When We Was Rad:
Skateboard History from UK Vintage Magazine

Month: April 2007

  • Get up and skate everywhere to the point of exhaustion

    Ouch: this is so painfully close to the truth. The idea of having a carefully written out list of tricks to master was no fiction. My hunch is that a lot of people had such things. Their five year plan. Or one month in this case. As usual Gavin was writing about a deeper truth.…

  • How to be the World’s Greatest Street Skater — In 30 Days!

    This was one of my favourite Gavin Hills articles in R.a.D. In fact it remains one of my favourite pieces in the whole history of the magazine. Pure self-indulgence on my part… Gavin based this on Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty’s brilliant book, The Manual: How to Have a Number One Hit the Easy Way,…