Devious Trebble [Fri 2nd March]
Yes after a good year of 'will they / won't they' it looks like roots UK rollerbladers Paul Hardwick and Mark Trebble have secured exclusive distribution rights for Remedy skates and Jug liners in the UK. They will be distributing these two highly regarded products instead of Bristol based 'TKC' and will be trading under the name Devious Distribution. They will start this month with the release of the new Remz 07 two along with Trebble and Si Coburns clothing brand BHC. This is about as skater run as it gets with BHC and Remz being skater run...all you gotta do now is actually buy the products off Loco to complete the circuit! Check out the pic of the new Remz 07 two due for release later this month.

All night long (all nigh-it, all nigh-it) [Mon 26th Feb]
Not only was it a smash hit for Lionel Richie but it's also the amount of time you will be allowed to skate at the Teach Them Well Allnighter Jam at Epic skatepark in Birmingham on Saturday the 10th March! The event, which will take place from 7pm - 7am and costs £10 to get in, will mark the release of Conner O'Brien's 'Teach Them Well' dvd by showing it's UK premiere. Check out the amazing trailer here and prepare to be juiced. Kingdom magazine will also host a Midnight best trick comp and you can expect loadsa top UK skaters to show. To see a big version of the flyer go here. Epic always puts on great events with their awesome bar handy (could be messy) so come along cos we're gonna Party, Karama, Fiesta, Forever!

2nd Chaz edit [Tues 20th Feb]
A month ago we showed you the edit of Chaz Sands testing out his new Kizer frames at his local skatepark in Glasgow. Now there is a sequel Kizer edit. Check out Scottish legend Chaz who has just come back from Germany taking second place at Winterclash killing street and park. Some of the footage here is taken from his unity profile a few months back. Check it out here.

Clash edit
The first good edit of Winterclash is up online now by Ed Inglis in conjunction with Kingdom magazine. Check out for yourself some of the sick skating that went down in Germany last week right here.

Tee time! [Thurs 15th Feb]
Loadsa people have been asking when the new LocoSkates T-shirts would be coming in and they are now here. This year they come in four different colours to match the four different seasons of the year, each individual colour carefully selected to capture the essence and magic of that particular time of year. We are predicting 'Spring' is gonna be especially popular! For the less pretentious of us they are actually just so you can represent your fav skateshop and have a choice of colour and style. Snap 'em up in the online shop now before some other on-the-ball schmuck does. Eleven quid for a stylish British skate brand tee. We've also once again improved the cut and print quality on this run. Get one here . ..we heard the black and gold 'winter-tee' is very 'now'(?) this year! blah blah blah.

Winterclash review [Mon 12th Feb]
Muhlhausen in central Germany this weekend saw one of the biggest competitions this year. Apparently people from up to 28 countries turned up for the skate-fest including many of the worlds top professionals and we were there to see all the action. Haffey, Aragon, Murda, Chaz, Oli, Frankie, Dre and Bailey were there amongst many other big names for the main competition on the Saturday. The Amateur comp took place first with Michi Leibner claiming 1st place. The girls comp was won by Freida Reisch but not without the UK's Becci Wallace gobsmacking everyone after the round was over with next level skating never seen before in a girls competition (disaster 360 topsoul on the big 'sub-rail' and disaster TS porn on the square box!). The pro competition took place with it's usual share of controversy and saw Chaz Sands battling head to head with French Stefan Alfarno in the final. Chaz stepped up and laced his classic array of tecnical tricks on the sub-rail including full cab AO top acid 720 out! Stefan ended up winning the competition though with a controversial huge 720 corkscrew gap from spine to volcano that didn't appear to be landed very cleanly. This shortly after Stefan had to be allegedly stopped from throwing a SKATE into a group of spectators who were in his way on the street course! Failing to maim any heads with the skate-throwing tactic Alfarno intentionally ploughed into the bystanders at high speed before even asking them to move. Fortunately it was himself that came off worse for wear. The Winterclash organisers put on quite a bash for the event's afterparty aptly named 'Afterclash' with a massive german-rave-in-a-big-cattleshed style party. Much early to mid-nineties dance anthems were played including 2unlimited along with the house band who busted out some sick German hardcore / techno / death metal. Never seen so many people at a skating after party it was truely awesome. Winterclash have definately got their shit together as far as event organising goes and next year I think we can expect a bigger event with possible trade show included at a different (less-rural) location. Nice one Winterclash. Pictured: The street course. Shot: Huntley.

