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 Episode 13 The end of year episode of Irelands premier skateboard podcast. Thanks again to all the good folk who helped the pod throughout the year, this is all done for the love of the game! So without you all it wouldn't be possible.  Kicking things off talking about Killing Time Skateboards new zip up jumpers, check the Killing Time Website to snag yourself one. Nah have added to their 'Rain or Shine' series, with an in colour rain or shine deck , theres also tee's and another deck graphic in the series, peep it all at the Nah online store . Paro Gentlemens Club have some 'Grand Theft Auto' inspired T-shirts on their insta, with a sick Paro GTA add  to promote the gear. Sek One an Irish brand with their roots in graffiti have launched their first board graphic 'Elephant on Acid'  , stay tuned to their social media to see what they are up to.  Hoods Belfast headed by the creative mind of Johnathan 'Bonkers' McConkey are hitting the Merc...

  Episode 12 Its the One Year Birthday show, Whoop Whoop! With a special intro, from none other than Beagle of Baker and Shake Junt fame. The birthday ep sees a new original theme song for the show, Peter Brien blessed us with the new theme and a couple of music beds for our question segments. Check out Petes band camp for more bangers. Belfasts, Katie Ellis  snagged herself a flow spot on Swedish board brand kaleidoscope skateboards , kaleidoscope ran a comp asking to see some clips on instagram, they spied Katie and the rest is history. In Episode 11 the lads chatted about ' Skum king of the units Jam' in Longford being hosted by the Cavan Concrete Surfing squad, unfortunately because of lockdown restrictions the jam had to be rescheduled, keep an eye on their Instagram for the new date. Drogheda Skaters had an online comp called 'Show me what you got' entrants had to post their clips to insta and tag the the page for a chance to win an 8.25 Route One deck, shou...

Episode 11 Greetings from Podland! This month sees the beginning of a new segment on the pod, "Useless Wooden Questions" Where the lads ask two listeners or friends of the pod to answer nine questions about themselves and Irish Skateboarding, this time its with Christian Hunter out of Belfast and Tom O'Brien from Cork who lives in Galway. Because of Ryan and Tony's unpredictable schedule and the pod not always being recorded at the same time every month a couple of events got missed out, In Belfast Jonny McConkey organised a jam at the new Belfast hot spot, but unfortunately they had to retreat to bridges, due to shite weather. In Galway a Girl Skate Day and all ability and gender event was organised on the 26th September, they to had to retreat to the skatepark but not because of the weather because of the fecking Police. New park news, Carlow is now home to a brand spanking new skatepark  and soon to follow, Kilkenny's park is under construction, keep an eye ...

 Episode 10 The Boys Are Back In Town!! After a brief hiatus the lads are back with a banger. Kicking off with the usual call backs to last episodes malarkey. The Basement Skate Shop in Derry is open AF! get your asses over to,  173 Spencer Rd, Londonderry BT47 6AH, they share a space with the BareKnuckle Barbershop, so get yourself a fresh cut and a new setup!     Ballyfermot Skatepark is in full swing, aswell as the never ending ledge talked about in ep 9 , the park also has a head height bowl and gnarly spine, click here for Brian C shredding it up . Paddy Maguires been pumping out some quality comedy material over the internet lately, have a watch of his Belfast version of Big L's 'Ebonics'  and flick it over to ' Thats Entertainment' Eps 1 . News, Fawk Yeah Skateboards have launched a load of Fanny packs out in to the wild and held a little comp to help get the word out there. Goblin Skate Mag  put the shout out for submissions to a special edition...

Episode 9 Products!, Boarder Co's 'Design a deck' competition winning board graphic s are now available on the Boarder Co Website , The lads at Cloud Skateboards  have re-up on some of their classic board graphics, hit them on the insta's  to get a peep. The ladies behind Skatebirds have released a couple of new bits, they got a long sleeve and a comfort T that you can check out over on their website . Highrollers Skateshop doors are now open again! need new gear? check their site or if youre in the Dublin area, pop in to the shop and say hello. Some Northern Ireland Skateshop news, a new Derry based shop called 'The Basement Skate Shop'  is in the process of opening, below Bareknuckle Barbers in the city centre, if you are in the Derry area, hit the shop up to say hello or get a fresh stick. Media Chat, Craig Dodds photographer extraordinaire has given his website craigdoddsphoto.com a makeover, give that link button a hit to see a mix of old and new skate ...

Episode 8 Our second episode recorded during lockdown, we hope you can forgive the sound quality issues as we are winging it a tad. Recording over skype, we aren't quite achieving the buttery sound quality that we know you are used to. First up is product news, Killingtime Skateboards have a couple of new pieces available on their website, the squad fired out this little edit on insta , rocking the new gear. Fawk Yeah Skateboards have teamed up with 'Hephee' a Dublin based Designer and illustrator and knocked out this beauty of a new board graphic , with €5 of each board sale being donated to Pieta House . Wireless Skateboards have a reissue of their Robot graphic and a couple of other bits, check their Insta for the goods. Boarder Co Skateboards ran a comp to design a skateboard graphic and have come up with 2 winning  illustrations by @fullsyez  and @zootghost . Edits and Media! Craic Skateboarding banged out this edit called ' how to skate and play with fr...

Episode 7 Due to this bloody pandemic thats going on, the pod is slightly different this week, with most emphasis on listeners questions. Aswell as the questions there were a few edits released recently, Michael Dean and a squad from  Newry area hit Barcelona, in this edit 'We're still rolling... Barcelona Skateboarding 2020' , possibly the last crew from Ireland to get a Barce trip in before the lockdown. Next up a lil edit all filmed around Cork city by TNT Media  called ' South Of The Boarder'  featuring all your favourite Cork rippers. Patio Skate Co  have managed to get their hands on a load of old vx tapes, with footy from one of the Comps at Woodworx Skatepark in Cork (rip), Its simply titled '2003'  with footy from Wayne G, Jonny Mulgrew, Jer Evans, Conhuir Lynn and a load of other Irish legends. Last up a throw back to an old episode, we chatted about Ross Doyles  part filmed and edited by Banbridge Legend Mr Craig Dodds  called Ross D...