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
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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. Lomax Loco Edit
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FREE CONFERENCE MAG The second edition of the Conference mag is out now and it's absolutely free! We'll be chucking in a Conference magazine with all orders that we send by Fed-Ex (orders over £75, skates etc), but if you make a smaller order (under £75) and you want a free copy then just write 'Send me a Conference mag god dammit!' in the comments box at the online checkout and we will hook you up with a copy. BHC clothes and wheels news The newest ranges of BHC stuff is trickling in. It all looks really great. There's new Tee's and a backpack arriving early Demcember but most exciting is the new wheels, including a pro wheel for LocoSkates rider Leon Humphries. Here's what the guys at BHC had to say about the new wheel compound: 'We have been working hard on our urethane for over a year in order to create a product we are truly happy with. Its been a long journey because we ourselves rollerblade and wanted the end product to be perfect.We believe the new wheels are set to change the face of wheels as we know it. They feature a brand new clear core and urethane. They last twice as long as any other wheel I have ever used and roll faster aswell. Our team have been raving about them since the samples were finished 6 months ago.' Unit 1 comp / Jam...
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Remember, remember ...the 5th of November is NOT exclusively about gunpowder, treason and plot. Our friends at the Factory skatepark in Dundee, Scotland will be holding a free skate night this fireworks night. The Factory is an indoor skatepark so this session will be particularly appealing if you're a) into skating more than fireworks, b) It's raining, c) you are a cat, or d) you are a dog (or any domestic pet for that matter). The Factory skatepark is notoriously the cleanest park in the UK! Go and check out their website this instant! Loco Slamm Jamm clean-up Slamm Jamm thank you Sam! That's right, LocoSkates rider Sam Tuffnell won Slamm Jamm 11 this weekend. Dave Bell's annual event is the longest running aggressive skate event in the UK. The competition was also an official AIL qualifier meaning 'The T-1000' (Tuffnell) will go through to the AIL finals at Woodward West in California next year, flights paid. Congrats Tuffnell. Loco also came through at the first ever UK Rolling Awards. The ceremony was held on the Friday night at Slamm Jamm where we won the 'UK shop of the year award' and new Loco rider Nick Lomax won the already prestigious 'Skater of the year' award. Nice one Nick. Guy Smithers joins Loco At 14 years old, boy wonder Guy Smithers has joined the Loco flow team. Here he is reppin' a Loco hoody in Brighton True Topsouling a steep little number. You might remember Guy from the supersick edit doing the rounds on the web about a month ago. Check that out by following this link: http://www.vimeo.com/6115910 - You can expect to see more footage appear from Guy in the next few weeks. We've been filming! Lomax joins Loco Reigning Slamm Jamm champion, Nass best trick winner and IMYTA world champion Nick Lomax has joined the LocoSkates team. Lomax was eager to stand for something close to his heart and so joines the likes of Sam Tuffnell, Jenna Downing, Oli Short and Leon Humpries in representing his shop of choice. The world class Manchester skater has spent the last week down in Brighton on the Conference / USD tour. Watch out for Nick representing at Slamm Jamm 11 this weekend in Liverpool. Scotland trip video-diary
Demetrious and Smithers Little and large! International USD rider Demtrious George and new kid on the block / future child superstar Guy Smithers were both in town for the White Air festival in Brighton this weekend. Here's D and G themselves mid street session, Guy reppin the Loco threads pretty hard! Look out for the footage on LocoSkates.com in the coming weeks. Remz 09One skates released It's been a long time coming! Remedy have released their first closed shell skate for 2009, the Remz 09One skates this week. It has the same classic Remz design but a bunch of improvements and modifications to last year's 08Three model. Loco skates has them up on the website for you to order right now in either a complete skate or a boot-only. Here's what the guys at Remz said about their new skate: Meet the ultimate blading weapon in disguise. The new 09-1 by Remz. For this all-new release, Remz