This will be our first ever trade show. If you are in the area, or are making your way up to see any other product, make sure you come along to central for a cuppa and to see all the new Lovenskate products.

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"when i was 16, i quit working at Burger King, spent my last wages on a full set-up from Surf Shack, and went to the Maidstone Law Courts to try and copy local legend tech ripper, 'Russel Haffner' doing nose wheelies. I'm 32 now, and Russ lives in Japan with his Misses, but some things never change, i'm still learning nose wheelies, and he's still ripping!
He sent me this pic of a Lovenskate sticker he took on the Slopes near Tokyo. It's SICK! I totally agree too, snow is a massive Ballache!
If you have one of these stickers, and can shoot a photo of it against something that Skateboarding is better than, then send it in - stu@lovenskate.com
The person best pic will win a T-shirt.

THIS IS HUGO LIARD. HE RUNS ANTIZ SKATEBOARDS OF LYON, FRANCE, THE GREATEST EURO COMPANY OF THEM ALL!!!

HE IS PURE METAL, AND HE CAN SKATEBOARD A BIT TOO. CHECK OUT THIS VIDEO FRENCH MADE OF OUR TRIP TO PLAYSTATION WITH HUGO, DANGER DAVE AND T-BO FROM YAMA SKATEBOARDS - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rp89aZ2HwRw&feature=player_embedded

YOU CAN SEE MORE OF FRENCH'S VIDEOS ON THE FUNERAL FOG SITE

HUGO IS WEARING THE NEW LOVENSKATE LONG SLEEVE T' DESIGNED BY FRENCH. CHECK IT OUT HERE

It's amazing what you can find on the web! Charlie made this video of him opening his Lovenskate package that he sent off for.

If you would like to receive the new 'Injury Issue' zine plus a load of stickers, and anything else we can cram in, all you have to do is send an A5 stamped addressed envelope to - Lovenskate, The Mangle, 5-8 Crown Works. Temple Street. London E2 6QQ.

THANKS CHARLIE !!!

My good friend Alfredo Coloma took these photos of the ATATAY crew at the colourful Parque de las Cholas in La Paz, Bolivia.
Afredo has been taking skateboard photos in La Paz for a few years, and as soon a the idiots in the Sony shop fix his video camera then he'll start documenting the La Paz scene for a video release later in 2010. Maybe we'll get a chance to be in it, as myself and some of the Lovenskate crew are planning a trip there to take out some boards, eat our body weight in Empanadas, and generally get ourselves in trouble in May or June. CAN'T WAIT!!!
Get to know about the Bolivian Skate scene by watching the trailer for 'Super Jumbo' here - or better still, buy it for £6, and i'll send you loads of other goodies with it!

SO FIRST OFF, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO SOMEONE...

...for those that don't know, Lovenskate shares the studio with the super talented Mr Rob Ryan. We're worked together in the same space for 2 years now, and we've now come together to produce this Special limited edition Skateboard!!!

A signed edition of 10 are on Sale in Rob's shop 'Ryan Town' in Columbia Road in East London as of this week. If this was not enough, then displayed along side it is a photo of the board in action taken by Lovenskate's good friend Richie Gilligan, and hand cut by Rob himself.

You should go along, check it out, introduce yourself, and treat yourself to a well earned collectible New Years present!

If you can't make it, we have a few Rob Ryan / Lovenskate stickers left to give away. The first people to send a S.A.E. to Lovenskate will receive a bunch absolutely free. Mark your envelopes 'Rob Ryan for Lovenskate!!!'.

It gives us great pleasure to announce that joining the Lovenskate family is Wakefields one and only ,Liam Sproat.

Liam Came to London the other week to shred Mile End and Stockwell with Lovenskate's interrogator Craig 'Questions' Scott.

Watch the video here

http://sidewalkmag.com/news/liam_sproat_climbs_aboard_the_good_ship_lovenskate/

Liam's roll in the Team will be extensive, but key responsibilities include Spanish translation, high pitched squealing noises, hyperactivity, flip in flip out sh*t, deep thought and general Pepsi drinking.

STOKED TO HAVE YOU ABOARD LIAM!!!!

So a couple of weeks ago, Lovenskate Team riders Lee Santer, Barny and Alex Barton, plus the Popnow Skate Shop Team headed by Ryan went to Holland to Shred Area 51 in Eindhoven and Amsterdam.

