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26/05/2024

Skateboard Truck Info – What Skateboard Trucks Should I Choose For My Setup?

Deciding which Skateboard Trucks to buy can be a tough decision, and with so many options available, at all kinds of varying prices, we hope that with this blog post we might provide a few bits of info to help you with your decision.  Trucks are an extremely important part of a Skateboard and how it performs, and certain trucks offer certain attributes that might make them more suited to you than others.  To start, we’re going to look at our two most staple trucks, Independent ( Indy ) and... Read More

15/05/2024
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Santa Cruz Summer 24 Reissue Skateboards – Roskopp, Toyoda, Corey O’Brien, Kendall Jagermeister

Santa Cruz Skateboards have dug deep in the archive and came through with some rad reissue skateboards this Summer season. These reissue Decks are a blast from the past and give people the chance of owning their favourite deck from back in day without having to pay inflated collectors prices.There are 4 Decks available this season, check them out below. Toyoda –The Toyoda Mitsugu Deck is another from the back catalog that has never before been reissued. Sometime’s know as the ‘Toyoda Rat’ it is on a newly replicated OG... Read More

09/05/2024
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Read And Destroy Skateboard Magazine Archive Book – Skateboarding Through A British Lens

If you were skateboarding in the UK in the Mid 80’s you’d have no doubt been hassling your newsagent to get you a copy of RAD Magazine. It was ‘The’ UK Skateboard Magazine giving you the low down on who was who in the UK Scene (and abroad), new product, how to do tricks, the Where? Spot Guide, Music Reviews and lots more. RAD Magazine was first issued in May 1987, headed up by Editor and Photographer Tim Leighton-Boyce. Together with a team of photographers they began to document the... Read More

29/04/2024
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Skateboard Lessons In The North East Of England

It’s 2024, and skateboard lessons are bigger now than they ever have been, and the North East is no exception to this. Lots of beginners are starting to find their way in skating through the outlet and guidance of lessons. Skateboard lessons are still relatively new to the skateboarding mainstream, and we’d like to shed a bit of light on the availability of lessons in the North East, so we’ve spoken to the people who conduct them, to give a bit more info on how they operate, and how they... Read More

06/02/2024
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Skate Shop Day 2024 Limited Product Incoming! Krooked, Real, Grimple Stix x Lance Mountain

Skate Shop Day 2024 – February 17th Saturday 17th of February 2024 is Skate Shop Day! For us every day is Skate Shop Day 🙂 but with the help of the guys and girls at Deluxe Distribution this day is going to be a little bit different. Deluxe house some of the greatest Skateboard Brands in the world and this year for Skate Shop Day they’ve made some super limited product that you’ll find in Skate Shop’s all over the world. Mark Gonzales Limited Shop Keeper Decks – Available in... Read More

02/02/2024
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SOUR SOLUTION III SKATEBOARD PHOTO BOOK BY GERARD RIERA

Sour Solution III released in May 2022 and was the third full length instalment from the Sour Skateboards crew.Like many others, the video was my favourite that year, combining the perfect mix of gnarly skateboarding with interesting and crusty spots, what more could you want! Now in the start of 2024, the heads at Sour alongside skateboard photographer Gerard Riera, have released a beautiful book to celebrate it, featuring 280 high quality pages, on hardback with full colour print, the book gives you an intimate look at the team while... Read More

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

18/02/2023
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Tryin HQ – Indoor Skatepark, Hartlepool, County Durham

In 2022, shop friend, North East ripper and all round legend Andy Pike (@hartlepike) opened an indoor skatepark in Hartlepool, Country Durham called Tryin’ HQ! What started as an idea in 2015 to just get friends together skateboarding, is now an exciting space at the heart of a community for all ages! Offering an alternative to the more mainstream hobbies, Andy is aiming to offer his local area a safe skate space, and provide a positive impact on people’s mental and physical health!  Located in Hartlepool at 28 Avenue Road,... Read More

12/02/2023
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Skate Shop Day 2023 Preview – Limited Pieces From DLX | Krooked Beamer | Mike Gigliotti | Secret Deck | Native Shop TShirt

Skate Shop Day is fast approaching! DLX have teamed up with artist (and one time skate shop owner) Mike Gigliotti to bring some limited pieces of radness to the skate shops to celebrate the day. Krooked Skateboards from time to time release The Gonz Beamer Shape Deck which are super rare and hard to get a hold of. This Skate Shop Day we have 2 of the limited SSD 23 Beamers available. Mike Gigliotti has designed this rad Skateshop Day 2023 artwork and we have a limited run of Native... Read More

08/02/2023
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Independent Trucks Stage 4 Truck Releases Skate Shop Day 2023

The Indy Stage 4 has returned! The much talked about return of the infamous Stage 4 Independent Skateboard Truck is here for Skateshop Day 2023. The 2023 release of this classic Skateboard truck is an updated version of the original single wing hanger design which was introduced in 1986. Stage 4’s also feature the universal 6 hole baseplate (ideal for old school skateboard decks with the old hole pattern). Sitting at 55mm tall, Stage 4’s get the optimal performance with wheels 56mm and under. The look of the Stage 4... Read More