10 pictures looking back to South Tyneside's love of skateboarding as the sport's Olympic popularity Sky rockets

Britain is on a skateboarding high after Sky Brown’s fantastic performance at the Olympics.

By Chris Cordner

Tuesday, 10th August 2021, 3:24 pm

Interest in the sport is said to be growing and there’s already a passion for the sport in the borough’s past.

Here’s the proof with archive photos from

Let’s skate back through the years for a look at these retro scenes.

1. Awesome in 2004

Showing great skills at the new Foreshore Skate Park 17 years ago. Remember this?

Photo: sg

Skater stars came to South Shields in 2003 and put on a display at the South Shields skateboard park. Were you there?

Photo: IB

South Shields skateboarder in 1978. Who do you recognise?

Photo: Shields Gazette

Members of the Team Extreme were pictured at the launch of the new Foreshore Skate Park in 2004.

Photo: TR