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‘This is the best truck we’ve ever made’ is the word from the Ace Trucks camp. The Ace inverted is here, and it’s arrived with a bang.  Packed full of high tech features, and the sleek Ace Trucks design we all know, Ace have killed it with this one. Their most technical and performance driven truck to date, the Ace Inverted Truck features a revolutionary inverted kingpin set, made for maximum durability, unrivaled performance, Ace’s infamous precision turning and the ‘guaranteed lowest grind clearance of any kingpin on the market’. ... Read More

In the heart of Gateshead, under the rumble of the A167 flyover and its ceaseless flow of traffic, lay the iconic 5 Bridges Skatepark. This wasn’t some sleek, purpose-built facility – it was raw, spontaneous, scrappy. And for many of us, it was home.. This concrete abyss offered refuge when the heavens often opened and a quiet safe haven on sunnier days. Bridges was more than just concrete it was the pulse of a DIY community and a melting pot for like-minded indivudals to express themsleves without boundries. This rough around... Read More

Native Big River Tee, a nod to Bingo! Releasing Skateshop day 2025! Saturday the 15th of Feb 2025 is the annual worldwide skateshop day. We’ve already done a blog outlining why skateshop day is so important, and some of the amazing exclusive products we’ll be getting to celebrate from some of skateboarding’s biggest brands. However, one product we didn’t mention, is the limited Native ‘Big River’ tee, celebrating North East heritage, with a nod to the legend, Steven ‘Bingo’ Binks, and his infamous shop ‘Mischief Skatestore’.  Skateshop day is a... Read More

PSL Skateboarding; Skateboardings newest competition! Skateboarding’s newest competition is here, PSL Skateboarding (Professional Skateboarding League) has kicked off 2025 with its first ever run of the contest. Founded and created by legendary ex professional skateboarder Mike Mo Capaldi, there’s a fresh competition format hitting screens, featuring some of the biggest names in the professional skateboarding world.  Just think about a classic game of S.K.A.T.E. but down a hefty four flat four double set, hosted at pro skater and industry mogul Paul ‘P Rod’ Rodriguez’s Primitive Park. The format of the... Read More

February 15th; Skate Shop Day 2025!! It’s that time of year again, February 15th 2025 is World Skate Shop Day. A day to celebrate in all corners of the globe, a day highlighting what shops around the world do for the skateboard scene in their retrospective areas, and a day for customers to get their hands on some one off limited and exclusive products from some of the biggest brands in the industry.  Skateboard shops are absolutely vital to the skateboarding eco system, providing safe spaces worldwide for skaters to... Read More

‘Double Jackie’ A short street video by Jacky Veitch and Jackie Young Double Jackie by Native team rider Jacky Veitch and shop worker Jackie Young is here. Filmed throughout the end of 2023 and all of 2024, the 7+ minute shared section is live on the NativeSkateStore youtube page.  Filmed predominantly across the North East, with a couple tricks in capital city London sprinkled in for good measure, this North East street skateboard part is finally ready to watch. Using skateboarding’s classic camera the Sony VX throughout, the VX footage... Read More

If you’re in any way informed about the happenings of the skateboarding industry, you’ll know there’s big big changes afoot at one of skating’s biggest shoe companies, Lakai. Founded in 1999, by two of the industry’s biggest names, Mike Carrol and Rick Howard, who also co-founded Girl skateboards, Lakai has been one of the biggest players in the skateboard shoe game ever since, especially when looking at skater owned brands.  After making Cairo Foster the first official rider, Lakai officially launched with a team of Am’s that included Anthony Poppalardo,... Read More

Skateboarding woodshops are a complex and often misunderstood side of the skateboarding deck market, with a relative lack of immediate information available, unless you go properly searching, we often have to answer questions in store about the difference in decks, whether that’s brand, quality, shape and price differences, and the answer almost always comes back to Woodshops. In this blog, we’re going to discuss all things woodshops, and if this is an area of the skateboard market you’re not massively familiar with, there’s plenty to learn. Does Brand Matter? The... Read More

With so many skateboard bearings on the market in 2025, choosing which ones to buy can be a tough decision. In this blog, we’re going to discuss brands, prices, abec rating and how those factors may affect your decision on which to buy.  Bones Reds:  When talking about Skateboarding Bearings, it’s hard not to discuss Bones Reds first. Anyone who’s worked in a skateshop in the last 20 years will most likely have an experience similar to mine,  in which about 50% of people coming in to buy bearings will... Read More