Go Skateboard Day Rained Off
Well, true to manchester form, it rained on Saturday meaning that the protest / Tony Wilson Tribute didn’t happen.
Let’s hope that this summer is more sunny than last summer!
Go Skateboarding Day Tomorrow!
Roll Up (on your skateboards) for International Go Skateboarding Day which is Tomorrow!
The Vans team are around Manchester all day and the SkateMCR street skate time will be from 6pm - 8pm at URBIS and will be both a protest of the byelaws and a celebration of all that Tony Wilson gave to Manchester alongside the Tony Wilson Experience.
Joe Gavin has been busy making a sign saying “Skate MADCHESTER” to show our support of the Tony Wilson celebration.
Word is that there will be plain clothed wardens and police at URBIS ready to give fines and ASBO’s so it’s your descision to come and skate!
Also, the final of the eS Game Of Skate is taking place in Manchester on Sunday outside the Projekts Skatepark. So make sure you enter and rep Manchester!
It’s a major weekend.
This Is For You
| June 6, 2008 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
The latest exhibition at Projekts gallery titled ‘This is for you’ is a show made up of collaborations with Artist Paul Roberts’ Monsters Monsters.
The idea for the project is devilishly simple, drawing up a hit list of artists Paul Admires, he sent them doodles, paintings, patterns for plush toys and toys themselves with instructions for them to let their imaginations run riot.
Among the Artists are names like Jon Burgerman, Micheal Sieben, Ian Stevenson, The Outcrowd Collective, Travis Millard as well as some up and coming hot new talent, resulting in over 50 individually pieces from all over the world (see flier attached for full list). Projekts is happy to invite all their friends to the gallery on Friday 6th June for a special preview of the work.
Show runs; Weds 4th-Sun 22nd June
Opening night: Friday 6th June 7-9pm
Open daily 10-6pm
Sundays 11-4pm
GSD 2008 Tony Wilson Tribute
Thanks to Drake for the heads up on the Tony Wilson Experience, a 24 hour event at Cathedral Gardens happening the same day as Go Skateboard Day.
I have been told reliably that the Cathedral side will not be fenced off so the new plan is to go and skate there from 6pm in tribute to Tony Wilson, a true pioneer in Manchester.
I’ll be using the £30 which SkateMCR has to create a banner saying something like “Skaters Love Tony Wilson”.
If you have a snappier idea for what the banner should say, leave a comment below!
Zoo York In Manchester
| June 11, 2008 | ||
| 4:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
Yes. The Zoo York Team are hitting Manchester to kick off their European Tour next Wednesday so get yourself into the city centre!
They will be at the NOTE shop from 4.30pm signing your stuff, then they’re gonna Pump the Cage from 6pm.
Spread the word, but I don’t know where you’re gonna find cockroaches this size in Manchester:
Weekend In The City 2008 Results
Weekend In The City 2008 had some hot entries with Team Skulls with the skills to win. Here are all the video’s courtesy of Projekts:
Team Skulls - Winners
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Team Eddie
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Team Sub50
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Team Clique
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Team Dead Fox
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Team MANC
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Team DAG
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West Alty Massive
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Tony Hawk Chats To A Blind Skater
Tommy Carroll is blind, but it doesn’t stop him skating mini’s. Check him out:
Weekend In The City 2008
This weekend sees Weekend In The City return to Manchester thanks to Projekts.
To enter, you need to form a team of 3, 4 or 5 of you and register in the Projekts shop.
All footage must be shot between Sat 3rd - Mon 5th May and finished videos must be handed in by 6pm on Fri 9th May.
The premiere of the videos and the judging will take place at the Projekts shop on Saturday the 10th May, so make sure you’re there!
Prizes include £250 for the winner and prizes for the runner ups, so get organising yourselves!
Go Skateboarding Day 2008
| June 21, 2008 | ||
| 12:00 pm | to | 11:00 pm |
This year’s Go Skateboarding Day is fast approaching (it’s June 21st in case you didn’t know). And this year SkateMCR is planning to organise another protest skate at URBIS.
Last year it got rained off - see the SkateMCR video of last year’s Go Skateboarding Day below.
Go Skateboarding Day 2008 is set to be a big one in Manchester because the Vans team are coming here for the day! Their team includes Kris Vile, Danny Wainwright, Ross McGouran and local boy Ben Grove.
Their plan is to have a pump aroung the Projekts Skatepark from noon - 3pm, then sign stuff at the NOTE shop from 4 - 5pm, street skate from 5 - 8pm, then finish off with a Jam at Central Skatepark from 8pm onwards where there will be bands and some “special guests”!
The SkateMCR Protest will be at URBIS from 6pm - 8pm so the Vans team should be able to come and skate with everyone at the best spot in town. The protest will be about the byelaws which ban skateboarding in Manchester’s City Centre. See the byelaws here and sign the petition to get rid of them here: http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/SkateMCR/
See the Vans website for more info. Here’s their poster:
And here’s the video from last year:
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