Check out the video!

http://video.mpora.com/watch/pbpZgFSly/

POPNOW is a new Skater Own Skate Shop in Maidstone run by Ryan - http://popnowculture.blogspot.com/.
It's SICK! If you're in the Medway area, pop in and support you Skater Owned, and if you're feeling man enough, skate the Law Court's Banks, i dare you!

The UK's first female skateboarding film. Riders featured include Lovenskate's Lucy Adams, Lois Pendlebury, Helena Long, Sam Bruce, Rebecca Aimee Davies, Sue Hazel and many more.

The premier of the film will take place on Saturday 12th December at 7.15pm at The Courthouse Hotel Screening Room: The film is approx 33mins.

Tickets are priced at £1, there are a limited number of seats available - 94. Copies of the DVD will be available to buy after the screening at a price of £7

Find out more from Rogue Skateboards and see the 'As If, And What?' here and here.

Please email info@rogueskateboards.co.uk for further information.

This is Lars, he is 100% SHRED, The Real 'Count Shredular' wearing his Lovenskate 'Count Shredular' T-shirt.
When he's not doing frontside 5050's on gnarly pool coping, he's busy putting his heart and soul into running the Carhartt Skateboarding department in Barcelona.
We just took that shirt off the shop, to make room for the new stuff , but there are a few left so if you'd like one get in touch. I give you special price.

Fangs a lot Lars!!!

OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS WE HAVE BEEN WORKING SUPER HARD TO GET THE NEW BATCH OF LOVENSKATE T'S FINISHED.
FINALLY THEY ARE DONE AND UP ON THE WEBSITE.
GO SEE FOR YOURSELF. WE HAVE NEW T-SHIRTS FROM ROADKILL, GRAHAM MITCHELL AND CHRIS BOURKE, LONGSLEEVED T'S BY FRENCH, AND BEANIE HATS.

ALL AVAILABLE AT

LOVENSKATESHOP.COM

This month in Sidewalk, everybody's favourite interrogator, Craig 'Questions' Scott is photographed charging up the wall on page 8!
Neil Brown took the photo and you can see more of his awesome pictures, and an in-depth journey into the hearts and minds of Questions and Silent Dan on the Roadkill website

REAL GIRLS SKATE CURBS!!!!

Congratulations to Lucy on her win at this years UK Skateboard Association Championships!!!
I scanned this crackin' photo by Chris Johnson from Sidewalk magazine this month, thanks guys!
Crawley dominator Lucy is now fully repin' the Lovenskate boards and clothing and we are brimming over with Stokedness!
Congratulations to her again on her new Job as 'Extreme Sports Development Officer for Crawley' too, you must address her as 'Officer' from now on.
See the Uksa Champs Girls Jam here: http://video.mpora.com/watch/5zQBcyOfo/

Dear fiends, it’s that time of year and the big one is coming…
From the people who brought you every decent get together to happen in this city in the last few years - Christmas Jams, Gap Jams, Flip Premieres, the lot- we proudly present the 2009 CROSSFIRE HALLOWEEN MASSACRE!
Trumping the necrophiliac debauchery of 2008’s Ewer Street cataclysm we have raised the stakes with a ballistic DJ line-up including XFM trailblazer EDDY TEMPLE- MORRIS, CHICKENHAWK and The F*****’ HATE playing live, the invite- only annual explosive MINI RAMP JAM featuring the cream of England’s skateboard cosmonauts in association with SIDEWALK MAG. This one will rock until 5am for over 18’s only.
The only Halloween party worth the name has already spunked the first round of tickets so the countdown is now live, with wave 2 tickets on sale from this morning via this link:Get your tickets NOW to avoid disappointment.
Limited tickets are also available from SLAM CITY SKATES in Covent Garden if you prefer to pick them up by hand.
All info is here on Crossfire
Let’s have it people! See you there!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyWZg17_BME

We recently printed these logo boards (before I destroyed my hand). For the tip to tail blue, i used an old school printing blend method to get the fade. This board comes with a free ‘blend’ logo t’, and of course it also comes with a Zine, Stickers and a FREE sheet of Grip! you can purchase one HERE

In case you didn’t know… Lovenskate Boards are 100% Canadian Maple made in the US of A. Pressed by skateboarders in a factory owned by skateboarders, it is printed by Skateboarders in our East London Studio. All done with a passion for Skateboarding!!!
As far as we know, we are the only skateboard company still hand screen printing boards in the UK as everyone else moves to digital or to China. Please help support traditional methods that give skateboard art its character and individuality, support your UK scene.

