Official governing body for
Skateboarding in Scotland
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About Us
Skateboard Scotland is a fully constituted body, and we're not for profit – any money we make is put directly back into benefiting the Scottish skateboarding scene.
Ali Menzies, Chairman
Ali is 30'ish and has been skating constantly since 1988. He is currently a Assistant Pricing Manager for a corporate bank. Fairly dull but does pay the bills. He is married to Beki and has three kids which keep him busy. He can be found skating Livi or the OT two or three times a week with his son Kieran. He also spends a lot of time trying to organise events such as War of the Thistles for Skateboard Scotland.
Beki Menzies, Secretary
Gave up being a skate widow and took up the "if you can't beat them, join them" policy! I'm much happier on 8 wheels than four, but love being the secretary for Skateboard Scotland. My sport of choice is Roller Derby and I am the Vice Captain for the Auld Reekie Roller Girls. To bring the pennies in, I work as a nurse in a clinical neurology department. Basically, looking after folk with head and spine injuries or diseases. I also love going back to wee places that we have ran a comp in the past and seeing twice as many kids on a board. It's a nice sense of achievement and makes it all worth while! Check out more about me at www.myspace.com/pnkrckgal.
Rick Curran, Vice Secretary
Rick is 36 and started skateboarding after watching 'Future Primitive' in 1985. Rick has been actively involved in skateboarding since then and helped design and build The Factory skateparks that have been built in Dundee since the late 80's. His main skatespot is the concrete park in Dudhope Park (Check out www.dundeeconcrete.com). Rick's day job is running his own digital media company. He's married to Annie and has two daughters, Natalie and Gabriella.
Alex Smith, Treasurer
Alex is 28 and her involvement in skateboarding is so far limited to being an avid spectator, although she is keen to get her three year old daughter skating before the fear sinks in. As a qualified accountant, Alex takes care of the finances, merchandising and general admin, as well as trying to drum up as many female members as possible.
Sam Paterson, Vice Treasurer
Sam started skating in Glasgow in 1987, a Church regular and worked in Clan for 2 years. Moved to Edinburgh to study and then work - still here with a while in between in Ireland. Been trying to get Edinburgh Council to build a skatepark since 2001 and still on the case - determined to see it before I'm 40.
Sean Mcabe, Entertainment Manager
Sean's been skating off and on since 1976 (mostly falling off), been involved in trying to get a skatepark built in edinburgh way back in 1989 and setting up the first ESP which started the bristo jam the same year. He's done workshops teaching people to skate mini's (he reckons he can even teach your granny how to skate) and made several skate videos. When he's not on his board, Sean produces hip hop and drum n bass, and has had several releases over the years.
Neil Currie, Vice Secretary
Neil has been skateboarding since the early 90s. A father of 2 living in Fife and working in Edinburgh. Whenst not carrying out fatherhood duties or skating he can usually be found behind a camera or devising new and ingenious ways of using up spare time.
Kenny Omond, Committee Member
Biography coming soon.
Paul Silvester, Committee Member
Paul is 34 years old and started skateboarding in 89 and has been at it non stop for 20 fun years. Paul has worked in several different skate shops and had the opportunity to become a professional skateboarder for a good few years. Paul now works for a youth trust in South Lanarkshire introducing skateboarding to hundreds of young people each year and is working on a coaching qualification to move skateboarding onto the next level.
Ian Young, Committee Member
Iain Young is a board member at ss, he is 34 years old and involved with SS to help organise competitions, promote skateboarding & skatepark provision in Scotland. Previously a consultant engineer, Iain has given up on working on new buildings for other folk & spends his time helping plan & building new skateparks which he feels to be a far more worthwhile
vocation. Bring on the sheeeralp.
Stu Hill, Committee Member
Stu has been skating since he was 14 and recently spent most his days in Fife till relocating to Edinburgh, he miss's having Kirkcaldy skatepark as his local. He's was involved in the process of getting Kirkcaldy skatepark built and even tried making a living from skating when he took over DB Boardstore. Too eager to skate than make money, the shop closed its doors for good in 2006. Stu has also been helping run comps in his hometown and around Fife. Now Stu can be found teaching kids to skate and sessioning any given spot on any given day.
Mission statement
For skateboarding to become a widely accepted, properly facilitated and managed mainstream sport throughout Scotland. For Scotland to produce another generation of skateboarders, and attract international interest in Scottish skateboarding through the development of world-class facilities.
Key aims:
To enthuse and nurture current and successive new generations of Scottish skateboarders. To stimulate international interest in Scottish skateboarding through the development of world-class facilities.
Key objectives:
- Develop and maintain a wide ranging membership of participants.
- Encourage and develop proper skateboarding facilities, accessible to all of Scotland
- Promote associated commercial enterprises
- Represent and promote the interests of Scottish skateboarders
- Provide advice on safety and best practice to skateboarders and skateboarding facilities
- Publicise and promote the sport to the general public
- Provide structure and management to the sport
- Create a safe, productive and rewarding skateboarding environment in Scotland
- Organise and regulate a programme of local and national skateboarding events
- Widen appeal and take up amongst groups underrepresented in the sport
- Establish a network of local representatives throughout Scotland
Secondary objectives:
- Provide an accessible forum to members for debate on all matters relating to skateboarding in Scotland
- Encourage healthy lifestyle choices in relation to eating, exercise and drugs
- Promote positive relationships with figures of authority and adults
- Promote positive peer interaction and influence, character development and self-esteem
- Establish nationally recognised standards of ability
- Encourage older adult programmes
- Encourage deeper community involvement in local skateboarding developments