Rob Dukes is the skater featured in this Slam City Skates advert. I’m not quite sure where it was taken, but I would guess at Stockwell or maybe Kennington.
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Adverts &Issue 81 November 1989 timlb 19 May 2006 4 Comments
Rob Dukes responded on 29 Jan 2010 at 11:18 pm #
Its neither Kennington or Stockwell, but somewhere(geographically seaking) in-between… Wandsworth Road. Made of the same pre-fab blocks as Kennington and Edgware Raod. And like Edgware Road, long since demolished…
Paul Sunman took the shot right after a Powell Peralta video premiere… could have been Public Domain, or Ban This… not sure, but then it was 20 years ago. I didn’t take my board to the premiere so borrowed Dan Adams’ for this shoot.
thanks
Rob
timlb responded on 30 Jan 2010 at 10:10 am #
Thanks, Rob. I’m delighted that you set the record straight. Wandsworth Road… I wonder now why nobody seemed to go there much. Was there something about the reputation of the area? But that seems odd, when you consider the scary nature of some famous spots. Or was it just that there were better alternatives relatively close, such as Kennington?
johno whelan responded on 15 Feb 2010 at 12:07 pm #
no way,just found this link.got boxes of these mags sitting right beside me.i remember skating the southbank wall with ya back in the day.ya were banging down the alley oop wallrides at full speed and i learned frontside grinds on it.happy daze.hope yer good, man.johno from dublin.
sully responded on 16 Feb 2010 at 1:20 pm #
like today