Merry Christmas!

Essex Rollers would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Unit 1 Jam - Best Trick

Unit 1 Jam and Best Trick from 3Rider TV on Vimeo.

Here's What went down at the unit 1 best trick jam.
enjoy

Matt' squid 'Witchalls mini 21 sec colchester edit (old)

Matt Witchalls 21sec colchester edit (old) from Matt Witchalls on Vimeo.

I was searching through my laptop and came across this edit and thought id throw it up for you guys. Its a bit old but hey here it is.
Filmed and Edited by Paul Bates.

Park Dx Christmas Party!

DX Christmas party Friday 11th December.

FANCY DRESS - prize for best costume - any theme, get thinking

Come bring your friends its guaranteed to be an amazing night. Open to all ages and all abilities. Inliners, BMX, Mountain bikers, scooter and Skateboarders and anything else you can think of within reason of course.

They plan to have lots going on throughout the evening including party games and mini competitions with loads of prizes throughout the night. They also plan a big product toss at some stage to.

The cost will be £5 for annual members and £10 non members. Membership cannot be bought on the day.

They will be selling 50 tickets and any left over will be sold on the door. Tickets will go on sale mid November so keep an eye out for more details. Once sold you will not be able to enter the park. Doors close at 7.30pm so make sure you get there nice and early. You will be given a wrist band as proof of payment plus your invitation and entrance number.

Tickets Available from the demon xtreme site - http://www.demonxtreme.com or from shop.

Unit 1 Jam - The Bits You Missed

The bits at Unit 1 you missed.. from simsima on Vimeo.

Here's a little edit by sim warren of the unit 1 jam in rochester of some of the bits you missed filmed with a F4 lens.

Unit 1 Jamm 28th Nov

Just a quick reminder, make sure to get yourself down to Unit 1 in Rochester Kent on Saturday the 28th November,

The event is supported by

'UKskate'
'Kingdom Magazine'
'Loco Skates'
and '3rider TV'

The Prize for 'Best Trick' is £100 (of Ukskate Vouchers) with other prizes being given out for 'Best Skater', 'Best Under 18 Skater', and 'Worst Stack' thanks to Loco skate shop!

The Best Trick Comp is due to start at around 4pm! So thats 2 hours to warm up.

After the Event is finished the park is having a late skate from 8.30 till Midnight, where all sports can join in.

This is 1 you'll not want to miss....

SX Urban Games and Brentwood Jamm

So as day dawned on the morning of the event, we all opened the curtains to be greeted by the sight of Essex looking very wet and quite sorry for itself, but with so much planned for the day we loaded the cars and headed down to King Georges playing fields to set up.
The entire drive down the weather didn't let up, but by the time we pulled in the wet stuff had finally stopped falling, things were looking up.

Big Fen and the crew had already got the ball rolling with many activities in full swing all around the park. With the weather slowly sorting itself out there was a great turn out with lots to see and do, great displays from Streetball Extreme, the Urban Elite Team and none other than Mikey Fisher (world class Football Freestyler) showing off some mad ball skills and inviting the crowd to take part and learn some tricks.

Also through out the day the Kayzar Breakdance Crew and the International All Starzz Cheerleaders were busting their moves left right and center, fun was had by all with "Come & Try" sessions going all day, many a jaw was dropped.
Music was pumping around the park with various DJ's spinning a good mix of sounds and also holding mix classes for those wanting to try their hand.

Despite the moist reception spirits were not dampened and props have to go out to all the Youngsters who stuck it and helped dry out the ramps. Around 3 o'clock the sun finally broke through and everything looked a whole lot brighter from then on, we had an awesome turnout for the skate jamm and comp, with BMX'ers, Skateboarders and Inliners tearing the park to pieces and getting those last few minutes of practice in before the comp went down.

The BMX'ers having had the largest turnout were up first, a typical jamm sesh with 2 runs each being judged on Tricks, Air, Technical Ability and Usage of the Park.
It was a close run affair until finally Adam Glitberry (a Brentwood Local) smashed the competition with a massive gap from the mini into the streetcourse quarter, a well deserved win.

Next up we had the skateboarders which down to the weather the turnout was a little smaller so we resorted to running an ol'fashioned game of SKATE, first round on the streetcourse and round 2 on the mini, the Final came down to Chelmsford local's Macy Peach and Daz Coles, with Daz finally sealing the win with some very fluid and technical ramp skating.

Last but definitely not least the Rollerbladers took the streetcourse with huge gaps and grinds busted all over the shop, the Essex Rollers did not disappoint the crowds, with 2 runs each and some big tricks pulled off it was pretty close, Luke Sayer with a crazy Handstand off the Quarter and Matt Richardson finding his balls and skating hard (all with his broken arm in a plaster cast) to name a few, but it finally came down to Withams own Matt "Squid" Witchalls, destroying the park consistently with technical up-along-down switch-ups on the box and sealing his win with a ridiculous 180 Lui Kang grab off the jump box and clearing the driveway to flat (not to mention landing in a puddle).

