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UK Skateboarding - Skates, Communities and Competitions

The UK skateboarding association is dedicated to providing a centralised system that skaters, skateboarding businesses as well as councils can utilize to help in improving the game, its status as an alternative sport and the events associated with it.

Author: Jessica Thomson
Date: Sep 7, 2009 - 12:44:58 AM

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Skateboarding is a big phenomenon in UK. Almost every child in UK has skateboarded once in the first 5-6 years of their lives. The <a href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/">UK skateboarding</a> community is large and the skate boarding association is a strong entity.

Let us see what makes UK, the hub of skateboarders as well as skateboarding competitions.

Skateboarding is tough, rugged and rules the world of alternative sports.

UK Skateboards Manufacturers

There are a number of UK based skateboard manufactures that have gained prominence in the past decade. These people are single-handedly responsible for taking the game of skateboarding to the international level.

UK Skating Association

The UK skateboarding association is dedicated to providing a centralised system that skaters, skateboarding businesses as well as councils can utilize to help in improving the game, its status as an alternative sport and the events associated with it.

Hop online to visit their website. You will find news and updates on an array of events that are happening or are going to happen in the near future. You can visit the UK skateboarding forum and share your views about the sport, events as well as equipment.

UK Skateboarding Competitions

Competitions and sporting events are an integral part of any game and help in keeping the spirit of the game alive. So is the case with skateboarding. A number of competitions are held all year round with the conventional yearly skateboarding challenges that involve a huge amount of price money.

Free style, Street and Vert skateboarding are three of the major competitions held in UK but the one that features big price money is Vert Skating.

Most UK Skateboarding competitions have three rounds. Scoring is based on a number on factors such as height, rotations, difficulty, variations as well as combinations and the events are judged by a panel of judges who take into account, all the above mentioned factors.

Judgements may be based on the performance in all the three rounds or just the last two rounds.

Some famous Skating competitions include:

1.    X Games: This is the world's largest skating competition. The cash price involved is huge and only the finest of skaters think of appearing for it.
2.    World Cup Skateboarding: Events for this are held all over the world. You will need to go online and check for details.  
3.    Urban Games: Touted to be UKs' best street sports competition, The Urban Games attracts world class skate boarders from all countries. Alternatively, it also features break dancing as well as BMX dirt biking.
4.    The King of Street: As the largest UK skateboarding competition, The King of Street is open to skaters of all age groups.

Go online to the associations' homepage to get info on recent competitions!

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