FOUR GIRLS, 7 SKATEPARKS, THREE DAYS, ONE SET OF LOST KEYS, 2 POLICEMEN & ONE BROKEN WINDOW…
We bumped in to Kent lass Shelley-Georgia the day after our Push the Prom event in Brighton last year whilst at the Level Skatepark and since then, Shelley has pretty much been around for all of our skate trips up and down the country.
Back In September, Shelley got some bad news that she had ruptured her ACL, meaning a full time knee brace when skateboarding and an operation that will put her out of action for a good few months. Not to be deflated, Shelley has been packing in as much skateboarding time as possible before the dreaded due date and one of those trips included a drive up to Sheffield to skate some of our local digs at the back end of last year.
Read what Shell had to say of the weekend and then make sure to watch the edit above to see what we all got up to!
One cold Friday night in November us Southerners; Twig & I took a roadtrip all the way to Sheffield to see Danni & Kirsty, and with my ACL replacement surgery due soon we thought we’d call the trip; “Screw Shelley’s Knee Tour” and what a rad tour is was! This year I’ve never loved skateboarding so much and this is partly down to Danni pushing me !!
The car journey up north consisted of one small stop in Harlow to have a cheeky skate with Death skateboarder Mark Nicolson, then we powered through 200 miles listening to; Wham, Prince and Queen singing as loud as possible with Twig staying awake with me the whole way.
The best spot of the weekend would be the DIY spot in Sheffield we visited on the first Sunday morning, which is unusual for me as I skate bowls and transition. This spot was rad, even though I got covered in mud due to the wet weather and cuts and bruises from thorn bushes on the journey through to the spot.
I had so much fun and smiled the whole time and we got some rad pictures.
Hull’s bowl was amazing … The skatepark is huge and designed very well, I couldn’t tell you how long we was there as the time flew by!
We checked out the House skatepark on Sunday morning which was rad, we skated mostly the minis.
Twig’s skating was on top form, as well as Danni’s and Kirsty’ s, these girls got me so hyped to skate and I felt like a solid crew hitting spot to spot with rad tricks and varied styles. Danni with her rad frontside rocks and frontside flips, Kirsty with the smoothest Nollie flips Iv seen a girl do and Twig with her punky careless style and gnarly airs.
On the Sunday morning the outdoor parks were wet so our bright idea was to coffin Bomb some huge hill …. I don’t think Iv ever been so muddy, you had to go into the grass to stop, I couldn’t see because of the wind in my eyes and couldn’t stop laughing … It was too good!Kirsty and Danni welcomed us southerns with great hospitably that we’re already planning our next road trip making sure we check out the new indoor concrete bowl and Manchester next time.I can’t tell you how stoked i am on the girl skating scene right now, all my skating life I have rarely skated with girls and it’s amazing now as we push each other, film more and have so much fun. A lot of this scene and the events is down to Danni and GIRLSKATEUK, so spread the word guys and get involved!Hope you enjoy our edit.Much lovegirls@ShellllllldoggXXXX
“The chill in the air hasn’t stopped the skating this winter! We teamed up with Portland based adventure magazine Stay Wild to put together a short video edit; ‘A Guide to Cracks & Curbs: London’ to show just that.Shot, produced and edited by Shade Media it follows Brit skaters Sam Murgatroyd, Charlie Radford, Amy Ram and Helena Long as they take to the deserted streets of the city to show the commute from a four wheeled perspective. Maybe inspiration for peoples NY resolutions!
With spoken word by Mat Lloyd, it is an insight into how a skater sees the urban environment and more importantly uses. ‘Our commute is from a to everywhere’….
Simply made for enjoyment, it’s only a minute and a half long- so we hope you watch and share it so all can enjoy its message.Thanks, Hannah.”
Our mate Helena Long has sent over some super cool B&W clips from last year, sporting a bad knee (hope it fixes up soon pal!) – The filming is somewhat debatable (portrait whhaaaaaat!) but the tricks rad as ever!
Helena has LOADS of fun on her board, doesn’t take herself too seriously and still ALWAYS kills it. One of our favourite UK ladies, We heart her.
Can’t wait to skate with you this year Helly!! xxx
Back in early Autumn of last year, Sidewalk Skateboarding Magazine spent a couple days road tripping around the South West of England with Animal rider Stef Nurding to produce this lovely little edit.
Check out issue 219 of Sidewalk for Stefs ‘Distractions’ interview by Charlotte Thomas!
Don’t forget that it’s the FIRST
FRIDAY of the month, which means it’s the monthly girls session at Bay Sixty6 Skatepark in London, Acklam Road W10.
The session runs from 7:30pm until 10pm and is just £5 entry!
Board and safety equipment is available to hire and the night is for absolutely all ages and abilities!
Watch last months Christmas Jam below and get hyped!
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