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Also, check out this photo of Wildcat in fancy dress from last Saturday’s Boyley Jam - this could have been his first or eighth attempt of sending himself out of the soon-to-be-defunct Hastings skatepark. Thanks to Ant from Seventies for the sweet pic (click to enlarge)

Wildcat exiting the Boyley Jam

This Years Boyley Jam will be held on Saturday the 21st of August!!! As always this is going to a blast and will be held on both the existing wooden ramps and the new concrete set up. See the poster below for more info.

A small group of local BMXers have been riding the new concrete park and causing permanent damage to the concrete which is not yet set. Concrete takes a few weeks to set hard and then lasts for decades so by jumping the fence and riding it now it is ruining things for everyone. So far several sections have had to be relaid which has put the opening back by a couple of weeks and cost thousands of pounds which will come out of the budget for the huge new phase 2 plaza which should be built next summer. Please be patient and stop ruining it for everyone.

To make matters worse, one of the key players in making this skatepark happen (and our own bowl when we built it) has been getting abuse from a small group of riders (who know you you are) which is almost too ridiculous to believe. A lot of people have put hundreds of hours of their own time in to finally getting a new park and they must be shown some respect. We can’t believe this is happening and it’s got to stop or else these people will be named and shamed and will made to look like idiots for wrecking the opportunity for Hastings to have the best skatepark in the UK when phase 2 is completed next year. If it continues, phase 2 will simply not happen.

Sorry for the rant but what’s happening is frustrating for everyone involved and it’s got to be sorted out.

The New concrete Skatepark in Hastings is now under construction. Work on Phase 1 (the bowl) has started and should be finished in around 5 weeks with Phase 2 (The plaza) due to commence shortly after when more funding is finalized. You can check out the final designs below and we will keep you posted with some more work in progress snaps when we have some. Enjoy.

After years of campaigning by Hastings locals and lots of hard work by a few key riders/skaters, Hastings is finally getting a new concrete skatepark.

It’s going to built in two phases with the park below (phase 1) completed by June 2010. It’s in roughly the same location as the existing skatepark at Fallaise Road so the haggard wooden one is being knocked down once the new park is finished. The second phase will hopefully be built in 2012 and has already been designed as a full-on plaza attached to the bowls.

Amazing!

Phil, Dan and street Adam have this edit together from riding around Hastings. These guys are up the park every day so it’s good seeing them out on the streets and putting it all together in an edit. They have got some moves, they just need to thrutch there i-pods!

Posted by Wildcat 27/11

The new Hastings “Boyley” Skatepark has been moving forward a little lately with the date set for construction sometime around March 2010. The funding for this is coming from all sorts of places a few of which require youth involvement, So if you would like to get involved with the discussions and you are between the ages of 8-18 years and live in the Hastings area then drop us an email here.

Also one for all of us; there is a questionnaire over on the Hastings Gov website asking us all what we would like in the new skatepark - It only takes a minute to fill out - so get yourself over there by clicking here.

This happened a little quicker than we all expected: check this statement from the Council found in the local news pages somewhere - boom!!

At least £165,000 has been earmarked to create a new state of the art skate park for the town’s young people. Some £50,000 from the Government Play Pathfinder scheme, allocated by East Sussex County Council, and £100,000 previously pledged by Hastings Borough Council and set aside until additional funding could be found. The budget also includes a generous donation of £15,000 from the Boyley Trust Fund, who have organised numerous fund raising events over the past 7 years.
Councillor Peter Finch, lead member for Community Well-being, said, “This is something we have wanted to do for some time. The young people have been very patient, and now with funding behind us, we are keen to make their aspirations reality.”
“The present wooden ramps are costly to maintain and wood is not the ideal material in the long term. They were built seven years ago and are in constant need of repair. We will probably be looking at a concrete replacement, which the users of the park have expressed is their preferred material; it also costs less to look after and will last for many more years. The location will be close to the existing facility within White Rock Gardens.”
“We are fortunate to have such an established and vibrant skate park community who will be involved throughout this development process. We will be starting the consultation process for the project in the next six weeks and I will ensure that the proactive young people of Hastings and St. Leonards will be at the centre of the design and development. The new skate park will be dedicated to the memory of Richard ‘Boyley’ Ball who was a popular local BMXer who helped design our current skate park. We can all look forward to seeing a busy, modern skate park

Local old skate ripper Joe Sandland has a petition up on-line to help our local Skatepark get a face lift, there is a video below for the councilors to get act together, so go and put your name on the list here

If you want to see the video in better quality other than poo tube you can check it out on Mpora