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Congratulations to ‘lone wolf’ Richard Searle for his performance at the NAONED Open Slalom competion in Nantes held over the weekend 11-12 July. Richard won the Top Master trophy at the event organised by Franck Pannetier. Franck recently let Richard use his board at the Désaxé World Ride when his bag went missing in transit. As a thank […]

  The Second of the UKSSA’s events at Hog Hill takes place this weekend. Summer Swine Stomp features Head to Head and Giant Slalom racing, Downhill, Freeriding, Sliding, Luge and International Freestyle competition. We will be joined by racers from Holland and Germany who will also be competing for the coveted places on the Hog […]

Congratulations to Pig City’s Mmedo Duffort on being scooped up by Donald Campbell to become Pavel Racing’s newest recruit. Mmedo joins Brits, Paul Price, Sam Gordon and Louis Selby on the UK Pavel Team. On announcing his news Mmedo had this to say “I am (truly) proud to have joined the Pavel crew and will […]

  Once again it was time to take in some sea air and sun down in Pig City at the annual Turn & Burn race at the Paddle Around the Pier beach festival. Saturday kicked off with Tight slalom and after a nice relaxed practice session we began the qualifying around 1.00pm under the warm […]

Report by Mmedo Duffort   After our Swiss adventures, Grenoble provided a different challenge for Team GB. Again, Louis, Richard and myself flew to Switzerland only to find that Richard’s bag had opted for a different destination – or no destination at all as it turned out. We waited for a while but with one […]

Report by Richard Searle I like slalom, you like slalom, that skateboarding dog on YouTube likes slalom – and everybody who likes slalom loves a good slalom race, especially a good international race; the first to the pique interest of Team GB this season was The Slalom World Cup, at Gruningen in Switzerland.  ‘It’s a […]

  This is the 8th year that UKSSA have been running slalom events at Hog Hill and once again The Crackling is theUK slalom season opener. Unlike our early races these days Hog Hill events are large multi-disciplined meetings. Timmy Peters’ DAS Industries crew provided the logistics for running the weekends Longboard and Downhill elements […]

The Crackling is the first of this years multi-discipline skate events at the UK’s premier venue Hog Hill – Redbridge Cycling Centre, Forest Road, Ilford, Essex, IG6 3HP.   A big thank you to all of our sponsors for your support. For full event details and registration please visit: http://crackling2015.blogspot.co.uk/