Tuffnell Pier Jump LocoSkates rider and general all-round local hero Sam Tuffnell is involved in a bid to raise the cash to jump over Brighton pier. The bid, headed by Kingdom Magazine's Joe Coyne is aiming to WIN the 'Bring It On Britain' scheme run by Walls (you know, the sausages). Walls want to give away £5000 for someone, somewhere to do something cool. This seems like a pretty good bid to me. Joe would use the money to fund/part fund a mega-ramp that would allow Tuffnell to jump over the pier. We are currently at the top of the leaderboard against a whole bunch of other people! Please keep it that way by submitting your vote for Tuffnell here. You've not got long to vote now! Lomax Never End
Lomax pro skate
Hastings bowl They've just finished the new super-complex concrete bowl at Hastings skatepark just down the coast from the shop here in Eastbourne. Have a butchers. The bowl is partly concrete pool-coping which is rare and exciting. It also has a big cradle intergrated... shhhh don't tell Sam Tuffnell! They are currently still working on the street-course area of the park but the bowl is now open to skate. This project follows the recent completion of a brand spanking new £85,000 outdoor park built right on the seafront here in Eastbourne which has seen ALOT of action in the last couple of months. Looks like the south is finally getting the skateparks we deserve!!! 1 day with Dan collins
Oatbank Inline Event The Guys at Oatbank outdoor skatepark are having a summer BBQ / Jam / Comp on Sunday 15th August. Check out their fyler opposite and visit their Facebook page for more info on the event. The Valo ROLL We are proud to announce the forthcoming release of The Valo ROLL - the exclusive collaboration between LocoSkates, Valo and Ground Control ...only available at LocoSkates. The skate will see a full public release around mid-August and are available to pre-order in our online shop right now. We will be sending them internationally. With it's unique yellow/grey colourway, Special edition 'Loco' embossed Ground Control Featherlite 2 frames and LocoSkates wheels the Valo Roll gives you the chance to be one of just a few people to own a pair of this extremely limited run (watch out for your Free Loco dice promo item too!). Go peep them in the online shop right now. It's been a long and steep hill arriving where we are now with this project... now we're just about ready to put our skates on and roll back down! Jenna Downing 2010 showreel
NASS results It sure was one of the best NASS events yet, probably THE best. The rollerblading contests pulled in more people than ever, more than the other sports we think. The inline best trick contest was once again the highlight of the weekend. Chaz Sands, Danny Aldridge, Steven Swain, Elliot Stevens, Blake Bird and others battled it out in front of literally thousands of cheering people. Swain and Danny Aldridge tied eventually; Swain with a 900 out the back of the course (big drop) and Danny Aldridge with the most relaxed flatspin 540 over the huge quarterpipe gap (over the Elvis ramp). The Goliath (that massive mega-ramp jump box) comp also reached epic levels with Roman Godinaire winning with a cab 1260 (never been done before on a jump-box as far as we know), Alex Burston did a forwards 1260 (second person to do this ever as far as we know) and Adam Brown landed the double backflip placing him in 2nd place! Brian Aragon won the main Pro contest, pipping Roman Godinaire at the post, the highlight of Aragons skating being a huge corkscrew 720 over the massive quarterpipe gap (over Elvis) laced perfectly. Pictured Goliath ramp winners podium. Shot Coyne. NASS Am results
NASS course day 3 Here's the reverse angle from day 3 of building the NASS course in time for the weekend. Nearly done! See you on the weekend! NASS course day 3 Hers's the progress from day 3 of building the streetcourse at NASS from our inside-man! Valo ... NASS streetcourse day 1 Our man on the inside at NASS will be sending us updates as to how the street course is shaping up. Here's how it's looking after day one of building. Not bad progress at all! Stay tuned to LocoSkates.com for daily updates. NASS 2010 trailer
Jenna on current TV This Saturday 26th June the mini documentary that Simon Mulvaney filmed on our very own Jenna Downing will be aired on Current TV on a show called "Stunts and Chaos - episode 5 Best of British" from 10pm-10:30pm (Sky channel 155, Virgin Media channel 130). Check it out! Jenna still managing to stay high profile even with her injury that's taken her out the game for a few months! LocoSkates in Romania
The Lomax show LocoSkates rider Nick Lomax has just been on the Conference Show of Force tour around Spain along with some of his fellow Conference sponsered amigos. This tour really has been one of the best skate tours in a long time with videographer Matty Watky posting new edits of the tour online every two days, each sicker than the last. Have a look at the 'Conclusion edit' by following this link along with the rest of the tour edits Matty posted. Loco on BMX site One of our BMX buddies sent us this picture, we thought it was pretty cool with the Loco banner in the background! It's up on the front page of the Ride UK BMX website and they are also offering it as a downloadable wallpaper. Jenna Mini Documentary
