Dave Stevens (with the help of Steve) documented much of the early 2000s skateboarding in Southsea, with Dave’s first video Hate Portsmouth Love Southsea covering 2001 to 2004. The video came out on DVD originally but the titles are now online (including some skating by our very own Tristan):
Southsea Skatepark is now operated by Southsea Skatepark Company, a registered charity set up by a small group of park supporters to take over the park from Portsmouth City Council. They hold the park on a 60 year lease from the council and have an Agreement which includes a reducing revenue subsidy for the first 5 years. To carry out the large scale improvements needed to make the park viable in the longer term, they are seeking grants and sponsorship. If you have any good ideas, we’d like to hear from you via their website.
You can also Support Southsea Skatepark by buying a selection of hats, stickers and tee shirts, ideal Christmas gifts. These are now available to buy at the skatepark. See the website for opening times and directions – http://www.southseaskatepark.com/
Prices – All hats in various styles and hand knitted – £5, Stickers 40p each or 3 for £1, Tee Shirts – £15.
More exciting products will be available soon.
Southsea Skatepark is looking for old skateboards to be donated as part of a fundraising drive. These will then be recycled into products made and designed by local artists and makers in the city with a percentage of profits going to the skatepark.
If you have any skateboards that you don’t use or are broken then please drop them into the skatepark. Please leave your name and contact details as we would like to include a history of the board on the product tags. Further information on where and how to buy the products will be revealed soon. Below are some prototypes and also testing the cutting.
Bored represent’e and Blueprint flow rider Phil Russell has a mad banging ten tricks for Kingpin Magazine down at Hove Lagoon. You’d be hard pressed to spread more butter on that toasty skatepark. Late kickflip (had to watch that a few times) is a touch. Filmed and edited by Sam Bailey.
Phil’s 10 For Kingpin from Sam Bailey on Vimeo.
Know your smith grinds from your feebles? Strong Island, Southsea Skatepark and Little Johnny Russells are hosting a skateboarding themed pub quiz at LJRs on Wednesday 26th October with a load of prizes up for grabs. It’s only £2 per person entry with teams of up to two people, all money will go to the skatepark charity. The last time we ran this it was a busy night and a lot of fun, hope to see you there this time.
Know your smith grinds from your feebles? Strong Island, Southsea Skatepark and Little Johnny Russells are hosting a skateboarding themed pub quiz at LJRs on Wednesday 26th October with a load of prizes up for grabs. It’s only £2 per person entry with teams of up to two people, all money will go to the skatepark charity. The last time we ran this it was a busy night and a lot of fun, hope to see you there this time.
We’re happy to present you with some new footage from Bored of Southsea teamrider Adam Keys. As always making skateboarding look far too bloody easy. Nollie three in his sleep!!!
Untitled from Bored of Southsea on Vimeo.
Video: Bored of Southsea
Hayling Island’s local skate company Herbal Skateboards recently launched their new website and their brand new range of boards and tees, all look really good. All the new designs were done by Sea Docherty, a Portsmouth local. The company has also had their product stocked in more and more shops up and down the UK too, good work guys!
You can find out more and get buying here:
Your powers are weak old man. Not if you grab the black on black Bronx tee. Join the Dark Side at www.boredofsouthsea.co.uk
Clothes horse: Sekulla (before his hangover last night)
Bored (located in Albert Road) have a brand new website up today featuring a clean, minimal and highly functional design, loads of new products, great photography and as always the ability to snag some amazing product and great prices. Don’t forget they are also the home of the much loved and ubiquitous Bronx t-shirt too. Be sure to have a look around and watch out if your wallet/purse gets the urge to be used.
Good work guys!
As you may know each year we run a home brew competition in February where the winning brew has the opportunity to be brewed by Irving & Co Brewing Co. and sold around the city in the summer. Last year’s brew, the Strong Island Hopper Ale, was hugely successful being one of Inving’s best selling ales and selling out so quickly it went through a second brew run. This year’s winning ale is Dry Dock No. 1, originally brewed by Lee Immins, went on sale in some of Portsmouth and Southsea’s pubs over the weekend.
We spoke to The Hole in The Wall in Southsea who said the new ale went down a storm with it being their best seller on Sunday and with almost two barrels empty by the end of the Bank Holiday weekend. Those guys at the Hole in The Wall and their regular ale drinkers know their stuff so for us this was amazing early news with the ale.
To officially launch Dry Dock No. 1 we are having a launch party with the lovely souls at The Belle Isle on Thursday evening. The ale will be on full flow, come down and try a pint or two. As well as being on sale all around the city the ale will also be available in Chichester’s Belle Isle too, so you can drink it away from home for the first time too.
Just over a year ago, a group of Strong Islanders were sat on the Isle of Wight ferry on our way to the yearly Randonnee cycling event; 60 miles around the island spread across 5 checkpoints. Whilst on the crossing we couldn’t help but admire various enthusiasts and their custom team jerseys. Fast forward a year and it is my great pleasure to unveil the Strong Island cycling jersey. Made as a one off for the event, the jersey is our way of representing this city and all the values that come with it. Thanks to the combined designing efforts of Chris Ballingall and Tristan Savage, we were able to produce this clean, retro looking jersey that 11 of Southsea’s finest could wear to conquer the island’s endless hills. Well done chaps.
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