Well, the geniuses at Newport City Council appear to be considering demolishing the three year old concrete skate park that currently lives at the Newport International Sports Village. Apparently the Council have struck up a deal with some football gits to house a new state of the art welsh football training academy right where the skate park is, so they’ll be demolishing it to make way for more facilities for ‘proper’ sports. Thanks to the Council for that.

In order to try and avoid being the only town/city in South Wales without some form of outdoor, free to use skate park an online petition has been set up with the support of Freestyle Skate Store here click here for the petition . The idea is to try and secure a new (hopefully better) concrete skate park in Newport before the existing park is destroyed. Who knows if a new park gets built it might be the best skate park ever!!!!!! So please sign up if you’ve ever used the park, you support ‘alternative’ sports, you support Freestyle Skate Store or you just want a new concrete skate park in South Wales.

Thanks in advance! here’s the link again http://www.PetitionOnline.com/SNSPN/petition.html

Over and out.

Lt Meat

Seriously, there are more than two skate spots in Wales. They’re just all secret. This is a super-radical edit though! Welsh Tommy is sick and sports a moustache well. I like him.

Over and out.

Lt Meat

Also check out this link to Steve King’s skills at the park on Mpora! (For some reason I can’t embed the video, I think Shred Wales might be allergic to Route 1 adverts).

FEAR NOT!!!! Grim from Freestyle and Simon, the work experience dude, have organised a competition to be held at Caldicot skatepark (next to Caldicot leisure centre) TODAY!!!!!! For your information today is Sunday 24th July 2011. Check the poster! Get down there to try and win the coveted ‘MOSHER OF THE YEAR’ award (Grim literally spent some minutes of his time gluing the trophy together, check his blog for a sneeky look).

Expect events including several competitions (please someone take Tom Bailey’s title as best under 14s unsponsored skateboarder off him, he’s nearly 21 and sponsored by Old El Paso foods and Desperados beer), expect a one man demo from Freestyle’s very own idiot foot savant Nikki Chappell and a load more besides!

Hopefully I’ll see you there (although probably not as I’m out of action today………..bummer)

Over and out!

Lt Meat

Carnage at the Cot

A short edit of John ‘Beanhead’ Coppen tearing up Hereford concrete on his 9″ wide wooden donkey.

Beanhead likes skateboarding, KFC Mega Buckets, 1970s US musicals, dragon slaying and skateboarding. He can legally buy alcohol, but sometimes has to show ID. He rides for Freestyle Skate Store shop team, Creature Skateboards and DC Shoes on flow. He likes skateboarding. Get in touch with him for relaxed, but fun filled times!!!

Shot and cut by Lt Meat. Music ‘What Kind Of Monster Are You?’ – Slant 6.

The footage from the newly opened Exist Skatepark is slowly beginning to invade the world wide web. Here’s a really nice little edit from Scott Magill at Who? featuring Who? team rider Rhys Meek at the Exist Skatepark in Swansea. Let’s hope all Exist Skatepark edits match up to this standard of both filming/editing and skateboarding!!!! I know mine won’t hahahahahahahahahahahahaha MEGA LOLz.

Nice work Scott and Rhys!

Over and out.

Lt Meat

We had an early start followed by a long drive to Blackpool. The guys didn’t stop shredding all day and ended up in the first round of the competition against………………………City Surf from Cardiff. (I must apologise for not getting any of the Cardiff guys tricks on video, it was hard enough to film the four Freestyle riders during the comp, next time I’ll be more prepared). The FSTL team beat their mortal enemies from the Welsh capital and went on to place 6th overall (out of 29 shops).

The team skated really well and they were gutted when they weren’t in the final. Instead of sulking off back to Wales they hit the jump box hard, to forget their troubles. The guys from Cardiff joined in for a welsh jump box jamboree and everyone kissed each other on the lips. Dan spent an hour on one trick, he’s 100% committed to skateboarding.

Then we went home, stopped at about 50 service stations looking for a Burger King. finally found one on the M5 and ate Burgers. Dan was ghost hunting on the way back and at one point detected a really violent poltergeist that was following us down the motorway at 90mph, he did admit it could have been Pulley’s soul he was picking up, which is quite evil. Dan is 100% committed to ghost hunting.

We drove for 8 hours, skated for 8 hours, came 6th place.

Over and out.

Lt Meat