Latest on the Sovereign Skate-Park Refurbishment from Eastbourne Council:
Sovereign Skate Park is located on the seafront, behind the Sovereign Centre. Eastbourne Borough Council has been awarded £85,000 to refurbish the skate park.
Towards the beginning of the 2008/9 academic year, consultations took place with local skaters and other potential users of the skate park to find out what they would like to spend the money on.
According to our procurement procedure, we will shortly be placing an advert in the local press and a trade journal advertising for skate park constructors to show thier interest.
Interested contractors are then given an information pack which will include a criteria or brief to work to among other information. They will also be invited to meet with the consultation group to gain first hand views of what is required.
They will then design the Skate Park and the design most matching the criteria will be decided through a steering group comprising members of the council, officers and persons involved in consulation.
Coast Bladers has changed, Gary Crowhurst who started Coast all those years ago has moved on. “I have started mountain boarding as I enjoy it more then skating, I do still skate but not as much these days’”. Don’t fear coast is still running and is now in the capable hands of other original members; Terry and Cameron. Coast still stands for the traditional view, Skate till you drop. simple!
Coast is still with the ESA and will still be doing the normal demonstrations.
The official USA Kendama team happens to be a collaboration of pro skaters (Alex Broskow, Franky Morales, Jeff Stockwell etc.)
One thing for sure is that as soon as it takes the world by storm (and stops being bladers only), it’s gonna lose all credibility, so you might as well get one before that happens.
The Polegate Skate Jam took place today and it was definately a fun event for all skaters, BMXers, and boarders, the prizes were pretty appealing too. Terry (the one with the hair) skated for a bit and did a few impressive tricks, but he didn’t enter because he was announcing. The winner of the skate competition got himself some new Valo skates. Ollie, a local BMXer busted out a huge backflip onto the deck of the polegate quarter pipe, winning the competition and bagging yet another BMX. Steve the skater got up out of bed too late for the competition which he would’ve won, but nontheless he came and whipped out some backflips and misty flips (frontflip 180) but the highlight of the day was when Jake (AKA Redbeard the wheelie-pirate) grazed his chin later on ruining his beautiful face, but at least he’s got a new nickname.Keep reading →
Last years Eastbourne Extreme set the standards trickwise, so naturally this year was an improvement. With 5 of us Coast Bladers skating the main park most of the day we really didn’t get to see anything else that was going down, but aparantly there was mountain bike demonstrations, parkour demonstrations, and the water based events, but the main events in our eyes were the skate-park based events.Keep reading →
Lil Steve is an inspiration to the whole of the “NEXT GEN” skaters. He has been a dedicated skater since he started, which is admirable at such a young age. His progress is at top speed, and he already has a large trick vocab, including flips, grinds, switchups, transfers, you name it. He was doing perfect backflips since the age of 11, and we say you should look out for this kid in the future as a top UK skater.
Steve perfecting his backflip at the age of about 11
