Discussing the Kernow skate scene, Eden Project, using skateboarding to overcome anxiousness and more. As printed in Issue 16!

The Black Country Vol, 7

The seventh The Black Country edit by Chris Emery, featuring skateboarding from Anthony Ackers, Ali Watson, Nick Binnington, Ben Broyd, Sox, Alex Ramsell, Joe Marks, Luke Elks, Henry Fox, James Woodley and Chris Emery himself.

Push - Salar Kooshki

From Issue 1 of The Skateboarder's Companion.

Push: Kaycee-Ann Jeffries

Discussing the Kernow skate scene, Eden Project, using skateboarding to overcome anxiousness and more. As printed in Issue 16!

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Latest News

An introduction to Newquay local and Dorset native Kaycee-Ann Jeffries, as printed in issue 16!

Push: Kaycee-Ann Jeffries

For a large chunk of 2024, Christian Henry swapped Florida for the slightly-less-tropical climes of the UK, and using London as his home-from-home, he set about racking up a steady pile of footage with Michael and William Boardman.

Christian Henry's London Files

To usher in Decimal Skate Store's mammoth 20th anniversary, the crew headed to Spit and Sawdust in Cardiff for a lock in courtesy of Christian and co!

Decimal at Spit and Sawdust

Joe Gavin and Note Skate Shop take the Mancunian masses to the streets for their Go Skateboarding Day 2025 festivities.

Note Go Skateboarding Day 2025

Cardiff Skateboard Club take to Bute Square for Go Skateboarding Day 2025.

CSC Go Skateboarding Day 2025

Wintertime indoor skateboard antics from the basement of an old Huddersfield toy store, featuring Yorkshire's ever-productive Mash Life crew!

Mash Life - Bangers and Mash

Charities

Features

🇵🇸DOWNSIDE🇵🇸
Last weekend, the revitalised @downside_diy in north London celebrated the rebirth of the ever-evolving community space by holding a fundraiser in aid of @skate_pal, the amazing charity who have enabled skateboarding in Palestine since 2012 and continue to do so today, whilst those in Gaza and the West Bank need the support most. There were prizes up for grabs from a whole load of generous sponsors - check the list below - free food to be eaten courtesy of @troyskitchen and @angrymonkuk, and drinks from @gazacolauk and @pressuredropbrw to keep the masses refreshed.
Hazel Whitehouse was on hand to document the proceedings, so have a swipe through here 👉 to see for yourself what went on, and keep an eye out for the full article from @confusionmagazine dropping soon! Until then, #freepalestine #ceasefirenow 🍉
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📸 @lens.licker
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#downsidediy #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion
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Supported by: @downside_diy @skate_pal @cowskateshop @gazacolauk @threeamigosskateshop @mrtremix @yellowhatskateschool @yesfamagram @shinerdist @keendist @lovenskate @rocksoliddist @palaceskateboards @big_aye_skateboards_mfg @east_london_skateboard_club @brokelads_ @pressuredropbrw @troyskitchen @chpobrand @angrymonkuk @supremenewyork @tottenhambmx @londongraf @londongraf2 @sol.dhariwal @sleeptalkingpictures @thedustyknuckle @warrior_in.the.garden

📖JAKOB📖
The glass handrail of Belfast’s Titanic Quarter withstands a backside lipslide assault from Derry’s Jakob Nixon, as printed in Issue 18’s Broadcasts photo gallery 📚
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📸 @dalesham
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#jakobnixon #irishskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

Kaycee-Ann:
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“I used to feel so lethargic all the time, and like I didn’t want to do anything or be anywhere. Honestly, I would just rot in my bed for days, but skateboarding shook my life up in the best way possible. It gave me something to think about, something to dream about, and something to work towards.”
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On the site now is Kaycee-Ann Jeffries’ Issue 16 Push interview, conducted by Jack Foster! Head to the site to give this one a read, as Kaycee-Ann and Jack discuss the Kernow skate scene, The Eden Project, using skateboarding as a tool to overcome anxiousness, and plenty more besides! Link in our story…
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📸 @sharphoto
Portrait, Penryn, 2024.
Frontside feeble, Penryn, 2024.
Frontside flip, Camborne, 2024.
Feeble fakie, Snail’s Ramp, 2024.
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#kayceeanjeffries #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

