Hi gang. i missed you all today, Bushy was good this morning, the sun was out and there where only about 4 BMX and 3 Skateboards. So lots of runs for me. Did you hit Belfast Eamon? Not muck news here. I was working late all week so this is me only just getting in touch, sorry.
I'm thinking of trying to head up to Belfast soon, say 2-3 weeks from now what do you think Neil, Eamon are you up for it?

"The Dead Arose And Appeared To Many"

That it Pc replaced and just back from Scotland. Now i need a good sk8 with my buddy's. It's bean far to long now since we all got together and i missed the Belfast trip, next time. Sooner rather than later please. i love the posting, great pics Eamon. I don't think I've ever seen Neil with out a helmet! Any one free to hit Bushy thins Sunday morning?

Unit 13 saturday 18th

What a great day for a skate, sun splitting the stones and all that so we decided to head indoors to unit 13 in Belfast! This was arranged before we knew about the weather and it was Neil's first trip to the park. We skated 'till the old legs and lungs let us know we were at our limit - probably about an hour, but an hour well spent none the less. Lets do this again soon and hopefully we will have Scott back as well.

Unit 13

Here is a couple of pics of the current set up at unit 13. As you can see they didnt bowl out the end of the bigger mini but it is great being longer than before. There are two minis of different sizes now and spines a pump bump and a nice big quarter. A lot more flow than before. Click on the pics for a closer look. When can we expect a visit?

Well guys happy 2009. I'm back from Scotland and ready for a skate. I missed out on getting a skate again this trip but thats how it goes on family trips. I hope you all had a good holiday and I think Neil is planning to hit Bushy this Sunday if the weather lets us. Is anyone free?Kenny you still out there man? Eamon passed me on this pic and i must say Mrs Clause is looking good these days. What a great picture any more?

i hate working all the time and to make things worse when i do go to post the bloody internet conection is on the fritz. But that being said i hope you all had a better week than i did, but on the plus side the weather forcast for tomorrow is sun so is anyone free to hit Bushy early? I need some cool vids so if you have any pass them on and we'll post them.

Weather 1 skating 0
Dublin sucks. How come we don't have an in door park? Is this the and of skating for the winter months already? We got to get up to Unit 13 for a good indoor session on wood. But i'm stuck in work for the next few weeks but i'd love to get up there before Christmas is any one up for it?

Just an update from north of the border. Today I went to unit13 to check on progress in the park and a GENTLE roll around to try and sort out my gammy knee. The guys have worked wonders in a week and have the small mini with spine, bank, roll in and extension finished.The bigger mini is nearly done and will have a bowled end added. The big quarter is finished, this leads to a volcano/bank and on to a large wall ride leading into the bowled mini. Hopefully next week will see all the ramps finished, its gonna be the best layout yet with lots of flow and ramps from abot 3 foot to the big wall ride maybe 10 foot.Check the pics or check on http://www.bogginzine.com/ for a virtual tour.Also some more good news - the concept bowl in the city centre is open again.

Kenny welcome to Old dogs old tricks, How was day one? I know it take a while but if you stick at it you'll love it. Once we get you into the ramps it'll blow your mind. Keep up the good work you'll get it.

Neil watch day three.
It appears there was contact made with the kidnappers today and as soon as the money if transferred to a hidden Swiss bank account they promise his safe return.

The mad man from the up north Eamon sent me a link for funhouse
FUNHOUSESKATEBOARDS.COM
. I know we've had it before on the blog but they say they are having a sale on all of their old decks to make way for the new line but when i went on line last night and had a look at the site i could not see any reductions. Check it out and if you can find any bargains drop us a line.
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Glad to hear you got a skate to day buddie love the pictures. did you take any pictures of the new set up in Unit 13? I had the pleasure of working all weekend so I'm dying to get out and roll around Bushy for an hour or two.How the hell did you break a kingpin? i don't know if Neil got out this weekend but I'm going to do my best to get a skate before work this week.

Just a couple of pics of Scott and Neil at Bushy a couple of weeks ago...sometimes we get lucky but mostly we suffer from shutter delay and miss the action.

Well I got to skate the new setup at unit13 in Belfast and I must say it has a few new lines, there is a new line between two big 8 foot quarters with a volcano to bank inbetween, kinda reminded me on the old ramp city in dublin a bit except this is a lot faster. There may be more changes on the way too. I even managed to break a kingpin today so it brought my session to an early end, can't wait to try again. Next weekend should be a big weekend at the park as the meltdown fundraiser is happening for details click on the poster on an earlier post.

Play with fire and you get burned

"i got a booboo" hit some grit and bust in the deep end and went for a skid

Well we had a ball on Sunday. Not only did Eamon come down but Neil even made a guest appearance. We got there early about 11am but had to wait 20 mins for the guy with the key to get out of bed. But when we did get in and padded up we had the place to our self's for about an hour which was great. The only down side was that when we where there some old girl tried pushing rubbish of the path in the park though the fence in to the skate park and when Eamon said told her not to she got snotty, whats the story with the local of Bushy ??I'm going to try and contact the council tomorrow because i know she will be on the phone giving out about us.

The weather report for Sunday is (drum roll please.......) "sunny" well that what they say on BBC weather center. So if they are right we're going to hit Bushy at around 11 ish. I'm dying to play on the pool tile's again i had a blast last time with Eamon so with any luck we'll see him and Neil on Sunday.

Man the weather suck i was kind of hoping to sneak out of work for a quick roll around Bushy today but that's never works out for me some how. But we've got our fingers crossed for Sunday.

Eamon sent us another cool update of the bowl that is being built up north, looking good. I don't know anything about it but i we where wondering how are they going to run it, can you rent it? is there a club or something.

Oh one more thing Eamon sent us a great link to SCS Skate-TV it the Vans bowl and man that place rocks. Check it out

Video http://socalskateparks.com/parks/SCS-TV?Openform&vid=45

Another link

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=QN_r9joWNXQ&feature=related

Man what a great idea this looks like so much fun, who would come up with an idea like this and fairplay for having the dedication to go through with it. It must of been 6 hours blowing the them up 1-2 hour riding the bowl then another 4 hour picking the dead balloons up. But we would love it.

If anyone is up for it this Sunday we might try and get a quickie in at Bushy for an hour or so if the weather permits? With any luck we can hit the park for 11 and be done by 1230 if anyone is game?

" Man that's the biggest deck I've ever seen"

Its like everyone has a new deck these days, first Eamon and now Scott and its a big one. Eamon the buddy that he is pick him up a monster when he was over on holiday. What a guy. It's a Santa Monica Airlines Big Roller 33.25"x10.5" with a huge set of independents, new crooks rails, huge 1/2 inch risers and we think for once he has finally agreed to loosen his trucks. Man it was as if he welded the thing together. So with any luck we'll see him carving around Bushy this week.

Well it looks like we are heading up to Belfast this weekend to have a skate on wood with Eamon cant wait. We are going to Unit 13, we haven't been there for a few months now and they say its been moved around to give the park some flow. So we're looking forward to seeing it on Sunday. So we'll take some pics as always and will post them with any luck on Sunday night.

For some reason Youtube is not letting us post vids today which is a shame, we found some cool vids of Bob Burnquist at the Grind for live pool demo so we'll try again tomorrow.