W.T.F!!!
Got a text from Bob at 6pm “Full 4 star team at the ramp. One Hour.”
Due to the washout at Stoke there were a few hours to kill on the way to London, and so we got a visitation.
It’s so sick to see the ramp getting a seeing to by these guys. If you were lucky enough to witness this [it’s happening right now] then prepare to relate the tale for years to come, and if you weren’t, the footage will be on here soon…..I’m off back to the ramp…

Sad times are afoot. The man like Phil ‘Fo’ Shore is heading home to Canada after spending 3 years in our locale, adding his Canuck charm and sunshine to our lives. Going to sorry to see this fella leave us but to make sure his exit is a good one we are going to hold a little party at the ramp.
Put the 19/6/09 in your diary as an evening of shralp and ‘sodas’ to celebrate our pal Phil and his going to home to Canadia….

Just in the process of securing the Theatre space so we can do a premiere for the new Zoo York DVD release State Of Mind….We will be holding it on Wednesday the 17th of June at 6pm, which coincides with the ramp being open late too. Tickets cost £2 and will be available at the store from Saturday. Hope to see you there for some straight up Gotham shralp…...

......it would be well worth your while to pay a visit to Stoke Plaza to witness what will be one of the biggest skate events of the year in this country. 4 Star have got [almost] the full team in attendance and that alone is worth the trip.

The First installment of the A3F tour headed out from Ideal today. The boys are headed to Leeds to skate and hook up with Doug and watch Dougs band The Gentlemens Pistols play tonight. Going to be good times…check here for locations and dates.

And, as ever, we have a lot of new gear in stock, including new Slave / Mystery / Zero boards and new release Nike SB Dunk Mids and Zoom Tres. Check the store for details.

Stoked to spot our Jack Edwards up on the Motive Skateboards website with a few nice photos to represent what he’s about. Go take a look.

Plus we got a load of new stock in, including a bunch of sick Independent items and the new Blind Video. Take a look at the online store for details.

.......to be with your friends and appreciate all the good things that you have got. Go skate for Richie and give thanks for the good times.

It’s Sunday, It’s quiet, but the ramp is open and getting some use. Dale dropped by and let me know that he posted up a little flick of him skating the facility on Youtube. Take a look here.

Well, after about 4 years worth of petitioning and customer sanctioned collection boxes it has finally happened. Ideal has gone flat.
Finally!

Greg Herbert approved.

Looks like the Baileys have had it hard over the weekend….During Sunday we got a visit from Neil, who was stopping by to hook up with J.Vile and have a skate on the ramp. While I was mashing up a mug of black he smacked out a casual fs/kf on said ramp for the first time and it was a banger..Then Ollie turns up all beat up from a hill bomb gone wrong and covered in yesterdays blood, resulting in some eye rolling from big brother. Then Neil goes out skating the streets and proceeds to wreck his ankle on a bankle. Dammit!
You guys been annoying any gypsies of late?
Ideal wishes the both of you the speediest of recoveries….

It’s a beautiful day in downtown Birmingham…The store has been super busy and folks been dropping through from out of town which is always a pleasure. The dynamic duo from the’grove have been sessioning our bench out in the sun and i managed to take a passable shot of Phil’Fo’Shore..

We just got the new Sidewalk in store. for those of you that don’t have a subscription you should drop in and snag a copy….We’re stoked that the review of LeCam is within and it’s super positive…..Good job!