Useless Wooden Noise

 Uwn Ep 19 Welcome along to our first pod of 2022, Unfortunately we are starting the podcast off with some sad news, the passing of Bruce ‘The Ox’ Kelliher, afew tributes have been circulating the internet, aswell as a ‘gofundme’ to help Bruce’s family and a ‘Bogginzine’ shop with profits going to Bruces family. By now you probably know there was a massive launch party for the third issue of ‘Goblin Skate Mag’ in December, aswell as the mag itself, the night hosted a shed load of Irish Skate Videos, ‘Strays 2’ by Uwn’s own Ryan O’Neile, Killing Time Skateboards ‘Timeless’, Nah Skateboards ‘About Time’ and all the entires from the ‘Rose of the streets’ comp from slightly earlier in the year. After you’ve finished watching that lot afew other Irish Vids worth a watch, ‘Beyond the Pale’ by Stu Callen, ‘Lore, A Kerry Skateboarding Video’ by Reallife08 and ‘Stuck In Limerick’ by TNT Media. UwnQ this episode is with a couple of the stars of ‘Strays 2’, Limerick legend and owner of ‘Quay’ Ska

 Episode 18 Its that time again, the lads are back, with another hot episode. Things get started by chatting about a couple of local edit releases, Soloelo Skate shop in Belfast, released their video,  ' Rise' , with a slight nod to the old Point Seven 5ive video with the style of music used. Next up was the launch of Cian Eades new company ' Quay Skate Co ', along with their edit ' Lough ', the team consists of, Cian Eades, Ross Doyle and Killian Fitzpatrick. The Craic skate crew in Cork dropped their ' For The Culture ' edit, they organised an impromptu Jam on Culture night and whipped out the trusty jump ramp. The 4th Issue of Skateboarders Companion has been launched, with a full interview with Derrys own, Dee Collins and a couple of Irish folk in the gallery section. Cavan Concrete Surfing have an online comp with a chance to win over €200 worth of skate gear. Fawk Yeah 's new board graphic FWIY should be hitting the shelves of your local s

 Episode 17 The UwnSolelo Comp is still up and running and will be announced very soon, you still have a little bit of time to get those feel good clips tagged up on instagram. As we talked about last month, our forum is now launched uselesswoodennoise.com , check it out! The good skate folk of Portrush are campaigning to get themselves a skatepark, sign the petition and help the north coast out, its well overdue! TicTac Skate Schoo l headed by Bangor local, Jared Purvis, is holding skate lessons for beginners, check out his socials and get your wee brother or sister hooked up.  Useless Wooden questions this month brings you film maker extrodinaire, hailing from Bray but living in Malmo Sweden, Phil Evans and skater, animator, content creator, manny mania slayer, Paddy Maguir e our mucker from Belfast.  Ssick skateboards have some new wheels on the market and since recording also some longsleeves also. Half of the Uwn duo, Tony Moore has teamed up with Donegal local Ed Boyle to b

  Episode 16 Episode 16 is upon us folks, but first we'd like to thank all the listeners for the positive feedback for episode 15 , the chat with MYMY and Womens Aid NI , was greatly received. The episode starts with a load of Useless Wooden Noise related stuff. Uselesswoodennoise.com now hosts a web forum, we hope you can all join us over there to chat and share tales of Irish skateboarding. The money for the Uwn enamel pin badges has been totalled up and donated to The Larder Foodbank in Belfast, together, we managed to raise a grand total of £354, thanks everyone who bought a pin. Back again with another comp, with a chance to win £100 worth of gear out of Solelo, Listen to the pod to find out how to enter and win. Useless wooden question this month with our man from Waterford, Ian Grant aka Flanders and Olivia Lillie, a new breed of skaters and one of the masterminds behind norfsideskates and Belfast Skate Collective. Jamie Griffin has been announced as a competitor for Ba

Episode 15       Cheers for all the nice messages about episode 14 ! Jay Dords tales of yore went down a treat.   This episode of the pod starts off on a serious note, following recent events within the scene,  we thought we would speak to a couple of people who work within the counseling and victim support field, Sonya mcMullen from Womens Aid N I and Ray Cunningham who helps run Mymy a mental health organisation in Co Down. Other links that may be helpful, with mental health issues,  Relate NI , Nexus NI , Rainbow Project and Cara Friend   Useless Wooden Questions this episode, bring you, nice guy, Ross Doyle , straight outta Cork City and Boarder Co front man and Dublin legend, Wayne Gallagher .   Skate Parks are popping up all over the place, A site has been allocated in the Castlebar area for a park, we havent much on this but we'll keep you posted. Twenty minutes outside of Limerick in Moroe another new park, check Mark Longs Insta to see it. Kilkenny park is finished and

 Episode 14 Already a month in to 2021, episode 14 , the first pod of the year! First up starting the show with a couple of shout outs, Paul McConnel l has been taking a few online yoga classes via zoom and is trying to adapt a few yoga style stretches for over the hill skateboarders, to try to help you not feel sore or damage your old legs. Jess Bryne from Dublin got herself a slot on Ten Skateboards , a Berlin based company, stoked for you Jess. Beach Skateboards have themselves some new hoodies  and this clip on their homepage, showing the team skating all sides of the globe. Killing time coming through with new hoodies also, you can check the hoodies out over on their instagram. Sick Skateboards have a range of different coloured beanies just about to drop on their website, hit the lads with a insta dm for more info. Uwn is proud to announce their first bit of merch in the form of these lovely little pin badges , pins are available via insta dm's or email uselesswoodennoi