🎡BLACKPOOL🎡
A @logandellwilkinson banger 💥 and some side mission action from Saturday’s @bigblackpoolpush event with @teacoffeetoast @breakfastwithfrost @gullymandem @jrtwoodley @a._kay_ & @conairvv. Full edit by @jakeowenpowell coming soon!
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#bigblackpoolpush #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

@samibekwe frontside feebles a tucked-away Sussex gem.
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📸 @johncyrusspaz
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#samibekwe #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

📖TINY📖
An alternative version of @tinyharryy’s drop down 5050 rag-off cover from Issue 18 📚 Grab your copy now if you are yet to do so - available nationwide, or order Issue 18 via the link in our bio!
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📸 @rob_whiston
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#tiny #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

🐝LEO🐝
@leoturnerrrr with a downhill blast in Manc last summer.
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📹 @ryan_m_gray
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#leoturner #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

📖SENGO📖
@sengopro rolls the UKY dice and switch pop shoves at St Paul’s, as printed in Issue 18 📚 Swipe for the clip!
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📸 @rafski
📹 @grantdawsonn
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#sengoprevost #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

🕰️MALLORCA🕰️
Random assorted VX memories from a Blueprint Skateboards Mallorca residential, February 2008.
Ft: @paulshier @bainzito @neilsmith23 @hebdenbridgemike @jerome__campbell and @_vaughan_baker_.
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📹 @meetatbenjys @ryan_m_gray @mon3ymorph
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#blueprintskateboards #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

🍊JOSH MASON🍊
@masewinduu holds onto a lengthy Valencian backside lipslide in the city’s River Park, taken from ‘Broken Bikes and Lost Cameras’, issue 18’s feature covering the @lp.skateboarding crews various missions to Valencia 📚 Issue 18 is available nationwide now, or order yourself a copy via the link in our bio!
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📸 @vx.4000
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#joshmason #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

‼️HINSON‼️
@joehinson is in a handrail-focused league of his own, and after years of unwavering dedication to hunting down and making skateable the UK’s most uninviting pedestrian stabilisers, @techneskateboards have risen to the occasion and elevated Joe to professional status. His debut board and accompanying pro video part will be unveiled to the world at @the_warehouse_skatepark on July 19th - swipe 👉 for all the details - so if you can make it to Cambridge, go get involved and show The Hinse some support! In the meantime, enjoy a couple of offcuts here…
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📹 @nen_vx_backup_
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#joehinson #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

📖THEO📖
@theo.fearon backside 180s in a now sadly @fortytwoskateshop-less Nottingham 💙🧡 as printed in Issue 18, which is available nationwide right now, from your local skate shop or skatepark (for free), from over 450 newsagents, high street and travel branches of WH Smith, or order your copy online via the link in our bio!
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📸 @reeceleung
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#theofearon #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

@mr_aliwatson @benbroyd @b1gt0ne @gullymandem & @jahmarks taking down some more unforgiving West Midlands terrain in The Black Country Vol. 7, which is playing in full on the site now! Link in our story…
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📹 @christophermemery
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#aliwatson #benbroyd #anthonyackers #henryfox #joemarks #chrisemery #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

@lornagoldfinch back 180 fakie nosegrinds in the Camborne Ditch, under summer skies of Kernow blue.
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📸 @sharphoto
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#lornagoldfinch #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

