War Of The Roses 2009 Write Up

As I sit here having barely slept a wink for the past 72 hours, I find myself trying to convey through the medium of the written word, just how things went down at this weekend's War of the Roses event.
Where do I start!? Do I begin with the boring stuff? You know - setting the scene, describing the travel mishaps, bumping into old familiar faces & what-not that you probably don't care for. Do I give a "blow by blow" style account of the weekend's numerous highlights? Or do I just go straight into a fawning essay on just how amazing Ben Raemers actually is!?


You see, that's the problem with trying to write up an event like War of the Roses; Looking back now, the whole weekend seems a big blur. Sure, I filmed a whole host of the best tricks (which can be seen here!) but even that doesn't help me trying to distinguish one amazing second from the next. I know we had our team up here, I know Manhead & Lynskey won themselves a few quid, I know the rest of the team had a fantastic time but I also know that they probably couldn't tell you what went on either!


Basically, we had two days & two parks (The works in Leeds & Blackpool's Ramp City), a shed load of prizes & cash and we had 14 best trick jams held on various obstacles around the two parks over the two days.
The unsponsored comps showed just how ridiculous the level of skating has got to in the UK with random kids landing tricks that seasoned pro's would happily put in video parts.


Then there were the sponsored "comps"... Well all I can say is Ben Raemers is an absolute beast! Now, don't get me wrong: Our Route One lads were killing it, Mike Wright was skating on a whole other level, Kill City's Dave Davies will go down in West Yorkshire folklore for his destruction of the Works driveway rail & the legends that are Andy Scott, Stu Graham & Sean Goff, well, you know what they're capable of, but Ben Raemers, nobody could come close to Ben Raemers. He won cash in all but one of the sponsored events, he took home skater of the day and bundles of cash on BOTH days. He somehow stuck a blunt flip in (first go) in the middle of a line in Blackpool's crazy Simparch bowl & he flew high over Stu Graham in an impromptu doubles routine that brought the house down - He did everything!


You see, that's my problem - sooooooo much stuff happened, so many names became etched on our collective tongues, so many new friends were made. I could write for hours but whatever I wrote would not do justice to experiencing first hand the joys of being at War of the Roses. What I'm trying to say is - YOU HAVE TO BE THERE! in 2010. There are no excuses - YOU HAVE TO BE THERE! Then maybe you'll understand why I've had such a hard time trying to write this for you now!

War of the Roses 2009 - F***ing amazing. I'll see you there next year!

Alex Winstanley.

War Of The Roses 2009 Footage

Unless you've been living in a cave for the last couple of weeks, you'll know that it was the annual War Of The Roses competiton last weekend. Featuring the cream of the UK's skating talent in two cracking venues, this years event was, by all accounts, one to remember.

Our man on the ground has just sent back his edits for the two days and as you'll see, they're stuffed with some awesome tricks, some eye-watering bails and of course a plethora of Route One Riders. Check 'em out below.


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We Have A Winner!

Give it everyone, up for Kris Green, Route One's most recent big winner! Kris has just won our Alkaline Trio compo in Rock Sound Magazine, and is the proud new owner of a pair of limited edition Nike 6.0 Air Zoom Cush (the Alkaline Trio collaboration ones in case you were wondering!)

As you can see, Kris looks well made up and we're made up that he is, so well done Kris. If you fancy getting your hands on some free goodness, check out our amazing competition page, you've gotta be in it to win it!

Also check out Kris' band on MySpace, it's well worth a look/listen.

War Of The Roses Is Coming!

Next weekend sees the highly anticipated return of the best skateboarding event on these fair shores: War of the Roses! Held over two days between the Works in Leeds & Ramp City in Blackpool, with the best skaters from all over the UK in attendance, this is certainly not one to be missed! And we're gonna have part of it. Yep, the Route One team will all be making
their ways up north (or down south in Leyden's case!) for both days & I for one can't wait to watch it all go off!
Keep your eyes peeled in the days following as we'll be bringing you first hand reports & photos of what went down plus, to top it all, a video of the weekend's proceedings so those of you that can't make it don't miss out! But for those of you that can, we'll see you there.
Bring on WOTR '09!

The Volcom Girl Anti-Valentine Party

On Saturday 14th February, Volcom Girl will host an Anti-Valentine Party in Moho Live, Manchester.

In true Volcom style, expect anything and everything including... Volcom Girl goodie bags, Red Royal Sapphire and Black Tennessee Tea cocktails, Chocolate Dipped Cherries, Black Magic cupcakes, Horror films and DJ Tiny Riot

This is a free event and starts at 9pm - just mention Volcom on the door.
Get there early and they might even shout you a few drinks!

A Day In The Life: Erik Ellington, Part 2

All in a days work eh Erik?

NASS '09 - N*E*R*D To Headline!

Like an unstoppable force, rumbling forever onwards, NASS is back for 2009 and looks to be bigger and better than ever before. Returning to the majestic Royal Bath And West Showground on the 10-12th July, this is gonna be a NASS to remember!
Just announced as headliners are N*E*R*D, bringing a bit of much needed hip-hop sparkle to proceedings. This alone will be enough for many people to snap up tickets, but whack that in the mixer with the usual skate, inline, BMX, MX and free running shenanigans and you have got yourself one serious festival.
For more information, head to the official site here.

A Day In The Life: Erik Ellington

Check out this 'day in the life of' video of Erik Ellington doing his thang in the Kr3w and Supra offices. Makes you sick doesn't it? Nice guy, nice job, nice other job, nice car and nice new shoe, where the hell did we all go wrong? EE's got it sorted!

Supra Gets Presidential Approval

Supra are the kings of celebrity endorsements and as you can see below, Jay-Z is rocking them once more, this time at the recent Obama Inauguration concert, giving them some serious exposure. You can hardly miss them though...

Mr Z is wearing a sweet pair of Vaiders and if you fancy following in his footsteps, then keep an eye on the site as we've got a serious amount of them coming in the next few days, in every colour we could get our hands on!

Next time you see a Supra-celebrity post here, fingers crossed it'll be Barack H. Obama himself looking fly in a pair!