This week sees our joiners on site once again to build the new Plaza. We are very excited. The first stairset was built today, a double 3 set. For those of you who are new to the Subculture Skate Plaza its an area above the existing skatepark, twice the size, due to open later in [...]
Fabric has been selling really well as the UKs own skateboard company. Paul Regan spotted a few gaps in our stock and helped us out with putting the order together for us, thanks Paul. The pile of new wood and a few wheelsets arrived today and are ready to go. All Fabric decks come with [...]
Some of you may have noticed that the top of the gap was getting a bit bouncy. Today we dismantled it to get the the bottom of the bounce. As the park has been getting a bit of a hammering these last few months it needed a bit of repair and rebuilding. Our team soon [...]
We have just taken delivery of our first drop of GRIT complete scooters. We have had GRIT components and parts in before but now the complete built scooters have landed. Three models ranging from the entry level GRIT FLUX – £100, great value and performance of the GRIT MAYHEM – £150 and the top end [...]
Getting insurance has always been difficult for adventurous activities like rock climbing and skatepark users. When we started Subculture Skatepark back in 2009 we carefully negotiated the terms and conditions of use for the skatepark with our insurers and their lawyers. It was a lack of insurance that forced the original Rockcity skatepark to close [...]
It seems the your teachers have decided to go on strike. Thats big of them. They are responsible for your education, by law, even if you dont want one. Something to do with pensions. Well as teachers pensions depend on how much tax you guys will pay when you are older then it would seem [...]