Sam Pulley – Taildrop.

Those with a keen eye for seven-ply history might recognise this slab wonder from the pages of Skateboard! Magazine back in 1990, when the legendary Chuck Dinkins randomly found himself in Jersey and returned home with an epic photo of a layback carve on the thing.

This ‘Dinkins Bank’ was the first spot we went to after the Sunday morning demo; Sam did a few cannonball’s into the bank first then talked himself into committing to this taildrop first try.

“Oh don’t fucking think now, it’s not the time to do that…just fucking send it…”

Luka Pinto – Switch tailslide.

You know Luka; he’s been killing it on his skateboard for years. He’s probably filmed a section in your town without you even knowing about it, skating spots you walk past every day and never even give a second thought to. Unfortunately he’s been on the injury bench for a while now with a dodgy knee so he’s been mainly keeping things local in Jersey, documenting any and all skateboarding that happens to be taking place whilst occasionally getting a roll in himself, when his body allows. He chose his moments wisely to skate whilst we were over, putting the camera down for just long enough at this rugged ledge to bank spot in order to treat the thing to a perfect switch tailslide, obviously coming into the bank switch for those bonus steez points.

Nicky Howells – Backside Smith.

The skatepark in St Helier is long overdue a facelift; as you’ll know if you pay attention to Instagram or any of the regular edits that find their way out of Jersey, this thing has been given some serious hammering over the years, and the tired and weathered existing setup is more than deserving of a much needed concrete overhaul. Still, for the sake of the Sunday morning demo and getting the collective crews legs going, it served us well; almost everyone stacked clips, and the strong gathering of locals joined in to keep the session going for a good couple of hours. The Hammerhouse was firmly in the mix from start to finish and kept charging at this backside smith grind until Leo finally managed to snap one in which no one else was in the shot. No mean feat for a packed out Sunday morning skatepark session, as I’m sure you can imagine.

Luckily Fosters can cure RSI. Or so I’m told anyway…

Dave Snaddon – Gap to frontside noseblunt.

DC OG Dave Snaddon may be working behind the scenes a bit more these days, but he certainly still handles his own when it comes to chucking his plank about. This gap to noseblunt went down at the end of the Question Mark session, and at the end of day in which Snadz had shot two solid photos and banged out some crowd pleasers at the demo. He’s never been afraid of putting the graft in and I don’t think that’s going to be changing any time soon either.

Nicky Howells – Backside 180 nosegrind.

Nicky really put in the work for this one; sometimes he would get into a front nose, sometimes the ledge would stop him dead, sometimes he would come off the grind early and miss the top of the bank…after sailing away from the one where everything seemed to align, Leo dragged a bin across the carpark, declared he’d found the perfect angle for the trick and asked him to do it again. Good work Nicky, it might have been a mission but all the effort was more than worth it.

Dave Snaddon – Backside tailslide.

For years Nicky has enjoyed calling Snadz ‘The Sloppy Giuseppe’ but there’s nothing sloppy about this one, I’m sure you’ll agree. Locked in mid-session backside tailslide.

Dylan Hughes – Backside 5050.

Dylan’s first outing to Jersey was far from a smooth one. Having overindulged on the first night and finding himself embroiled in an altercation with a St Helier bouncer who the locals ensured us was a grade A knobhead, Dylan spent the majority of the second day chasing off a demobilising hangover. The final thing on the agenda for our day was a game of SKATE with the locals at Watersplash, though as we were about to leave town to drive to the coast, Snaddon stumbled upon this wallflower and set about trying to frontside 5050 the thing. Dylan’s hangover reduced itself to a level which actually allowed him to stand on his skateboard, and it wasn’t long before he was grinding his way through the backside equivalent to Snadz’ aborted trick. The floor that made up the landing out was near enough cobbled so riding away from anything on this thing smoothly was pretty much out of the question. After a few attempts that threw Dylan straight into the ground, he managed to cling onto one of them, rolling away with his feet at some bizarre angles but riding away nonetheless. All things considered, the fact that this 5050 went down is nothing short of miraculous.

A massive thanks to Eddie Da Rocha, Luka Pinto, Dylan Powell, Dillon Catney, Matty Noble and the rest of the Jersey locals for generally hooking it up and being all round legends. See you guys again soon!