Please be aware that some of this page WILL contain strong ADULT language !
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Please be aware that some of this page WILL contain strong ADULT language !
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Name: Tim Walker / tim@voltagestudios.com Age: 40 Town/Area: Bradford Yorkshire Started skating: 1976 Total years skating: 7 Fave terrain: half pipes / ramps / bowls / vert ramps / Fave park ever: Roxy Skate Least fave park ever: Shipley (the wheel thing) Fave board ever owned: Zeus Rocker with Lazer trucks and green kryps 60mm Most memorable skate moment: Walking into Plymouth full pipe and breaking my arm at Huddersfield Brief comments: you need little balls to play golf ! |
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Name: Carl Arnfield / carnfield@yahoo.co.uk Age: 40 Town/ area : Bolton Started skating: 1977 Total years skating: 5 Fave terrain: pools / bowls/ half pipes / old crete / snowboarding Fave park ever: Stockport Bones Skatepark - Pala pool CA RIP Least fave park ever: Whipsey Yorkshire.... you can't even call it a sk8 park Fave board ever owned: Jason Jessie - Driven / 136 hanger Venture trucks / bat wing Bones wheels 80a 56mm Most memorable skate moment: getting grinding in a Pala pool and hitting tiles in the shallow Brief comments: it hurts when you fall off ! |
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Name: Stevie Martin / stevie.martin@dsl.pipex.com Age: 38 Town/Area: Milton Keynes Started skating: 1976 Total years skating: 12 Fave terrain: Concrete/bowls Fave park ever: Rolling Thunder Least fave park ever: Rhyl... a skatemare! Fave board ever owned: Simms Brad Bowman Most memorable skate moment: First trip to Skate City Brief comments: You're never too old. |
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Name: Kev "Paps" Butler (Mr whippy) Age: 40 Town/Area: Kendal Started skating: 1976 Total years skating: 10 Fave terrain: mellow bowls rounded lips / vert ramps / snowboarder Fave park ever: Hollywell Bay / Knebworth Least fave park ever: old Bolton first generation concrete park Fave board ever owned: Cabellero Most memorable skate moment: front side grind Rom pool / Livi pool Brief comments: You need big bertie bollocks to skate! |
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Name: Jon "Slamaster j" Lubbuck / jonlubbuck@yahoo.co.uk Age: 39 Town/Area: Originally Norwich/Norfolk now oop North in Prestwich/Manchester Started skating: 1977 Total years skating: 1977-1981,2000 - Present Fave terrain: Wood/Crete/Bowls/Vert/Freestylee Fave park ever: Beachcomber,Hemsby,Gt.Yarmouth,Norfolk Least fave park ever: Storm,Derby Fave board ever owned: Barracuda 30x10,California Slalom trucks,65mm Green Kryps Most memorable skate moment: First double axle grind on the coping in the Blue Pool at the Beachcomber Brief comments: You’re never to old to skate,if you still feel that adrenaline rush you had way back in the day – get out there and ride the concrete wave. |
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Name: Andrew Huggins (Scroggs) /
ahuggins15@aol.com Age: 40 Town/Area: Milton Keynes Started skating: 1976 Total years skating: 11 Fave terrain: Pools, Mini's, Bowls Fave park ever: Still searching Least fave park ever: Still searching Fave board ever owned: Not bought it yet Most memorable skate moment: Yet to come Brief comments:This is the third period of my life with wheels under my feet and the best is yet to come! |
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Name: Mike Cluderay Age: 41 Town/Area: Bradford Started skating: Total years skating: 3 Fave terrain: half pipes / ramps / Fave park ever: Least fave park ever: Fave board ever owned: Most memorable skate moment: Brief comments: |
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Name: Ian "Potty" Palmer Age: Town/Area: Kendal Started skating: Total years skating: Fave terrain: half pipes / ramps / vert / bowl / snowboarding Fave park ever: Least fave park ever: Fave board ever owned: Most memorable skate moment: Brief comments: |
