The official site for the Hidden Skatepark - Nowhere.
The park has been closed for at least 5 years now. It has been forgotten...
The old website expired in 2001, there will be pictures or other media available here soon.
Watch this space.
posted by Bluemonkey77 at 8:30 AM
Here is a slideshow!
http://www.bluemonkey77.co.uk/myspace.html
posted by Bluemonkey77 at 8:44 PM
I've finished the Menu, and the pages have been laid down. Sorry about the contact form, it needs changing so the link is wrong at the mo'
My son's christening this weekend so no pic's this weekend. Expect the pages to be complete in a week or so.
Nowhere to skate? Try www.sk8m8.com THE UK's Skatepark Search database.
My email: Will(at)nowheresk8.com
Park Pictures, will be up soon. I will be embedding some video's i have hosted on MySpace in the Video page. Video's filmed at Nowhere Skatepark.
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www.UKSKATE.com
I don't get paid for these links I know from First hand experience. The Skatepark search is extensive and is as easy as entering the name of your hometown. It features descriptions and rating, complete with Photo's for many of the Parks. If you have a digital camera/Phone camera then YOU can help too. All the Skatepark Pictures are uploaded by users of the Site. Check skateparks in your area and if your local has no pics, you could help out by uploading your pictures to the site. I'm already doing the Cheltenham Area. UKSKATE has been established since the time of the first Nowheresk8.com before 2000. They have many members spanning the rolling community. The Shop is top notch. I recently bought a new pair of skates for £80 including delivery, they arrived next day! They are awesome.
Will
OriginalBlueMonkey
posted by Bluemonkey77 at 8:40 AM
I have uploaded some pictures showing the skatepark during it's last clean. Also i've uploaded a video from the same day. We haven't got much footage, but hopefully that should change soon. Anyone who knows of a link i should have - contact me and i'll put it up.
The contact form is going to be fixed next.
will
posted by Bluemonkey77 at 11:01 AM
Off to Nowhere today to read the gas meter.
I'll take the opportunity to take some new pic's and check everything over.
will
posted by Bluemonkey77 at 11:24 AM
Well, i got there and the Key didn't work? I then remembered that there is no gas meter. The Electric meter read 14500. Which is funny as the electric people are trying to say it reads 54000 from their estimate.
Anyway, i now have more keys... just hope i can get in to take these pictures.
I'll try again after work.
Will
posted by Bluemonkey77 at 1:14 PM
I am going to be brief as the system just wiped my post for no reason.
Here i am in my skates with the new broom, purchased to clean out the park of it's crap. Leaves, Cobwebs, bird crap, wierd sugary seed stuff, plants growing through cracks, general dust and snails (?) all had to go. This was also the first time a broom has stood up to this test and not broken.
link to the pictures (edited**)
As you can see here, the Ramps are considerably cleaner than before, the surfaces are still smooth and the copings are still fast. The main reason i am cleaning it up now, is summer doesn't last forever. When it's raining i intend to be putting the park to good use. After all -it won't be there forever.
more in next post-
posted by Bluemonkey77 at 2:04 PM
Having swept the topdecks, i started sweeping the carpetted area by the stereo. This flung up so much dust in to the air i had to go sweep on the other side of the park. After that was done came the hard part. The ramp surfaces - first scrubbing the transitions, starting at the top, working down and back. Soon there were large piles of crap in the middle of the ramps. I then swept it all off the edges. Next time i go down there i'll scoop the piles and chuck 'em in black bags. The difference is large. No slipping, smoother throughout, one thing i couldn't sort was the bird crap though -it stains.
posted by Bluemonkey77 at 2:21 PM
Went up to the park on Sunday. I've put some pictures from the day on the images page of the main site. They are not that good but then i'm not that good. My mate was still putting down alley-oop fishbrains like he does. I also retook the pic's of the park as they look dirty. Unfortunately the Pictures all came out really dark?! So i'll have to try again this week sometime. Mobile phones take ages to take the picture after you press the button. We had to take the picture when you drop in on the other side of the ramp to get the trick
at all.
Will
posted by Bluemonkey77 at 11:49 AM
I have been playing around with a Helmet Camera. It's totally wireless and records AVI to a memory card.
