Queenie's Droppings.

Goodbye

noreply@blogger.com (Queenie The Pigeon) — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:04:00 +0000

The store is now officially closed. Any orders place in the last few weeks will not have been processed so no monies will have left your accounts. Sorry about the lack of email responses on this. So i guess this is our last goodbye, thanks for the support over the last few years it's been in a good ride.

Closing down sale

noreply@blogger.com (Queenie The Pigeon) — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 12:47:00 +0000

Story will be having a closing down sale throughout December so if you fancy some xmas bargains head down to the store before the end of December when we will close our doors for the last time. We will be having a Landscape premiere at the Story v's Size night next Thursday so it's not all doom and gloom.

Cobber

noreply@blogger.com (Queenie The Pigeon) — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:12:00 +0000

If you skated in Sheffield 4 to 8 years ago, you probably knew Jacob Blandy. Our Cobber has since moved down to London, but just started a blog up with his photos of Sheffield skating past. He's been updating it pretty regularly so get it bookmarked;

blackbars.blogspot.com

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Ravenous

noreply@blogger.com (Queenie The Pigeon) — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:49:00 +0000

This Saturday sees the Worldwide premiere of the Ravenous video 'Ready To Fry' at The House Skatepark. Get yourself down there for 9pm as it's sure to get messy (click above for the flyer).

In Shop news, the Love and True Story decks are back in stock! Grab one while you can, or give us a call and Queenie will get one flown over to you ASAP.

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Dev Comp 2008...2 edit

noreply@blogger.com (Queenie The Pigeon) — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:17:00 +0000

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The 2nd Dev comp of Summer 2008 went down on 20th September. Here is a little edit courtesy of Adam Nolan. Skaters in order of appearance are; Robert 'Muff' Kiggins, Nathan Morris, Jerome Campbell, Jonny McNair, Ronny Calow, James Cruickshank, Danny Beall, Ash Hall, Shaun Currie and Dan Barker.

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Xscape - The Shawshank Redemption

noreply@blogger.com (Queenie The Pigeon) — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:24:00 +0000

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James Cruickshank headed over to Xscape Skatepark in Castleford with Arthur Tubb and Robert Kiggins on a rainy Saturday and made a quick edit. Get your click on.

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Dev Comp...again!

noreply@blogger.com (Queenie The Pigeon) — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:37:00 +0000

Now I know what you're thinking; wasn't it the Dev Comp a few weeks ago? And you'd be right...but Dave Dave just can't help himself, and as part of Mobility Week, we're back!

Get yourself down the Green this Saturday (20th) and win yourself some prizes. There'll be an under and over 16's comp, then a sponsored jam after. For the under and over 16's, you'll need to sign up before entering, so go see Dave in the shop before 12pm on the day.

Little Max Nerurkar sent over a nice little edit. On asking him where he found the first song, he said a mates mum was driving him somewhere and she had it on in the car, so he nicked the CD! Amazing...

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The House Comp '08

noreply@blogger.com (Queenie The Pigeon) — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:50:00 +0000

Saturday saw the annual return of The House Skatepark competition. It's safe to say a good time was had by all and the results were as follows;

12 and under
1st: Jay Bex
2nd: Mike O'Hara
3rd: Jake Johnson

16 and under
1st: Jack Hirst
2nd: Max Nerurkar
3rd: Rob Southen

Over 16
1st: Ash Hall
2nd: Tom Ball
3rd: Boden Hunt

Pro/Sponsored
1st: Ben Grove
2nd: Neil Smith
3rd: Eddie Belvedere

Ash and his friends over at sheffmedia.co.uk put together an edit of the day. Have a click below to check it out. See you there next year!

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Miracles CAN Happen

noreply@blogger.com (Queenie The Pigeon) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:35:00 +0000

Despite all that was against him, Robert Daykin came through and got the video ready on time. Apart from a very worrying 20 minutes of the projector playing up, things went surprisingly smoothly! To say he put it together in literally hours, the boy didn't do too bad!

