Thank you for taking the time to have a look at our website.

UPDATE 17th January 2010:

Did you hear that the Stamford Town Council (STC) have now taken back control of Stamford's Recreation Ground?? Well, they have. 'Why is this good news for Stamford Skatepark?' I hear you ask. Well, we have almost unanimous backing from STC to rebuild your skatepark on the Rec. This means that VERY soon we should finally have written permission to build which in turn means we can start applying for the big grants that will get us to our target. Woo hoooooo!

HISTORY:

For years & years & years Stamford has had a skatepark. First, in the 80's & 90's there was Skells Skates down by the cattlemarket, then from '03 to '08 the wooden ramps on the Rec (see video clip above). The Rec ramps were taken down in May '08 because they had reached the end of the shelf life from being out in all weathers & from being so well used. Now the young people of Stamford have almost no free-to-use, open access sporting facilities at all. (In fact all I can think of is the basket/football courts on the rec.)

Clearly this is not a good situation for a town with over 20,000 inhabitants, so a small group of volunteers are trying to raise enough money (£200.000+ in fact) to build a new, world-class, concrete bowl skatepark that will put Stamford well and truly on the skate and BMX map.
£200k is obviously a lot of money to have to raise and it ain't gonna happen overnight. That said, we're a good few grand in already after just one year of fundraising (over £50 grand, in fact) but we still need your help. PLEASE.

So, don't just sit there complaining that there's nowhere to skate - have a good look at this website & have a think about how you can help us.

For those of you that are wondering why we have chosen to go for a concrete skatepark firstly have a look on the forum page at the animation that our good friends at Maverick Industries have created for us (click link below then click on the 'Vimeo' or 'YouTube' link):

http://www.stamfordskatepark.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=29#p109

If that doesn't convince you (surely it does though, doesn't it?) then please read on:

Listening to the advice from specialist companies, as well as taking on board the opinions of local skaters, bladers and BMXers, when compared to the other materials available - wood, metal or 'skatelite' - concrete is universally recognised as the most suitable material for high quality skateparks for a number of different reasons
• They create much less noise (better for local residents/other users of the rec)
• They provide a much better ride feel, with better flow.
• Modern design techniques mean they can provide more variation to challenge all levels of rider/skater (afterall, we're not just looking to cater for current skaters/BMXers - we want to encourage new people of all ages to the sport)
• They can be landscaped to better blend in with the local environment (eg. much of the 'park will be below the current ground level)
• The maintenance required is almost non existent (meaning our Chairman gets to spend his weekends riding not carrying out repairs).

Thanks for reading all of that! Please enjoy the rest of our website.

If you have any comments/thoughts/observations about the site please do not hesitate to contact us. You can do this either via the aptly named 'contact' page or by posting on our forum.

Thanks.

Date website last updated: 17th January 2010

 Contact Details:

Mobile: Marc on 07739 040 248

Email:  stamfordsk8park@yahoo.co.uk

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