Person of the week this week is James White. For those of you who don’t know much about this guy let me fill you in. James was one of the OG guys who skated with myself and Rosko when we started to try and document the whole Cov skate scene as a whole. He’s skated... Continue Reading →

This week’s person of the week is Matt Hingley…. because IT’S HIS BIRTHDAY TODAY!!! Matt won the game of skate at Covpark Combat 4, and is super technical master of flip tricks supreme. He’s also not afraid to try and skate everything - taking on everything with a relaxed style.  Have a good day, Matt.... Continue Reading →

This week’s Person Of The Week is Mikey Crosdale. If you haven’t met Mikey, he’s Tez Aldersley’s partner in crime, appearing on TV shows like Doctors with Ride’s most versatile team member. Like Tez, Mikey tries to skate everything, and can do the highest bonelesses I’ve ever seen, as well as having a deep bag... Continue Reading →

James Thorpe, seen here performing a Frontside Slash from earlier today, is our Person Of The Week. Nice guy, chilled out attitude towards skating, and full on transition ripper. Covpark REPRESENT!!!! Photo by Tom Illesley.

Continuing last week’s quest to give some Cov street skaters their time in the spotlight, this week’s person of the week is Paul Lane. Rad guy - has fun skating and helps Ed Taylor rep CUSkate. Even though I’ve claimed Paul is a “street” skater he can skate a bit of transition too, and gets... Continue Reading →

Person Of The Week

This week’s person of the week is Andy Scott - not the dude sponsored by Superdead, but the Cov skater who makes rad edits and has the Xbox Live gamertag “ENCYCLOPEDOFILE”. Classic. Andy has been skating in Cov since some of you were sat around watching Teletubbies, his skating has always been quirky and creative,... Continue Reading →

Person of the week - In a way linked to last week’s POTW, Swampy, this week’s POTW is another OG member of the Swompton Hesh Crew. Gnarly Gnick is this week’s honoured Coventry skateboarder… P.S I promise next week I’ll make the POTW a street skater, as the last month has been completely over-saturated with... Continue Reading →

PERSON OF THE WEEK

STEVE SPAIN - let it be known, Steve rocks. One of Cov’s original and longest serving skaters, Steve is known for 2 things - Slash Grinds and loud layback reverts (see his “feline” revert in the Ride video Humble Jumble). Here’s a bit of trivia about the man; he put forward a legendary park design idea... Continue Reading →

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