Also, apologies to resident DJ, Nathan, it turns out chanting 'it's Robert Daykin!' repeatedly down the mic actually DOESN'T make the song sound better?!

Massive thanks to everyone that came along, biggest turn out for a Story vs Size event so far! See you next month!

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The Clock Is Ticking

noreply@blogger.com (Queenie The Pigeon) — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:49:00 +0000

By tomorrow night, many of lifes mysteries will be answered;

- Is it REALLY possibly to edit a full skateboarding video within a couple of days?
- CAN someone have a DVD ready for their premiere when they were STILL on the topic of song choices a couple of days ago?
- IS Robert Daykin EVER going to cut his hair??

Be at The Forum, 9pm, tomorrow to find out.

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Caught In Reverse

noreply@blogger.com (Queenie The Pigeon) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:08:00 +0000

As this is being typed, Bobby Daykin is round at Story Headquarters editing his video 'Caught In Reverse', premiering this Thursday at The Forum for Story vs Size. Please try to make it down for 9pm if you don't want to miss anything!

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'Sop Boys

noreply@blogger.com (Queenie The Pigeon) — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:06:00 +0000

Story friend Carl Shipman is back on his board these days and popped over to Sheff for a bit at the weekend. Have a click above for a quick line.

Meanwhile Baines contemplates his next trick, working hard at finishing his next video part. Watch yourself if you decide to boot him from a spot though, he doesn't like that.

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Over The World

noreply@blogger.com (Queenie The Pigeon) — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:14:00 +0000

Story Ambassador Dave Dave stepped it up earlier today. Not content with finding a gap or a road to shuv-it heel over, he took it to the next level and tried to jump the whole world. If you felt a strong wind at about 7:30pm tonight, don't worry, it was just Dave.

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Back in the Day

noreply@blogger.com (Queenie The Pigeon) — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 19:25:00 +0000

Sidewalk Magazine kindly put..... Mark Baines video section from our predecessor shop Sumo's Through The Eyes Of Ruby onto there site as part of the Sunday Service for your viewing pleasure! So check it out!

Bringing back any memories??? Remember that you can purchase a collection of old Sheffield videos called 0114 from our online store which we re-released on The Story Film Makers Guild so click here to have a ganders!

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New Stuff

noreply@blogger.com (Queenie The Pigeon) — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 13:47:00 +0000

Queenie just flew in and dropped us off some new Heroin and Lanscape decks and wheels! watch out for Arthur Tubb with his new green wheels.....well you'll see him coming anyway!

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Shred for Cred

noreply@blogger.com (Queenie The Pigeon) — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:28:00 +0000

As promised, here is a little clip from the Dev Comp, thanks to Ben Powell for the edit and James Cruickshank for extra footage. If you feel like showing Ben your appreciation, direct all comments here.

One more thing...I couldn't let this go up without Henry making an appearance with this impromptu line that just didn't cut it for the judges. Pfft what do they know?!

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Dev Dave Comp

noreply@blogger.com (Queenie The Pigeon) — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:27:00 +0000

So the Dev Comp finally went ahead and a fun time was had by all. Check back in a couple of days for a full clip, Dave's murder flip manny attempt can tide you over until then. Thanks to Sidewalk Mag, Death Skateboards, Blueprint Skateboards and The House Skatepark.

See you next year!

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Webster, Webster AND Cohen (Plus Dev Green update)

noreply@blogger.com (Queenie The Pigeon) — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:31:00 +0000

It's dry right now so we're planning on going ahead with the Jam so get involved. Kicking off about 12pm. If you need directions call us on 0114 2762303. Now watch this weird Hirst but alright update below and get entered.

It's competition time! Simply name the film that Jerome quotes in the clip above and win a copy of Cool Runnings on DVD. Mail your responses to coolrunningscompetition@ thestorystore.co.uk titling the subject line 'Cool Runnings Competition'*.