🥔BANGERS & MASH🥔
Huddersfield’s resident @mashlife_ crew hide away from winter in the basement of an old town centre toy shop, courtesy of @skateityourself, in Bangers and Mash, which is now LIVE on the site! Swipe through here 👉 for some photos from the wintertime sessions by Tim Smith, then go enjoy the full video. Link in our story…
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📹 @natedawgpage
📸 @timo_smitho
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#mashlife #huddersfield #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿GSD ‘25🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
For Go Skateboarding Day 2025, the @cardiffskateboardclub dragons returned to @bute.square for an afternoon of loosely organised four-wheeled merriment. Whilst @harrydeane and @thisisdieselmike work on the official edit, here are a few bootleg iPhone angles of some the highlights.
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#cardiffskateboardclub #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

📼VOLUME 7📼
@benbroyd @gullymandem @libertyandwisdom @alex_ramsell & @jrtwoodley tackling certified West Midlands crust, as seen in The Black Country Vol. 7 by @christophermemery, which is LIVE on the site now! Link to the full video in our story…
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📹 @christophermemery
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#benbroyd #henryfox #sox #alexramsell #jameswoodley #chrisemery #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

📖EDDIE📖
@eddiebelvedere backside flip upon high in Penryn, as seen in issue 18, which is available nationwide now 📚 alternatively, order your copy online via the link in our bio.
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📸 @sharphoto
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#eddiebelvedere #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

🐍DERBY🐍
@george.235s @boffednscrewed @sharphoto & @stew_bacca at the @rollersnakes Industry Day and 40th Anniversary celebrations yesterday in Derby!
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#rollersnakes #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

🪿LEO🪿
A @gooseside.diy minute with @leoturnerrrr 💥
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📹 @ryan_m_gray
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#leoturner #goosesidediy #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

🇫🇷LA FRICHE🇫🇷
Lois Pendlebury and 👉 Jono Coote, reunited on French soil at La Friche Skatepark last month, as part of @jrtwoodley’s mammoth Marseille stag do. Swipe for further documentation, and keep an eye out for more footage and photos from the trip coming soon… 👀
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📸 @sharphoto
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#loispendlebury #jonocoote #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

🧙‍♂️SCOTTY🧙‍♂️
The Bolton Jedi has sleepwalked his way to half a century! Happy 50th @andyleescott - sure you’re celebrating in a typically nonchalant fashion over in Scandinavia. Swipe through here 👉 for some assorted wizardry from the mid-2000s…
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📹 @beeps1973 @ryan_m_gray
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#andyscott #theboltonjedi #bagheadflats #theskateboarderscompanion #ukskateboarding

📖NATHAN📖
You can count the amount of tries it took @scatalas to backside flip this Big Smoke double set on one glove, with four of the fingers safely removed, as seen in Nathan’s Issue 18 Push interview, conducted by @d8minic 📚 Issue 18 is available nationwide right now, or order a copy via the link in our bio!
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📸 @_humanshit
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#nathanclancy #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

🛠️RALPH’S RAMP🛠️
The ever-proactive community in Bristol have come together to make Ralph’s Ramp a reality, a project spearheaded by Jordan Thackeray. Tidy Mike has naturally been on hand during the construction and the early sessions, and has come through with what’s undoubtedly the first of many banging @forecast_intl edits from the new Bristol hotspot. Swipe through here 👉 for a whole load of West Country highlights, then head to the site for the full vid!
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📹 @tidymike
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#ralphsramp #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

📖JOSHUA📖
With the last rays of Peak District light fading, and the rain firmly setting in, Joshua Whitehad - @daoism_ - sticks a switch shove-it flip into the remnants of past industrial activities, as seen in Joshua’s Issue 17 Push interview 📚
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📸 @timo_smitho
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#joshuawhitehead #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

📖JASMINE📖
Great Linford falls victim to The Gyalz! Back tail over t’hip during an autumnal southern migration, as seen in Jasmine’s Issue 18 Push interview, conducted by @hildabquick 📚 Issue 18 is available nationwide now or order a copy online via the link in our bio!
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📸 @_humanshit
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#jasminelowe #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

