What A Spot

Styley, Mike and myself met up early on Saturday and after a quick warm up at a local time capsule, we set up camp at an East London spot which, according to a local resident, is soon to be demolished to make way for new flats. We did a bit of construction work ourselves and fashioned a make shift ramp to aid the run up to the obstacle and it turned out quite well once Styley had stuffed it with leaves. The rest of the afternoon was spent fetching water and food from the local shops between short bursts of energy as the sun was really beating down and it was only possible to skate for a few minutes at a time.

Rimmer turned up after a few hours and pulled several of what is jokingly becoming his trademark trick even though he was pretty tired after working an eighteen hour shift the previous day!

We then headed into the city to meet Chris Ault and Finn and after a couple of places skated and photos shot it was time to unveil to them the latest spot to appear in our great city. A perfect wooden bench surrounded by beautiful marble ledges and basically completely unskated, although we did see some friends there the previous night. It's surely only a matter of time until it's completely swamped by London's locals. Chris reeled off trick after trick for Styley's camera and then filmed a pretty cool line for "The Learning Curve". Definitely going back there soon. Click image for larger version.

Peeping footage at the new spot
Photo: Styley