Greg's Ramp Jam was a first of it's kind team vert jam in 2023 which we covered in Issue 3 of the magazine. You can check out a simpler version of the article below. If you want to catch the full article, please buy Issue 3 here...   Cover Photo: Stu Bennett. Lewis Bowers     Photo: Stu Bennett. Mat Marlow airs over his teamate Alfie Evans   Juggling, dancing, ollieing over teammates, skateboard tunnels, fancy dress… Just a few of the tactics employed by the teams to win over the judges during the Vertical Duels at Greg’s Ramp Jam. The event which took place on the 6th of August featured 16 teams of 3 skaters brought together in search of an epic session at one of the UK’s finest back-garden (backyard for those of you across the pond) skateboarding establishments. Located near Winchester, Hampshire, the Co-Vert ramp owned by Issue 2 Interviewee, Greg Nowik, boasts one of the fastest Skatelite surfaces in the country which transports riders up it’s 11’ transitions and 2’ of ve...

Seaside Sessions in Blackpool was the second stop of the 2023 UK Vert series which we covered in Issue 3. You can check out a simpler version of the article below. If you want to catch the full article, please buy Issue 3 here...   Cover Photo: Stu Bennett. Lorenzo Ferrari: Bs Boneless     Photo: Stu Bennett. Molly Seed: Fs Air   On Saturday the third of June over 20 skaters competed at this year’s edition of Seaside Sessions, the second event of the UK Vert Series, which was held on the 12’ 9” vert at the 29000 square foot indoor skatepark at Ramp City in the large seaside resort of Blackpool on the North West coast of England.   Besides the normal competition with it’s timed runs and 10-minute jam session, Jon Nixon, a Ramp City local, had also engineered an extension shaped like the iconic Blackpool tower which saw skaters navigating an extra two or so feet of vert to land their tricks and claim the glory of tricking the Blackpool tower. The Exten...

Greg is a legend of the UK skate scene. A force to be reckoned with on all terrain, we caught up with him to discuss his dominance at the UK Vert Series, Parenthood and plenty more for Issue 2...   Cover photo: Ethan Fraser Photo: Stu Bennett. Fs Smith Grind   Hey Greg! Before we begin, could you please introduce yourself to the readers?   My name is Graham, and I am an alcoholic.  Sorry - Wrong meeting!   Greg Nowik - 49 Years young, born, bred, and residing in Southampton.  Skateboarding since 1986.   Firstly, could you please give an overview of your time as a skateboarder. What have some of the highlights been for you?   Well I was was BMXer and my riding mate had a skateboard too.  He let me try it once, and I really liked it, so I used to badger him to bring it out every time we went riding.  One day we were practicing flatland in this school and a dude (Who I later found out was Don Brider), skated past, rode up the wall, back down and then carried on pushing off......

A few weeks before this interview, Jesse won the Pro/Am category of Vert Attack. We had a chat with him to discuss winning the legendery Swedish event, his perspective on skateboarding and his fascination with robotics for Issue 2...   Cover photo: William Paladino     Photo: Stu Bennett. Shuv-it tailgrab fakie   Hey Jesse! Before we begin, could you please introduce yourself to the readers?   I’m Jesse Thomas, I’m 24, I’ve been skating for 14 years now and it’s my favorite thing to do.   Can you tell us about Vert Attack? What were your expectations going into the competition and how did it feel to win?   Vert Attack is one of those really special contests that brings people together. I’ve been going since I was 13 years-old, and still bailing fs airs. I remember watching Juergen Horrwarth do a nose grind off this set back extension and this wave of wonder hitting me. Every year since has brought its own magic and I think it’s due to the unique collection of skaters th...

Sunday Service in Caterham was the first stop of the 2023 UK Vert series which we covered in Issue 2. You can check out a simpler version of the article below. If you want to catch the full article, please buy Issue 2 here...   Cover Photo: Nathan Livingston. Noah Albrektsson: Maddona     Photo: Nathan Livingston. Erik Forssell: Fs Air   If you’re a Vert Skater in the UK, then Skaterham Skatepark in Surrey was the place to be on the 30th of April. The first stop of this year’s UK Vert Series went off with skaters from all over the UK and Europe flocking to the infamous ramp in the Coldstream Guards’ disused chapel to compete at the fourth edition of Sunday Service.   This year’s event saw 49 skaters across four categories partake in the competition as well as a brand-new format for the series: two 30 second runs for qualifiers and three 30 second runs followed by a ten-minute jam with the top five tricks from each skater added to their best run score for the finals. These sh...

Jim has been a part of the UK Vert Scene for a while now. We thought we'd catch up with him for a chat about the UK Vert Series, the Olympics and plenty more for Issue 1...   Photo: Stu Bennett. Kickflip Fs Air   Hey Jim, can you tell us a bit about your background and how you first got into skateboarding?   I started skating when I was about 12 it was never particularly serious when I first got into it. I used to skate with my friends at the skatepark in Birmingham and then I saw some people skating vert which was like Sean Goff, Jim the Skin and that group and was fascinated by that. All my friends at school stopped skating and I carried on skating on my own and that’s been my life pretty much the last 20 years. How do you balance your time between your teaching career and skateboarding? I don’t think I’ll be able to do if I did anything else but pretty much all I do is I teach then I go skating. So I will leave school about 5:00 PM, I’m normally home by about 6:00 PM and the...