Rumour Has It...

Word from our sources on the street has it that Danny Wainwright, he of the world's highest ollie, has just been signed up to the Kr3w team. This is pretty special news if it's true and a bit of a coup for the man from Bristol as he'll be joining luminaries such as Tom Penny, Jim Greco, Chad Muska, Terry Kennedy, and Antwuan Dixon on one of the most exciting teams out there.
Obviously needing a bit of UK flavour to add to the heady mix, we're pretty made up by these rumours, so our fingers are crossed for the official word...

War Of The Roses Is Coming!

Next weekend sees the highly anticipated return of the best skateboarding event on these fair shores: War of the Roses! Held over two days between the Works in Leeds & Ramp City in Blackpool, with the best skaters from all over the UK in attendance, this is certainly not one to be missed! And we're gonna have part of it. Yep, the Route One team will all be making
their ways up north (or down south in Leyden's case!) for both days & I for one can't wait to watch it all go off!
Keep your eyes peeled in the days following as we'll be bringing you first hand reports & photos of what went down plus, to top it all, a video of the weekend's proceedings so those of you that can't make it don't miss out! But for those of you that can, we'll see you there.
Bring on WOTR '09!

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Introducing: Schaeffer McLean

Schaeffer first came to our attention back in August '08 when his mum, Eve, e-mailed Route One with some links to videos of her then 4 yr old son, skating. And wow, can he skate! After absolutely no consideration at all, we got in touch and offered him sponsorship, as his enthusiasm and love for the sport is above and beyond anything we would have expected to see from someone of his age.


Schaeffer is a busy lad, always travelling to skateparks with his Mum, he's been to our warehouse and had a skate with Andy Makepeace, (R1 Team Rider) and also went along to the Jib-Vid event in Bristol, to name just a few things he's been up to over the last 5 months.
The crowning achievement was his trip to the King of the Groms 2008 competition in California, where he became the FIRST EVER UK entrant into the competition!
Click here to read Schaeffer's KOTG tour diary, it's an amazing read.

So we at Route One would like to introduce Schaeffer as an official Route One Team Rider! Watch this space as this kid will get better and better!

War Of the Roses Returns For 2009

The fourth (re-scheduled) installment of WOTR returns next month and will be handily taking place on the last weekend of the February school holidays. Saturday's event is at The Works in Leeds and Sunday's at Rampcity, Blackpool (so as to make it easier for the Scots to get home).

As ever there will be both unsponsored and sponsored/pro categories and the comps will work on a ‘best trick’ basis on various obstacles around both parks.

Hopefully the proposed mini ramp complex at The Works will be finished in time which, along with Simparch bowl and full pipe at Blackpool, should make for an interesting change from the traditionally street orientated vibe of the event.

As always, you know it's gonna be massive, so don't miss out.

Elwood Knockout Jam - Coming Soon

If you're at a loose end this Valentines Day, or really want to treat the lady, make your way to the Central Skatepark in Manchester and check out the Elwood Knockout Jam.
With £500 up for grabs for sponsored riders, plus plenty of free Elwood goodness for the rest of us mere mortals, it's well worth a visit, especially as some of our very own team members will be there, well, the single ones anyway...

Offcuts?! Bring On The Oncuts Then!

The recent Route One trip to Bulgaria is really beginning to bear fruit. The most recent addition to the Bulgarian fruit line-up is a video of offcuts from the upcoming Sidewalk edit (due to drop any time now...)
So if these are the offcuts, then we really can't wait to see what they've left in, as there's some cracking footage in this great compilation.

Check it out now in preparation for the main event.