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FELLOWSHIP: A Female Skate Photography Exhibition

We have been working on this little project ALL summer and are stoked to finally announce the launch party of FELLOWSHIP; a photography exhibition highlighting the togetherness and community spirit of Skateboarding, captured through the lenses of some pretty inspiring girls.

We gathered up a few of our favourite female skate photographers, as well as a couple of new names on the photography scene… Exhibitors include Louisa Menke, Jenna Selby, Maria Barton, Raisa Abal, Mar Simo, Sophie Allen, Eloise Dorr, Tracy Gray, Charlotte Thomas and Marie Dabbadie!

The exhibition launch will be at the Official Unicorn Jam After Party – straight after the 4th edition of the Mile End Unicorn Skate Jam so meet us at 6pm at Parlour Presents on Hackney Road in Shoreditch on Saturday July 16th, or if you’re at the jam there will be a bunch of us heading up that way so tag along!

If the exhibition and general post jam hype isn’t enough of a reason to get you to come along, then please note that there will be FREE BEER all night, provided by the guys at Frontier! And if you just can’t make the date at all, fear not – the exhibition will run for an entire week after the jam, up until July 23rd.

Keep an eye out for an introduction from the artists next week, but in the meantime, head along to our Facebook event page to stay in the loop!

SEE YOU THERE!

CAMP WESC GIRLS EASTER EDIT ONLINE

The ladies from the Easter WeSC Skate Camp shredding RockCity Skatepark in Hull, East Yorkshire Feat. Kirsty Tonner, Danni Gallacher, Freya Brooks, Georgia-Rose Scott, Poppy Hill and Yasmin Davies!

Watch the full official easter edit from Camp WeSC here..

Sign up to Summer Camps in JULY/AUGUST over at WWW.CAMPWESCUK.COM now, there are a few spaces for the last week available! See you there!

UNICORN SKATE JAM IS BACK JULY 16TH!

The Unicorn Skate Jam has certainly made a name for itself over the past 4 years. Started back in 2012 by Zofia Plonczak and Gabriela St from Poland, the girls pulled together their background expertise to throw their first event in London and have been back to ye olde stomping ground of Mile End each summer since! Check out previous years photos here and here!

No detail is spared with these two, right down to a gourmet BBQ and a single rose for every competitor, its a really nice atmosphere that you should all come along to on JULY 16TH!

This year’s comp will run in three categories:

– Sponsored
– Advanced
– Beginners

Prizes will also go to the winners of GIRLS BEST TRICK and BOYS BEST TRICK and of course to the SKATER OF THE DAY for the rider who puts the most effort in.

As every year the comp will be accompanied by some tasty food & great music throughout the day to keep you going.

From Mile End, we’ll move on to Parlour Presents on Hackney Road to the official event afterparty where we’ll be launching a week-long exhibition curated by us here at Girl Skate UK – Photographers include Maria Barton, Jenna Selby, Louisa Menke, Marie Dabbadie, Charlotte Thomas and more! More info on that this weekend…

SO, save the date, invite your mates, book your travel tickets, sort out your accommodation or just shred down to Mile End and join us for the hottest day of this summer!

Keep up to date over on the facebook event page! 🙂

SEE YOU GUYS & GALS THERE! X

HAPPY GO SKATEBOARDING DAY!

Happy Go Skateboarding Day everyone!

We hope most of you managed to book the day off work, or will at least be getting in a cheeky one afterwards! We will be officially celebrating THIS SATURDAY in BRIGHTON for Push The Prom 2016, (our THIRD annual event!) we hope to see you all there!!!

If you can’t get to Brighton this weekend then take a look at some of the other events that are taking place around the country… or if you’re dying for a skate TODAY then you can find one of two things on this list that are happening later on.

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LEEDS

WHERE: The Works Skatepark, Leeds

WHEN: June 20th – 27th
The Works have fun and games going on through out the whole of this week, including a discounted all day entry fee for only £5!

LONDON

WHERE: Better Extreme Skatepsrk, Barking

WHEN: Tuesday 21st June 6-8pm

There’s an over 25’s night going on for Go Skate Day at Better Extreme for u older ones fancying a chilled one after work!

