Tom Lock

Feeling gratitude for all the love and energy that went into getting the whippy banks built @downside_diy 🌅 There’s too many people to mention in an Insta post and getting out to skate the banks is more important 😂 Big up everyone that helped, you know who you are 👊

2025 ended with us finishing this epic collaboration with @betongpark_ltd and @hackneybumps 🙌 Massive thanks to all the legends that came and helped build this new ramp. It’s completely transformed the flow of the park. All the slappy heads will be happy to know the curb also survived 🐛🦋 Get down to the Bumps in 2026 and get shredding 🤙

Very pleased that this little gem is out in the world ☺️ It was rad working @downside_diy on this 🙏 So many people helped in different ways 👊 @cutduespayteeth cutting out the form work. @smittysack cutting out the floor. @reflectingpigeon installing the rebar and securing the form work. Lukas donating the rebar and silicone. Daniel from DNL Build Ltd for donating the concrete mix materials. @fully_fried for bringing the mixer and helping with the pour. @la__nuria helping to pour. @jonday13 for Ardexing the recesses. @omigoddard for applying the lacquer. Sorry if I’ve missed anyone 🙇‍♂️ This curb seriously goes 💨

Event 011 | ⭕️ Time flies! Event 011 is happening next Thursday 02 October 2025 | 🙌🏽 We’ve got two brilliant panels debating the topic of skateboarding + public realm | Wheels on the streets | 🛹 PANEL 01 | 🎤 Seth Curtis – Skateboarder Yẹmí Aládérun – Architect Dr Iain Borden – Historian UCL Wig Worland – Photographer | Archivist PANEL 02 | 🎤 Agnieszka Wood – Everyone on Boards Stuart Maclure – Dev. Manager | Betong Park Jeremy Donaldson – Architect | Skateboarder Ed Jarvis – Design Lead | Camden Council Doors are at 18:00. We’ll be serving drinks until 18:45, then we’ll have a short introduction from @locktomlock from @east_london_skateboard_club before Panel 01 starts | 🗣️ Tickets are sold out – so PLEASE cancel if you know you can’t make it, so someone else can have that spare ticket | 🤗 Thanks to everyone who has offered to take part and help with the event. Let’s smash design industry elitism together and make the landscape a more inclusive one | ❣️ See you you all on Thursday 02 October in London at the Hawkins\Brown HQ | 😎 #skateboarding #design #urbandesign #debate #architecture #panelevent #designindustry #freeevent #concretecommunities #sport #skatersgonnaskate

Design + Build + Skate | 🏗️🧱🪚 We’ve asked Tom Lock from the East London Skateboard Club CIC to join us at Event 011 | 🙌🏽 Artist, skateboarder, teacher and skate park builder, he’s been a part of London’s skateboarding community for 25+ years | ✨ A long-time advocate of inclusivity in the sport, he’s been actively sharing skills and developing skateboarding facilities at a local level to help encourage participation | 🛹 Tom believes that, “Members of a community are more likely to feel ‘at home’ if they are part of developing the infrastructure around them.” | ❣️ Together with other volunteers, Tom and the team at the @east_london_skateboard_club design + build obstacles for use by skaters of all ages | ⭕️ He’ll be sharing a few words during the event – but for those who aren’t able to make it, we wanted to share a few images | 📸 All by @locktomlock except for: 01 @harley.maryon 02 @greyskatemag 03+ 06 + 08 @lens.licker 04 @orangejuicewhale 09 @keeprolling_co Logo | @gedwells @insane_emporium

Documentation from our Poo Pipe build days @downside_diy • This was a lot of fun and also a big learning curve (no pun intended 😂) • Pouring vertical concrete is no joke 😬🧘😤 • Shout out to everyone that got involved 💪 • 📷 @lens.licker

Follow @east_london_skateboard_club and @downside_diy for regular build updates 👷 • • • 🎨 @gedwells @insane_emporium 🙏

All hail the Poo Pipe 💩 It was a lot of fun building this quarter with @downside_diy 💪 Massive shout out to Tottenham BMX Club who funded this project! 📢 You are legends 😇 The Downside community brought good vibes and tons of effort to make this happen ❤️ Thanks for inviting us to lead the build and hang with you all 🙏 More soon 🙌

Stoked to have finished one of our first community builds with @skatenewham 😁 This was a big learning curve for us and we couldn’t have done it without A LOT of help from the local skate community 🙏 Massive thanks to @betongpark_ltd for the advice and support and @skateboardgb for the funding 🙏 Get down to Brampton Park in East Ham and shred these new obstacles 🤙

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meet @locktomlock | @beginnerbumps skate facilitator

Here are some outtakes from the @theskatecolossus video by @tristantutak 👀 Have a look if you wanna laugh at me slamming, wearing odd socks and ollieing over builders 👷 The full video is playing over on @greyskatemag 😎 Keep it krispy 🤙