The Ninja Scootech was the definitive British scooter from this period. My recollection was that they were really responsible for it all… Ninja Nicholls makes his appearance here alongside his fellow team riders of the time. There’s also a roll call of stockists which provides a snapshot of the BMX shops of the day:
Hills Cycles, Bikes & Bits, Alladins Cave, Nicholsons, Gridiron Sports, No Softies, Newcastle Cycle Centre, T C Lightweights, P G Hayes, Boatworld, Bike City, BMX Skates, WS Cobb and Sons, C & N Supplies, Cycleman, City Surf, Dooley Cycles, Compton Cycles, Davies Bros, G W Smith, J G Cycles, Jack Bamford, Just Bikes, Rob Lally Cycles, Connell Bros, Motor Components Uttoxeter, Scotby Cycles, Raleigh Cycle Centre, Whitos Cycle Centre, Rollermania, Truro Cycles, Youngs Cycles, Yately Sports Forum, Turner Cycles, Samways, Rowallens Cycles, W G Hoar, Spokes, Sports Gear (Weymouth), Ambertan Leisure, Whites, Leisure Wheels, Lets Pretend, and Heff’s Bike Shop.
8 responses to “Ninja Scootech Advert”
A few of my mates got these horrible things.Not my cup of tea.They soon came back to the skateboard
I know what you mean. I wince when I look back through this issue and see how much space they took up, even though in this case it’s an advert over which we had no control.
In the case of some of the BMX advertisers I suspect they felt less threatened by the scooters than the skateboards.
Gotta love Slade’s Jimmy’Z shorts, and his home-grown PPLA t-shirt. I remember seeing LAB coats advertised in M-Zone, and thinking they were like a school lab-coat. This impression was solidified when I saw Dave Slade in an issue wearing what looked very like a school lab-coat…
Life’s A Beach was certainly the brand which defined that time. There’s a David Slade article about a BMX street jam coming up in few days time, by the way.
I’ve got a couple of issues of Damage floating around the spare room somewhere, and one still has the plastic hospital identity thing that came with it. Always wanted a PPLA shirt but never got round to getting one.
Good old Dave Slade, such a nice chap
Couldn’t agree more about Mr Slade. Though you might not guess at just how nice a bloke if you judged only on the content of some of his work, which (at least at the moment) deals with some not-‘nice’ themes:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Slade
Good to see he’s doing well for himself!
Looking forward to seeing that new film of his.
If anyone is wondering what we’re talking about:
32 reviews at the time of writing.
Tim