updated every component of their winning freedom-of-feet formula: the 09-1 liner is stuffed with new foam cuts for more comfort and better support, a softer heel pad and new insole, a better fitted tongue and new neoprene patterns for an all around accurate fit. The 09-1 skin features a fresh and clean Remz-style design incorporating the Remz rear lacing system pioneered by Chris Haffey and back by popular demand, a redesigned and reinforced buckle opening, a cuff bolt opening, and a wide lacing in the front for optimum foot support. The 09-1 customizable ankle support also received a makeover with a new V-foam detachable design that will make your skates look just as good with flat-cut or V-cut. Renowned for innovative ideas and proven concepts, Remz has stepped it up again with this brand new 09-1 to give you a perfect mix of technicality, comfort and style. Freedom-of-feet approved. - 2nd Sept 2009. Customise your Valo skates Custom skates are here at LocoSkates. It's been a long time coming we know but this week legendary UK rollerblader Rob Woodbridge (you know...DNA, Dirty Magic, Roces, Deshi!...No?) has been in the Loco basement screwing and un-screwing bit's onto the new Valo TV.2 skates. There's a 'Freestyle edition' for each skate and a 'Featherlite edition'. Freestyle has Ground control F1 Freestyle frames on it and Eulogy or M1 wheels and the Featherlite edition has, of course, Ground Control Featherlite 2 frames and Eulogy wheels. The Eulogy wheels will be quite a staple on our future custom skates due to their fantastic performance at a great value. Look out for custom versions of ALL our most popular skates in the near future including Custom Deshi Carbon skates, Custom Xsjado skates and custom Remz skates. Of course you can build any custom skate you like at LocoSkates even if you can't see it on the website just give us a buzz on 01323 411030 and we'll quote you a great price. Haffey tests the Remz OS3
Richard Taylor Day Get your skates on this Sunday, 5th July, to celebrate the memory of rollerblading legend Richard Taylor. Sessions are going to be kicking off around the country in respect to the man himself. The main session will be at the Richard Taylor memorial skatepark in Barry, South Wales from 12pm (see flyer opposite). Other sessions include Worthing skatepark for skaters down south (see kingdom-mag.co.uk) and Wirral skatepark for skaters up north (see slammjamm.com). There is also rumours of sessions in Glasgow and in Dublin, please refer to your local scene to find out about these sessions! All sessions will kick off around 12 midday. See you in Worthing! Remz OS3 skate durability test
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Rollerblading exhibition Founder of Slamm Jamm Dave Bell has been up to his usual tricks doing more positive stuff for rollerblading! Here's a press release he sent us: NIMH tour will visit Loco Get your diaries out, the Nimh boys are coming to town! Yep, Brian Shima and Montre Livingston will be stopping by on Monday 1st June to say what's up and promote Brian's brand Nimh skates. Come down to our high street store in Eastbourne about 15:00, hang out with us for a bit and then we'll go ROLLERBLADING!!! This will be one of the only opportunities to see the legend that is Brian Shima and 2009's wonder-boy Montre killing it in the UK. Of course Nimh and Loco riders Oli Short (oh yeah, Oli's on Nimh now if you didn't already know!), Sam Tuffnell and Leon Humpries will also be present doing what they do best. See you on the 1st! Jennas Gadget show video
If you missed Jenna on the Gadget show on channel 5 the other night, here's the link to the video so you can watch it: http://gadgetshow.five.tv/videos/professional-v-amateur-part-one (sorry, we couldn't embed it!) Go go gadget skates! A few weeks ago we sent some skates and Loco rider Jenna Downing to film with the guys at Channel 5's Gadget Show. You can check out Jenna, representing Loco, tonight from 20:00 on Channel 5 (Mon 18th May) in what's sure to be the classic presenter-tries-to-skate-but-makes-a-bit-of-a-fool-of-themselves-while-'pro-skater'-shows-them-how-it's-really-done formula! Watch it. Deshi Carbon review (video)