Unfortunately it's too dark inside Nowhere to film with it, so i'll be taking it with me to other parks around the country. I will display the footage under a new section entitled Outdoor. (coming soon)
will
posted by Bluemonkey77 at 3:20 PM
I have added a Local Section where i will put all the pictures and video from the surrounding areas (not in Nowhere). For now i have put two pages - Gloucester and Pittville skatepark improvements. Also coming soon to this section of the site, The new Montpellier skatepark which is being built in Cheltenham. As soon as all the work is done i will put the pictures up on this site.
Pittville 23rd September:
SkateJam at Pittville, the guys from GBH have said the park will be complete, Bikes, Boards and Boots are invited. They want to see as many people as possible. I have to work until 1:00pm on Saturday so i'll be along later on.
NowhereJam date???
We are planning the first NowhereJam in 5 years.
More details to follow...
posted by Bluemonkey77 at 8:22 AM
NowhereJam 1/10/06
first nowhereJam section up and running. No menu link yet but will be soon. until then you can reach that page by following the link below.
(edited**) Sorry!Link no longer available (edited**)
We hope to do many more in the future. Here is one of the clips below.
(edited**) Sorry!Link no longer available (edited**)
Keep rolling >>>> www.nowheresk8.com
posted by Bluemonkey77 at 9:08 AM
The site has seen some changes to the menu and the organisation of pages.
The Local section has been replaced by two categories
'Other Parks' is for footage from other skateparks both indoor and outdoor,
pages are listed by location and date of the event.
'Outdoor' will be for Street footage as and when it is filmed. For now it contains a direct link to last time
i went down to pittville skatepark.
In other News i've been asked if i can submit some footage to GBH ramps the company responsible for improving our skatepark in Pittville. I hope they can use it as my camera work is crappy
posted by Bluemonkey77 at 6:38 PM
The 15th October NowhereJam section is complete.
All Video's embedded in page at www.nowheresk8.com/jam_060915.html Check it out!
If you wish to add the video to your Myspace....
.....go to www.myspace.com/bluemonkey77 and select view video's.
all videos now at www.youtube.com/obmhost
That is all...
posted by Bluemonkey77 at 10:32 PM
Here is the latest video from last weekend (22 October 2006)
NowhereJam 061022
(edited**) Sorry!Link no longer available (edited**)
Hopefully one day i might get a better camera but for now i have to use my phone!!
posted by Bluemonkey77 at 10:14 AM
Ahhh November - It stops raining for long enough to skate because it's freeeezing!
Wait for the Ice that's what i say. But still the Park is in one piece for now, so if it starts snowing again like last year i know where i'm going.
Planning to go to Motion Skatepark in Bristol (the old SK8 & Ride).
Also planning a Massive tour of outdoor parks in my area (south-ish) near cheltenham.
Also want to check out Redditch - it looks pretty cool and i've never been there.
The Massive outdoor Tour will include most of the following Skateparks:
Cinderford
Jsk8 - Draycott
Newnham on Severn
Saul Mini - Saul
King George V playing fields - Nailsworth
Whitminster skatepark - Whitminster
Bussage skatepark - Bussage
I will be going to catalogue what ramps are there, take photo's and report the condition of any known
Ramps/structures in the Skateparks. Of course i will skate the Ramps too, but that goes without saying.
Depending on Rain/Dry conditions - Motion (bristol) or Redditch - soon!!
Tonight - Street in Cheltenham Town Centre
-or-
Skate Nowhere if wet...
posted by Bluemonkey77 at 2:42 PM
So i have restarted the GifProject - I will compile a large catalogue of GIF animations (old school heh) which people can download and use as Avatars on Forums or in Blogs and transfer to your mobile phone for use as a background or screensaver.
At first it will be hosted at gifproject.nowheresk8.com, moving to it's own domain as soon as there is enough content to warrant that.
(edited**) Sorry!Link no longer available (edited**)
example above:-
watch this space
posted by Bluemonkey77 at 4:51 PM
NEW FEATURE _-_-_-_-_
The GifProject --- I have now created nearly 20 animations, many more to follow....
They are currently linked to on the GifProject page of Nowheresk8.com so check them out.
posted by Bluemonkey77 at 2:44 PM
So now the Gifproject has proven it's worth, The trick directory is a reality.
Coming soon, every basic grind air and spin in Gif format with description and stills to show the difference between each move.
watch this space.
posted by Bluemonkey77 at 12:07 PM
Trip to bristol
Went to Motion in bristol 9/12/2006
(edited**) Sorry!Link no longer available (edited**)
There will be a new section on this site showing links to video's from the day. They have moved all the ramps around since my last visit about 4 years ago. The Vert has been cut down and moved closer together also the spine now has a selection of wallrides added to the end backing onto the vert. There is also a foam pit which you can fly into if you so wish.
