ADRENALINE buzz and a great atmosphere are promised as a community skate event comes to Cornwall.

Concrete Chaos Pool Jam will be a free-admission, all-day event where anyone can drop in and have a go as well as watching some spectacular competitive skating.

The event is set to take place on Saturday (August 14) at Newquay’s Concrete Waves skate park.

“After months of restrictions, it will be an incredible opportunity to celebrate being able to get together and skate together,” said a spokesperson.

“With an under-18 jam, an over-the-barrells kicker comp and big cash prizes to be won in both men’s and women’s divisions, spectators are guaranteed to be treated to some top class action.

“The event will be MCd by Mark Churchill, celebrated skateboarding commentator.”

DC, Santa Cruz, Firebrand Brewing and Habito Mortgages have teamed up to stage the event, with all ages and abilities encouraged to get involved.

The under-18s will be kicking off with a skate jam at 10am - definitely worth “dropping in” for, as this is clearly a sport where the young can dominate. Women’s competition will then commence at 11am, and the men’s after 1pm.

A kicker comp over Firebrand barrels will be running in the middle of the day to keep the action going.

£3700 prize money will be up for grabs over the course of competition, and awesome kickflips and impressive tail flips will also be scoring giveaways from the sponsoring brands.

The day will wrap up at 5pm with a communal litter pick. Working with Newquay Council on their current anti-litter campaign, the day will encourage the skaters and spectators to take pride in the skatepark and hopefully inspire them to keep it litter-free for the future.

“As we come out of the pandemic, we are both proud and excited to bring this core event to Newquay, for a day that may superficially be about competition, but is really about community.”