The Knowhere Guide

Skateboarding Stuff in Penrith, Cumbria*

Penrith, Cumbria Skateboard Shops, Skateparks, Skate Ramps, Waxed Curbs, Rails, Where to Buy Decks, Parts, Shoes

Skateboarding Spots

• bus station
• The environmet centre!! all weekend is quite good. find any skaters, they are usually at the bus station, an then go skate round perith with em.
• the bus sattion with its fantastic kerb fun. here you will find adam studholme rolling joints and smoking them.
• try the train station bus station dodd ad co. how about ucc where will liam joe and simon completely tear the place up their amazing check them out. whether your shit or good penriths not bad
• UCC school
• The swimming pool of a weekend and ullswater school all there with there boards and baggy jeans 4 sizes too big for them
• CHURCH YARD ST ANDREWS
• bus station train station ullswater its all gud!Dere was mansion house Carpark untill d came n chucked us out
• sandgate is gud for tech stuff going down. a couple of ok gaps but wax up those kerbs! peace out
• Sandgate care park has loads of curds for wapping but watch out for the kevs on a saturday. Also watch out for this kid trying to hang with you - hes a noob. Wax up those curbs and youll be stoked! Tech madness fun to be had.
• Ullswater College is the easiest place to go if you enjoy collecting wax or wooden boards. The skaters also hang around the baths where there are lots of walls for tricks and suchlike.
• Pool
• streetwise is the shop and its ok i spose, ullswater school is prettey good for skating wether ur good or shit, the environmental agency builing is also good
• Paul Norman the best skater around. he can almost ollie a kerb. This guy takes extreme sports to a new level
• swimming pool
• By the pool. In the park. Primary school playgrounds...
• UCC
• Outside the pool. On the wall.
• THE POOL WHERE YOU FIND THE TIDY SKATER PETE MC MANUS I LUV YOU!!
• well all i can say for the likes of billy, tren, ash fry e.t.c get a hair cut please!
• Smoke weed, skate at the pool/school. Get abused by jeff and DJ FAIL the hardcore ucc jenators. Smoke some more weed, skate a little more and piss just a few more people off.
• Why the hell is nicky cook always mentioned as the skater of penrith cos he isn't he's never at school. Real skaters like Pete'Mac, Tren, Stout, Ash Fry, other Ash, Nick Ash , Dave mase , Billy who unfortouetly broke his ankle the other day and is having it screwed back together. Mike barclay also makes an occasional appearance but he's to busy smokin pot and cutting up meat these days. There are also loads of other skaters not forgetting the legend Sid who come down all the time but thats it come to school or the pool people will be there!!!!
• ne carpark newhere
• Outside the pool, where all the 10 year old possies of Pot-heads wear their baggy skate pants & Back 2 front Baseball caps.
• UCC or swimming pool. Really prety crap. Get kick off anywhere else.
• penrith swimming pool
• Penrith swimming pool is the main plavce
• Yeah. Well, the problem is that there's lots of skaters with nowhere to go. If they could be arsed they could take over the world, but it seems they'd rather spend their time getting moved on by the police.
• keep getting moved on - catch them at the pool, aldi car park or the police station
• Southend Road car-park when it's less busy and there's a lower risk of getting mowed down by the boy racers. If you're lucky you may even meet Zak, a local skating legend who wears the crotch of his trousers down by his ankles.
• Unfortunateley none of these, but if you stop a passing policeperson they may direct you to Aldi Car Park.

Skateboard Shops

• streetwise but its bloody expensive!!!
• streetwise....... low quality selection, they sell a collection of about 3 decks and the completes are "fracture" run far away!!!
• streetwise is pritty good i suppose the staff are cool
• streetwise
• The indoor market is the only skater shop in penrith
• wot aload of crap. i buy loads from the streetwise an its not over priced. most stuff the same price as mail order an she orders stuff in for me.wot woz that about shop lasting 6 months its now 2 an half years on and stock is getting better all the time. the crazy lady ha ha says coming soon is preorders for etnies es more DCs vans an zooyork i cant wait to spend more of dads dosh.
• streetwise
• There is a skateboard shop in the arcade, packed with the usual Offspring hats etc. I believe it's placed next to that Factory Records, which wins the award for worst target market! The only musical tastes in Penrith are trashy soft Coldplay new age hippy sellouts type, sped up Dance music on 'Vibe' and 'New Monkey' tapes. The Shap lads like to strut their stuff to this badly equalized stuff. Also, there is the Goths who like Goth stuff, heavens knowing what that is. Probably bands like 'the wristslitters' or something!
• there is one. Nice lady who owns it, bit crazy.
• Shitty shop in't arcade. Pile of shite
• streetwise..(original name)
• steetwise man!
• streetwise in the arcade where you will find julie, she is very nice and if you know her well enough, she will give you special discounts on some items, just try ur best not 2 see her bad side it is VERY evil!
• streetwize in the devonshire arcade is where skater boys n girls go to find all their gear. goths can also find some good jewellery and ornaments there.
• Hooooray finaly penrith has the aded attraction of one skateboard shop no not the local toymaster but one in the arcade its over priced cramped with a small selection of stuff (growing) but at least its a place to replace smashed up decks oh and buy top brand sticker we are proud of you penrith hoooray
• Actually, one has opened recently in the Devonshire arcade... but all it means is that every single skater in the whole of the Penrith area will end up wearing identical flatties and riding identical boards. I don't expect it to survive longer than... oooh... 6 months from now (23/04/02)
• ATTENTION: we need a proper skatebord Place and shops!! REspect the main geezers
• IS NONE AT ALL UNLESS YOU DO A BIT OF BUYING AND SELLING OFF YOUR MATES DOWN AT THE POOL
• Does N E 1 Want me to OPEN a SKATEBOARD SHOP cos im thinking about it and if i get a good enough response on this site i might just. Give me stockist ideas for decks and clothes and stuff.
• eeeeeeeemmmmmmmmmm. Nope. Soz there is none of these in Penrith. You might find some at one of the million charity shops though. So try there.
• It shut down when a rich fat guy called Miles Ponder moved back down south a couple of years ago - he kept it going cos he spent masses in there each week
• I wish!!! For information on the nearest skateboard shops you would need to go to Penrith swimming pool and look for a lad about 4ft in height and covered in tattoo's he goes by the name of Nicky Cook.

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