BIG DAY AT THE PARK

It was summer when I last blogged. Now it's winter and there's snow on the ground.



I feel that I should have some explanation as to why I haven't posted anything for six months. Unfortunately, I don't have any clear reasons for not blogging. It just happened. I know that's a pretty disappointing analysis of the situation but any further exploration might result in pages of boring nonsense. So I'll leave it at that.

Summer was amazing! And very,very busy. We had nearly a thousand people every month passing through our gates. Projekts ran a Summer Skate School for beginner skaters from the local area. Sean Lomax and Jake Winstanley were the resident coaches. Click here to see the video.

In September, Projekts organised a Weekend in the City, possibly the most successful competition we've ever run. The idea, based on the famous Snickers Day in the City competition, involves teams of no more than five skaters (including cameraman) filming a skate video in a Bank Holiday weekend then editing the video in the following week. The films were judged on originality, style and production.

The quality of the films was so high that Projekts decided to add it to their, soon to be released (we hope), team video. The winning team included Sean Lomax (filming), Jake Winstanley, Mark Kendrick, Nick Stansfield and Chris Barrett. And if you'd like to see this superb short film click on the blue bits.


There's a BIG DAY AT THE PARK, skate event coming up on 10th February at 12pm. As some of you will know, Projekts is trying desperately to get an extension to the Pump Cage. The extension will cost in the region of £200,000 and we have a limited number of sources to apply to for that amount of money. The Youth Capital Fund is one of those sources. We currently have a team of young people in the process of making a video to show the Youth Capital Fund exactly how much we need the park extension. If we can show them that the Pump Cage is far too small to accommodate all, or even a reasonable proportion, of Manchester's skate scene then they are much more likely to give us the funding we need.

This is where you come in. We need every skater in Manchester to meet up under the Mancunian Way at the same time on 10th February at 12pm so we can all be filmed in one place. So come down and don't forget to bring your skateboard! Also, TELL EVERY SKATER YOU KNOW!!!!!