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Name: Tomo Age: Town/Area: Kendal Started skating: Total years skating: Fave terrain: vert / half pipes / bowls Fave park ever: Least fave park ever: Fave board ever owned: Most memorable skate moment: Brief comments: |
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Name: Gareth Pugh Age: 29 Town/Area: Bradford Started skating: 1986 Total years skating: 10 (missed a few out recently) Fave terrain: Street, mini ramps Fave park ever: The Oval, Washington Least fave park ever: Livingston, breaker of kingpins Fave board ever owned: Mike Vallely Most memorable skate moment: Boosting HUGE ollies out of the trick ramp we built / relearning kickflips Brief comments: Skating may well keep you young, but the girls at school despise you :) |
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name. Simon (Sack) Mackereth / lesack69@hotmail.com age. 38 town. kendal started skating. 76" total yrs skating. 5 fave park.hollywell bay. least fave park.bolton first generation. fave board. current blind iron-cross,tensors,and spitfires. m m s m. the look on carls face when kev brought me down to preston after 23 yrs without skating and really ripping it up. brief comment. really like a girl in a thong,ya cant go wrong! one up the bum no harm done! |
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Name: Spatts / r2dfunk@hotmail.com Age: 34 Town/Area: Milton Keynes Started skating: 1977 Total years skating: 9 Fave terrain: Wide and fast hills,multi story carparks and urban inclines. Fave park ever: Not yet built Least fave park ever: Anything that has nothing for my personal skate kinks Fave board ever owned: Fibreflex 44inch pintail Most memorable skate moment: Watching my girlfriend (Libby)come off on a high speed bend and then get up and try another run.What a hardcore babe! Brief comments: I started out like most of you on a short plank with a kicktail and now I ride the "long" side of the force.If it's got four urethane wheels slung under a board it's a skateboard, understand? |
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Name: Mick Willis / mick@bones111.fsnet.co.uk Age: 37 Town/Area: Kettering Started skating: 1976 on me sisters cut in half rollerskates. Total years skating: 7 Fave terrain: moguls/bowls etc Fave park ever: Wicksteed Park Least fave park ever: Corby wooden skatepark 1978 ish Fave board ever owned: kanoa 9.5" , gyros , indys Most memorable skate moment: Meeting sally james at wickies park. Brief comments: I still sleep with her autographed piccy under my pillow. |
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Name: Richard Hardcastle / Richard.HARDCASTLE@birmingham.sema.slb.com Age: 34 Town/Area: Sheffield Started skating: 1978/82 2001-present Total years skating: 6 Fave terrain: Ramps, smooth concrete, hills Fave park ever: The House, Sheffield Least fave park ever: The House, Sheffield(!) Fave board ever owned: Fibreflex Bowl Rider, Blue 65 mm Kryptonics and Bennett Pro Ad Tracs, Most memorable skate moment: In recnt history, dropping in successfully Brief comments: You guys RRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOCCCCCKKKKKKK!!!!! |
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Name: Alan Johnstone / alanthemarketeer@yahoo.com Age: 28 Town/Area: Sale, Manchester Started skating: 1985ish Total years skating: maybe 4 (including a couple of months recently) Fave terrain: deserted, stone free streets with nice kerbs Fave park ever: the great outdoors Least fave park ever: the car park in Lymm where the local idiot got his Alsatian to go for me nuts Fave board ever owned: Powell Peralta Per Welinder ‘Nordic Skull’ street deck with random trucks and good ol Rat Bones Most memorable skate moment: A lot. Getting back on this time, feeling that rush and just smiling like a big fucking idiot. My other half said she’d never seen me so happy (does that say something about our private life?). Also popping my first ollie, getting dragged behind my mate’s motorbike, doing ‘coffins’ down Rectory Lane and watching my mate ‘ball himself’ on the first (and probably the last) handrail we ever tried. Brief comments: It just makes me happy... |
