Events a Go Go!

Okay, so we have not been asleep, just away! But there are two great skate events comming up in the town....

Firstly, Flock Five this weekend (Saturday 1st September 1pm) at West Park. Usual, music, comps, and the always popular Death Race!

Second, Embrace the games (Saturday 23rd September at 11pm) at South Park, with jam, cream scones and stuff, all organised by the Lady Rollers crew.

More details on bookface

Do the right thing - by Leo

Wheelscape pro video - Bolly and Weston

Awesome video from the wheelscape crew featuring both Weston and Bollington...

South Park 1/2 Pipe : Macc Express

Top work by Kate Egan to get this in the local press so quickly! Front page to boot!

South Park 1/2 Pipe - The end?

The metal and wood 1/2 pipe in south park has been condemned and is due for removal any day now. This is mainly due to corrosion in the metal cross sections that sit on the ground. However we are going to fundraise to replace the ramp with something similar or even bigger if we can! To celebrate the ramp - here is a little vid of a couple of riders, Billy and Leo, ripping it up.
South Park 1/2 Pipe - The final session? from SheffyP on Vimeo.

Bolly Opening Jam!

Bolly makes the Macc Express

Embrace the games vid...

MSPG meeting

Great meeting tonight - Thanks to all those that attended. Full mins here

Highlights include:

• MSPG to repair SouthPark Fire Damage
• In response to the failing maintainance inspection of the two wooden ramps in the town. MSPG will develop a full costed proposal to put to council to fully refurb the ramp in southpark and move it to westpark
• MSPG to run the Bollington Opening Jam - "The Rec-O-Ning" on Saturday May 26th 2012 - 11-5pm.

More details on all of these things soon.

How to repair a concrete skatepark!

Apparently you need some Flexcrete Monolevel 844SP. Thanks to Wheelscape for the advice.

South Park : Who did this?

Over the weekend a car has been driven onto and burnt out on South Park skate park. The fire has seriously damaged the main riding area with pitting of the concrete.

Everyone is completely stunned and gutted.

If you know who did this please either contact us directly or call crime stoppers in confidence. We hope to offer a reward for info leading to a conviction and we will be both pressing the police to make arrests as well as working with the council to get it repaired.

Please if you have any info or would like to raise money for the repair please then contact us.

Special thanks to the guys who brought brushes down and cleaned up!

Bolly First SKate

Here's a short Video of the Park in Bolly - which is open now by the way

Bolly First Skate + Weston and West Park from SheffyP on Vimeo.

Bolly: looking good!

Should be finished in a week or so....

Bolly: coming along nicely!

Bolly: a bit more!

Bolly: it's starting to look like a skatepark now!

Bolly design renders

Couple of pics from the builders of what they building right now....

Bolly Bowl is go!

Tarmac is up. Trees down. 5 weeks to go they recon.

More info on the Bolly design ...

The breif was for a beginner/ intermediate park to complement the others in the area. This is what was delivered...
The team selected this design for a number of reasons. Firstly the site is tiny being ~20m wide, so not big enough for a street plaza type. Just big enough for a flowy park.
It had to work for bmx as well so there is a spine and a sharp hip and the rock in the center to stall on. The spine and stall rock are features that are unique and designed to complement the other parks. What do you think?

Bolly latest - redesign

The Bolly team was involved in the tender evaluation for Adlington Road last month - and after a really close run - the contract went to Wheelscape. In the end it came down to the quality of the design. Here are some pics. Should be finished by the summer.