Muehlhausen calling [Fri 1st Feb]
...ok so it doesn't exactly roll off the tongue, but that doesn't stop the small town of Muelhlhausen in central Germany being the host for what appears to unanimously be considered as the best rollerblading event going! The WINTERCLASH competition will take place on the weekend of the 10th of February and loadsa roller-heads from the UK are making the pilgrimage. Loco rider Oli Short came back raving about the event last year branding it the best rollerblading event there is. This year we will be there to experience the action and will bring you all the news and results from the event. For more information about Winterclash check out www.winterclash.com

Ground Control to Major...reductions! [Thurs 31st Jan]
Thanks to you guys, who keep on buying boot-only skates, our stock of frames has got a bit on top of us! This is why there is a load of cheap frames and frame set-ups going in our FEBRUARY FRAMES SALE. Pick yourself up a new pair of frames (mostly Ground Control) for a fraction of the price by clicking HERE. You've only got yourselves to blame for these crazy prices dammit!

Media frenzy [Thurs 18th Jan]
So after we reported the new Hyphy dvd hitting the UK yesterday, today we received not only the new Be-mag but Lonnie Gallegos' brand new '2 Feet' dvd. Coincidently, Be-mag takes the form of 'The DVD Issue' with articles on the making of just about every new dvd we have seen in the last month or two along with ones we are yet to see. 2 Feet is a really sick release with sections on the ever-impressive Chris Haffey, Loco-favourite Robert Guerrero and creative new talent Ben Schwab who probably had the most critically acclaimed section of 2006 in the Mindgame DVD. You can buy both the new Be-mag and 2 Feet in the online shop now.

Short stuffs / Believe the Hyphy [Weds 17th Jan]
So they have actually been available in the UK for about 2 weeks now without anyone knowing but here is their official release, the Oli Short 2 pro Roces skate is now available in the online shop for all to buy in sizes uk3-uk8 at the moment (bigger sizes soon). Oli, who also rides for LocoSkates said this, "The concept hasn't changed but visually it gives you a new option...reverse colours", thanks Oli! Check them out in the online shop here (+scroll). While we are on the subject of new product the highly anticipated new dvd release from Vinny Minton has just arrived....Hyphy 3 features all the skating and antics from the last year from Vinny Minton and his crew. Expect fighting, people circling car parks in modified sports cars, alot of glossy hip-hop and most of all some of the sickest skating footage you are likely to see for a while. Pick this bad-boy up right here (+scroll).

He's scot new frames! [Mon 15th Jan]
Scottish rollerblading machine Chaz Sands has a new edit up on the Kizer website showing him testing his new Kizer Fluid pro frame. The edit shows Chaz testing the frame at his local park in Dumbarton and, as always completely annhilating the handrail and grind box. Click here to watch the edit. Chaz told us "I am loving them at the moment, cos they are very good for all types of skating. They can be used flat set up or anti rocker and they slide real good". Chaz also revealed to us that there are plans for a similar frame in the future that will be even better for flat set-up. Sounds like a dream, we'll look forward to hearing more about that soon.

