Author Archives: Rob Ashby

   I am pleased to announce that the UKSSA has been successful with its bid to host The 2013 European Championships of Slalom Skateboarding. The event will be staged at Hog Hill from Friday 2nd to Sunday 4th August 2013. The e-mail I received this morning from Petr Janousek, ISSA EU status Marshal read as follows:  ‘‘Congratulations […]

The first two Friday’s in November drew skaters near and far out of the winter woodwork and into LondonTown. The first was the screening of The Bones Brigade – An Autobiography at The Prince Charles cinema in Leicester Square on Friday 2nd. In attendance were myself, Michael Stride, Paul Price, Nigel Allgood, Ed Brockman, Martin […]

By Rob Ashby (with thanks to Paul Price)  Whilst the Olympics were beginning in London another Team GB, Comprising of Paul Price, Louis Selby, Rob Ashby, Paul Coupe and “honorary Brazilian Brit” Bruno Silva De Oliveira were jetting off to Stuttgart for this year’s Slalom World Championships. The first day of the 2012 Worlds got underway […]

Ferdinand Lindner, GS at Hog Hill Pic courtesy of Andy@sidewalkmag.com With skateboarding once again overlooked by the IOC there was only one thing for it, organise an alternative event for the Slalom, Downhill and Longboarding community – The 2012 Razorback Games was it!  The event was run by the UKSSA in partnership with London Longboards. […]

Sideburn Magazine – “the world’s most suave motorcycle magazine” – were the organisers and promoters of Rollerburn, the first cross genre event of its kind. Combining a custom bike show, Roller Derby, a “Rollerball” style drag race, live bands and DJ’s, numerous vendor stalls, guest appearances from TT racer and star of BBC TV’s “The […]

The UKSSA had been invited along to race at the Hogtoberfest event by Timmy Peters, one of the Southampton University crew, who had set the event up as a fun weekend featuring  various workshops and downhill races for all skill levels. He had also encouraged universities to bring “fresher’s” along to share the stoke of downhill skating […]

Last Saturday Sam Gordon, Paul Coupe and I visited the new Cyclopark facility in Northfleet near Gravesend in Kent. The facility has yet to be completed but we went to check it out for suitability as another race venue and an alternative to Hog Hill, which next year is booked solid due to the Olympics. […]