A 1998 DV hit from Southbank, featuring @sonsofthehounds @ratt_ray Scott Palmer @nick__jensen Clive Dailey @pritchardswyd Lee Stewart and @tin_coal_barn.
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📹 @meetatbenjys
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#southbank #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

📖SHAUN📖
In celebration of warmer days returning to Sheffield, @prawn_currie leaps over both litter fall and gate, as printed in Issue 18 📚 Issue 18 is available nationwide right now, or order your copy via the link in our bio!
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📸 @reeceleung
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#shauncurrie #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

Only the most exotic locations for @andyleescott - Bridlington and Burnley, Summer 2009.
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📹 @beeps1973 & @ryan_m_gray
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#andyscott #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

@chris_kermit_collins
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“After going to the Jumble Sale premiere, it was very evident that Tom (Pickard) was trying to do a really good thing, trying to push the scene, pushing the youngsters into filming, getting them out on the streets with their pals. It was really refreshing to see someone trying to reinstate some of those qualities and traditions into the young skaters again.”
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Up on the site now is Chris Collins’ Issue 16 Push interview, which sees Chris and Tom Pickard discussing Kent skateboarding history, returning to skateboarding and reconnecting with Harry Lintell, filming the end part for Debris, his love for handrails and more! Head to the site to read - link in our story.
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📸 @tobyshawphoto
1 - Portrait.
2 - Backside 5050, Southwater.
3 - Frontside 5050, Battle.
4 - Backside lip slide, Horsham.
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#chriscollins #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

📖BELLA📖
My Favourite View in the World
Artwork by @bellasdailysketch, published in Issue 16 📚 limited back issues remain on our online store if you’d like to own this one in print!
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#bellawarley #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

A couple of bonus @miriam.nelson1 Maple Street manoeuvres from her Issue 16 Push interview. Frontside ollie and 👉 fisheye sugarcane.
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📸 @tomquigley
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#miriamnelson #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

📖TWIGGY📖
Like some sort of brick loving Dickensian villain, @skatetwiggy takes flight in London’s East End and ollies from Hoxton volcano to Hoxton volcano, as printed in Issue 18’s content pages 📚 Pick up a copy nationwide now or order yourself one via the link in our bio!
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📸 @rob_whiston
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#twiggy #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

@hifi0retto nocturnal kickflips and 👉 one foots in west London last week.
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📸 @vx.4000
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#javifioretto #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

@don.1rfan @tylaa__x & @prawn_currie at @shredenhams this afternoon 🛍️
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#shredenhams #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

📖JOSHUA📖
Joshua Brown - @mr.b.rown - races against both the police and a Spanish downpour to halfcab heel the three block, as seen in Issue 18’s @lp.skateboarding in Valencia article 📚 Issue 18 is available nationwide right now, or order your copy via the link in our bio!
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📸 @vx.4000
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#joshuabrown #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

Some glimpses into the hectic Saturday night gathering at @vans_london to celebrate the release of @currencaples’ new pro model shoe, courtesy of Filadelfo Luke Kroon!
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📸 @_humanshit
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#currencaples #vanseurope #vanslondon #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

@elianawoosnam
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“I ended up working with this local charity called Mighty Girls to run free coaching sessions over summer. Seeing how much confidence everyone gained as they progressed was super special. I wanted them to know that they’re allowed to take up space. You don’t need to hide in a multi-storey car park, you’re allowed to be in the skatepark just as much as anyone else!”
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If you didn’t catch this one in print, Eliana Woosnam’s Issue 17 Push interview is now live on the site, in which Eliana and Ginge discuss growing up skating in Bath, women in STEM, the 2004 Villa Villa Cola video ‘Getting Nowhere Faster’, Alexis Lewis and the Petticoat crew, skating in Marseille, and plenty more besides! Go have a read now - link in our story.
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📸 @yo.where.this
1 - Portrait, London, 2024.
2 - Roll in, Clifton, 2024.
3 - Fakie 5050 halfcap out, London, 2024.
4 - Drop in to 5050, London, 2024.
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#elianawoosnam #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

