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Skateboarding Stuff in St Albans, Hertfordshire*

St Albans, Hertfordshire Skateboard Shops, Skateparks, Skate Ramps, Waxed Curbs, Rails, Where to Buy Decks, Parts, Shoes

Skateboarding Spots

• Oaklands College: Stair sets, flat bank. (Watch out 4 security weekends are the best time to go) Station: Flat banks, ledges' smooth surfaces. Civic centre: Just been refurbished. Stairs, flat bank, boxes. Pioneer: Opening times-www.originalskaters.com Victoria Rd: Stairs and flat banks scattered around. Maltings loading bay: ONLY GO FROM 5:30 ON SUNDAY or you will get kicked out and the cops WILL come. You don't even get a warning from the people.
• Pioneer Skatepark good ramps In and out door.No Pikkies or chavs to trouble u like at Watford also hot foods like burgers an potnoodels
• in St.Albans Pioneer was the spot! haven't been down since it re-opened, used to sk8 the metal mini outside early saturday and sunday mornings, bout 6am! we'd get down there with towels to de-ice and smoke/sk8 it up! Station carpark & jersey ramps were good as well... there were some ok kerbs near jersey ramp! alban arena was not bad/ not that good though.... some nice hills for some downhills sh*t!
• Check out the Pioneer Skatepark, Heathlands Drive
• At Homebase in the industrial park - As a guy mentioned before it's got really smooth surfaces and sweet ledges. While not that high, they are the perfect material to grind and ride. There is also a bike ramp over at one side with concrete ramps down the side. The top is like a smooth kicker or you can just ride it as a flatbank. Unfortunately the concrete slopes down the side have stones stuck in them so you can't ride, but there is a good enough sideways runup to trick down on to the bicycle ramp without hitting the other side. Just a word of caution though, sometimes at night strange people turn up in a white van and start riding mini-motos around the car park.
• Pioneer Skatepark Heathlands Drive St Albans Oldest indoor skatepark with good burgers and also ramps
• Pioneer Skatepark is still open daily for sk8ing sk8boarding and the best burgers in the world (almost). on Heathlands Drive off Harpenden Road A1081 Phone 01727850741 for info or see pics on www.riotsquad.com
• Oysterfields skatepark next to the old hospital but its bollocks -worst park layout ever - go to the pioneer instead
• Pioneer but its weak, for street might as well roll on to Milton Keynes, or jump a train to southbank
• Aboyne Lodge school, got sum sick little ledge with sum sik benches to lay down them!!
• Civic and Pioneer. But St.Albans is quite chavvie these days.
• Home Base - this place has got a smooth surface with raised pavements that are godd for ollieing up/off and grinding on. plus they got these trolleys with a flat surface that u can use for sumthing.
• The loading bay for the maltings! super spafe ledge low to uber high and a super cool 4 1/2ish foot drop with a lovely long run up. mind you only skate there on a sunday after 5 30 or theyll kick you out by speakerphone! HErETic 2.0-coming soon!
• the pioneer vmost prob or jus an ordinary street some mans jus drop tricks outside the civic centre barclays bank
• Station car park. Alll the way, Rodney flipping the top ramp on the cover of Sidewalk made me proud to skate there.
• Always see skateboarders outside St.Albans train station, not sure why.
• Coming soon to an skatepark near you (thats if you live in St Albans).It 32 foot long you can skate on it.More info from 01727850741... Girls Skateboard Comp at Pioneer skatepark Heathlands Drive,St Albans Sunday 4th April 2004 12noon-5pm. Prizes too.Anyone who is not a girl will have to a not bring a board b have to check their board at the door before they go in. c have a sex change operation before they come.
• Pioneer Skatepark opening times are Sat and Sun 12-5 All cost £3 Mondays Inliners only 7-10pm £2 Tuesdays and Fridays All 7-10pm £2 Wednesday 7.30-10.30pm Sk8boarders only £2 Thursdays 6-8 Beginners only £2 Thursdays 8-10 All £2 Sundays (and alternate Saturdays) 10-12 Rodney Clarke's Skate School (£5)
• The pioneer skatepark is quite a good spot but thats only if you like people watching you ( don't ride in front of people they go mad ). Its betta if you just rent it out its like £25 a hour but if all your m8s chip in it don't cost that much.
• errr the fuckers corner where all the prostotutes go it on the dge of town and it has a huge 2-10 set of stairs with marbel run up pure heavan
