Shannon Francis, new stunt scooter vids...

Yeay for Shannon, who is getting to be an awesome stunt scooter rider & who is also epic at videoing her antics!







And this is Shannon's friend, Curtis Vandries:




It's so nice to see Shannon & her friends developing as stunt scooter riders & trying new stuff - keep up the good work guys, you're a real inspiration! :0)

Shannon Francis, sponsored skater...

A lovely celebration vid by Shannon, our awesome stunt-scooter rider, on account of her being so popular on Facebook that she now has 1000 "likes"... go girl!

SMB Skate crew update

Aaron Skippings has just updated his own blog & has been keeping us entertained with his downhill skating antics & general Facebook musings on life's important issues, like whether a Sherbert Dip Dab explosion, the aftermath of which was witnessed by his unsuspecting parents, could lead to an accidental drugs charge...

Maria (aka Spoky Woky) of 'Team for Ride' fame has just sent us the designs for her new downhill skating leathers & we are proud as punch to be displayed on her thigh... :0)

 

And here are some amazing images from her year so far...

Tony Leard & Doug Brown have been working on some publicity materials for us:

We are hoping to get some posters made up for the guys to use, especially as Doug tours extensively for his Skate Straight programme.

Shannon Francis has been busy too,

the Bristol stunt scooter rider has picked up a heap of new sponsors & still finds time to practise her second passion - video edits of her adventures...



I am sure that there's lots more to tell you, but that's all I can think of right now!

Happy weekend everyone :0)

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SMB Skate Crew update...

SMB Bearings is proud to sponsor an AMAZING bunch of riders & we are delighted to bring you some of their latest news:

Welcome to John Griffiths, UK downhill skateboarder:

John will be travelling to Europe this year to race Kozakov and Insul on the IGSA European tour and hopes to do well. John says "I have been riding downhill for three years now and have competed successfully on an national and international level, heres a list of my results so far:

3rd - Festival longboarderz in portugal
1st - Marignar outlaw
1st - Bo peep outlaw
2nd - Sheepy outlaw
3rd - Bo peep crash & burn "

We look forward to following John's progress closely :0)



New videos from our Bristol crew - Shannon Francis, stunt scooter rider:



& Schaeffer Mclean, 7 year-old skateboarder:



Aaron Skippings has just announced a new blog, so that we can all keep up with his exploits... check it out here


Gravity sports "Team for Ride" won out at last weekend's Familia Challenge in France - Marie stole the show for the ladies, bagging 1st place

And buttboarding we have Fabien at the front & Thibaut bringing up the rear in their race at the Familia...

Tony Leard, US skateboarder & awesome graphic designer, has been a real treat for us - proactive, helpful & talented, he's produced some great graphics to support the SMB Skate Crew & here are the results so far:

Thanks to you all - we are so pleased (& a little bit awed) to be represented by such a talented bunch of riders!

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Stunt-scooter riding, meet a star of the future...

Gone are the days that scooters were the poor relations to skateboards, they are now seriously competing in stunts, tricks, turns & flips at skateparks across the UK.  Let us introduce to you a very talented lady - please meet Shannon Francis from Bristol, already picked as a hot new star in the world of stunt-scooter/trick scooter riding in the UK.  Shannon has only been riding for 18 months but already shows serious skills, as well as bags of enthusiasm!

See her latest vid here:

You rock Shannon!  Thanks for sharing your pics & vids with us :0)

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