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04/10/2023
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‘Those Bloody Kids’ Tyneside Skateboard History Book by Shred The North

“Those Bloody Kids – A look back at Skateboarding on Tyneside” Local Grassroots Skateboard Organisation Shred The North have put together a fantastic new book entitled “Those Bloody Kids – A look back at Skateboarding on Tyneside”. The book documents various local skateboarders tales of yesteryear dating right back to the 1970’s. Northumbria University Lecturer Mike Jeffries got the ball rolling by interviewing a bunch of the local skateboard scene a couple of years ago as a follow on to an earlier project mapping skateable landmarks in Newcastle Upon Tyne.... 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

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

01/11/2016
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Northern Souls – The Cougar

“It’s the fu*k’n Cougar, in’it…” – Krishna Muthurangu Back in March Bish put out his Newcastle scene video ‘Northern Souls’. Featuring all of the locals you’s expect… The other day it was the Cougar’s 21st birthday so here’s his ender from the video that Bish uploaded for his big day.  

04/08/2014

Paul Regan X Frayed Magazine

Native team rider Paul Regan recently filmed a nice little piece with Frayed Magazine on his skateboarding, kickboxing and how he considers himself really lucky.

27/05/2014
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Coast To Coast Skateboard DVD Trailer!

Coast to Coast is an up and coming new skateboard video from local North West/Noth East skateboard videographer Adam Todhunter. Featuring the talents of Ross Zajac, Dan Hallam, Mani Haddon as well as Native shop team riders Dan Main, Will Creswick and The Cougar. The video encompasses both the east and west coasts of the Northern UK skateboard scene uniting skateboarders from Cumbria on the West Coast to Newcastle on the East including everywhere inbetween. Coast to Coast is due to drop sometime in Winter 2014,we’ll let you know more... Read More

30/04/2014

Paul Regan – Greetings from Hull

Native team rider Paul Regan shows you round his local spots in his home city of Hull. A lot of people have misconceptions about the East Yorkshire city but a wide scale redevelopment program and an award for being named the City Of Culture for 2017 is making Hull a city on the rise. Hull has plenty of unique skate spots as well as Rockcity, which is said by most skaters to be one of the best indoor skateparks in the UK. See some of these spots in Paul’s video... Read More