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Relentless Boardmasters and Vans Wooden Waves Open 2010 - Newquay, Cornwall

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Relentless Boardmasters in Association with Vans Music

The Relentless Boardmasters in Association with Vans is the most complete event for lovers of surf, skate, bmx and music.

The music offering now extends over two venues. The Music festival at Watergate Bay and the intimate Relentless Energy Drink Beach Sessions:

The Relentless Boardmasters in Association with Vans Music Festival
Set in possibly the UK’s most beautiful festival setting, the RBM Music festival takes place over two nights from 6-7th August on the cliff top at Watergate Bay.

Surfing at Relentless Boardmasters in Association with Vans

ASP World Tour 5 Star Event – Tuesday 3^rd – Sunday 8^th August

The jewel of the Boardmasters crown is the 5 Star ASP World Tour Event. Over 70 of the Worlds best surfers will arrive at Fistral Beach all aiming to take the lions share of the $120,000 prize purse and more importantly the vital ratings points needed to ascend to the World Championship Tour. There are some big names attending notably, WCT surfer Travis Logie from South Africa and ex tour members, Brazilian Victor Ribas and the UK’s own, Russell Winter. This is the only chance to see the Worlds best surfers in England!

Skinner’s Longboard Invitational comes to Fistral – 4pm Thursday 5^th August

Relentless Boardmasters in Association with Vans is going back to its roots, where it all began in the days when retro was... well, new school and hanging ten was the equivalent of a rodeo flip.

The Skinner’s Longboard Invitational will be hitting the shores of Fistral Beach on Thursday 5^th August and will showcase some of the best longboarding talent in the UK; 8 of the best longboarders in the country will be invited to compete in the ‘winner take all’ format which is sure to be one of the highlights of this year’s RBM.

Relentless surfer Ben ‘Skindog’ Skinner will definitely be one to watch in this competition; he is renowned for ripping on anything that floats and has some serious skills on boards over 9 foot long!

- Prize Purse: £500 ‘Winner takes all’

- Format: 8 surfers will compete in two 4-man heats

- The 2 heat winners will compete in a man-on-man final, battling it out to be crowned the 1st ever Skinners Longboard Champion.

Relentless Aerial Assault – 4pm Friday 6^th August

The Relentless Aerial Assault has been inspired by the Relentless Tow-Team of 4 Relentless surfers Ben Grenata, Ben Skinner, Tom Lowe & Fergal Smith who are revolutionising British surfing by seeking out big wave surf spots across the UK and pulling into waves in excess of 30ft! Don't expect to see any big wave surfing at Fistral but you will see the discipline of tow-surfing demonstrated with a twist!

The competition will run on Friday 6^th August and the format for the event is as follows:

- Man on Man (draw out of hat, no seeding) 


- Best of five attempts (first surfer to three wins) 


- The surfers spin the Wheel to land on a trick they must perfect in the water


- Surfers get towed into the waves and attempt the chosen manoeuvre


- Judges choose whichever surfer carried it off best


- First surfer to three wins progresses to next round


- Total of 17 heats

2010 sees a total of 7 stages, (can you find them all) and offers something for everyone.

The Relentless Energy Drink Beach Sessions are on through out the week.

Van’s Summer Sessions at Relentless Boardmasters in association with Vans 2010

Vans Summer Sessions Vert Skate Event

Fistral Beach is gearing up to host some of the best talents in the worlds of skate and BMX for this year’s Relentless Boardmasters in association with Vans.

On land the main attraction is surely the Van Summer Sessions, which includes Europe’s highest profile vert skate event. Expect to see skaters from around the globe shredding the 40ft ramp with a mix of airs and spins.

Confirmed for this year’s event are Andy Scott, Sam Beckett and Jussi Korhonen. Expect great things from this event as the competition will be fierce for this year’s title; previous winners include Australian Renton Millar, Swedish air man Jocke Olsson and 3 times champion Terence Bougdour of France.

