Witness Bernie Rea’s legendary casual destruction of St Anne’s, before the 2001 regeneration of Belfast city center meant the end of the plaza’s EMB-like reign over Irish skateboarding. Despite the councils best efforts to level the area, skaters still flock to the present day incarnation of St Anne’s to session the still intact nine set, and to step to the new Belfast proving ground “The Ten”.

Watch on below – with more rare footage from over the years and interviews from Jay Dords, Conhuir and Denis Lynn, Hippy, Chris Shannon, Pete Adam and various others.

The first part of Peter Adam’s amazing “Full Circle” documentary charting the rise and fall of the legendary St Anne’s plaza in Belfast is now online and waiting to be watched below!

Part 1 starts out with the plaza’s construction in 1993, then details how it quickly became Northern Ireland’s all encompassing answer to EMB despite the constant presence of some of Belfast shady undesirables. With rare archive footage and interviews from Jay Dords, Conhuir and Denis Lynn, Hippy, Mini Brown, Chris Shannon, Pete Adam and countless others.

Part 2 will be online next Wednesday starting with the appearance of Bernie Rea, so head back then for more Irish skate history!

The documentary charts the rise and fall of the legendary St. Anne’s plaza in Belfast, that housed skaters, bmxers, misfits and drunks from the early nineties onwards, and tells the story through the eyes of the people that it meant the most to – skateboarders. From its construction, though to its deconstruction and up to the present day, St. Anne’s plaza has undoubtedly helped shape a generation.

Check the teaser below now, then head on back next Wednesday, September 26th, for part 1.

Get hyped, this one is a banger!

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