Author Archives: SamG

Mallorca World Cup 13-14th October 2012

By SamG | Published: November 19, 2012

It was Donald Campbell of Pavel Skates doing. And Paul Coupe. At the far end of the race calendar was a tiny event organised by the Spanish skaters to be held in Mallorca. It had a lowish race status of ‘Prime’ and Spanish events were unknown, so was completely off-radar.  Louis Selby, Paul Price, Richie […]

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Cyclopark Dual Slalom 16th September 2012

By SamG | Published: November 13, 2012

Hot on the heels of the Wheels and Fins festival came the Cyclopark Dual Slalom.  Where Saturday had been clear skies and aggressive tarmac, Wrotham Road offered grey skies and buttery smooth cycle track.  Rob, Michael and I stayed overnight at the Gravesend Premier Inn so that we were right on site for a full […]

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Wheels and Fins Beach Festival Slalom Comp 15th September 2012

By SamG | Published: November 13, 2012

Boom! At very short notice the UKSSA was invited to take part in the inaugural Wheels and Fins Beach Festival at Joss Bay on the Kent coast. Put together by Nic Powley of Vans in conjunction with Loz Brown and Dave Melmoth, this event is planned to develop into a multisport festival, similar to the […]

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Slalom in Sidewalk Magazine – August 2012

By SamG | Published: August 29, 2012

Top review of Hog Hill and the UK slalom scene by Sam and Rob. Yup; SIX pages of slalom coverage in a street mag. Thanks to the guys at Sidewalk Magazine for being open to all forms of skateboarding. Get your copy at WH Smiths before we by them all up!

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Hog Hill Open Season 2012 Review

By SamG | Published: May 21, 2012

Thank the blimmin’ Heavens it didn’t rain!!! With the return of Paul Price back from the States, it looked like the Bruno and Louis duopoly of UK racing was set for a shake up. However, his legs all charged up from carving Utah powder rather than London blacktop, Paul was on the back foot against […]

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This weekend: Open Season 2012

By SamG | Published: May 9, 2012

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Give-It-A-Go Slalom Session in Hyde Park 14 April 2012

By SamG | Published: April 14, 2012

Pics here:  Hyde Park Slalom tryout Organised by Gbemi in conjunction with the UKSSA and Octane Sport, the Slalom in the Park session was a great way to introduce our longboard brethren to a bit of healthy competition. There are some very talented riders out there who showed both stoke, spirit and determination as they […]

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Cyclopark – SkAte2: Pump+Grind Review

By SamG | Published: March 6, 2012

We’d only ever visited Cyclopark in the driving rain. Through rose-tinted specs we had seen that it had all the elements towards the making of a great slalom location. A long, straight and gently sloping track, a pavilion to the right and a skatepark to the left, with floodlighting over the entire area. And the […]

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