Qualifying heats will be taking place on Saturday 7^th August with the Men’s Final on Sunday 8^th August at 16.00; the Under 16’s competition will be held on Thursday 5^th August.

Prize Purse - $20,000

Vans Summer Sessions BMX Midi Ramp Event

The BMX midi ramp competition is set to amaze audiences with a number of house hold names confirmed; including Ben Hennon, Jason Phelan and Tobias Wicke.

Qualifying heats will be taking place on Thursday 5^th August, with the Men’s Final being held on Sunday 8^th August at 13.00. Also the BMX best tricks event will be on Saturday 7^th August at 12.30 & 16.00, this is definitely not one to miss!

Prize Purse - $7000

The Relentless Energy Drink Beach Sessions, 4, 5 and 8th August, have become one of the most popular events at the RBM. In the most intimate of venues, the Fistral Beach Bar, a bespoke venue built for the RBM, music fans can watch some of the best in established and up and coming music talent, just a stone’s throw from the Fistral sunsets over the lapping Atlantic waves.

What's all the fuss about? Some highlights from last year can be seen below.




For Full music line up see www.relentlessboardmasters.com

NASS 2010 - Gonna be Massive this year.

Relentless NASS 2010

Relentless NASS announces the UK Open Street event.
Although, England didn’t manage to hold the World Cup, the UK still has hopefuls.
This year for Relentless Nass, the World Cup Skateboarding hits the street course, and 10 finalist UK Open Street skateboarding athletes are in for a chance of taking a World title.
Look out for UK skateboard riders such as Ross McGouran, Ben Grove, Chris Oliver and many more.

www.relentlessnass.com

Details on the event below.
UK Street schedules and details are confirmed.

Event Day Time
UK Street Practice Friday 9th July 7.00pm
UK Street Qualifiers Friday 9th July 8.00pm
UK Street Finals Saturday 10th July 1.00pm

All athletes may now arrive on Thursday 8th July from 4pm onwards. Remember that UK Street qualifying is Friday evening!


UK Street Purse:

All 10 finalists will qualify directly into the World Cup Skate Event (free of charge)

Place Purse
1st £500
2nd £150
3rd £100
4th £70
5th £50
6th £40
7th £30
8th £25
9th £20
10th £15

Please email nass@sportsvision.co.uk to enter.


Relentless NASS 2010
Record Prize Purse for World Cup Skateboarding and BMX Events
www.relentlessnass.com

Relentless NASS today announces its record prize purse of over £40,000 across all sports and welcomes World Cup Skateboarding to the event.

Relentless NASS has returned to its core by investing in sports at the event. After 2 years of new ownership the event has invested in attracting the World’s best athletes to the Bath and West showground from 9-11th July. This investment goes into all sporting aspects of the event from purse to construction.

Relentless NASS Prize Purses:

Skateboarding
Purse BMX Purse Inline Purse
World Cup Skate Street £9000 Street £9000 World rolling Series 4 * event tbc
UK Street £1000
(top 10 receive free entry to WCSK8) British Dirt Champs £2000 Relentless Goliath tbc
Relentless Goliath £2000 Relentless Goliath £2000

Relentless NASS Skateboarding:
World Cup Skate
Relentless NASS has become a World Cup Skateboarding sanctioned event promising the inclusion of some of the best athletes in the World, battling for the bulk of the £9000 purse, one of the highest purses ever seen at UK street event Last year’s top 10 included Paul Rodriguez, Chaz Ortiz, Chris Cole and Ryan Sheckler. Expect to see them and many other top internationals at the showground this year.

Relentless NASS has also created a brand new street course for the inclusion of World Cup Skate.

UK Street Event

Relentless NASS will hold a UK only street event with the top 10 finishers gaining automatic qualification to the World Cup Event on top of the £1000 prize purse. This event will find the Relentless NASS UK champ and be a great warm up before taking on the internationals.


