Jubilee Skatepark Opening Day, April 18^th 2009-04-19

A sunny afternoon saw the opening of the recently rebuilt Jubilee Skatepark. Situated in the Kingsbrook area of Bedford, this provides a fantastic free facility for everyone. About 200 people gathered at the park to hear the Mayoress, Marlies Branston, announce the new ramps officially open. There followed an afternoon of general skating, competitions and expert performances. The winners of each category in the competition were presented with trophies and medals donated by the Beds and Herts Skating School Club, and prizes donated by Enemite. Music, a bouncy castle and a compere were provided by the Party Doctors, and St John Ambulance kindly gave their time for the afternoon.

The winners were: Inline 11-14 yrs Shaun Norman; over 15 yrs Brendan Sanger: Skateboarding 8-10 yrs Jamie Ward; 11-14 yrs Will Mitchell; over 15 yrs Luke Capehorn: BMX 11-14 yrs Joe Cook; over 15 yrs Curtis Marshalleck.

The funding for the new skatepark largely came from YOC (Beds County Council), WREN, Biffaward (these two administered by ENTRUST) and The Bedford Charity. Gravity Engineering designed and constructed the new layout. Bedford Borough Council and Bedford Design Group guided the project through to its conclusion.

Maggie Whiteley

Heart FM Interview for the indoor skatepark

http://www.heartbedford.co.uk/Article.asp?id=1275197

Recorded Interview

http://mediaweb.musicradio.com/player/default.asp?s=13&e=88443

Thursday 16th April Jubilee Park Meet in the local paper

http://www.bedsonsunday.com/bedsonsunday-news/displayarticle.asp?id=407720

Corby All Clucking Nighter

GET INVOLVED!!!!!

Try and get as much of us up there as possible for this event.

Be good to have a good representation of the scene there.

Etnies Recognition Tour

etnies is set to tear up Europe in May 2009 as some of the biggest names in skateboarding head over for a much anticipated visit; Mikey Taylor, Sean Malto, Ryan Sheckler, Kyle Leeper, Jose Rojo, Tyler Bledsoe and Davis Torgerson.

The etnies Recognition Tour will kick off on May 15th in Malaga, Spain, where the team will hit a few carefully selected street spots before hosting a demo at Plaza de la Marina the following day. The etnies team will then return to Barcelona for some unfinished business before heading over to the UK on the 24th to demo at The Works in Leeds, followed by a signing at Rollersnakes in Derby on the 26th, and finally hitting London for a signing at Slam City Skates and the tour finale demo at Bay 66 on the 30th May.