The UK's biggest skateboarding event of the year is almost here. On 12–13 September, BaySixty6 in London hosts the Skateboard GB National Championships – Street, the pinnacle of the domestic competition calendar and the closest thing UK skateboarding has to a national final.

As street skating grows around Centenary Square and the city's rinks stay busy, SkateHut asks whether Birmingham is quietly becoming the country's most active roller-skating city and whether the council should start planning for it.