dawson, Blueprint’s Paul Shier, Neil Smith, Mark... Read More

14/11/2019
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‘The Weekenders’ Newcastle Skateboard Article – Sidewalk Magazine Issue 202 July 2013

In a bid to document pre-internet North East skateboarding (we lost a whole load of great stuff when our old forum was deleted. Doh!) We’re going to try and upload any Magazine articles we can find to our blog here. This post we have scanned in an article entitled ‘The Weekenders’ from Issue 202 of Sidewalk Magazine from July 2013. From memory Chris Johnson came up to the Toon for a weekend and hit it hard with a bunch of local heads. Amongst the pics are Jamie Cairns, Dan Main,... Read More

08/11/2019
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Newcastle Upon Tyne Skateboard Article – Sidewalk Magazine July 2008

In a bid to document pre-internet North East skateboarding (we lost a whole load of great stuff when our old forum was deleted. Doh!) We’re going to try and upload any Magazine articles we can find to our blog here. This post we have scanned in an article simply entitled ‘Newcastle’ from the July 2008 issue of Sidewalk Magazine. I’d been pushing for some Toon based coverage in the magazine for years and finally Leo Sharp and Andy Horsley managed to get up and get out with the new breed... Read More

01/11/2019
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Washington Oval Skatepark Article From RAD Magazine Issue 78 August 1989

In a bid to document pre-internet North East skateboarding (we lost a whole load of great stuff when our old forum was deleted. Doh!) We’re going to try and upload any Magazine articles we can find to our blog here. This post we have scanned in an article entitled ‘Somewhere To Skate? Washington’ from R.A.D. Magazine Issue 78 from August 1989. The Oval in Concord, Washington was ‘The’ North East Indoor Skatepark back in the day. It was technically a community centre with some quarterpipes and a jump ramp in... Read More

28/10/2019
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Newcastle Skateboard Article From Document Skateboard Magazine Aug/Sept 2005

In a bid to document pre-internet North East skateboarding (we lost a whole load of great stuff when our old forum was deleted. Doh!) We’re going to try and upload any Magazine articles we can find to our blog here.First up is an article entitled “Feel The How Man” from Document Skateboard Magazine Issue 52 Aug/Sept 2005.It features Neil Urwin, Adam Stoddart, Chris Rose, Jamie Errington, Kev Dawson and Scot Cherry. From memory both Percy Dean and Kingy were up shooting pics and they stayed at Jimmy Boyes’s house?Check it... Read More

23/10/2018
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Emerica x Funeral French Wino G6 Slip On Shoe

We’ve just had another rad shoe in from Emerica. The second shoe from their collaboration capsule with artist Funeral French is a Wino G6 Slip On. French keeps it nice and simple here with a full black upper, thin orange line around the sole, rear heel chain print, custom insoles and the same colour blocked sole that he put on the Indicator High. A super limited run, we don’t expect to get any more of these. Don’t sleep if you’re after a pair of these. Check out the rest of... Read More

15/10/2018
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Emerica x Funeral French Capsule

Emerica have teamed up with one of our favourite artists ‘French’ for this limited collaboration capsule for Holiday 2018. French or ‘Funeral French’ as he’s sometimes known is the man behind Witchcraft so you’ll no doubt have seen some of his work on the site. French has put together a sick line here. We’ve just had in the Indicator High, a great hi-top shoe that he’s given a little tweak to make it exactly how we wants it. He’s removed the rubber toe piece and added a side ollie patch... Read More