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Name: Mark (Edgie) Edgecombe (M.O.T.H.S) / edgie@ohnobig40.com Age: Big 4 OH in sight... Town/Area: Originally Plymouth, now Taunton Somerset. Started skating: 1976 Total years skating: 27 On and off Fave terrain: Bowls,Banks and long sweeping slopes. Fave park ever: Plymouth Zoo Least fave park ever: No such thing.. Fave board ever owned: Still got it 1978 Dogtown Wes Humpston, Lazer 9",DT K9's.. Most memorable skate moment: Plymouth Hoe 1976 with loads of other skaters all over the place.. Brief comments: Do your bit to raise awareness and funds for more skateparks, it will give us something to watch when we are past it.. |
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Name: Bryan Ward Age: 43 Town/Area: Milton Keynes Started skating: May 2002 Total years skating: Nearly one Fave terrain: Long steady inclines and carving, developing mini ramps Fave park ever: probably my first, Edge LeicesterLeast fave park ever: Not enough sampled Fave board ever owned: 1st Powell minilogo K12 Concave Most memorable skate moment: 1st time I nailed a park slope Brief comments: Skating is great. I've met a few scabs while I've been out skating but they've never beens skaters. There's a chance MK might be getting a skatepark at long last and until then there are some great redway cycle routes to skate. |
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Name: Jake Loomes / jasonloom@hotmail.com (M.O.T.H.S) Age: 29 Town/Area: Taunton Started skating: late 70's Total years skating: 2 Fave terrain: Ramps but still enjoy cruisin a longboard now and again Fave park ever: Local one - Dreamfields Least fave park ever: Don't have one Fave board ever owned: Sims Eric Nash Scratch II, Trackers and Street rats Most memorable skate moment: Learning to skate parks - this year Brief comments: Used to just be a longboarder but learning ramps has introduced me to a whole new kind of buzz - nice one! |
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Name: Rachel / GandSgirly@aol.com Age: 30 Town/Area: Milton Keynes Started skating: 2002 Total years skating: Just over a year Fave terrain: steady carvable hills Fave park ever: Not a park skater but just got back from florida and my man (flysk8) ripped up the vans bowl in orlando. Least fave park ever: Fave board ever owned: My one & only G&S fibreflex fully equiped with Randalls and abec 11zzzz Most memorable skate moment: My first date with my man, a drunken midnight skate in the rain. Brief comments: Come on the girls!!! |
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Name: Chris / Flysk82002@aol.com Age: 28 Town/Area: Milton Keynes Started skating: 1987, fairfield halls Croydon Total years skating: 14 years, short breaks in between Fave terrain: Longboarding in Jersey Fave park ever: St Albans indoor park, no longer there! And Southbank London Least fave park ever: Fave board ever owned: Chris miller schmitt stix Most memorable skate moment: Skating down quater of a mile of smooth carveable wide concrete at the top of a hill somewhere in North Melbourne Australia, sun, freedom and happy dayzzzz Brief comments:What a blindin website, skate and enjoy who ever ! wherever |
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Name: Vince (Vinny) Lock (M.O.T.H.S) vinny.lock@virgin.net Age: 31 going on 50 Town/Area: Tiverton Devon Started skating: 1983 Total years skating: 20 on and off Fave terrain: Wood (Nice soft landing) Fave park ever: Dreamfields Taunton (Our Local) Least fave park ever: Car Park!!! Fave board ever owned: McGill Most memorable skate moment: Going to Plymouth to see the Bones Brigade, but ending up skatin till we dropped (some years ago) Brief comments: Can't remember it hurting this much when I bailed at 14.. |
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Name: Leon Stangeland (M.O.T.H.S) Age: 30 Town/Area: Taunton Somerset Started skating: 1982 Total years skating: 21 on and off Fave terrain: Half Pipe Fave park ever: South Sea Least fave park ever: No such thing Fave board ever owned: Alva Bill Danforth Most memorable skate moment: Skatin with Natus & Bill Danforth at Bristol Bedminster Brief comments: Make it don't fake it!!!! |
