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We are very proud to announce that we won our second “Skatepark of the Year” Award for 2013. After the success of winning the UKRA Skatepark of the Year in October we have also picked up the Ride UK 2013 Reader Awards “Skatepark of the Year” award!! We are super hyped on winning this award and will display it proudly in the skatepark.
It would not be possible for us to win these awards without the continued support from our loyal users. We continue to do what we do for you guys and will endeavour to continue improving our skatepark for as long as humainly possible. We would like to thank everyone that voted for us to win this prestigious award and the guys at Ride UK for doing a great job documenting the BMX scene.
We would like to thank everyone that voted for us to WIN UKRA Skatepark of the year 2013. This is the 4th time we have won this highly competitive award and we are very thankful that you the public chose Rampworx as your winner for 2013. We have invested a lot of money into the skatepark this year to help keep our project going and it’s great to be noticed for doing so.
Previously we have won this award in 2009, 2010, 2011 and now 2013! However, don’t expect us to be slowing down anytime soon, we still have lots of plans for the future 😉
Razors Pro rider Dre Powell is a legend in the Blading industry. He is one of sickest street riders you could wish to session with! Dre has visited Rampworx many times over the years, you most likely saw him killing it at Laced back in February. When Dre is jet setting around the world competing in every contest you could think of, his headwear of choice, a Rampworx Snap Back!!
We have just released 10 new items to our headwear collection which you can check out here.
Jenna Downing is a Rampworx local and also a World Champion Inline Skater and 10 x British Champion. She recently appeared on a brand new Sky Sports TV show called Game Changers which is focused around getting young people involved into new sports such as Inline Skating.
Jenna visits a bunch of schools every week as part of the Sky Sports Living for Sport programme encouraging young people to get active and strap on a pair of skates. If you are interested in learning to skate you can check out Jenna’s Skill Sheet on the Game Changers Website
Make sure you watch Jenna’s interview on the Sky Sports website here.
Corey Martinez, Nathan Williams and Geoff Slattery Brought the Brands Together to Create United Colors of Etnies.
Through their collective group of progressive riders, Corey Martinez, Nathan Williams and Geoff Slattery, etnies and United Bike Company joined forces to create an entire line of footwear, apparel and bikes together. The collection mixes in primary colors that tie the apparel’s bright graphics with the footwear’s bright pops of color in the contrast stitching to the spokes of the bikes wheels. This collaboration, with the brands’ riders, comprises the United Colors of Etnies.
Make sure you pick up your Etnies from the Rampworx Shop!
Ambitious designs for a £6m indoor skatepark and sporting village in Wirral have been revealed by the Liverpool Echo.
Rampworx has submitted plans to the council for a 5,600 sq m complex on 1.3 hectares of land off Valley Road, Bidston, that would create up to 35 jobs as well as volunteer opportunities.
The charity and social enterprise, which works with young people to provide sporting and learning opportunities, already has a skatepark in Aintree catering for around 1,300 people a week.
Rampworx has been working with Liverpool firm ABW architects on the plans and has now released artist’s impressions of how the state-of-the-art development would look.
As well as the skatepark, it incorporates a climbing wall, workshop and office space, cafe, business start-up units, a music rehearsal room, dance studio and parking.
The complex would also cater for other sports including futsal, gymnastics, roller derby, trampolining and handball.
Work on the Bidston project began in 2007 and the charity has now applied to secure planning approval for the Rampworx Youth Village Wirral development, which will allow the charity to apply for grant funding for the scheme.
Tony Berry, Rampworx development manager, said: “It will be a flagship building for extreme sports, drawing in top-level athletes from all over the world. It’s multi-use and there’s social and educational aspects too. It’s family-based, not just for kids on BMXs and scooters and would be a sporting village for the whole area.
“We’ve had backing from the community, councillors including Bidston Cllr Harry Smith and MPs Frank Field and Angela Eagle. It’s taken six years to get to this point, it’s an excellent idea but that’s all it is at the moment.
“It’s now going to planning and if we get approval we can start looking at applying for funding from the likes of Sport England and the lottery and try to make it a reality.”
Documents lodged with the plans include a feasibility study setting out the need for the facility following a public consultation.
Source: Liverpool Echo
March is going to be a great month for Wirral Whipiteres Roller Derby Team!!
Not only is it their 2nd Birthday next month, but they have two fab events coming up!
On Saturday 16th March, they have an open bout taking place at Leasowe Recreation Centre and you can all come along to watch!! (Event page and times TBC)
If you then love what you see and want to get involved, they have a Meet & Greet scheduled for the following Thursday evening for you to come and take steps towards the best thing you will ever do with your life!
Check out the Meet & Greet event here, and like our page, tagged above to keep up to date on the details for our Open Birthday Bout!
Rampworx is pleased to report that it was nominated and, subsequently won the Merseyside Social Enterprise of the Year Award.
This is a prestigious award that recognises organisations like ours who provide a really good service to the area. It is thanks to the dedication and the hard work of the whole Rampworx team that we have managed to win this Award.
Most of all its you guys who come through our doors week in and week out and keep our skatepark open and make it what it is and we would like to say a big thank you to you all!
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