YOU’ll FIND OUR REGULAR WEEKLY SESSIONS HERE
Anyone who’s spent more than 5 minutes in Spit has likely heard us mention Bacareto! Our lovely new sister organisation opened on Church Street in the city centre in 2021, in a building also housing the new Cardiff Skateboard Club shop. Bacareto is a Venetian inspired cafe bar, a place to go for a quick spritz and snack, or somewhere you are very welcome to while away a long afternoon/evening grazing and drinking in a relaxed and friendly space.
They are a social enterprise too, just like us. We are always thinking of ways to work together and link up more - so have decided to make a joint Newsletter to let all our customers know about the various goings on in both venues.
Every 6 weeks or so, we’ll send you the latest on all our in house events, happenings, classes, specials and deals. You can also keep up to date with the work of our team, and community, from exhibitions to tastings, and supper clubs they are hosting around the city.
We’re starting the year off with another supper club celebrating the Celtic Wheel of the Year. Nia has put together a cosy menu using local winter produce, with a little hint of spring at the end to get us in the mood for the warmer weather to come.
Email to book a place at the table. Children are very welcome.
Happy Imbolc one and all!
MONDAY 3rd FEBRUARY 7pm
Join us for the Skateboard GB Welsh Open 2025 Street Skateboard Event which is open to entries for anyone.
There will be Male and Female competitions
Click the here to enter (£18.50 per person)
Prize Money – £2,000!
Spectators are FREE.
26th January 2025
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
We’ll also have loads of delicious food & drinks in the cafe to keep you going … including our world famous burgers & milkshakes!
Skateboard GB’s first Junior event of 2025!
The “Survival of the Sickest“ comp continues here at spit & Swadust!.
With the emphasis on fun and progression these are a great opportunity for young skateboarders who want an introduction to competition.
Age categories:
Under 12’s & Under 16’s
Booking in advance is essential – Enter Here
There will be prizes awarded for the top three in each age group and gender.
Spectators are free to attend
We’ll also have loads of delicious food & drinks in the cafe to keep you going … including our world famous burgers & milkshakes!
25th January 2025
9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Join us in Christmas Limbo for a day of fun, food, drinks and Xmas chaos. It’s the annual winter wonderjam. We’re modifying the hip replacement from Halloween to create Brandon’s Peak, slinging some prizes and having a fun ol’time !!
Come and help us keep the party going! Saturday 28th December from 12 pm. £10 skate all day.
Come on over and hang out! We’re creating a magical market in the skatepark! With cosy vibes, delicious food and drinks in the cafe, it’s going to be a wonderful Monday night!
Christmas is coming!! We have another night market planned, this time on a MONDAY evening from 6-10pm. The market will be entirely set up in the skatepark (no skating this time), and we will have a lovely cosy set up in the cafe for people to eat, drink & hang out. Now all we need are some beautiful stalls to fill it!! If you’re a maker, creator, artist or designer we would love you to get in touch.
APPLICATIONS CLOSE WEDNESDAY 27th NOVEMBER. We will contact all applicants to let you know if you’ve been successful in getting a spot.
It’s Quuiizzzzzzmmmaaaaasssss. Join us for the first event in our Christmas line up. ☃️❄️⛄️✨🤘🙌🏼We’ve got our quizmaster back for a deep dive into 2024, Xmas and all things joyful!
Bar & cafe open with a special pub snack pre order!
Quiz starts at 7.30pm. Doors open from 6pm for a pre quiz pint, other festive drinks available … defo cooking up some mulled wine and spiked hot chocolates
Booking required! £2 cash on the night for the prize pot. Hit the link in our bio for tickets 🤘🤘🤘
*park & kitchen closed for this one
Skateboard GB have teamed up with Samsung to offer 1000 skateboard lessons at parks across the UK this month! As part of this we will be offering taster lessons for anyone whose new to skateboarding to come give it a go. It's free, and all the equipment is included!
FREE 30 min SHREDUCATION SESSIONS FOR AGES 5 & 6
Thursday 15th | 4 - 4.30pm
FREE 45 min SHREDUCATION SESSIONS FOR AGES 7+
Wednesday 14th | 4 - 4.45pm
Tuesday 20th | 3.30 - 4.15pm
Wednesday 21st | 5 - 5.45pm
Saturday 24th | 9 - 9.45am
Come on down on August 25th and WOW at all the vert action. Every year we host the Welsh leg of this comp and it’s always a fantastic day. We promise to keep the beer & food flowing while you bask (hopefully) in the sun and watch all the action. Spectating is free & indoors the skatepark is open all day as usual (normal fees apply) 10-6pm
For anyone wanting to compete, sign yourself up HERE
We were caught a bit short last time, who knew that you were so hungry for our delicious dough!!
We promise we are Cooking double, triple, quadruple this time.
We’ve got the most excellent @paradisegardencdf joining us. @david_j_bull & @esthergram____ will be curating the soundtrack for your summer eve! 🎧
The Weathers looking great and this time we’re going to be slinging beautiful brambles at the bar. ☀️🌻🫶🏼
You’re all invited!!!
Open session on as normal (ages 7+), kids & dogs welcome.
Our new menu has arrived and it’s looking glorious. We still have our famous Burgers & handcut, double fried chips, but have added a lot more sides and healthier (still indulgent) options! We’ve also brought back an old favourite - our breaded mushrooms, and we have our new Zapiekanka’s, where pizza meets toastie, sort of … ish! Its Polish street food and its incredible!
This menu is perfect for sharing so come on down, grab a spritz or delicious german beer & feast!! Pop on in!
