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Welcome To The New LongboardsUK

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Welcome to our new website, we hope you enjoy it!

We’ve upgraded everything and made things faster, sleeker and better. For the most part, things should be exactly the same. Just better!

If you’re looking for your old orders, you can login to your account on the old website.  If you still can’t find something, don’t hesitate to contact us.

 

 

2017 in the bag

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Madrid’s 2017 line-up is something special this year, and there is something for everyone: Pintail Longboards, mini Cruiser Longboards, Drop-Through Longboards, and many more! This has to be Madrid’s best year for graphics, including some rad retro decks.

Paris Trucks come as standard on the new Madrid Core line so you are going to have a reliable ride no matter what you get up to.

 The Keith Haring inspired graphic of the Riot Workout is something awesome, the deck itself is a versatile short drop-through with a W-concave for ultimate control.

Dipped down low the new Madrid Spade ‘Dipped’ drop-through drop-platform board is about as low as you can get without getting road rash. Equipped with Paris Trucks and 78a Smoothride wheels, it is ready if you are.

As you can see, this is a stunning year for Madrid!

Havana have brought back their popular Kicktails with the Havana Birds and Havana Island, the affordable Cruiser longboard with plenty of character.

The Rev-Cruiser has returned and it has a sister with a natural wood deck with wood burnt design. The deck still has dual kicktails and a nice concave to it for popping ollies and trayflips alike.

Not to be outdone by it’s big brother the Havana Peso Banana also has a fresh new Red variant, you know, for cruising about with a buddy.

All of this and more can be found on LongboardsUK

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Are you ready to roll?

-Tom

Hogtoberfest is Coming!

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It is October, Winter is coming, and we have a new blog post! This time we feature a guest post from Timmy and the Hog Hill Crew. These guys are responsible for one of the friendliest events on 4 wheels and a board in the UK. They like to focus on fun and inclusion, which is right on if you ask me.

It is an honour to help support events in a scene that we are passionate about and proud to be a part of. Below all the details, and if you keep scrolling you’ll find Timmy’s message. So go skate and meet some people as full of radness as you are!

 

The Lowdown:

Event:  https://www.facebook.com/events/544477199079748/
Venue: Redbridge Cycle Centre, IG6 3HP
Times: Saturday 15th Oct 1pm  –  5pm
           Sunday  16th Oct 10am – 5pm
Spectators: Free
Skaters: Check http://hogtoberfest.blogspot.co.uk/p/registration.html for more info
All info: http://hogtoberfest.blogspot.co.uk
Tags: #doaskate #skatehogtober

 

Hogtoberfest is part of a series of three multi-discipline (or rather “everyone’s welcome”) events at a cycle centre just out of East London. The whole ethos behind the events is inclusivity and fun, with slide jams, slalom, racing, dance jams, camping and plenty of room for you to skate whatever style or discipline you want over the course of Saturday afternoon and all of Sunday. This event in particular started off as an engine to try new things for the series, and every year it’s bigger and better, almost exclusively down to the great atmosphere created by all the riders from so many longboarding backgrounds getting together for a last big blast of the year. Camping can get a bit chilly but we’ve always got some music blasting and a camp fire burning to keep the mood high into the evening.

 

We have competitions (you don’t have to compete if you don’t want to, just keep skating!) and always have a great amount of support from shops and brands in the form of prizes, and usually some stuff left for a scramble at the end! Longboards UK have been helping us out with bits of sponsorship for a few years now, and it’s always great for us running events to be able to promote shops that still have physical locations you can go in and buy gear from – they’re huge assets to the scene, and very worth supporting.

 

If you’re new to the scene, or just never got involved before, now’s a good time. 6 years of Hog Hill events have honed these to fantastic diverse experiences of enjoyable skating with rad people. Come on down and check it out!

Still not sure? Check the videos for what’s already gone down this year. Expect the same again plus more from Hogtoberfest! See you there 🙂

 

Timmy and the Hog Hill crew

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeA8DYjnRj8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3cBDB0Ckyc