Homoskateual [Fri 12th Jan]
Anyone ever told you the joke 'What's the hardest thing about being a rollerblader?...telling your parents you're gay!'? Well, we're not trying to hate or anything but this is for all of you guys, for everytime 'that' skateboarder has called you gay cos you are a rollerblader, for all the disrespect you have gained over the years from rollerphobes and for every skateboard publication that has printed narrowminded anti-rollerblading propaganda within their pages. MTV in the states is currently showing a 'don't discriminate' style advert involving kissing homosexual skateboarders which you must watch here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJkwIE25zI8 . It makes you wonder what the hell the american government thought they were doing as they seem to have inadvertantly and single-handedly ridiculed a whole culture that has spent years building up a serious and credible image! This is definatley one to show your cocky rollerblade-hating skateboarder mate! S'all love!x

Loco gets the Humph [Thurs 11th Jan]
If you've read the new Kingdom mag, MySpace or the Loco messageboard then you will know that the brand new Locoskates.com team rider is none other than LEON HUMPHRIES. If you haven't...then you do now! Leon, from South London has been repping on the UK scene hard for over ten years and currently rides for Valo Skates and BHC wheels. We felt Leon was the perfect addition to our team (Oli Short, Jenna Downing, Joby Dick and Jake Eley) because we feel he adds some more variety in terms of skating style to the existing team bringing forth a more rugged hip-hop style! He's also been super cool since day one. Leon is juiced to be representing Loco and the feeling is most definately mutual. Check out Leon's new profile in Kingdom Mag here.

Kingdom Mag issue 2 [Mon 8th Jan]
The new Kingdom mag came out today at www.kingdom-mag.co.uk not only does it feature it's usual news, articles, music, product guides and other innovative features along with a Leon Humphries profile, Sean Cullen and Jon Elliot interviews and 'Radio' with Jochen Shmuda but the new Loco team rider is officially unveiled in the news section and our advert. Check it out to find out the news. It also features the controversial front cover (pictured). Are they saying 'fuck you' to rollerblading or 'the man' or the industry or what? Make what you will of it...maybe they are declaring peace Churchill style! Who knows. Check it guys, the whole issue is super sick.

2006 Compendium [Thurs 4th Jan]
Dunno if anyone noticed but there doesn't seem to have been much news to report in the world of UK rolling over the xmas period! Nonetheless we've been metal-busy too thanks to you guys busting out and supporting an ACTUAL skater-run shop so we didn't get much time to do much reporting either. Here we are in the big Zero Seven and what an eventful year it's been for uk rolling. We've seen Salomon pull out of rollerblading altogether, dumping cheap stock in the process, harming our already fragile industry, Xsjado still managed to stay on the shelf through this though. It was a good year for the UK on the competition circuit with Mancherster's Nick Lomax pulling out all the stops and placing joint first at the IMYTA international competition in Amsterdam. We also saw a sick LG competition at NASS in Birmingham which displayed just how good rollerblading can be. We also saw more pros than ever before come and visit the UK with most of them stopping off at our HQ on the south coast. Julio, Bailey, Rachard, Sagona, Billy O'neil, Carlos, Haffey, Stockwell, Jochen Smuda among others all came and hung out and grabbed a slice of the UK rolling scene while they were at it. It was also a sad year for UK rollerblading as we watched Unity magazine slip into oblivion after more than ten years in print. Kingdom-mag.co.uk however mysteriously rose from Unity's grave weeks later like a pheonix from the flames proving to be somewhat of a saving grace for our lost hope and the void in rollerblading media in the uk...who knows we may even see it in print in 2007! Not only that but they organised some really successfull events throughout the year along with other events organizers such as Dave Bell (Slamm Jamm) and Epic skatepark (various Jams). '06 saw loads of great dvd productions too with the year ending on a bang with the release of Barely Dead, the first rollerblading dvd in High Definition which features a somewhat revolutionary documentary on the history of rollerblading. 2007 looks promising with sales in rollerblading rising...for us at least, the possibility of a new Loco store opening and many events, tours and skating oppourtunities. Keep checking Locoskates.com in '07 for all your UK rolling news and thanks to everyone that has supported us and bought shit from the shop and through the website, of course we couldn't exist if you didn't. Jake Eley, Loco.x

Come Fourth! (to the Winter Wonder-Jam) [Fri 15th Dec]
Fourth dimension skatepark in Worcester will hold their Winter Skate Jam tomorrow (Sat 16th). Jams, bands and fancy dress are all promised so don't miss out. Worcester is roughly based in the Midlands area somewhere Birminghamish! There will be loadsa prizes on the day including a year's free membership to the park and a bottle of champange which we're sure some super-tech 15 year old with all the switch-ups in the book will be having a whale of a time with on the Sat night! If you've not been to the park its genuinly sick so this would be a good time to check it out. You can find pics of it and a map of how to get there here.