NORTHAMPTON

WHERE: Radlands Skate plaza, Bedford road, Northampton, NN1 5SZ

WHEN: Tuesday 21st June, 6:00pm onwards

Get down to Radlands Skate Plaza after 6pm on Tuesday to get involved in Two Season’s Northampton Go Skateboarding Day event! There will be light hearted jams across the park, including skate comps & prize giving, this event is open to everyone so head down and get involved.

**Two Seasons are hosting jams for Go Skate Day all over the country – to find one near you just visit https://m.twoseasons.co.uk/blog/post/go-skateboarding-day-2016
LEICESTER

WHERE: Braunstone Park Pool Plaza

WHEN: Saturday 25th June

The Ledge Skate Shop in Leicester are hosting another of their legendary Go Skateboarding Day events this year, with jams for over and under 16s as well as best trick and highest Ollie competitions as well as a death race!

HAVE FUN and tag your insta pics with #GIRLSKATEUK so we can see what you got up to!

PUSH THE PROM THIS SATURDAY!

Push The Prom is almost here, with less than ONE WEEK to go… This year we teamed up with the Brighton Longboard Ladies, Brash Skate & Create and Nefarious Crew who will be bringing you a zine making workshop, Hungry Hungry Hippos on Skateboards and a Longboarding X Skateboarding Trick Swap!

We have received all of the prizes from our sponsors who include HUF, Brixton, Out Of Step, Thrasher Mag, Real Skateboards, Two Seasons Skate Store, Story Clothing, Bones Wheels and more!

Those hoping to attend should get their travel itinerary sorted ASAP as prices for hotels and trains are going up super quick! If you are looking to car-pool then head to our Facebook event page to have a chat with others who are attending!

MEET US AT NOON – The address for our meeting place is…

BRIGHTON WEST PIER
129 King’s Rd,
Brighton
BN1 2FA

ALTERNATIVELY, If you don’t feel up for the promenade push, you can meet us at Hove Lagoon Skatepark around 2pm!

The nearest train station to West Pier is Brighton Station and to Hove Lagoon is actually Portslade Station (about a 15 min walk / 10 min skate).

Public Transport from outside Brighton:

Rail :
National Rail enquiries: 08457 484950 http://www.nationalrail.co.uk

We recommend travelling to Brighton Station if meeting on West Pier, and Portslade or Hove station if meeting at Hove Lagoon Skatepark.

Coach :
National Express run many routes to Brighton. Brighton coach station is near the pier.

Stage Coach
Coastliner 700 service.

Brighton and Hove Bus Company :
Route 77 serves the Pier – download the PDF route map here

Car :
Use Sat-Nav or Google Maps with the postcode BN1 2FA.

The West Pier is on Kings Road.
There is parking at a few places although the charge is quite high – take a look at this website to help you find somewhere!
Areas fill up quickly in the summer and we would advise car sharing where possible! To find people to car share with please post on our facebook event page and we will try and find someone that lives in or passes your area

PLEASE NOTE:
SOFT WHEELS will make the cruise along the seafront a lot more enjoyable so if you own any, bring them along and change them before we Push The Prom – At roughly 2 miles… It can feel like quite a long way on that rough concrete!

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The event is absolutely free, so there’s no excuse not to gather up your friends and come along to celebrate ‘Go Skateboarding Day!’ – Don’t forget that this event is for everyone (the more the merrier!)

We’ll also have a little pop up shop selling t-shirts and other bits and bobs to raise money for future jams and events so don’t forget to bring your pocket money!

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MASSIVE thanks to everyone who’s continuing to get involved in helping to make this event happen, big up to Lucy Adams and Brighton & Hove Skateparks Association & also to the Brighton She Shredders and Brighton Longboarders, and huge thanks to our sponsors!

Check out the past years edits below!!

WE CAN’T WAIT TO SEE YOU THERE!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwL7AkZenwg&feature=youtu.be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7E5vv1rvxc&feature=youtu.be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45qHrWeit_I&feature=youtu.be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCYCItKvf_g&feature=youtu.be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9n2bQiBKkY&feature=youtu.be