The Knowhere Guide

Skateboarding Stuff in Bristol St George, Bristol*

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

Skateboarding Spots

• St George's Park: Now rocks! bridge gone, roughness all tarmac'd over. Ollie the hips, session the 3ft quarter (check the vert!!). New ramps now under construction, should be in place by start of July. Usually full of over the hill skaters with grey hair & local crazy BMXers, but hell, why not?! Plenty of BMX fun to be had (check www.concretehooligans.co.uk)
• St George 'wheels park' now updated (Spring 2003): Mani concrete bowl raised & coping added to enable skating in a mini ramp fashion. However this was completely pointless as the bowl now has a double transition which unless on a BMX makes it nigh on impossible to reach the coping without having a serious twitch & probably falling off when you get there! Result is that with the horrific rough surface between burms/ bowls etc this is now pretty lame for skating. Still fun on a BMX though. Oh yeah, the bridge has gone too!! Worth checking out if your passing but not really worth a trip of it's own.
• What they call a wheels park. Mellow linking bowls with spectator bridge. Concrete tabletop/ bank and berm/ bank. Rough surface in between, but bowl bit's fun. Think "concrete wave" not "street".

Skateboard Shops

• 5050, Park Row ( check www.5050store.com). Shiners is just down the road on Lawrence Hill, if you're allowed!! (check www.shiner.co.uk)
• 50 50 up by Park Row. Only place to shop

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Last updated: 2007-06-21