• Oaklands collge in town, Mapel banks are sick. St. Albans St stevens has a huge grass gap wich i have seen Ian duncan and jason have. The 8 at marks and spencer which jason recently kikfliped
• Clarence Park
• francis bacon school round back there's a halfpipe, has no coping and a chain in the middle but its pretty sick and the fence has been bent so its easy to get to. but don't spend too long-eyes all around! pioneer skate park just reopend
• The Station Roof. Once I saw Ginger Skatey Tom, who is one of the legendary St. Albans Skaters, and his big baggy trousers were ripped all the way down one leg. Apparently they'd been skating on the station roof, and he'd taken the skating equivelant of "one toke over the line" and gone flying off the station roof. I'm amazed he only ripped his trousers, and not his spleen or something.
• Pioneer Skatepark now open again after being closed for nearly 2 years.Mondays 7-10pm Inliners and Quads.Wednesdays 7.30-10.30 Skateboarders.Tues,Thurs Fridays 7-10 Skateboarders and Inliners.Sat,Sun 12-5 Skateboarders and Inliners.Cost £2 Weekdays and £3 Weekends. Helmets must be worn.Some available for hire at £1.Skatepark can be rented on Saturdays from 5Pm for £25per hour. Canteen with Hot Food usually open Mon,Wed,Fre and Weekend Sessions.More Info phone 01727 850741
• pioneer soon to re open
• The ramps in jersey farm are no longer (and haven't been for time) but they were wicked. It was a whole mind experience.
• The bandstand, clarence park! Prepare yourself for gang warfare! Skaties vs Geekies vs Townies vs Old People on Bowling Green
• Hey kids. Dont's skate....smoke!
• LORETO GIRLS SCHOOL has some really cool skater chix in yr ten nxt year oh oh oh im one thats y all known fit skater boys report there at luch times we will give ur you missions ;p
• Safeway carpark, got lots of curbs and a really waxed up ledge, great for beginers as it is secluded and great for pro's who wanna stretch their legs. Also 2 new skate parks comin' soon, one near cottonmill and the other in Francis bacon school.
• THE PIONEER IS BEING REDONE INSIDE BY RODNEY & CO. 19/04/01 P.S. THE OLD JERSEY FARM RAMP AINT BEHIND THE PIONEER NO MORE.
• you forgot to mention the only decent in-door skate park in heartsfordshire (which has been there only 10 years) The pioneer in st albans off the harpenden rd. i am suprised you have not got this in your guide despite it being nationaly covered by skate press for its yearly competition!
• Try and sneak into St Columba's Collage and skate round there. It has everything a pro or a beginner wants - stairs, benches, some downhill places and nobody cares if you skate there (but try and skate there at the week ends or the evenings)
• IN KINGS LANGLEY THERE IS A GREAT SPOT JUST OUTSIDE THE LIBERY
• If you like Grinding, then down Hatfield Road there is the Ky Tung skate park, where you can play at the grind technique all day long.. The guy who started it all was called Ky, and it is rumoured he made up the grind technique...
• I like to grind on the railings outisde number 18. I am the best at the GRIND TECHNQUE!
• The Alban Arena loads and loads of step there and loads to grind Christopher Place car park double sided curbs the lot Camp Road thats quite good but you'll probably get moaned at the houses are higher than the street so the have mini concrete flatbanks at the front of every house and of cource the pioneer the best place in town Mondays-Inlines Quads Wednesday-Skateboarders!! and Fridays football and other sports
• the curb outside the policemans house is great, he bad he bad to the bone, mad mad maenntal boy!
• churchill rd has just been resurfaced and the kids have already waxed the curbs. go slide down this hill and check out the railings at no. 18. slick.
• The roof of verulam school
• St.Albans is near Hemel Hempstead which is good.
• Jersey farm mini ramps: Rareunit mini-mini. Their first elbow.- check that they're still up.
• Station car park - blocks on driveways, smooth 2nd level. Civic centre - very good, steps, blocks and nice tramps.
• Pioneer Club: Indoor street course with hip, quarterpipes, wall-ride etc. Tuesday 7-9, Sunday 9-1, 2-5, Friday 8-11pm. Under 12s only on Thursdays (?). £2 per year plus 50p per session. Also midi ramp outside for dry days. Safety gear required. Phone St Albans (01727) 50741 for up to date information. Venue for notorious street competitions.

