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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.

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@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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📸 @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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#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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#bethwalker #glenrothes #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

Six years ✨❤️ Miss you, Ben.
1 - Portrait, Shoreditch, 2017 📸 @sharphoto
2 - Frontside air, Raemers Park, June 2016 📸 @cj_skate_photo
#benraemers #smileforraemers #ukskateboarding

🦷MOULY🦷
“I got a really bad bacterial infection where a doctor said it had spread from my mouth and I nearly lost my eye. My eye fully closed up; they said if I’d have left it another two days, I would have lost my eye, then that could have spread to my brain, and if that happened, I could’ve got a blood infection in my brain, then I would have died. That was serious, and that was years ago (laughs). I kept battling through, then it just got to the point where I was getting really ill because of it.”
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Lifted from the pages of Issue 17 is Alex Moul’s Consultation interview, which is waiting to be read over on the site now! If you missed this one in print, learn all about Alex’s turbulent few years that surrounded his April 2023 appeal for life saving dental work, covering such topics as healthcare and brushes with death, to vanishing TV executives and dental kinship with Andy Roy. Link in our story!
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#alexmoul #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

📖DILLON📖
@dilloncatney with a lengthy switch nosegrind, taken from the @lp.skateboarding Valencia article in Issue 18 📚 See what else the London centric crew got up to over the course of their recent Spanish missions now - pick up a copy of our newest issue from over 450 newsagents, high street and travel branches of WH Smith, your local skate shop or skatepark (for free), or order a copy online via the link in our bio!
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📸 @vx.4000
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#dilloncatney #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

👑RODNEY👑
UK skateboarding royalty Rodney Clarke has been left paralysed from the waist down following a recent accident and needs help to cover medical treatment, transportation costs and living expenses whilst he undergoes rehab in hopes of regaining his mobility. Please spread the word and donate all you can via the link in our story, then swipe through here 👉 for an assortment of Rodney gold from over the years ❤️
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#rodneyclarke #ukskateboarding

🗺️SARDINIA🗺️
Some photographic radness to accompany the Chris Hoeve and Friends in Sardinia edit we shared earlier this week, featuring @chrishoeve @busty003 & @kam1l_maes. Head to the site now for the full video and photo gallery!
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📸 @robrouleaux
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#chrishoeve #bastianbechtold #kamilmaes #theskateboarderscompanion

@hasegawa_mizuho @lillystoephasius @mazelparis and @nanacondaskate shut down the women’s final at @vert_attack 2025, taken from Andy Evans action packed highlights edit, which is playing on the site in full now!
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📹 Andy Evans
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#vertattack2025 #theskateboarderscompanion

📖JAMES📖
Woolwich steel gets dealt a west London hurricane by @james_wh1te17, as seen in James’ issue 18 Push interview, conducted by @hectorbarnett 📚 Issue 18 is available nationwide right now, from newsagents, high street and travel branches of WH Smith, your local skate shop or skatepark (for free), or order a copy online via the link in our bio!
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📸 @_humanshit
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#jameswhite #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

🗺️SARDINIA🗺️
@chrishoeve @kam1l_maes & @busty003 escape winter in the Netherlands and undertake some much needed Sardinian exploration - full edit and accompanying photo gallery waiting on the site now! Link in our story…
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📹 @flowriginal @kam1l_maes & @busty003
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#chrishoeve #kamilmaes #bastianbechtold #sardiniaskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

🇸🇪VERT ATTACK🇸🇪
Andy Evans’ ballistic recap of the 2025 @vert_attack global gathering in Malmo is now LIVE on the site, containing no shortage of vertical chaos from the solid Swedish weekender! Enjoy some highlights here from the event’s closing session - with @_jessethomas @jdsanchez___ @hampus_winberg viktorsolmunde & oliver_holmdk - then track down the link in our story for the full edit! More highlights coming your way soon…
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📹 Andy Evans
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#vertattack2025 #theskateboarderscompanion

20 bricks up, @_jessethomas locks into a hurricane on Newcastle’s smallest vert, at @thewasteydiy, as printed in Issue 17 📚
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📸 @blindjohnny
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#jessethomas #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

📖JACOB📖
Ever wondered what life on the Isle of Wight would be like if you were a freestyle skateboarder? Well, Jacob Pelletier and fellow freestyle enthusiast Andy Evans discuss just that in Jacob’s Issue 16 Push interview, which is now online. Head to the site and read on as Jacob and Andy chat about all things freestyle, working in aero engineering, the Black Knight and Isle of Wight’s role in the Space Race, Joe Moore and Andy Anderson, and neurodivergence in the freestyle community. Link in our story!
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📸 @sharphoto
1 - Portrait
2 - Coastal wrap around
3 - Pond pogo
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#jacobpelletier #freestyleskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion #ukskateboarding #isleofwightskateboarding

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RIP Gooseside 💔 Endless props to the Manchester scene for their three and a half years of dedication and graft that made the DIY the central spot of the city. Days out in Cottonopolis will never be the same again…
Swipe through here 👉 for an assortment of @gooseside.diy highlights from over the years, from Instagram, Public Broadcasting and the magazine, and keep a keen eye peeled to see what renegade Mancunian build comes next…
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Skaters, filmers and photographers tagged on each slide.
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#gooseside #ukskateboarding #theskateboarderscompanion

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