Loco secret rider [Fri 8th Dec]
Locoskates has a new rider this christmas! ..but like the awkward bastards we are we're not gonna tell you who it is. Our main man (or woman) impresses us everytime we see him (or her) skate and was so down for supporting skater-run that we just had to have him / her on the team. This dude / dudette oozes steeze and there's no other rider in the uk we'd rather have representing our name. The new team rider will be exclusively revealed in the next Kingdom online magazine (www.kingdom-mag.co.uk ) which is due out before christmas. Keep your eyes peeled.

Knock 'em all Downing [Tues 5th Dec]
Y2SK8 skatepark in Peterborough held their annual competition on Saturday. The competition which had been unofficially dubbed as the British Championships was won for the second year running by local Steven Swain with Adam Brown taking second. Loco Skates' very own Jenna Downing won the girls comp for the 8th year running and apparently would have placed third with the guys if they were in the same category proving that she is still the number one female skater in the UK! The comp which took place as a 'one-day' event this year as opposed to the usual two-day event took a lower profile than normal with less publicity on the run up to the event, we only found out about it the week before and Kingdom mag didn't find out in time for their most recent issue! Hopefully next year we can get prepared for it and it can expand to a two day event again.

Valook great! [Mon 4th Dec]
The new design Valo skates are here in time for Christmas. Valo have gone all out and released four skates all at once! Two Erik Bailey pro-models and two Jon Julio models. The Bailey models (The EB 1) comes in either white or black so it's up to you to decide whether you think light is right or wanna join the dark side. The Jon Julio skates (JJ1.3 + JJ1.4) come in either grey+black or black+orange with a stylish chequered liner. Check 'em out and buy them in the online shop here(+scroll).

Dead good [Mon 27th Nov]
Saturday night saw the UK premiere of the most anticipated DVD in rollerblade history, Barely Dead at the Audio club in Brighton. For those who didn't make it, the first half of the DVD features a 'Dog town'-style 60 minute documantary film on the history of rolling followed by the skating section of the DVD which is probably 30-45 minutes. There was always a danger that this DVD was going to be hyped too much and turn out to be an anti-climax, it DID NOT however dissapoint! This project really is a massive step forward for rollerblading and it's hard to believe just how amazing the production, editing and skating is...it truely is an instant cult-classic. BD will be available sometime in early December. Also thanks to everyone who supported the Mindgame DVD premiere at the shop on Sunday. Mindgame will now be available in the online shop on Mon Dec 4th (next Mon) as the delivery into the UK has been delayed.

London bus syndrome [Sat 25th Nov]
You know what it's like, you wait months for a new skate to come out then bosh!...four come out at once! Must be all this looming Christmas malarky...damn those skate manufacturers and their seasonal sales tactics! Enough moaning, the Razors Shima 7, Elliot 3, Rollerblade A7 and Rollerblade Downtown 3 are now all of a sudden available to buy in the online shop, feel free to browse. We have also made all of these models available in boot-only format too for your customisational needs.

Get your badges out! [Sat 25th Nov]
To celebrate the fifth day before St Andrews day LocoSkates have released limited edition Loco pin-badges. We knew you guys would want to represent Locoskates when partying at old Andy's celebrations so here you are. Not only have Loco gone 'badges-out' with this promo item but Kingdom Magazine also happen to have released pin-badges too! (actually we blatently, completely bit their idea). Both styles are available in the online shop now at £1 each (this includes delivery) with up to 10p from each one sold being donated to the 'Help Oli Short get sober' fund which is in no way a registered charity. The badges are located in the 'belts/wallets' section of the website which will no doubt make them damn near impossible to find in the future (c'mon who the hell has a 'badge' section on their website!) for this reason you're probably best clicking here (+scrolling) to find them.

