Comments on: Encyclopaedia of Skateboarding: F, 1989 Style http://www.whenwewasrad.co.uk/index.php/2006/05/16/encyclopaedia-of-skateboarding-f-1989-style/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=encyclopaedia-of-skateboarding-f-1989-style History of Skateboarding (UK): Vintage R.a.D Magazine Official Archive Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:18:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: timlbhttp://www.whenwewasrad.co.uk/index.php/2006/05/16/encyclopaedia-of-skateboarding-f-1989-style/comment-page-1/#comment-221 timlb Wed, 17 May 2006 09:57:55 +0000 http://www.whenwewasrad.co.uk/index.php/2006/05/16/encyclopaedia-of-skateboarding-f-1989-style/#comment-221 New Deal certainly imported a lot of the genuine Tech Decks, but whether they made any money out of them once the copies flooded the market is another matter. I'm full of admiration for the way Marc Ball traded his way out of the situation. It reminded me of the days of the Roller Disco craze, when it seemed like the docks at Rotterdam were full of nothing but containers of cheap vinyl rollerskates. The commercially nimble then made even more money trading in these things at clearance prices. John Dodsworth! Wow... That takes me back. Where is he now?John ran the Alpine in Notting Hill and had the misfortune to have the skateboard crew forced into a section of his shop. He handled it very well. They were fun times. New Deal certainly imported a lot of the genuine Tech Decks, but whether they made any money out of them once the copies flooded the market is another matter. I’m full of admiration for the way Marc Ball traded his way out of the situation. It reminded me of the days of the Roller Disco craze, when it seemed like the docks at Rotterdam were full of nothing but containers of cheap vinyl rollerskates. The commercially nimble then made even more money trading in these things at clearance prices.
John Dodsworth! Wow… That takes me back. Where is he now?John ran the Alpine in Notting Hill and had the misfortune to have the skateboard crew forced into a section of his shop. He handled it very well. They were fun times.

]]> By: JBICKERDIKEhttp://www.whenwewasrad.co.uk/index.php/2006/05/16/encyclopaedia-of-skateboarding-f-1989-style/comment-page-1/#comment-220 JBICKERDIKE Tue, 16 May 2006 16:39:30 +0000 http://www.whenwewasrad.co.uk/index.php/2006/05/16/encyclopaedia-of-skateboarding-f-1989-style/#comment-220 HEY TIM, ITS FUNNY TO SEE THE FINGERBOARD ENTRY WAY BACK IN 1989 LONG BEFORE THE ARRIVAL OF THE INFAMOUS TECH DECK. I REMEMBER A FULL PAGE PHOTO IN ONE ISSUE UNDER THE 'RADNESS UNLIMITED' STRAPLINE OF A RAMP YOU GUYS HAD BUILT IN THE OFFICE WITH SOMEONE PULLING A FRONTSIDE AIR ON A FINGERBOARD. I WENT STRAIGHT DOWN TO MUD MACHINE IN CROYDON THAT WEEKEND AND PICKED ONE UP!!SOMEONE MADE A LOT OF CASH DISTRIBUTING TECH DECKS IN THEIR HEYDAY, WAS IT ANYTHING TO DO WITH YOU GUYS AT NEW DEAL?INCIDENTALLY YOUR NAME CROPPED UP IN CONVERSATION AGAIN THE OTHER DAY WHILST TALKING TO JOHN DODSWORTH WHO USED TO WORK AT ALPINE SPORTS WITH YOU I BELIEVE. EVERYONE SEEMS TO HAVE HAPPY MEMORIES OF THOSE DAYS, AS I DO OF THE TIMES YOU DOCUMENTED IN RAD - WHAT HAPPENED - DID WE GET OLDER AND MORE CYNICAL OR HAVE THE SUB CULTURES COVERED IN THE MAGAZINE LOST THEIR EDGE & EXCITEMENT DUE TO COMMERCIALISATION AND OVER EXPOSURE IN MAINSTREAN MEDIA? HEY TIM, ITS FUNNY TO SEE THE FINGERBOARD ENTRY WAY BACK IN 1989 LONG BEFORE THE ARRIVAL OF THE INFAMOUS TECH DECK. I REMEMBER A FULL PAGE PHOTO IN ONE ISSUE UNDER THE ‘RADNESS UNLIMITED’ STRAPLINE OF A RAMP YOU GUYS HAD BUILT IN THE OFFICE WITH SOMEONE PULLING A FRONTSIDE AIR ON A FINGERBOARD. I WENT STRAIGHT DOWN TO MUD MACHINE IN CROYDON THAT WEEKEND AND PICKED ONE UP!!

SOMEONE MADE A LOT OF CASH DISTRIBUTING TECH DECKS IN THEIR HEYDAY, WAS IT ANYTHING TO DO WITH YOU GUYS AT NEW DEAL?

INCIDENTALLY YOUR NAME CROPPED UP IN CONVERSATION AGAIN THE OTHER DAY WHILST TALKING TO JOHN DODSWORTH WHO USED TO WORK AT ALPINE SPORTS WITH YOU I BELIEVE. EVERYONE SEEMS TO HAVE HAPPY MEMORIES OF THOSE DAYS, AS I DO OF THE TIMES YOU DOCUMENTED IN RAD – WHAT HAPPENED – DID WE GET OLDER AND MORE CYNICAL OR HAVE THE SUB CULTURES COVERED IN THE MAGAZINE LOST THEIR EDGE & EXCITEMENT DUE TO COMMERCIALISATION AND OVER EXPOSURE IN MAINSTREAN MEDIA?

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