Loco new rider, The T-1000 We are extremely excited to announce that LocoSkates has a brand spanking new rider, The T-1000 (aka Sam Tuffnell). 'T' was sent from the future in a bid to search out and destroy all skate spots in his path. He/it was sent back to 2008 just before the NASS contest last year having been programmed to drop into the massive Elvis flatbank from 20 feet up in the rafters, breaking the metal endo-skeleton in his right leg on the third attempt. After performing home-surgery on himself The T-1000 is now back in business and recently killed the streetcourse at Winterclash courtesy of LocoSkates.com. LocoSkates will continue to help the T-1000 on his travels in the future and filming for his section in the forthcoming Loco dvd is ongoing. Jenna Downing Edit
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Winterclash moved. Urgent The Newpact skatepark in Sint Niklaas, Belgium which was the venue for this year's Winterclash has burnt down. Apparently the whole park has been devistated by the fire which started in the foam pit area when some welding was being carried out in preparation for the event. The whole park and building was apparently destroyed within a matter of minutes. Winterclash will now take place at Area 51 skatepark in Eindhoven, Holland which is about an hour drive from Sint Niklaas. It's a massive blow for Jojo Jacobi and his crew who run the event. We will definitely still be attending at the new site. I'd like to offer my commiserations to the Newpact skatepark and wish Jojo and the guys the best of luck with the event. To keep track of current news of this event please keep an eye on www.be-mag.com. Eul love them! (Eulogy wheels) Who knew? Old school head and Forefather of rollerblading Mike Opalek is a Stoke City fan! This is particularly surprising because of his American origins. Maybe he has been hanging out with Robbie Williams while he resides in Cali trying to recover from his embarrassing attempt at rapping on his last album. ...Incidently, did you know that Robbie Williams once bought a pair of Remz from Blueroom? I've digressed. So, here is a picture of the Eulogy Stoke City Mike Opalek wheel that has just been released by in celebration of his ultimate forefather-ness! It's also only just recently occurred to us how good Eulogy wheels really are. Made in the actual USA! (rather than Italy or China where most wheels are manufactured) their quality and performance really does exceed most of the wheels on the market today. This is why we've just expanded the range of Eulogy wheels that you can find in the online shop. How to backflip on street
Franco + Kendama imports Here's some import-ant news! We've recently imported some of the items you may have been finding it hard to get hold of here in the UK. You can find some of the new Franco Shade '09 range straight outta Cali and still hot off the (T-shirt) press. Have a look across the online shop for Franco Shade Hoodies, Franco Shade T-shirts and Caps, Wallets and more. Hurry though because we have extremely limited stock! Also, we finally have stock of the approved Kendamas. You know, the wooden ones that you've seen Franky and Broskow playing on YouTube! Pick one up today and you need never be bored at a bus stop ever again as you master the ancient Japanese skill game! Kizer Slimline frames released Kizer have done a great thing with their new Slimline frames ('SL' frames). It's an exciting time for those people who have been wanting to skate a flat set-up forever but are too cautious of wheel-stick on grinds! The frames are also perfect for other set-ups too, including anti-rocker. These guys really raised the bar with the design for the Kizer Slimline frames. Could this frame be the catalyst for the return of the flat set-up? The attention to detail is fantastic. They have frame spacers that you can 'rocker' up and down giving you the opportunity to have loads of combinations of wheel set-ups. The best part of the frames is that the two middle wheel bolts are set really far apart from one another, further than any other frame on the market in fact! This gives you the biggest space possible for grinding when doing groove-tricks and in turn will make skating a flat wheel set-up better than ever for grinds. Even the UFS bolt heads are designed really thin so that you can fit in the biggest wheels possible in the middle without the head of the UFS bolts getting in the way. All 8 wheels are fully rockerable into the up or down position to increase your options. You can skate these frames successfully Flat, flat-rockered or anti-rockered. The frames are light and built of a new revolutionary material which is super strong and fast on grinds. They are re-enforced in all the right places but are slender to keep the weight down. There are four colours and three sizes available: Grey is the Colin Kelso pro frame, white is Domonic Sagona, Mauve/light purple is the Richie Eisler frames and the team frame is black. |