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Name: Simon Cottrell (M.O.T.H.S) Age: 28 Town/Area: Tuanton Somerset Started skating: 1982 Total years skating: 21 On and off Fave terrain: Half Pipe & all parks Fave park ever: South Sea & Dreamfields Least fave park ever: No such thing Fave board ever owned: Natus Most memorable skate moment: Ripping South Sea Brief comments: |
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Name: Chris Wise / chriswiz2002@hotmail.com Age:37 Town/area:Nth london/Herts Started skating:1976 Total years skating:3-4years Fave terrain:Anything Fave park ever:Rolling Thunder Least Fav Park:Skate city Fav board owned:Ben Liddell fresh air,Lazers,Benjiboard boots Most memorable skate moment:Seeing myself in a skate mag Breif comments:Thankyou guys for getting me out there again! |
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Name: mini mansell / mini@juggler.net Age: 38 Town/Area: teesside Started skating: 1975 Total years skating: 16 Fave terrain: vert or damn close to vert Fave park ever: Colne concrete perfection Least fave park ever: The Mere, scarbrough Fave board ever owned: SMA Most memorable skate moment: Chanel Invert at Warrington Brief comments: never going to be as good as i was. but not going to let either age, or weight, or any other damn thing stop me skating now |
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Name: Alec Jones / alecjones@macunlimited.net Age: 39 Town/Area: Farnworth, Bolton Started skating: 1976 Total years skating: 2 (1976 - 1978) Fave terrain: Ramps and bowls Fave park ever: Bolton SkateCity Least fave park ever: Southport Fave board ever owned: Home-made marine ply deck, Lazer trucks, Yandall Bowl-Roll wheels. Still have it! Most memorable skate moment: My first 360. Brief comments: |
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Name: Mike Carey MO.T.H.S (bcs@richardsons-group.com) Age: 35 Town/Area: Plymouth Started skating: 2002 Total years skating: Still in 1st year!!! Fave terrain: Fave park ever: Only skated Dreamfields Taunton Least fave park ever: Fave board ever owned: On my first!!!! Most memorable skate moment: Concussion!!!!! Brief comments: |
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Name: Kev (M.O.T.H.S) Age: 36 Town/Area: Taunton Started skating: 1976 Total years skating: A fairly uncommitted 27 years Fave terrain: Street Fave park ever: Dreamfields Taunton Least fave park ever: Hamilton Park Taunton Fave board ever owned: Current set up Most memorable skate moment: Winning some goodies at Goldcoast 2002 Brief comments: |
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Name: Paul (Pablo) Barrett M.O.T.H.S paulswebstuff@aol.com
Age: 30 (ish). Town/Area: Devon. Started skating: 1976-79. Total years skating: 3 years & 2 evenings. Fave terrain: Something nice & smooth, preferably with padding around the edges. Fave park ever: Dreamfields (Only one!!). Least fave park ever: Gorky. Fave board ever owned: Hobie (See piccy, yes thats an original 1976!!! Slight truck damage). Most memorable skate moment: Thursday 6th March 2003, appx 9:45 PM, Dreamfields, Taunton, watched by many. Managing to fall off, going backwards doing the splits and actually sit on my bollocks! Ouch..... Brief comments: In the last 2 weeks since starting sk8ing again have only had 2 nights of "comfortable" sleep. My wife despairs. |
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Name:Mark Shenton / mark@sketchyskateboarding.co.uk Age:42 Town/Area:Stoke-on-Trent Started skating:1976 Total years skating:1976-1978 and this time about 11 years Fave terrain:Street Fave park ever:Radlands Least fave park ever: Fave board ever owned:70's- G&S/Stacey Perelta Warp2, Pegasus Trucks and Kryptonics!! Now- Alien Workshop rules!!!! Most memorable skate moment:70's-Skating Watergate bowl in Cornwall. Now-Going to the Pro comp at Radlands and seeing all the pros skate!!! Brief comments:It's never too late and you're never too old! |
| More shredders and pics to be posted soon, so email me at carnfield@yahoo.co.uk .... and if you can include the following info and a pic it would be a great help | |
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| please note "brief comment" ... means brief comment .. i will edit ! |