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.
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.
Let’s skate back through the years for a look at these retro scenes.
5. A board with a difference in 2009
Working on a stone skateboard at Bede's World during Youth Day in 2009. Remember this? Photo: IB
6. Big dreams in 1978
Lindsey Gray (left) and Michelle Smedley, both 14, who wanted a skateboard park in South Shields in 1978. Photo: Shields Gazette
7. Mixing with the stars
Another view of the skater stars who came to South Shields in 2003 - including a world champion. Were you there? Photo: IB
8. So spectacular in 2003
Were you in the crowd for the 2003 skateboard show in South Shields? Photo: IB