Buddies was a strange shop. They made a bit of a stir at about this time, trading heavily on the idea that they’d been around a long time (picture of Benjy team riders on the wall to prove it), but most of the London skate establishment were very dubious. I think Sketchy had a poke at them over it. At this time it was hard to come to terms with the idea that there might be other pockets of skaters who were not part to the ESA, South Bank, Crystal Palace bubble. That cosy world was about to explode.
Motorcyle City was part of yet another world. In a cruel irony their advert appeared opposite one from M-Zone…
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