The Bucky Bowl
The Zapiekanka
The third Indie Market at Spit is on it’s way, this time it’s going to be a summer bonanza, with stalls inside & outside and lots of garden party vibes! We are putting the call out for artists, designers, illustrators, makers, and doers. We will be choosing a variety of stallholders to create a celebration of the local talent surrounding us. We have around 40 stalls up for grabs so get in touch with your wares!
Click HERE to apply & for more details.
Event info will be coming soon.
Missed the 'London Calling' exhibition in the big smoke?! Well catch @winstanw documentary 'London Calling: A whole era showed up' featuring many of the heads behind the exhibit & no doubt the chaos created from wrangling tonnes of skaters from at least 3 decades of skateboarding 🤯...my hat goes off to you sir. If you're closer to Los Angeles than Brighton (Brighton Picturehouse) or the Welsh capital, then get yourself over the Skateboarding Hall Of Fame, Simi Valley, where it's also screening....alongside 5 Brits being added to the fame wall. With @stevedouglascfc1 at the helm you know it's gonna b a goodun 🛹🎥💥🏴🇺🇸
'London Calling: A Whole Era Showed Up' chronicles the inception, creation, preparation, and recollections of the 'London Calling!' exhibition launch, as well as accompanying events, held across London in 2023. From the voices of the team to the legendary 70's skateboarders, they all share their excitement as they revel in the ultimate 40 plus year reunion.
Come hang/listen/stare at/skate, with one of the Swedish powerhouses behind @bryggerietskateorg , one of the finest indoor skate/education/training/art spaces on the planet! 🇸🇪 We've got John Dahlquist for 24hours (well 6-8pm) giving us background into Bryggeriets, how they're paving the creative/educational way for the 4 wheeled plank followed with a Q&A afterwards.....all wrapped up with a skate 8-10pm (usual price 😚🤘) pizza oven fired up from 6-10pm pinging out our stone baked goodness 🍕 as well as our full bar....open til late 🍺 big thanks @skateboardgb, @semesterskate .....come one come all!!!!!
315,360,000 seconds ago (ish) and a full head of dark locks...a loud mechanical shutter door in an industrial estate opened for the 1st time to a rapturous crowd....of 0 😂. How times have changed, A DECADE IN THE GAME and going strength to strength, we would be honoured to party with you all and celebrate the journey thus far...cos let's face it, it's massively 'cos o' YOU 💛 Accompanied by legends @johnmousemusic @paradisegardencdf @lahmacuncardiff plus much more to be announced, share the love and come and join the vibe 💋🏴🤘💛🏴🇵🇱
On Sun March 31st we will be opening up for the little uns only. By order of the Easter Bunny!! Closed from 12pm.
Start your skate rats Easter morning off the right way. Fuelled with chocolate and high octane bum sliding!!
🐰 🐣 🤟🏼
The Easter bunny has promised she’ll drop some treats around the park!!
BOOKING ESSENTIAL, limited spaces available.
On July 7th 6-9pm @thebenraemersfoundation are holding a Suicide First Aid Lite as part of our at @spitandsawdustskatepark . In 3.5 hours, the SFA lite can teach you invaluable insight into suicide prevention including how to have a conversation with someone who is thinking about suicide.
If you are local and want to attend this as a learner, please sign up HERE
Learn what you can do to support someone if you find yourself in a suicide situation
Course overview:
Teaching the theory and practice of suicide intervention skills that can be applied in any professional or personal setting, this programme is delivered over 3 hours as a suicide prevention awareness session. This is a unique learning experience for anyone who seeks greater understanding and confidence to intervene with people at risk of suicide.
The Suicide First Aid course gives learners the knowledge and tools to understand that suicide is one of the most preventable deaths and some basic skills can help someone with thoughts of suicide stay safe from their thoughts and stay alive.
Course content:
SFA comprises 2 parts, each with a duration of 90 minutes. The programme teaches the skills needed to identify someone who may be thinking about suicide and to pass the person on to a suicide first aider.
Part 1 – 90 minutes
• Introduction to the session; programme, ourselves and suicide prevention
• Stigma and survivors of bereavement by suicide and the Hidden Toll
• Suicide thoughts and suicide behaviour
• The intention of behaviour versus the outcome of behaviour
• Possible causes of suicide thoughts
• Suicide – the ripple effect
Break
Part 2 – 90 minutes
• “I’m really glad you told me” audio-visual
• Suicide Safety Guidance
• Recognising and asking about suicide
• Referring a person onto suicide first aiders
Suicide First Aid training offers learning outcomes that are knowledge-based and factual. This training can be used as a stand-alone programme or as the first part of a journey to learn suicide prevention skills.
FRIDAY 29th DECEMBER
Dust off your xmas sweaters, dig out your elf hat and get on down to Spit & Sawdust for a final knees up of a very very hectic year!
We’ve got a bunch of prizes for the Jam donated by our lovely sponsors.
As always delicious food and beverages will be in abundance, cant wait to see you all there!
The lovely folks at House Skatepark in Sheffield have come up with a super idea to help support local skateparks this winter!
Here’s their concept ……. and with our experience of the stinking weather in Wales, we love it!
“Everyone has heard of go skate day. Set on the longest day of the year so everyone can hit the streets or at least be outdoors as is only natural. Living in the dark rainy north being outdoors isn't always an option so we thought why not go skate indoors day on the shortest day of the year.
After a chat with out friends and fellow skaters at some of the other parks we thought we'd hold the first annual go skateboarding indoors day”.
Join us at Spit for the usual shenanigans )open session 6-10pm) with a good ole dusting of Christmas magic.
DJ, Xmas Movies playing in the Cafe, Mulled wine & Cider, great food and the best festive Xmas week vibes!