BE-Current [Thurs 16th Nov]
The new Be-Mag came out last week. Fresh as ever issue 21 features a Ricardo Lino Interview, Erik Bailey and Dominik Wagner profile's, Paris Sessions, Be-Mag Rosklide Tour and an article reporting the recent IMYTA+ event in Amsterdam. Get it now in the online shop here.

The ONE and only for '07 [Weds 15th Nov]
Ok, Remedy released the official images for the new Remz '07 ONE skates today. They're gonna come in at around £208 with free next-day delivery and free DVD and will be available around the 4th December in the online shop. Here's what the guys at Remedy said, "Remz is proud to release its first skate for 2007. Based on the classic Freedom-of-feet concept the 07 ONE comes in a whole new colour scheme and loaded with details and features. Anyway you turn it you will discover a new design, graphic or detail.The 07 One comes with the robust Bullet 8 frame from Ground Control, super strong 8 mm axle bolts and 42 mm anti-rocker wheels. The unique Remz lacing system provides for a glove like fit and the ultimate combination of flex and support."

We got Game [Mon 13th Nov]
Locoskates will be showing the premiere of the new Mindgame DVD at our high street store in Eastbourne on Sunday the 26th of November at 2:30pm. There's a load of highly anticipated DVD's coming out for this Christmas one of them being the fourth flick from Mindgame entitled 'Accidental Machines'. The film is set to be a sure-fire hit as it includes sections on each member of arguably the world's best team - Aaragon, Feinberg, Farmer, Bambrick and of course Latimer. We've planned the DVD premier to coinscide with the Barely Dead DVD premiere which will take place in Brighton the evening before (see news item down the page for details) so you guys can get down to the Brighton / Eastbourne area and catch two top premiere's in one weekend! Unlike the Barely Dead premiere this event will not be 18's and over only so come down whoever you are! No doubt if it's dry there will be a bit of a session / street skate going off after the premiere on the Sunday. Loco is situated about 30 seconds walk north of Eastbourne central train station and is on Station Parade. Hope to see you there.

On yer bike! [Thurs 9th Nov]
Simon Coburn and Jake Eley just took part in a two week stunt show as part of the International Mortorcycle show at the NEC in Birmingham. Si skated in the Mad-Max themed stage-show extravaganza for the first week and Locoskates owner Jake took over for the second as the character 'Blades'. The show finished last Sunday (5th Nov) . We searched long and hard to find Jake to ask him the deal:
"Well basically they needed someone to do some backflips , flatspins and corscrews over a jump box in this show. Little did I know that it was all motorbikes doing crazy crazy stunts and I was gonna be the only rollerblader...no BMX, no skateboard, nothing! Anyway, long story short its a half hour show and there is a couple of points in the show where they shine a big spotlight on me and I have to hype the crowd and do these crowd-pleasing tricks, catch is there is up to 1300 people watching JUST ME at that point EVERY SHOW and there is 3 or 4 shows a day! S'all good, we worked out that they paid me like £33 a backflip or summin ridiculous" -Thanks Jake!
The show may well be going to Thorpe Park this summer so check it out if you are there in 2007. Click here to see some of the motorbike stuntery from the show.

Heat Premiere reminder [Thurs 9th Nov]
Remember guys, it's the UK premiere of the new Heat Wheels DVD at Epic Skatepark in Mosely, Birmingham this coming Sat night at 7pm along with just a general evening jam. Check out our news item further down the page (dated 17th Oct) for more details.

