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Skateboarding Stuff in St Ives, Cornwall*

St Ives, Cornwall Skateboard Shops, Skateparks, Skate Ramps, Waxed Curbs, Rails, Where to Buy Decks, Parts, Shoes

Skateboarding Spots

• New skateboard park stuck up out of the way at Penbeagle. Built there so the 'loveys' can drift round town looking at estate agents thinking no-one under 40 lives here. Was set fire to within days of opening anyway by some aspiring arsonist.
• Skate Park
• Behind St Ives Train station used to have home-made ramps/transitions/funboxes, and was visitable by others from local spots. Above the Lifeguard Hut on Meor is still a haunt, but it's getting that you have to travel to spots like Treneere in PZ or the bowl in Camborne. OG spots like Junior School are like Colditz now, except you can't get in rather than out.
• outside the arcade
• The new sommerfeild car park is where we all mainly skate, it's got flower bed gaps, waxed curbs and rails and a big sloping roll in with a flat bit at the top so you can filp into it. You can also skate the wallrides in porthgwidden car park. More out of town in Carbis Bay there are a few sets of steps outside the chemists with a handrail and on the other set there is a bar which comes out in front which you can clear.
• Along the harbour front is about the onlt place possible to skate
• Once upon a time there was an indoor ramp. More information, please.

Skateboard Shops

• Rodga's (down Piss Alley) used to be the core shop, minus all the poser surf-shop BS in the other St. Ives stores; was part of the scene too, always happy to help. Now, Streetlife on Tregenna Hill is okay for reasonable (old season) hardware.
• a new member to the pabb2001 team is midge thomas. well done lad. demos are being arranged with the local shops and council to show off the skillz of the crew. new video out in the spring called SNT. if you wanna be in it email info@pabb2001.com
• quite a few skatey shops...an loadsa skaters on the harbour
• there are several skate shops/surf shops in st ives. a new skateboard team in production called P.A.B.B. 2001 is setting up. riders include jon mccotter, caley mccotter, ryan lenihan, jeff edwards, jamie lenihan, gustav eden, ramsy murshed and rory macgregor, check out www.pabb2001.com or write to me at pabb2001@hotmail.com
• A couple around town which are multiuse as surf shops because of the execellent surf beach on porthmere
• As per surfy shops.
• Vibes? (Is it called that?) Anyway: the one down Piss Alley. Run by legendary British skater, Rodga Harvey.

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Last updated: 2008-07-03