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.
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:
SkateMCR’s Christmas Doo Part 2 was a fun time down at Central Skatepark for a Nativity Fancy Dress Themed Skate Jam!
Plenty of folk came along to have a skate but only a handful made the effort with the fancy dress. Jim, the New Sensation, won the prize for the best dressed - an Element Deck - for his dressing gown, PJ bottoms on his head, and bareing his legs in the freezing skatepark to make the oufit more authentic!
Jim also came 3rd in the Skate Jam which was won by Louie B and Stu came second.
Sexual Stu even made an effort for a bit, but kept his leather jacket on for style!
Remember, tomorrow (Tuesday) evening is the SkateMCR Christmas Doo Part 2 & Nativity Skate Jam at Central Skatepark.
It’s a Fancy Dress Skate Night with the theme of the Nativity, so come dressed as a Shepherd, WiseMan, Angel, Sheep, etc. The best dressed person will win an Element Deck from SkateMCR! So make the effort!
Also, don’t forget that the Central Skatepark Staff will be performing their beautiful rendition of the Nativity Story, so don’t miss it!
Yes, it’s true, we have another Christmas Party organised for you…and it’s a gudd’n.
Central Skatepark will be hosting the 2nd part of our Christmas Doo with a Nativity themed Fancy Dress Skate Jam! This means you’ve gotta come along dressed as a Shepherd, Wise Man, Angel, Donkey… as long as it’s a character from the Nativity.
Its happening on Tuesday 18th December (1 week before the big day) from 5pm at Central Skatepark. We’ll have a best trick comp with prizes from Antiz, Fidel, Momentum and TWO. Entry is £5 for Central skatepark Members or £8 if you’re not a member. SkateMCR will be providing free Mince Pies and Christmas Biscuits for the masses.
The highlight will surely be the critically acclaimed and emotional retelling of the Nativity story by Central Skatepark Staff. Remember folks - Christmas isn’t about increased sales profits, it’s about the birth of a poor homeless man who changed the world!
Central Skatepark are celebrating their first birthday this weekend with 2 whole days of fun.
Sunday is the BMX day, but Saturday is the Skate day. It’ll be open from 12noon to 9pm and will be a big skate jam with the new eS video premiering at about 7pm-ish.
It’ll be £10 for the whole day and that £10 includes 1 years membership.
Get on down for a fun knees up! Here is the trailer for the eS video:
The Free Krek And Mers Skate / Graf Jam went really well on Saturday. Around 200 people turned up in support of Thomas Dolan (Krek) and Thomas Whit (Mers).
Join the Facebook Group or the Myspace page supporting the campaign to release Krek and Mers from prison.
We recorded these interviews during the day, take a look:
Press Release: SKATEBOARDERS PROTEST AT GRAFFITI ARTISTS IMPRISONMENT
Skateboarders in Manchester have organised a Skate & Graff Jam to protest against the prison sentences received by Thomas Dolan, 20, and Thomas Whitaker, 18, on 28th August 2007.
The Skate Jam will take place on Saturday 15th September 2007 from 1pm at the Projekts Skatepark beneath the Mancunian Way in Manchester’s City Centre. Everybody is being invited to come down to skate, paint or chill.
Thomas Dolan, who’s graffiti tag name is “Krek”, was sentenced to 15 months imprisonment and Thomas Whitaker, who’s graffiti tag name is “Mers”, was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment even though the judge described them as “talented” and “nice people”.
Thomas Dolan, also known as TJ, skateboarded regularly in Manchester’s City Centre and is well known amongst skaters. NOTE, the skateshop on Tib Street, has been selling out of T-shirts sold at cost-price with the words “Free Krek Free Mers” in Graffiti style lettering.
The campaign to free Krek and Mers has been hugely successful online. The Facebook.com group has over 100 photo’s of graffiti art by Krek and Mers and has nearly 1,400 members at the time of writing. The Myspace.com page has been flooded with dozens of comments in support of the Graffiti artists and shock at their prison sentences. http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8440946757 http://www.myspace.com/hellokreky
Phil Heathcote, a friend of Thomas Dolan’s, has been leading the campaign. “We’re not saying that what they did wasn’t wrong or illegal - in fact they admitted so in court!” says Phil. “But with the prisons overcrowded and the MEN reporting on 15,000 criminals being let off with a caution, including rapists, we think that these prison sentences are way overboard and should be revoked immediately.”
Journalists, Photographers and Camera Crews are welcome to come along and cover the protest. For more information, contact Ben Gibbs (details above), NOTE Skateshop on 0161 839 7077, Phil Heathcote on 07709 794 355 or go to www.skatemcr.com
Central Skatepark are hosting their Revamp Jam, celebrating the new Carhartt Street Course they have built.
The Jam kicks off at midday on the 28th july and entry is £7 for the whole day. With plenty of sponsors, prizes, BBQ food, skateboarding and fun, it’ll be a great day!
Here are some pics of the new street course while they were still constructing it.
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.
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