Taking place for the first time, the idea behind the comp is to replicate what happened at the UKSA UK championships, but for unsponsored skaters.

The comp will be held on the UK champs street course and the winner in each age group will get automatic entry into the UK champs 2009 in September. (The UK Independent Vert series already nurtures new talent with the inclusion of a B-Group on all the dates)

After the success of the UK Champs, this is going tobe set up as a legit annual thing, kind of a UK version of Tampa Am. Sidewalk and Mpora will be covering it so it will be a realistic way of 'getting noticed' as well as being the usual good laugh and general get-together. I personally believe that it's something the UK scene could really do with.

Just to clarify the term 'sponsored': If you're not on the full team or flow list for a brand then you are unsponsored. For the sake of argument if you're shop sponsored only you will be allowed to enter (no offence shops, you're nurturing of skaters is very important!). If you get given a few free bits by so and so because you skate with him or his team we'll also let that slide!

For any other questions, please mail Nic Powley. Support and a decent turnout this year will hopefully mean this can make a fiixture in the calender for the forseeable future.