England’s cultural juggernaut of a city makes for one of the country’s most interesting skate scenes precisely because it has got so much going against it. Despite a central architecture that reflects the city’s previous importance to the cotton trade- meaning New York-style tall buildings and relatively narrow streets (the cotton was moved by boats), Manchester’s skate scene has not only survived council bans and inclement weather, but is absolutely flourishing right now.
As Eddie Belvedere notes during the episode: “It’s just constant- it’s just growth, man- it’s never going to stop, I don’t think.”