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What's in a name?

What's in a name?

So we welcome 2023 with a touch of hope and new opportunities!We've had a year of fantastic opportunities, met some really amazing and lovely skaters + skaterboarders and thoroughly enjoyed our time with the skate community in Gloucester and the UK.Sadly, we have equally had some really nasty customers over…

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It’s been a long hot summer!

It’s been a long hot summer!

WOW! We’ve been working throughout summer and now see the nights are starting to get darker, earlier. This means we’re heading into Autumn and that’s when skating gets really exciting.With the new shop open on Wednesday and Saturday we’ve welcomed hundreds of skaters to our traditional skate store offering spares,…

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What’s a real skate shop all about?

What’s a real skate shop all about?

For the past 20 years, Quad-Skates.co.uk has been trading as an online business. That’s a long time, right? For many younger skaters, that’s almost their whole life. Many skaters haven’t experienced a real skate shop; the benefits of independent advice, support, and place to meet other skaters were all too…

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What’s stuffing??

What’s stuffing??

Note: this is not a seasonal blog item -So we’ve been asked a few times about the need to stuff skates. This is a new expression to us and honestly, we’ve N-E-V-E-R heard anything so stupid. Yes, we all know the source of this misinformation and sorry to say, if…

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Skate Store - Now Open

Skate Store - Now Open

We're really chuffed to bits - our new skate store is now open (updated November 2022)We've spent the past 6 weeks building our new store at Morelands Trading Estate / The Match Factory in Gloucester to bring skaters the best value skate hardware and face-to-face information, advice, and repair service.What's…

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New Store Opening

New Store Opening

We've done it! After 30 years without retail premises, we've returned to a traditional skate store and look forward to welcoming all skaters to our new outlet offering a complete range of Bauer Quad Skates, repairs, accessories and skate hardware.Our Launch Event takes place on Saturday 16th April from 10am…

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We welcome 2022 + loads of new skate products + Steve (finally) retires !!

We welcome 2022 + loads of new skate products + Steve (finally) retires !!

WOW! Another year and 2022 is upon us! It's been a busy 2021 and we're really excited for a new range of products coming in stock this year. We've invested heavily in a range of new plates, bushings, toe stops, pivot cups to build a perfect colour set-up for your custom skates.NEW STUFF…

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Xmas Sales, Shipping & Returns

Xmas Sales, Shipping & Returns

Wishing all our skater friends worldwide a very happy Christmas.With the festive season now in full swing, we are building as many skates as possible as we receive each order in order number sequence. Apologies, despite how important your skate sale might be, we are unable to prioritise one order…

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Differences between Bauer Quad Skates

Differences between Bauer Quad Skates

We're regularly asked about the difference between the Bauer skate range. There's very little difference in the way they fit, all boots are sized in the same way with a regular width fitting. All boots look a little different between colour accents, Red, Lime Green or Blue with white accents.For…

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XLS vs. XLP? Which is best?

XLS vs. XLP? Which is best?

We're regularly asked about the difference between the Bauer XLS and XLP. There's very little difference in the way they fit, they're both sized in the same way with a regular width fitting. Each boot has a slight different styling - the XLS has white accents whilst the XLP has…

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