All in all it was well worth the visit. The next trip planned will be Newport in Wales. Date to be announced.
posted by Bluemonkey77 at 8:45 AM
Here is the latest video. Cut together 3 month's of Cameraphone footage and you get this Video.
(edited**) Sorry!Link no longer available (edited**)
posted by Bluemonkey77 at 4:17 PM
My new Camera arrived so hopefully in future we should have some better video's on the site. A few changes will be made to the Site over the next week or so.
Planned features are:
More outdoor Content
More Video from other parks (indoor/outdoor)
New Nowherejam Video
Forum
Video Playlist
Trick video-directory (in .Gif aswell)
A T-shirt (from coldspam)
New pictures for the Images section.
posted by Bluemonkey77 at 3:01 PM
It looks like the response to the Edit i made was bad. Damn.
But then i am following the path to become better at making/producing Video. I have since bought decent software and a better camera is on it's way to me. So hopefully soon there will be a better edit on the site. The trouble is.... there are not that many locations you can film this time of year. The plan is to tour as many outdoor parks as possible. I'm not really that interested in filming street, the competition is well established and the name are known. I want to see unknown locals at unknown Skateparks doing their best.
Aggressive skating DVD's are commonly centered around Street skating as to other inliners it is possible to understand the difficulty in landing the harder tricks.
However to beginners and others who are new to skating as an extreme sport will not appreciate the achievement of such moves. This is why i want to film skateparks, as there are so many and outdoor means there should be more going on.
The random Footage was an experiment i didn't even have any it was taken from my phone as a test. In future it would be properly filmed either in skateparks or on the way to skateparks.
Through contributing to Sk8m8.com i have learned the locations of some nice outdoor and indoor skatepark around these parts. With a proper budget and allocated time i could venture further afield to even more great skateparks.
watch this space.
Labels: edit, inline, nowheresk8, rollerblading, skatepark, skating
posted by Bluemonkey77 at 4:41 PM
The site continues to improve with more areas sure to expand in coming month's.
The GifProject page has been changed to show the trick names and the person doing that trick. The Video page has a quicklink to a new short clip with the old video page linked.
The Images page is now page 2 with new images displayed on the first page you see.
The new nowhereJam has been uploaded with the new video here:
http://www.nowheresk8.com/jam_070118.html
(The new camera i got isn't that good indoor, but at least it is sharper than the camera phone i had been using.)
The first Trictionary video is up for testing purposes. This trick video has expanded since i first uploaded it. The aim is to display every skating trick in several mediums, Animation, Still photography and Video.
The Bails and Slamms section is on it's way, The first video is coming soon...
There is NO street on the site yet.
The forum is up and running, you can find links to all the old video's on Myspace in a list on the forum, also links to my other sites and video that aren't skating related. To leave me a message just register it's quick and free.
The contact Form is up and running, so it's easy to contact me.
posted by Bluemonkey77 at 10:12 AM
All the footage i had taken recently is crap. The camera focus has broke. Woe is me.
So as i save up my hard earned dollar for a full wack camera, there will be few new skate releases on Youtube.
Alex sent me a few mini edits he has made but i'll host them on Myspace, linking to the site.
more updates soon
oh... and my hand isn't broke anymore!
posted by Bluemonkey77 at 2:14 PM
i've broken my hand in 3 places.
what a nipple i am
posted by Bluemonkey77 at 4:54 PM
have sony dcr miniDV camcorder. its really good!
and i found a 37mm wide angle lens in my shed!! hahaha
so all i have to do now is crack getting the film off the damn thing and i'm rolling....
i'll announce once i've figured it out.
Labels: wideangle minidv mini sony camcorder 37mm film
posted by Bluemonkey77 at 4:49 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lE-wP2l1ziw
Just a 1 minute section from the videos i shot and put together over the weekend.
May 13 2007
www.nowheresk8.com
www.youtube.com/obmhost
the bail tape is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Xg1jRE0zMI
I made the mini edit from clips i used to make the below videos.
the sections of our regulars :
Alex Wild : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duS2lSTFPow
Me (OBMhost) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlQeBcupBUk
Matt then Mike : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKU3X29IGC0
will
posted by Bluemonkey77 at 3:13 PM