K2 skates contest winner
Scots in Sheffield
Chaz Invite results LocoSkates did well again at another international contest this weekend. Loco rider Joe Atkinson won the Amateur event at the Chaz Sands Invitational contest at Rampworx, Liverpool. Joe also won a sponsorship deal with Euolgy wheels. Nice one Joe, smashed it again! Nick Lomax (Pictured) continues his great form by advancing all the way through to the grand final in the Pro contest, Lomax eventually placed 5th overall. Jenna Downing also came 2nd in the girls contest. She dislocated her leg and tore ligaments while she was skating in the contest trying to backflip up the step-up... fix up soon Jen. The overall winner of the pro contest was CJ Wellsmore from Australia who annihilated the opposition. Chaz himself came in second. The Girls contest was won by 13 year old Chihiro Azuma from Japan who totally smacked it! Win K2 Varsity Skates We're giving away a brand spanking new set of K2 Varsity skates in size uk9 thanks to the help of K2. All you've got to do is answer a simple Rollerblading History question. You can full get details on how to enter by visiting kingdom-mag.co.uk UK Rolling interview I (Jake) just did a short interview with UK Rolling magazine which is a fairly-new-on-the-scene online magazine. Check out the interview here. Dan Ives is on board Dan Ives just joined the LocoSkates flow network. The new flow-network team will be made up of some of the best skaters across the country. Dan just came back from the Noiya Jam in Sheffield where he tore the park apart, many were surprised he did not take 1st place! Watch out for more from Dan soon. Lomax in Brighton
NASS 2010 course Here's the plans for the pro streetcourse for NASS 2010. We think you'll agree it looks pretty amazing. It looks like the lines don't cross at all! Shaun Scarfe doing a great job again. The ramps always feel great under your feet too. To buy tickets for Nass you can visit this link. Pro Green for number 1?
Watch out Romania This weekend, with team riders Nick Lomax and Sam Tuffnell in tow (TuffMax), LocoSkates shall venture to Romania for the 'On 4 wheels' street contest. Keep an eye out for Facebook updates and pics and a full on video log when we get back. Romania is pretty random, the scene, locals and street spots look sick though and it's a WRS event! Web and phone orders will be dispatched as usual and the shop is open as usual but email replies will be delayed until Tuesday (13th) so don't bust my neck over it! Jake.x Weymouth Jam Weymouth are having an all nighter skate Jam this weekend (Sat 10th April) 9pm - 9am. Check the flyer opposite. ??? *** Joe Atkinson on board We'd like to welcome Joe Atkinson to the LocoSkates team. Joe, from Leeds, is one of the most exciting skaters to come out of the UK in a while, in skatepark, at competitions and on street. Joe, also riding for USD flow has been catching alot of eyes at events in the last year. Watch out for Joe reppin for Loco at the next one. Also check out this recent clip of Joe that surfaced in the last few days (it's the second clip, after Spary's trick). Smashed it. Picture opposite: Launch to True Top Porn. Shot Kola (Thanks Kola). K2 Varsity review
Inline Connection Here's a cool little internet find for you... Inline Connection, run by Kent rollerblader Daryl Bull has a whole bunch of rollerblading content on it including skate reviews, skate dvd soundtrack tracklistings, up to date news, blogs, videos and a skatepark directory as well as focusing predominently on the skate scene in Kent. Go and have a read at inline-connection.net and keep an eye on this one especially if you are a kent roller! Sky Sports Tuffnell
Massive Attack & LocoSkates
Elliot next top model UK Valo team rider Elliot Stevens just took what has to be one of the biggest modelling jobs in the UK right now. Elliot, humble as always, is fronting the new Ltd Edition range of clothes from Topman. Here's a picture of Elliot cotching in the front window of the Brighton Branch of Topman. Apparently he is in the front window of every Topman store nationwide! Elliot is also joined by fellow Manchester head Tom Penfound who can be seen modelling the new range on billboards in store and on the Topman website. Jenna Number 1 again LocoSkates rider Jenna Downing proves once again she is the best female rollerblader in the world by taking 1st place at Winterclash in Berlin, recognised worldwide as rollerblading's biggest contest. Jen smashed it again with an abundance of consistentcy on the streetcourse along with her trademark 900 over the big jumpbox (almost completely clearing it to flat bottom!). Congratulations (again) Jenna. JennaDowning.com Dedicated LocoSkates team rider and last years Women's World Champion Jenna Downing has just dropped her brand new website. The website focuses on promoting Jenna, particularly to outsiders of the sport in a portfolio style. Jenna's got some impressive stats, check them out: Jenna Downing website. |
