Author Archives: Rob Ashby

Race report by Rob Ashby This year marks the UKSSA’s 10th anniversary holding races at Hog Hill. We have Sam Gordon to thank for initially getting our foot in the door through his cycling connections. The UKSSA were actually the first organisation to hold an event at the centre on 20th July 2008 before it […]

This year sees the 10th Anniversary of the UK Slalom Skateboarding Association holding races at Redbridge Cycling Centre AKA Hog Hill. The UKSSA along with London Longboards will be holding their usual series of  events at this prime UK facility. The dates for these are as follows:  The Crackling: Year X 14th – 15th April 2018 (From 12.30 […]

Race Report by Rob Ashby  Saturday began with Andy and I  loading the ramps under heavy skies, bits of blue were poking through the greyness but a downpour en route did nothing to boost confidence for a good days racing.  On arrival at Hog Hill it was great to welcome Chris Schutz, Ferdinand Lindner and […]

Race report by Rob Ashby  This year saw one of the largest fields of European riders competing it theUK’s first race of the season. We had a seven strong team from Sweden including my fellow Kryptonics Ambassador Pelle Gusstafsson, From Germany we had Alex Lutz and Dominik Kowalski. Dominik is currently staying in London and […]

Hog Hill Race Calendar 2017 The UKSSA are happy to announce this years dates for racing at Hog Hill – Redbridge Cycling Centre.  http://www.vision-rcl.org.uk/redbridge_cycle_centre.html   20th & 21st May  – The Crackling 2017 The season opener – Dual Hybrid and Giant Slalom The first Hog Hill event of the year is “The Crackling” which features head […]

The last Hog Hill race of the season Hogtoberfest took place back in October. Unfortunately unlike previous years it didn’t look as though we were going to be as lucky with the weather. On arrival the track was wet and would take a while to dry out before any slalom could take place. Hogtoberfest saw […]

With it being an Olympic year this year’s July Hog Hill event saw a return to The Razorback Games name. Whilst the IOC have now decided to include skateboarding in the Tokyo 2020 games they have still failed to recognise the racing disciplines that would make sense to include. The Razorback games is our alternative […]