The Skateboard GB UK National Championships continue- almost singlehandedly these days, it seems- a decades-old British skateboarding tradition of get-togethers which have included everything from the Smell Of Death jam through War Of The Roses, Crossfire jams, Livi Fun Day’s, Pioneer Club comps, Liverpool’s Night Of The Living Dead and so-on.

Photos: Garry Jones/ Skateboard GB

Clapped-out hatchbacks continue to traverse the nation’s motorways in search of adventure and community of the skateboarding kind to this day, although thankfully due to skateboarding’s evolution those vehicles now more often contain girls and parents as well.

Warrington’s Ramp 1 Skatepark was the venue for this year’s UK Street National Championship last weekend.

Situated roughly midway between the skateboardingly-significant cities of Manchester and Liverpool, the park was nicely-refurbed for the occasion courtesy of sponsors Subway which, as if it needs to be pointed out, is a rare example of commercial investment into the maintenance and upgrade of existing facilities in the UK today. Real talk.

So come they did, from Scotland and Wales to the south coast- 47 entrants in total, many with families in tow, and some for their first-ever experience of a skateboarding contest at which people from across this sceptred isle turn up to bust out.

And bust out they did, also:

With Saturday seeing both Practice and a Best Trick jam, spectators were trested to everything from unexpectedly old-school power moves like Jowan Joyce Richards’ pressure flip down the stairs to Corey Roper’s hectic flat rail combo of feeble to 50-50 to backside bigspin out.

Sunday was a brisk Finals day which saw the current Olympic contest format of 3 (45-second) Runs and 3 Best Trick attempts, the highest-scoring of each of which combine to create a composite score of a theoretical maximum of 200.

Nottingham’s Miriam Nelson romp home 20 points ahead of the pack with an awesome combined score of 157 to take the Women’s crown for a second time (2022 saw her do likewise) ahead of Sheffield’s Phoebe Mottram in second and Scotland’s recent Under-17 winner Sophie Ellis in a best-ever third.

Men’s saw the untouchable Joe Hinson out-gnar all comers once again to retain his crown- but only narrowly (by just over a single point), ahead of a back-to-his-best Alex Decunha in second and Joshua Mayson pipping big-flipping Karim Keita for third.

To bring it back to what we said about Skateboard GB doing their utmost to bring their events around the UK to offer the opportunity to pit skills against peers across Britain- we should also point out that the respectable prize money dished out in the shape of giant cheques is something that you just don’t see elsewhere in the UK these days, regardless of sneaker drops and collabogeddon happening on a seemingly weekly basis in these cash-strapped times.

So we at World Skate would like to take the time here to thank everybody involved in the 2025 National Championship both at Ramp 1 in Warrington and in Cornwall last month for Park.

Judges, entrants, park staff, volunteers, parents-everyone.

A new national skateboarding event scene is emerging out of what remains of an older one , and the energy it is bringing forth is there for all to see.

That is to be appplauded- so well done, and be proud.

Women’s Street

1. Miriam Nelson
2. Phoebe Mottram
3. Sophie Ellis

Men’s Street

1. Joe Hinson
2. Alex deCunha
3. Josh Mayson