Relentless NASS BMX:

Relentless NASS Street

The street event this year has been given a large cash injection of £9000 in order to give the competitors a real incentive to go big. With a purse like this the level of riders is set to increase with strong interest already coming from across the pond. Mark Webb is confirmed to ride and will he reclaim the NASS title he won two years ago?

British Dirt Championships in Association with Ride

The prize purse and course budget have both been doubled this year meaning higher profile athletes and a better event. NASS is particularly excited about dirt this year with Lima and Matt Priest confirmed to ride.



Inline in association with Kingdom:

Inline returns to Relentless NASS this year as part of the World Rolling Series. NASS will be a 4 star event, one off the top spot so expect a serious turnout. Chris Haffey and Brian Aragon have both expressed interest so fingers crossed this will be the year to eclipse them all.

Relentless Goliath:

The Relentless Goliath launch ramp to quarter pipe returns to relentless NASS for the second year running. The event is open to all sports and athletes. Expect to see the international attendees taming what should be a new and improved event. At time of writing some alterations are being made to make this event a classic not to be missed. The Relentless Goliath, more than any event really does sort the men from the boys and we are looking forward to seeing who comes out on top.


As always Relentless NASS will be hosting a multitude of other events including the awesome FMX shows. This year will see a multi jump and landing set up to give you the best FMX experience in the UK. Slalom skate, the mountain bike King of Dirt event, parkour and mountain boarding will all also return to Relentless NASS 2010.

The latest music line up is as follows:


MAIN STAGE
Friday 9th July Saturday 10th July

Bowling for Soup
Hadouken
General Fiasco
Morning Parade
The Dead Formats
The Skints
Imperial Leisure
Backbeat Soundsystem
Chase and status Live
Plan B
Tinie Tempah
Wiley
Devlin
Ghetts
Maverick Sabre

INDOOR ARENA

ANDY C with MC GQ
NERO and MC JAKES
FRICTION
DANNY BYRD
CRISSY CRISS
KLIMAX and BENNY MC

CASPA & Rod Azlan
KRAFTY KUTS
JAGUAR SKILLS
KIDDA
TEK-ONE Live
CHARLIE G / FREERANGE DJS
BENNY MC & CRISIS

EXMOOR BAR

Qemists Soundsystem
Young Guns
Telegraphs
This City

Plus guest DJ sets from
Goldierocks
The Postman
Ghost Of A Thousand
Exit Ten
The Arusha Accord
Crazy Arm
Chickenhawk

Plus guest DJ sets from
Howling Les

Enter Now - Freestyle Festival 2009

Yet more chances to get involved.

Skaters Enter Here http://www.freestyle-festival.co.uk/application_form_streetcourse.php

Yer feelin lucky punk....well your just in luck as we have got a ticket giveaway on our hands.

To enter the ticket prizedraw giveaway simply send a email to:-
Competitions@freestyle-creative.com

with the Subject Line:-

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Good Luck

Get loose at the Freestyle Festival 2009, London

Latest news just in from Alice - some dates for the diary.

Digest.Plan.Enjoy.Eze

A night of all things Freestyle- A taster of the Freestyle Festival- http://www.freestyle-festival.com/

Freestyle Festival (www.freestyle-festival.co.uk) is on 31st October and 1st Nov and houses some of the top names in skateboarding, BMX, freerunning, b-boys, graffiti and rock music all under one roof at Alexandra Palace in London- the weekend promises to be great for everyone.

Pro level vert ramp and street competitions for skaters, BMXers, and inliners.

On the Vert Ramp and the Street Course- Skaters: Sam Bosworth, Sam Beckett, Ben Grove; BMXers: Mark Webb, Ben Wallace, Sebastien Keep; Inliners: Rich Parker, Chaz Sands already entered...competing for top prizes...come enter through website.

