For whatever reason I never got around to shooting some photos and putting together a little article about Lowestoft Skatepark, in Normanston Park. It’s been open since October 2009 and it well worn in by now. There’s a competition and jam on Sunday 29th August being organised by Smash Skates and Park East, so let the photos and video below whet your appetite for Sunday.

Ethan Dale - Tailslide

Glen Cone - Nollie 5-0 Shove It

How to get to Lowestoft Skatepark:

If coming by train from Norwich get off at Oulton Broad North and walk along Normanston Drive, which leads right to the skatepark. If you are coming from Ipswich get off at Lowestoft, follow Denmark Road then Peto Way from the station.

If driving by car use postcode NR32 2QB in your sat-nav or phone.

Josh Buck Bluntslide

Thursday night was spent at Norwich Skatepark getting bitten by flies and also a little roll around on a skateboard too. Also testing out my new Sigma DP1 camera, which the above photo was taken with, visit my flickr for more photos taken with it recently.

Oh and have a look at the video below of Josh Buck and Will Peck.

Adam Howe - Nosegrind

Despite being open and skateable for several weeks now, the Norwich Skatepark had it’s official opening on 24th July, with a skate jam, demo and competition. The demos came from a mix of Shiner and Death team riders. Also a multi age group competition organised by Drugstore Skateboarding.

The day saw a decent turn and black clouds that passed by without any rain, so plenty of skating went down. Below are a load of photos from the day and a little clip of a few people skating the bowl.

Chris Yeomans - Nollie Front Boardslide

Paul Roe - Front Feeble

Adam Howe - 360 Flip

Dave Davies - Backside Smith

Paul Roe - Mayday

The above doodles by Sam at Drug Store should explain everything, but if not it’s the Eaton Skatepark Grand Opening on Saturday 24th July. It should be a swell day for roller planking.

PS Sunday 25th July is the BMX day organised by Revolutionz too

Went down Norwich skatepark tonight and managed to get the park almost to myself, I think it was down to the kids on sikes watching the World Cup semi final, maybe. Anyway shot the above little panorama (Click it to see it a bit larger) using my new phone, also filmed a little trick with Josh Buck.

If you are not fussed by the world cup final, head down the skatepark, it might just be empty on Sunday.

Ollie Griffiths - Nollie Kickflip

After all the hassle with the last post I have had confirmation from several sources today that Norwich skatepark is now officially open and skate-able at last. Although the opening jam etc won’t be until sometime in June or July more news on this when I get it.

Backside Lipslide - Chris Yeomans

Norwich Skatepark is not finished yet I have been informed, and that the police may be involved, so I would not encourage anyone to skate it before the fence is down.

Further update: Undesirables (rude boys?) have become attracted to the park now that people are skating it (even though they shouldn’t) and a JCB bucket was dropped into the bowl, which means it will need to be patched and take slightly longer than expected. It’s recommended everyone waits until the fence is down officially so to to attract further problems.

So word seemed to get around pretty quick that the new Norwich skatepark was skateable, with maybe 40 people on bikes and boards showing up on Tuesday night as the builders were leaving, so they left the fence open so the fence didn’t get broken by anyone climbing over it.

The park is probably 99% finished with all the concrete set and skateable, although it’s still a building site whilst they do the landscaping. This means you shouldn’t really be on it as we were told by a couple of people from the council, although they couldn’t really stop everyone once they were on there. Although some burly builders to arrive later on to give everyone the boot.

Ollie Griffiths - Nollie Kickflip

Chris Allcock - Kickflip Manual

Backside Smith Grind - Chris Yeomans

Just in time for summer and the opening of the new Norwich skatepark, the third skate game from EA is about to be released, to lure you away from a real board where you get hurt and into a darkened room to twiddle your thumbs instead.

The demo is already available to download on xBox 360 and PS3, I’ve played it a bit and it doesn’t seem to add a huge amount. However new things include new places to skate, Jason Lee as a character and also an improved hardcore mode which makes the game pretty realistic.

Went up to the site of the new skatepark at Eaton Park last night after work, some more of the concrete has been laid now, couple of bits look almost done. Apparently the council is aiming for it to be open by the Late May bank Holiday. Taken some more photos which can be seen below.

NOTE: As with any new skatepark don’t skate it until it’s done, even if it looks dry and ready, the cement can take a few weeks to set fully.

Rode up to the new Norwich skatepark at Eaton Park today to see how its coming along. Looks like the finishing date of May could be within in grasp, with most of the coping in place and concrete already laid on the horizontal sections. More photos below.