Skateboard Shops

• Conspiracy London Road
• conspiracy is ok.... but it IS NOT THE NEW CLARKES SKATES! clarkes was a true classic.... they were pioneers... conspiracy is just another sk8 shop like any other! i remember slapping griptape onto a new board there in bout '86... happy memories... wish i could go back in time and buy all the boards hanging from the ceiling... big respect to clarkes skates!
• There is no where in the worls like Conspiracy in London Road
• Conspiracy
• If your looking for one of the best snowboard stores around, goto Conspiracy skateboard and snowboard shops in St Albans. Such a good choice of top brands at good prices. www.conspiracysnowboards.com
• Yeah i agree with the last post, Conspiracy is a real good store, the staff are always friendly & helpful. Last time i went in, i was so desperate for new bearings as i had just destroyed 2 of mine at the pioneer....anyway, even though i was a few pounds short, they still gave me a new set! The guys in there obviously know what its like to NEED to skate on summer day... Cheers guys. Visit you local store, become a local, make new friends.....skate hard.
• Conspiracy has got to be the best skate & snowboard shop around... Those old comments from people saying they are over priced are so old and need to be updated! If you find something cheaper anywhere else they will beat the price! We should support our independent shops before they disappear... The chain stores are the rip off merchants, like route one! open your eyes and try something fresh, go to Conspiracy!
• conspiracy on london road is the only option
• there is a good shop down victoria street just past dominoes pizza sells skate board stuff and ski stuff etc
• Conspiracy the coolest place EVER. free stickers!
• Cponspiracy
• I used to like clarkes, when it was down by the old flea infested odeon. They were really cool in there and had nuff retro oldschool skate tees and shoes. I got my favourite ever tee there, its a purple Lance mountain t-shirt with little yellow figures bouncing all the wy round, bit small now! Anyway, I don't
• Clarks is now called CONSPIRACY
• Conspiracy,London Road St Albans
• conpiracy (rip of) better of going to watford
• Conspiracy on london road.
• Just saying, If you read below they say "clarkes skates" on london road. Clarkes has now changed their name to "Conspiracy" which, if you ask me, is alot better! The prices are a bit off, but it's the only good place in St.Albans. Oh yeah, Hi Zig, Joe, Joe, Sam, Austin, Stephan and anyone else who knows me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• Coral press will sell you cool hoverboards like those seen in Back to the future. If they say they don't have any in stock, don't take their word for it..just jump up and down in the air screaming 'I wish i was michael j fox' until they bow down to you...they call this an initiation test...welcome to the future
• conspiracy is the best. staff are friendly and happy 2 help. girls and boys clothing, surf and skate. boards r kosher
• conspiracy, the only decent one!
• Morry Ryan's in Hatfield Road has a quite lame selection, as they seem to sell Skateboard stuff, but also building equipment. The same goes for Buttles.. they have quite a selection (Gordon is the resident expert.. you may spot him hiding round the back amongst those big bags of stuff). Again, lots of building equipment.. St. Albans is possibly the only place where you can pick up a skateboard and a pallet full of bricks in the Same Shop!
• conspiracy kicks ass a bit
• conspiracy has a good stuff but not enough t-shirts in large.
• -Conspiracy! The only skate shop in St Albans, pretty good but waay overpriced
• conspiracy skate shop, used to be clarks skates
• Coral Press is still the main skateboard shop for those who wish to avoid the chinese Custard Torture, but Jill has left, so Clare is the resident skateboard expert. However, if skateboard tips, lessons, second hand goods and oral pleasure are your key, then put your right shoes on, and go to Chuckie's house. He is the man. Apparently he's into porn too.
• The Three Hammers near Chiswell Green passes itself off as a Skateboard shop, but it's really a pub! Many young skate-clad teens like Oscar and Chris Ennis and Fildo make the hour long pilgimage to The Three Hammers, only to be turned away by Tommy Boy (of 'wheels of steel' fame) who used to work there. One kid knocked some glass out of a window, and their barmaid asked some strange kids about their novel in progress. She was hot. Yeah.
• Conspiracy on London road
• Coral Press, in Hatfield Road, is the only place in st. Albans that you can get a decent skateboard without fear of the chinese guys and their custard pipe. You can buy all sorts of Skateboards from there, plus Skateboard tools, and Scented Ring Binders, box files, jiffy bags and other items of Stationery. Jill is the Skateboard Expert, and she'll gladly demonstrate any skateboard for you, or tell you about the ins and outs of skateboarding in St. Albans
• Coral Press on Hatfield Road is the best for Skateboards in the whole town.. they have a wide selection, and the staff are always helpful, especially Jill.. They don't tend to keep them on display though, but if you ask her to show you the Skateboard selection, you're sure to get a pleasing reaction. They also sell all sorts of other things, including Scented Ring Binders! They actually organise the "Coral Press Open Air Festival", which takes place every year on the Coral Press Roof, a great community event that involves the whole of Hatfield Road. The theme this year is "Monsters of Rock - In Drag!" Go to www.coraldigital.co.uk for more information.
• go to coral press in hatfield rd. a large range of good quality skateboards for bargain prices
• These real cool cats called Pepsi and Max run one in Midway. It's always fun to look around, and Pepsi is great. But Max is really nasty.
• There was a decent one but it closed and opened as a crappy snowboardy type shop selling there own crap.
• The skate park in St Albans also is great for young men
• Last time I went into a skating shop, I passed out, and these chinese guys had a tube up my ass and were filling me with custard. I'd advise the one on London Road, I think it's called Obsolete. The one with the chinese guys was Demanufacture.
• CONSPIRACY the best shop in town they sell everything for skateboarders
• Don't skate down to no.18.. the railings are great, but my little son Danny cracked his head open on one of them. Poor kid.
• Well I would say clarkes but they sell about 5 pairs of skates and people need to travel into London if they are serious about skateboarding/ hockey/ agressive.
• Clarks Skates on London Road has a good range of kit and friendly staff too.
• clarkes skates. canberra house london rd. great shop, est.1977 (must be one of the longest running skate shops in london)
• DO NOT buy from Clarkes. They charge rip off prices. If you want selection, goto Skate attack in Kentish town (the biggest in the country) if you want to get stuff for a third of the price, use the net and order it from the us. or even better go through the channel tunnel and get them from the massive sports shoip in citie europe
• Clarkes SK8s in London Road. Well cool: always has the latest gear in and sells old stuff cheap.

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