Skate don’t Hibernate – a Ben Grove production

Coming as he does from a generation of skaters first launched into the national consciousness by indoor park events of yesteryear, Ben Grove knows only too well the cultural importance of skate comps and so, as he felt the kind of chaos he grew up enjoying was missing from his local scene, he only went and organised his own event, didn’t he?

Skate don’t Hibernate had a simple message: it’s December, the weather sucks, so come to Manchester and have a laugh and whilst you’re laughing, you’ll probably bag yourselves some free stuff.

Beast Rampz in Manchester is a massive indoor park currently feeding the winter needs of the nation and so with Grove at the helm they opened their doors to a huge crowd of locals and visitors alike who stormed the place and kicked off the winter blues with a brace of chaotic best-trick-jams that spanned the park’s many obstacles and generated almost enough heat to stop anyone dying of hypothermia.

Grove would like to thank the following people for their invaluable assistance: Cannabis Energy Drink, Levi’s skateboarding, RAW, Baker, Deathwish, Shake Junt, Zukie, Emerica, A Third Foot, Smuggling Duds, NOTE, Slugger Dist, Beast Rampz, Bob Sanderson, Amelia and Mark ‘Bez’ Berry.

Here’s some of what happened…

Photos by Chris Johnson