Sebastien Foucan, one of original founders of freerunning, is sharing his philosophies and providing the opportunity for everyone to learn the art form and how to jump safe.

B-Girl Firefly and MC Trix (Battle of the Year) are joined by international and UK crews to battle it out for the Freestyle Title and prize money; as well as teaching and running classes- all with an awesome hip hop B-Boy DJ line up and esteemed judging panel.

World renowned Secret Wars graffiti battle masters are on the search for new talent, running battles and workshops.

Get lessons from the best teachers- in Skateboarding, BMXing, Inline Skating, B’boying, Freerunning and Graffiti- Lessons are in every discipline and are free to sign up to when you buy a ticket.

On the Main Stage the line up goes like- MxPx, Fei Comodo, My Passion, This City, The Crave, Telegraphs, Starseed, Floors and Walls + many more.

For those that feel they have a musical talent to offer the Freestyle Festival audience, we are also looking for 2 bands to rock the Main Stage and play alongside our headliners. Enter this through the competition page on the website. Just upload an MP3 of your band’s music and a panel of respected music heads, including Alex Baker from Kerrang Radio, will chose the top 50 and you’ll be voted for by the public through the Freestyle Festival website. Entries will close by 14th September. Voting closes on 5th October. Winners announced on 9th October.

Check the website for ticket prices and more information.

Tickets are available through the website www.freestyle-festival.co.uk and through TicketMaster www.ticketmaster.co.uk from 25th July 2009 and they cost £30 for 1 day, £50 for 2 days; £15 for evening ticket; £80 for family ticket for 1 day; £125 for 2 days; children under 14 to be accompanied by an adult.

Check out the website- www.freestyle-festival.co.uk for more information and to take part in the festival.

See ya there!

Congrats The Sam's

Belated Big Up's must go out to both Sam Bosworth and Sam Beckett for their recent success at the Am X-Games in LA, USA.

Check the full story courtesy of the good peeps at Sidewalk and the final standings here

For an idea of the sic moves Sam Bosworth was busting out have a butchers at this short video shot at his local park in Mount Hawke, Cornwall




Also this video playlist is worth a watch. The X-Games Skateboard park, vert, street, big air, big air rail!?! winning run's.

Dream skatepark? I reckon. The capsule bowl is the biz.

Skateparkpages @ The Eden Project - Video

Eden 09 from Skatepark Pages on Vimeo.

The etnies Recognition Tour hits Spain and the UK

etnies is set to tear up Europe in May 2009 as some of the biggest names in skateboarding head over for a much anticipated visit; Mikey Taylor, Sean Malto, Ryan Sheckler, Kyle Leeper, Jose Rojo, Tyler Bledsoe and Davis Torgerson.
The etnies Recognition Tour will kick off on May 15th in Malaga, Spain, where the team will hit a few carefully selected street spots before hosting a demo at Plaza de la Marina the following day. The etnies team will then return to Barcelona for some unfinished business before heading over to the UK on the 24th to demo at The Works in Leeds, followed by a signing at Rollersnakes in Derby on the 26th, and finally hitting London for a signing at Slam City Skates and the tour finale demo at Bay 66 on the 30th May.
For some further European flavor Charles Collet, Julian Furones and Willow from the European etnies team will be joining the tour. Local etnies skaters Joe Gavin (UK) and Julian Lorenzo (Spain) will also attend the demos in their respective countries and share their local knowledge with the US crew!
Spain Schedule:
Sat 16th May – Signing at Griptape & Demo at Plaza de la Marina, Malaga
UK Schedule:
Sun 24th May – Demo at The Works Skate Park, Leeds
Mon 26th May – Signing at Rollersnakes, Derby
Sat 30th May – Signing at Slam City Skates, followed by a demo at Bay 66 skatepark, London

Milkshake Grenade II

Dan drops a Bomb at Dawlish


Dawlish Plaza, Devon, UK from Skatepark Pages on Vimeo.