🎉LEO🎉
Happy 50th birthday to our resident photo editor, lifelong photographic workhorse and all round exemplary human, Leo Sharp! To celebrate Big L’s half century, here is the man himself handling a solid crook in Marseille earlier this month, then swipe 👉 for some clips from the session, also featuring @jrtwoodley and @brianandersonsb.
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📸 @thisisdieselmike
📹 @ryan_m_gray
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#leosharp #jameswoodley #briananderson #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

📖ADRIAN📖
Inner Marnold fully engaged, @adriankskhoo hippy jumps his way through a London playground’s swing, as printed in Issue 18 📚 Issue 18 is available nationwide right now, or order yourself a copy via the link in our bio!
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📸 @c.e.foulkes
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#adriankhoo #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

@bumooooo aka Ben Morris navigates his way through a bank to bank wallie situation, as printed in Issue 17 📚
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📸 @thisisdieselmike
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#bumo #benmorris #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

📖FRED📖
The Hebden Bridge-born domination of towering Leeds street terrain continues. @fred69._.420 returns to Parkinson’s to subject the 10 to a stomped nollie heel, as printed in Issue 18 📚
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📸 @reeceleung
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#fredryan #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

📖GOTH SHAUN📖
Take flight, mine Gothic wine! The reared cobwebbed mound of Burton beareth witness to a mighty slobplant, as seen in @shaunofthesad’s Issue 18 Push interview, conducted by @funeralforde 📚 Pick up a copy of Issue 18 now, available nationwide, or order a copy online via the link in our bio!
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📸 @michael_k_wright_design
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#gothshaun #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

Under South London summer skies of blue, @sol.dhariwal blasts alley-oop over @thegrovediy hip.
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📸 @_humanshit
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#soldhariwalbisset #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷
@eniwcinottsafkcub @breakfastwithfrost & @jono_coote stray from the beaten Marseille path for some concrete exploration earlier this month! More from @jrtwoodley’s stag do mission soon…
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#divadam #robertfrost #jonocoote #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

‼️SWEENEY‼️
Following on from yesterdays archival Benson post, here are some abridged highlights from Aaron Sweeney’s ruthless 2008 seige of Cantelowes, which saw a youthful Aaron attack the North London concrete with his trademark rabid ferocity and walk away with the top spot on the Bowlriders podium.
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📹 @ryan_m_gray
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#aaronsweeney #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

📖JASMINE📖
Jas triumphs over Leeds Uni security in the traditional game of Cat and Mouse, outwitting the guards to secure this triple set ride-on 5-0 for her Issue 18 Push interview, conducted by @hildabquick 📚 Issue 18 is available nationwide right now, or order your copy online via the link in our bio!
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📸 @reeceleung
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#jaslowe #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

‼️BENSON‼️
Throwback to 2008 when a jetlagged Benson flew back from the States, had no sleep, accidentally turned up at Cantelowes in the middle of an international bowl comp and finished the day in second place (behind Aaron Sweeney). Bonkers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿⚡️
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📹 @ryan_m_gray
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#benson #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

📖JONO📖
@jono_coote crailblocks a mound of Nottingham soil for his Issue 18 Anecdotes interview, swipe 👉 for some clips from the session 📚 Issue 18 is available nationwide right now, from 450 newsagents, high street and travel branches of WH Smith, your local skate shop or skatepark (for free), or order your copy online via the link in our bio!
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📸 @reeceleung
📹 @ryan_m_gray
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#jonocoote #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿GLENROTHES🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
@b3thwalk3r from the much anticipated Glenrothes 1 scene edit by @amyga6000, which is finally playing on the site now! With parts from Nathan Conelly, Beth Walker and Bobby Baillie, plus a ‘Wholesome Homie Section’ featuring many a Glenrothes local. Go watch 👀
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📹 @amyga6000
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#bethwalker #glenrothes #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

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