Cornish weekend

Weekend in Cornwall with Zorlac, Matt Bain & Rodga Harvey.

Apparently, according to the sign, this is the best beach in Europe.
I'm not arguing with that. Makes this the best car-park view in Europe.

Zorlac having a nice time, this is probably the earliest skate he has had this year.
Wasn't even 3pm.

The legend, that is, Rodga Harvey was in town & we had a great time. Some of Rodga's pics are on FB.

If you have been to St Ives you might find this picture as amusing as I do. Never thought I would be standing here with these guys..

Thanks Hayle; you sweep up & it bites you. Reminded me of ROM with the "oh that's OK I'm wearing pads - oh no it just pushed the pad out of the way & gnoshed my knee" sort of thing.

Then Nick turns up for breakfast. When he called Matt to ask if he was coming to skate at around 10.30 am (yes I know..) Bain Peters says, "oi what are you doing with my mates phone"?!!

The 2J is a mighty lump, doesn't slide across the road quite as well as a Skyline though.

Skating Camborne was so cool, I've done it a good many times now, but this was the best session by far.

Then onto Portreath for a pool comp. They are all dreadful at pool, my skills were sufficient to keep me from having to find a single 50p to put in the table as I thrashed them all twice each. Just sayin'.

Rodga is probably the world's best at guessing the time. 20 to 4 & it was - to the minute..

Portreath is a lovely little cove, the views are to die for. 

GSD 2012
Go Skateboarding Day.

Started rainy, as have most days for the past few months.

The pics are really all on here.
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150858260811331.393882.613811330&type=1

As you can see we went to Urbside, it was a lot of fun & Indie got to skate her new setup.

Will try to keep the blog running.

Silver End

Found this today, well worth a trip.
Broadway, behind the shops in Silver End.

Bendcrete built, best by them so far.

http://www.bendcreteskateparks.com/skateparks/index/195

I love these steps, as you can see the tranny is over 8 feet, makes me feel as if i can actually skate.

ha.

Then the rain came.

Euro Tour last bit.

Munster or Muenster as it is correctly spelled without the umlaut.
Famous since the 80s (don't think it was built in 70s)
The bowl is huge & was totally scary when it stood alone next to the snake run.
The Minus boys have made the park into what must be one of the all time best.
I just love the way you can carve around & the transitions on the walls are perfect.
The old snake run is holding up super well & is a joy to skate.

A tree holding special significance to me. Trainers & Paderborner...

Then onto Mechelen, arriving in the afternoon with around 25 degree C it was too hot to skate, following a mix up (my inablilty to read text messages in English) I missed my friend at Mechelen Skate Park that evening, instead I made a walking tour of Mechelen, an historic religious capital of Belgium. More churches than you can shake a stick at, a city preserved in aspic. Typical huge cathederal square a'la Bruges.

I love the detail in the bike & moped, everyone is completely familiar with the design of these vehicles here.

Some ledges for the hoppers.

some of the architecture is inspiring in a building of skateparks sort of way, these tranny joins look good to me.

Then on to Mechelen park at first light.

New coffin door way.

Pool cope, waiting.

mmm, waves.

Then home.

Back to work.