Things aren't looking good at all for the Dev Comp YET AGAIN. The same deal will apply as last time, if we get washed out, we'll postpone it for 2 weeks. Which, unfortunately, is looking even more likely than last time. Keep your eye on the weather and, same as last time, ring the shop for definate answers Saturday morning.

*This competition is completely fake

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Alicante - The Shawshank Redemption

noreply@blogger.com (Queenie The Pigeon) — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:53:00 +0000

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Not your standard edit here, being that it is not MEANT to be particularly good skateboarding! James and Hirst went to stay with Liam Sproat in his temporary hometown of Alicante, so James made an edit out of the offcuts. Watch ~~and enjoy~~.

In Dev Comp news, it looks like we may have to keep a close eye of the weather again! Though, it's also said rain for the last 3 days and that never happened...so keep your eye on here for the latest. Come on mate, don't do it to us again.

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Rain rain go away

noreply@blogger.com (Queenie The Pigeon) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:57:00 +0000

The rain just keeps coming but fingers crossed this weekend will be dry enough for this contest to go ahead. It's at Millhouses and it should be pretty cool. If you need a ticket you can get one from us if you come in or The House but you have to enter if you take a ticket. Apologies again for last weekend, we made the call at 9.30am as it was raining and it wouldn't have been what we wanted if we had gone ahead with the day. The date is now the 19th July so no rain dancing near that date.

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Dev Jam...again!

noreply@blogger.com (Queenie The Pigeon) — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:30:00 +0000

Right, after we got washed off at the weekend, the Dev Comp is back on for the 19th (not this Saturday but next).

Get yourself added to the Facebook Event, and keep an eye on the Sidewalk Forum topic for claims!

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The Dev House comp

noreply@blogger.com (Queenie The Pigeon) — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:58:00 +0000

After getting washed out today, we took the comp over to The House. Problem is we forgot to tell anyone. So Jerome took home Best Trick, Best Run, Best Slam, Highest Air and Best Nollie Noseslide. Max won the under 16s just for giving Jerome props. Full edit above.

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Nice one God

noreply@blogger.com (Queenie The Pigeon) — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:08:00 +0000

As i type this i can hear the rain coming down fast so sorry everyone but today will be cancelled. We will now reschedule for 2 weekends time as next week is the Millhouses comp.
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Sheffield Skateparks - The Holdsworth Redemption

noreply@blogger.com (Queenie The Pigeon) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:17:00 +0000

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In light of the Dev Comp tomorrow, Story friend Josh Holdsworth kindly contributed this edit, featuring Sheffield Skateparks in all their glory. Nice one Josh.

In regards to the comp itself, the weather ain't looking too great. We suggest keeping an eye on the Sheff Weather then ring the shop in the morning before setting off if you're coming from out of town. If we do get rained out, we'll re-arrange it for 2 weeks time (with a comp at Millhouses Skatepark being held next weekend in conjunction with The House Skatepark).

FYI, the shop number is; 0114 2762303

See you tomorrow...hopefully!

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News and the lack of

noreply@blogger.com (Queenie The Pigeon) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:28:00 +0000

Serious lack of news updates of late, reason being those who know how to do them have been M.I.A and Dave is currently mastering the blogger world. Anyway some news about this Saturday which is the Dev Green comp, though it's more of a Jam with some prizes given out for best tricks on certain obstacles and stuff being given out for other various random reasons. It should be fun if it stays dry. We also plan on having a barbecue outside the store from 5.30 onwards though again this is all weather permitting. If it does rain we may rearrange this for another weekend but we will update you on this so people aren't wasting there time heading over. In other news we have new Story tees in stock, we have S-Haight, Pghlem and the the Love and True designs all on fresh new colors so head down and grab one and get reppng the best and only true skate shop (not including the house obviously) in Sheffield bar none. We will have more news with you later with some new edit courtesy of Josh which will be his debut edit on the Story site, nice one Josh. Tonight is also Size V Story night at The Forum, Safe Nath is DJing and James is showing some video head down for a few.

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