Shima 7 image release [Weds 8th Nov]
The official images for the new Razors Shima 7's (S7) were today released. The skate comes out in the UK around December the 4th and will be available to pre-order in the online shop soon. Here's what the guys at Razors had to say about the new release:
'Trying to catch up with Michael Jordan, Brian Shima is releasing his 7th pro skate from Razors this Holiday season. Sporting an all black look with silver color soul frame, color coordinated chrome bolts and the infamous Reign Neoprene liner the skate is providing a glove like fit and comfort as never experienced before.The Shima 7 comes with the new Dual Injection frame from GC with an UHMW grind plate for super fast grinding speeds. It also offers multiple rockering options from flat to anti-rocker and high-lo.' - There you go. You've been told.

Trophy-boy Taylor [Mon 6th Nov]
Rob Taylor is one of Wales' top rollerbladers, but did you know that he is a top Freestyle Skier too!? That's right, Rob recently won the award for 'Best Unsponsored Freeskier' at the first UK Freeski Awards. The award was voted for by the general public and skiing community. The night also hosted the Rich Taylor Memorial award which each year will serve as a tribute to Rob's late brother and will honour 'services to Freestyle skiing' to one skiier for that year. Congratulations Rob we hope there is many more awards to come. To read more about these awards go here.

Dead Good! [Sat 4th Nov]
The Premier for the highly anticipated Barely Dead skate movie and documentary DVD will take place in Brightons notorious Audio bar and club on Saturday November the 25th. The venue will open at 6:30pm and stay open until 3am! with the premiere starting at 7:30pm. Audio is located almost directly opposite Brighton's Palace pier (the main pier), should be a great night thanks to the guys at both Be-Mag and Kingdom Magazine. The party won't stop there though as the next day (Sun 26th) we will be showing the premiere of the new Mindgame DVD at the Locoskates HQ in Eastbourne at 2:30pm - more on that next week, keep watching!

Seventh time lucky [Thurs 2nd Nov]
The new Razors Shima 7 is due for release on the 4th of December in the UK. The S7 is black with white souls, is the regular Genesys boot mould and hjas a reign neoprene liner and Ground Control DI frames. Coincidentally on the same day the new Remz treams come out. They are the same as the old style Remz (not with the external cuff like the Frankie's) and is various shades of grey...a little bit like the haffey 1's. Unfortunately we aren't allowed to print the pictures of either of these skates yet but you may have seen the Remedy's on Haffey if yiou were at or have seen footage of IMYTA Amsterdam. Both skates will be available to pre-order in the online shop as soon as the images become available.

Razors sponsorship McLarified [Sat 28th Oct]
Dan McLaren from Wellingborough, Northants is the latest UK skater to pick up a skate sponsor. Dan got picked up last week and will now be enjoying Complimentary Razors skates. Dan, who is single, straight and a gemini smokes AND drinks and would someday like children has appeared onto the scene in the last year with his Unity profile. When Dan isn't out skating you may find him chilling out watching his favourite movies 'Man on Fire' or 'True Romance' ahhh we knew he was a big softie really! [*we didn't in anyway go anywhere near Dan's Myspace page to get the material for this article]
*A lie

LOCOSPACE [Thurs 26th Oct]
Check out our new button on the left<<. The 'LocoSpace' button will take you straight to to our MySpace page which will be updated with new photos and videos when we can be arsed. Add us as a 'friend' and you can ask us questions, leave us comments or generally MyStalk us without us knowing like you are our curious, angry ex-girlfriend! The LocoSpace button directly replaces the 'Links' button which, lets face it, no-one has ever used on any website ever since about 1998! Happy stalking all you Space Cadets.

BHC Perkett up their ideas [Weds 25th Oct]
Skater-run UK based company BHC have realeased 2 new pro-wheels to add to the previously released Al Hooi wheels and their range of clothes and DVD's. The guys in charge at BHC, Mark Trebble and Si Coburn now have an Eric Perkett pro-wheel weighing in at 55mm 88A and a Frazer Watson wheel at 56mm 90A. The difference between BHC wheels and most other wheels is not only do they represent something real in rollerblading with the companies core roots but they are also a high quality wheel with a price nearer to that of a budget wheel. They are definately one of, if not, the best