Vic Camilleri - 50-50, Nottingham. Tom Quigley, 2016.
Deep in rural Leicestershire, Melton Mowbray’s Milk Skateshop had just celebrated its 5th year in business, before bigger opportunities took owners Rob & Alex overseas to Canada. Their busy and productive 2016 saw them running the shop, organising skatepark comps, and even taking the time to put together a shop team, who we caught up with this year ripping around the East Midlands.
What do you skate for?
All photos by Tom Quigley except where noted. Shop illustration by Trav, words by Rob Baker.
I skate for Milk...
“We’ve always tried to hook up locals and regular customers with discount & free stuff but we’ve never had a proper shop “team”. I was keen to hook up guys who had lost their local shop like Hugh in Kettering, or didn’t have one to begin with like Jazz in Uppingham.” Jazz Wade - nosegrab slasher, Melton Mowbray. Tom Quigley, 2016.
Callum Thompson kickflip, Nottingham. Tom Quigley, 2016. “Joe Hinson recommended Callum (no relation to Hugh!) for the shop team and sent me over some footage of him skating Flo skatepark in Notts. He is a gnarly guy who is more than happy to fly down some big gaps and rails!�
Callum Thompson back disaster, Melton Mowbray. Tom Quigley, 2016.
Speech bubble sticker designed by Henry Jones.
Hugh Thompson - frontside noseblunt, Kettering. Lewis Robinson, 2016. “I’d seen Hugh’s rad Get Lesta footage and photos of him skating around Kettering, and when Chopper skateshop sadly closed its doors I asked him if he needed hooking up. He had a chat with Mark at Chopper, who was cool with it - and stoked Hugh would still be getting some support!”
Jazz Wade - crooked grind, Melton Mowbray. Tom Quigley, 2016. “I’ve been mates with Forde Brookfield for years, and he always jokes that I should sponsor him - but when he heard we were putting a team together he sent me over a ton of Jazz’s footage from their recent Paris trip. Jazz is really sick and I can’t wait to see his part in the new Baghead film!”
Vic Camilleri - back smith, Nottingham. Tim Smith, 2016. “I had seen a couple of clips of Vic on instagram skating the Notts DIY, but it was you guys who sent me some links to some of his best footage. Vic has the best style and is always having fun when he skates - even when he rips his hand open and spends 7 hours in A&E!�
Callum Thompson - wallie boardslide, Nottingham. Tom Quigley, 2016.
Final milk tee/sticker designed by Ad McEvoy.
Callum Thompson - ollie, Nottingham. Tom Quigley, 2016.
Vic Camilleri - early grab, Nottingham. Tom Quigley, 2015. “We’re emigrating to Canada in December and unfortunately Milk will be closing before Christmas. Although it’s a shame to close the shop, I’m really proud to have been able to work with the local council and Maverick Industries to finally get a top quality skatepark in the town. It’s rad that the park will always be a reminder of what we accomplished and how far we have come in the last 5 years. I know the guys on the shop team are gonna keep ripping all over the UK and beyond - I’ll be hyped to see what they are getting up to over the next few years!”
Friend of Milk and builder of the Melton jersey barrier, Sam North, at Melton skatepark. Poppy Robling, 2016.
SHOTS
Elliot Maynard - frontside flip, Nottingham. Tom Quigley, 2016.
Joe Hinson - pop over crooked grind, Nottingham. Tom Quigley, 2016.
Louis Browne - tweaked transfer at Broom skatepark, Leicester. Tom Quigley, 2016.
Dave Bevan - concrete jam, Worksop. Simon Bernacki, 2016.
Myke Trowbridge - backside tailslide, Nottingham. Tom Quigley, 2016.
Joe Hinson - crooked grind round the curve, Nottingham. Tom Quigley, 2015.
Simon Turton - kickflip, Hinckley. Simon Clegg, 2016.
Owen Byrne - beanplant, Kirkby-in-Ashfield. Neil Turner, 2016.
Andrew Holt getting shit done at the Nottingham DIY. Dave Bevan, 2016.
Max - wallride fakie, Loughborough. Neil Turner, 2016.
Owen Byrne - melon grab transfer at Flo skatepark, Nottingham. Tom Quigley, 2016.
Elliot Maynard - wallie, Nottingham. Tom Quigley, 2015. Sam North - 50-50, Melton Mowbray. Tom Quigley, 2016.
Fred Naylor - crooked grind, Nottingham. Tom Quigley, 2015. Alex Hill - kickflip, Northampton. Tom Quigley, 2016. Long live Skate Attic & Chopper!
Harry Squires - ollie, Mansfield. Josh Davis, 2016.
Fred Simmons - frontside feeble grind, Nottingham. James Griffiths, 2016.
Greg Hollingsworth - crooked grind, Nottingham. Neil Turner, 2016.
Andrew Holt - backside 180, Nottingham. Tom Quigley, 2016.
Kane Cunliffe - wallride, Derby. David Ford, 2016.
Joe Hinson - 360 flip, Northampton. Tom Quigley, 2016.
Myke Trowbridge - no comply, Nottingham. Tim Smith, 2016.
Elliot Maynard - crooked grind, Nottingham. Tom Quigley, 2015.
Joe Hinson - noseslide, Nottingham. Tom Quigley, 2016.
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A somewhat irresponsible father figure amongst the Nottingham skate scene, Bambi’s well-rounded ability and quirky/gnar style has certainly earned him a place in the Midlands skateboarding hall of fame. With an intense hunger for a slam, and verbal diarrhoea that makes Frankie Boyle look like a Buckingham Palace dinner guest, the man’s passion pervades the session in sonic boom style. Despite me looking up to him since the age when you think it’s cool to wear bike chains as jewellery, there is every chance that he’ll be shredding long after I have liver failure… Intro by Tom Shaw-Weston. Photos by various artists, Nottingham.
Wallride. Neil Turner, 2016.
Portrait: Simon Bernacki, 2011.
5-0 down a crusty old wooden one. Simon Bernacki, 2010.
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5-0 transfer. Tom Quigley, 2016.
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Front truck pivot down in the Forty Two shop basement. Simon Bernacki, 2011.
Nollie heel. Tom Quigley, 2016.
“It’s there in’t it? I can feel it at the back of me teeth.” - when the make is coming...
Hiding from the rain with a nollie inward heel. Tom Quigley, 2016.
Thread the needle nosebonk. Tom Quigley, 2016.
“Although my board went swimming, it’s pretty much perfect.” Nottingham uni’s fountain spot.
Backside flip on a skinny bank that’s hidden in plain sight. Tom Quigley, 2016.
“Bouncing metal floor and covered in human shit, I doubt anyone would want to skate it... but I like the look of this spot, it reminds me of Zoo York Mixtape.� 50-50 with a classic Bambi-made run-up. Tom Quigley, 2016.
Tom Dave Shaw-Weston Bevan by Simon by Tom Bernacki, Quigley,2015. 2015.
Greg Hollingsworth - nosegrind front 180, Nottingham. Tom Quigley, 2016.