http://www.carvespdesigns.com/ has just been launched. With the design and build of Interactpark, Burnley and Transition Extreme, Aberdeen sitting in their portfolio this crew are really worth a nod.

Take notice, folks.

Aberdeen street coure. 

Concrete Carnage IV! Back at Rom and celebrating 30 years of Rom skatepark, 15 Years of DuFFS and 30 years or Independent Trucks, in association with Creature skateboards.
June 22nd ! Make sure your all there.

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"It's time. It's been time. ESPN's always a little slow on the uptake. It's no secret that the vert field has stayed the same for the last decade. It's no secret that there aren't any vert ramps for kids to ride outside Southern California. If you want a vert career, you have to move there," says X Games General Manager Chris Stiepock.

The full story is here

No ramps outside Southern California?

Off the top of my head, and listing only those regarded as comptetion standard in the UK how about Ramp City in Blackpool, Creation in Birmingham, Adrenalin Alley in Corby? How about King Ramps portable ramp, which ends up at events all over the UK each year?

As for the vert field staying the same for the last decade - For the first time in the past decade we have a group of up and coming kids capable of moving into the professional ranks within the next few years. Gone are the 2000 Am competitions with twenty-something man-ams struggling with basic airs. We've got the new breed, fifteen years younger than the current heavyweights and should they continue on heir current learning curve then we've a lot more to see from the vert side of things yet.

Go check out one of the dates for the Independent Vert Series if you dont believe me.

The 2008 Quiksilver Bowlriders contest schedule:

April 20th - Lisbon, Portugal
April 26th - Paris, France
May 1st - Vienna, Austria
May 3rd - Kortrijk, Belgium
May 10th - Prague, Czech Republic
May 17th - Hagen, Germany
May 24th - Lausanne, Switzerland
May 31st - London, England
June 2nd - Milan, Italy
June 7th - Leioa, Spain
June 8th - Horten, Norway
June 12th - Malmø, Sweden
June 13th to 15th - Finals in Malmø, Sweden