Last weekend, myself and Lilli (the other print arm here at Error Solutions and Lovenskate) took the train to Skegness to do a Screen print workshop with the good guys at X-site Skate park.

It was without doubt one of the most fun workshops i have ever done!

Everyone that attended got to draw and make a cut-out stencil of thier own design, and then print their own design on a t-shirt, and come away with a big smile and hyped on printing.

You can see more photos on the Error Solutions Blog Here - (http://errorsolutions.wordpress.com/2009/10/06/screen-printing-at-skegness-skate-park/)

A massive THANKS to Lilli, and to Lee, Nick, and everyone who brought their enthusiasm to the workshop, and all at X-site!

Here is a photo of my broken hand after i took a spill at the weekend. Can you see the bone?

ONCE AGAIN, LOVENSKATE INVITES YOU TO STREETFEST!!!!

We are going to be there in full force once again, riding the mini ramp with the likes of riders Ewen Bower, Craig Questions, Lucy Adams, Mikey Patric, Alex Barton, Lee Santer and Barny. We'll also have a stand there with the new line of Lovenskate T-shirts and boards for sale, free Tea (naturally), Raddness, enthusiasm, and dad jokes. There will be live music, art, and a Cinema. Hope to see you all there!!!

"DO YOU GUYS WANT SOME CRAB MEAT?"

You may remember, a little while ago, French, Richard Gilligan, Bruce the Ox, Dave Fuller and I took a trip to Washington and Oregon for a week of Shredding.
It's been a long time coming, but the amazing guys at Tweaker Zine are back with an amazing issue, and an article all about Shredding bowls, grinding trucks, Strip clubs for lunch, and falling over.These guys are Lovenskate to the core! Words by French, Photography by Richard Gilligan, and film by Stu.

This Saturday the 26th marks the Start of 'Blank Canvas'.
This week long art and skateboard event is being held at the X-site skate park in Skegness with a number of workshops and demonstrations taking place.
To mark the beginning of the week, Lovenskate is holding a Screen printing workshop, so you get to come along, learn from the masters, get inky, and print your own t-shirt!!!
The event runs from Saturday 26th September until Sunday 4th October. This event is running alongside the Skegness International SEAS festival. For more info see their website.

X-Site Skatepark plays host to "The Blank Canvas Arts Festival" from
26th September.
This is a week long festival involving skateboarding, art and all kinds of creativity and the Skegnes Plaza.
The X-Site and Lovenskate have come together to hold our first Tee and board design competition where your design could end up printed on a limited run of T's and Boards, all printed by us at Lovenskate, please see the poster for full details.
Also, on the opening day, The Lovenskate crew will be there doing a Screen
printing workshop. Check the blog updates
over the next few weeks for updates and the Sidewalk Forum
for design entries and chat.
Happy designing!!!

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This is what skateboarding is all about! Go and build stuff in the woods
out of concrete, and come back when you've
killed, cooked and eaten a bear, then you can call yourself a man!

We just finished finished Screen printing a very limited run of 'Real Tree' Camo Boards. We have them in 7.75, 8" and 8.25" and the first 4 people to order one from the Lovenskate Shop will receive a free Lovenskate Real Tree Hunting Cap, as well as the 'Injury Issue' Zine and stickers!!!

Tomorrow, Thursday 27th is the private view of the 'Decked' exhibition at StolenSpace Gallery Brick Lane. Featuring the 'Screaming Foot' skateboard of artist Graham Mitchell as well as a collection of illustrators, designers, tattoo artists and street artists, all showcasing custom designed skate decks. Each deck is hand inked, printed, painted, or carved. Come and check it out and enjoy some free booze. For more info have a look at thedeckedproject.blog

A massive thanks to everone who came along to the Volcome Stone Age Screen Printing Tour.

T-shirts where printed, sausages were cooked, and despite the rain, we even mangaed to SHRED!

Props to Kev, Steve and Flo from Volcom for their super tight organisation, Ben for being constantly super hyped on the tour and all at Bored, SS20, Ideal, Endemic and Scene for their hospitality and cups of Tea. Check out the Sidewalk site for all the details and great pics!

