We’ve been offered an amazing opportunity to appear in a new book about skateboarding. It will cover everything from trick tips to the history of skateboarding, as well as items like “a week in a skateboarders life” and “why I got into skateboarding”. Our Rubicon riders and friends will feature in the photos for the [...]
The head of our Skate School was invited to a special lunch with Tony Hawk on the final day of his European Tour. As well as getting to watch the amazing vert demo from Tony and friends, Geoff also got to hang out with the legendary pro, have some food and a bit of a [...]
Rubicon sponsored the 9th St Albans Girls Skate Jam at Pioneer Skatepark which saw skaters descend from all corners of the UK, the Czech Republic, Italy, Poland and Belgium, New Zealand and Australia. Let’s not beat around the bush, this is an awesome long running event (huge props to Jenna) so watch the video below, [...]
The Rubicon Skateboard School continues to provide skateboard lessons to 1000′s of children across the country. Already in 2010 we have worked with over 60 schools and councils to give boys and girls of all ages, the chance to learn to skate and progress in a fun and safe enviornment. A recent activity day at [...]
On the 18th July, teams of 4 shop riders will battle it out in the Vans Shop Riot. This is a great event and you can see the full poster below for details or check out Rubicon’s Skater Owned Shop website too. Get amongst it people!
Rubicon are back sponsoring the 3rd Annual Girls Skate Comp at Relentless NASS and it will be biggest girls event ever in the UK. The Summer is upon us and so is the 3rd Annual Girls Skate Comp “Girlzilla” at Relentless NASS Festival. There’s already some serious buzz building about the comp as there will [...]
Rubicon will be working with Southampton Football Club and the local Community Recreation Ground Trust to help young people in the area get the most from their skatepark facilities. The “Saints in the Community” program will provide coaching sessions on the first Thursday and Friday in June and we’re really excited about this great initiative. [...]
Thanks to Sidewalk Magazine for giving Rubicon a writeup in the latest issue in their Folklore section. Both the skate school and skate camps got a mention and Sidewalk are also sending one of their photographers to the skate camps in the Summer to get a full taste of what they’re all about. Cheers.
Rubicon have been invited to take part in the upcoming “For Boarders By Boarders” event, a fashion culture show in London. Senior instructor Geoff will be connected with one of a few bands and whilst wearing their gear,will be filmed for the show. Check out their facebook or myspace site for more details, or you [...]
Rubicon will be at the UK’s biggest and best free urban and extreme sports youth festival. Not only are we sponsoring the girls skate jam but we’ll also be doing some in the crowd teaching as well as getting involved ourselves in the skating. Get yourself there for the 29th and 20th May and join [...]
Rubicon has been supporting a new Reward Token initiative at Kelsey Park. By donating skateboard products, the school is able to offer recognition and achievement prizes to pupils. Read the full release below: Kelsey Park Sports College values the contribution that every student makes to our community. We view it as a priority to celebrate [...]
The thousands of children we teach each year have always asked for one thing – a place they can buy their first skateboard from – and somewhere to get the extra things like helmets and pads from. Now Rubicon has launched it’s online skate shop filling this exact market. We haven’t aimed to offer a [...]