We ended the day with final displays of some amazing dance and ball skills, and wrapping up nicely with the awards ceremony for winners of the skate jamm. First place winners got to take home a SXGames T-shirt and a MP3 player. All in all it was a great day, showcasing many different forms of expression and positively promoting the ever active work that Big Fen and the crew do for the youth of Essex, Thanks has to go not only to BIG FEN for organizing and running this great event but to Brentwood County Council for supporting such a great cause and of course all the little rippers who stuck by us, waited out the wet weather and proceeded to help the jamm go off with a bang.

Big up all involved and keep your eyes peeled for upcoming news of events to come....
http://www.bigfen.co.uk/

Unit 1 Inline Jam and Best Trick Competition' - Sat 28th Nov

On Saturday 28th Nov, Unit 1 skatepark is holding its first Inline Jam and Best Trick Competition!

The event is supported by

'UKskate'
'Kingdom Magazine'
'Loco Skates'
and '3rider TV'

The Prize for 'Best Trick' is £100 (of Ukskate Vouchers) with other prizes being given out for 'Best Skater', 'Best Under 18 Skater', and 'Worst Stack' thanks to Loco skate shop!

The Best Trick Comp is due to start at around 4pm! So thats 2 hours to warm up.

After the Event is finished the park is having a late skate from 8.30 till Midnight, where all sports can join in.

'Unit 1 Inline Jam and Best Trick Competition' - Sat 28th Nov from 3Rider TV on Vimeo.

So get yourselves down, this is 1 not to miss

SX Urban Games

Head down to King Georges playing field in Brentwood on Saturday and check out the SX Urban Games. As well as a skate jam in the morning and a comp in the afternoon, there's going to be loads of stuff going down in between. Some make sure your their!

Chelmsford Skate Park Campaign

The Capaign for Chelmsford new skate park have got themselves a new blog to keep you updated on their efforts.

Check it out HERE

Blading Wellnes

This may not seem that important to some of the younger ones amongst you but let me tell you once you get abit older you start to notice not just the strain that years of skating has put your body through, but the strain that last hour at the skatepark has put you through. Looking after yourself, warming up, stretching and the like can not only help you feel better after a session, it can help you feel and skate better during the session aswell

The guys other at Roll Toronto are trying to raise awareness of looking after yourself while rollerblading and have a section on their website called Wellnes. It features interviews with Brandon Smith, Eric Bailey, Jon Julio, Mike 'Murda' Johnson and Rob Guerrero and is well worht checking out!

Look after yourselves!

Great Chesterford Skatepark

The village of Great Chesterford near Saffrom Walden has just about raised enough cash for its new skatepark and is hoping to have it built by the end of the year. Check out the article on The Saffron Walden Reporter website to find out more.

The Future!

For those of you who haven't seen this (it's posted almost everywhere) this kid is English, his 14, and his better than you...

Enjoy

Guy Edit Round 2 from Chris Rutherford on Vimeo.

Petition for a new skatepark in Chelmsford!

If you on facebook search for the Petition for a new safe parkin Chelmsford group sign up and get all your friends to aswell!

Yfest 09

Y fest is a free festival in chelmsfords central park run every year by the YMCA. Ok so its not the most amazing comp ever but its always alot of fun with plenty of heads about, and how often do you get to skate a park with a dj? This year the comps been penciled in for the 20th August aslong as they can get a sponsor. Theres only 10 spots available, so if you want top enter find the Yfest09 skating/inline/bmx showcase group on facebook and sign up.

Message Board

Check out the link to the Essex Rollers Message Board on the right.

Summer to Summer

Here's the latest edit from ex-Essex resident Ben Sach.



"Lately I've been slowing down on the filming and through the rainy summers and rainier winters clips have been few and far between.
So I've picked out the best bits from my last 12 months of footage from my move from the South-East to the South-West, and my recent trip to Toronto and shoved it all together to a jaunty Swedish tune. " Ben Sach

Recognition T-shirts

Check out these T-shirts, designed by Phil McEwan-Bell to coincide with Jack Caryl's highly anticipated skate vid Recognition







Contact Chunkyblader2@hotmail.co.uk for more information

Ongar Petition

Follow this link to sign the petition and help Ongar to finally get a descent skatepark.
http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/concrete-skatepark-at-love-lane.html

"Arsonists cause £25,000 damage to Basildon skate park"

i found this on the Echo News Website, apparently Basildon skatepark was attacked by arsonists a couple of weeks ago and has been tempererily closed.

Witham Bowl

Check out these pics of Withams new bowl at the Bendcrete website, it looks great.

Recognition

The first trailer for Recognition is here. The new skate video from Jack Caryl about the essex skate scene is due at the end of summer and looks like it'll be one to look out for.

Throw back baby

Probably the most entertaining edit iv'e ever seen... Check it out!

ADW/Brett&Jeph..&Chris "sweatpantz edition" from Brett on Vimeo.

Essex Rollers Forum

Ive just created a forum to go with the board. Click the link below or see the side bar.

Forum

Hello!

Welcome to Essex Rollers. Checkout our spot map at the side or go to this address-

http://www.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=102866669639895934433.00046d2edb9ce5a9bfa47&ll=52.09132,0.348816&spn=0.405004,1.733093&z=9

let us know what you think or if you have any spots or pics to add.