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Day 4

Enjoy Tea? Like Metal?
Well, from the cold dark heart of French, comes something to warm your hands with.
This is the pint sized "FRENCH PRO TEA MUG" and it 100% kicks the arse off any other mug on the planet. FACT!

We just did a sample run of 8 and I took them out of the kiln an hour ago.
They are in the SHOP now, get them while they are HOT.

LOVENSKATE - PUTTING THE 'TEA' IN TEAM!!!

As you may or may not know, we at Lovenskate kinda fancy ourselves as a bunch of screen printers. Word got around, and last week Kev from Volcom UK asked me to join him, Geoff Rowley, Ben Raemers and guests on the Volcom Screen Print Tour. If you are around next weekend, and near any of these great Skateshops, come in and watch the magic!

This is the press release; Volcom Stone-Age presents: Geoff Rowley and guests screen printing at your local skateshop! Don't miss out on this three-day UK tour from August 21st-23rd 2009! The first 100 kids will get a limited edition tee shirt hand screened by Geoff. Free BBQ at Scene and Ideal and loads of other goodies... we'll see you there! Check below for dates, locations and maps.

Friday 21st August 2009 - 2pm

Bored? Skate Shop

23 Albert Rd, Southsea, Hampshire, PO5 2SE

Saturday 22nd August 2009 - 12pm

SS20

176 Cowley Road, Oxford, OX4 1UE

Saturday 22nd August 2009 - 6pm

Ideal Skate Shop

18 / 20 Gibb Square
The Custard Factory
Digbeth
Birmingham, B9 4AA

Sunday 23rd August 2009 - 12pm

Endemic

4 Station Street
HuddersfieldWest Yorkshire, HD1 1LN

Sunday 23rd August 2009 - 6pm

Scene

47 Friargate
Preston, Lancashire, PR1 2AT

This years European Championships in Basel was amazing!!!
The street course was off the hook, I got to skate the Black Cross Bowl that Pontus and Ollie Burgen built, a 14 year old kid called Axel won both the street and ramp comps and we had a sales stand and sold EVERYTHING! (including all the Lovenskate / Carhartt Collaboration "BASEL!" T-shirts).
If you've never been, or don't know what it is, get yourself out there next year, there is a serious lack of British support!
BIG thanks to Big Lars and Bertrant form Carhartt for hooking me up with the t's and the stand and the 5 Star hospitality. Thanks to everyone who bought a Lovenskate T'shirt, and well done to everyone who entered and came along to support.
See more HERE (http://www.carhartt-streetwear.com/skate/blog/2009/08/esc-2009-street-final-videoclip)

Lovenskate is off to Basel this weekend for the European Skateboard Championships.
We have a stand there selling these ridiculous 'BASEL!' T-shirts as a collaboration with Carhartt.
If you're in the area, stop in, get a 'Euro Discount' Lovenskate T', and see Europe's best skateboarders. For More info on the ESC check out the Carhartt Blog.

As soon as I get back, there will be limited few 'BASEL! T's up on the Lovenskate Shop.

I just did 1000 copies of the new zine, and this week, Lilli, (Lovenskate's new additional print arm) has been screen printing the front cover illustrated by Mr Paddy Jones.

This 16 page cut'n'paste zine is for all those who fell in love with their nurse and those who creak with the first steps in the morning. For those who A-Z to save their A.C.L. or face weeks of P.R.I.C.E. All those who gave it ‘one more try’ and those who love to say “I told you so”.For all those who dialed 999, and who never left a fallen comrade. And especially for those, who after years of service, are growing old on the mini ramp.

If you would like a copy, you can pick one up in good Skater Owned Skateshops, or send an A5 S.A.E. to Lovenskate, The Mangle, 5-10 Crown Works, Temple Street. London. E2 6QQ

Finally, my good friend Paul Pants stopped by the Lovenskate headquarters this morning for Tea and english muffins, having just got back from his epic journey, skateboarding solo from Maidstone to Newquay, yep... MAIDSTONE TO NEWQUAY!!!! ON A SKATEBOARD!!!! ALL THAT WAY, 380 MILES!!!! Find out about his travels, his sleeping in doorways, and his fear of hills on his blog.