So it happened! Gladys has her first ever art exhibition! 25 different artists submitted 28 skateboards (if you include the banana) and we exhibited them at Small Dole Skatepark Skatejam! It was the most excellent of days, after a week of thunderstorms we finally had a day of sun and fun. Skaters and artists, and…
WHAT: 27 Custom Skateboard decks decorated by 25 different artists on show at Small Dole Skatepark Fundraising Skate Jam. CHECK OUT THE CATALOGUE Also available: BBQ, Skating, Skooting, Coffee and cakes, mini merch market… Lots of fun! WHERE: Small Dole End of Summer Skate Jam: Mackley Field, Small Dole, West Sussex. BN5 9XR And then…
Our local, and rather unique, wooden skatepark that has been serving our skate community so well for the last 15+ years is rotting into the ground. It’s very sad. So we’ve formed a team (Friends of Small Dole Skatepark) to raise funds to restore our park before it is no more. We need a minimum…
Just wanted to let you know that there are some new products in my shop! First up this long awaited Get Well Soon card for the broken skaters out there. You can FIND THAT HERE Then also as Easter is coming up I have added a range of Easter greetings cards.. Daft Bunny, Little Lamb…
What with the crazy ol’ world and then the broken leg incident it’s been a while since I have been able to gig. But I am delighted to announce that on Sunday the 3rd of April I am doing a live show at Joe’s Bar in Summertown! I’m super excited about this, as many of…
Between the crazy ol’ C ovid world and learning to walk again after a broken leg, it’s been a really rather mental few years without much in the way of live shows! But, now that my leg is on the mend I’ve decided it’s time to resume gigging! I am currently offering solo acoustic performances,…
Whilst the Festival in Coventry on the 4th of September is going ahead, my part in it is not. Unfortunately though my leg is mending, it is not sufficiently mended for the logistics of gigging. At the moment I can’t drive far, or walk far, or stand for long, or carry much heavy stuff… And…
Maybe I should amend the working title to The Mental Adventures of a Broken Skater?! This is the first real page of this ‘ere graphic novely picture book thing that I am making.. And why am I making it? Well, while I was lying there in my hospital bed I couldn’t help noticing the gigantic…
Early in 2021, about three months after we built our skate ramp, Ant and I got a bit hooked on timelapse mural painters on Youtube, which of course was enormously inspriing to us Artists, and gave us the inspiration we needed to decorate our skate ramp. As Ant is super busy with Kustom Revival, I…
Yup, 15 weeks ago I broke my leg, in a freak roller skating accident. I say a freak accident because it’s not like I am a newbie skater, I have been skating for years, and falling without major incident for years so I am pretty well practiced at not breaking myself. But that Sunday afternoon…