Comments on: Don Brider — Desert Island Skateboarder

By: Neilly b

Neilly b — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 20:31:40 +0000

Don brider . I remember him spitting on me at dead rabbits cos he took exception to the fact I couldn’t pay £20 for the wood . !!!
We didnt actually fight . If we did I suspect I would have been pasted .
Dead rabbits was the best ramp ever and it was built mainly by soton possy and ridden by them also . The small mini on top of the main ramp was one of the first of it’s kind . Ollie blunt to fake ollie in . One of scariest tricks ever . Grey knowic fuck that guy was good and had natural ability . I remember doing ollie blunt sessions on the redbridge ramp one night . Obj these were the days .
Nuffield respect to don birder . Some 25 years on I respect his keeping it real and staying true to the spirit . Which is what he is and promotes and what peOplenshoild value . Fair play . Sorry again for the £20 I was a twat . What can isay . But you still owe me petrol money !!!!

By: mockers

mockers — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 12:19:48 +0000

The mighty Don! The worrying thing is even he looks young in these pictures!!

I remember skating that ramp! It was on an old disused train line under a bridge somewhere.

Ahh the memories… Going to have to go skating this weekend, looks like I’m going to be bruised and aching over xmas!

By: chas one

chas one — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 14:19:54 +0000

tim: you can find the site here – http://fboromassive.tripod.com/pages/about.html although it’s not updated anymore and most of these skaters have gone there seperate ways (but still skating), and the history section is – http://fboromassive.tripod.com/pages/history.html with Ian Cocking donation most of the photos. I think he runs a wakeboarding school or something like that these days.
Glad to be of help.

By: timlb

timlb — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:37:00 +0000

Chas One (or anyone): I tried Googling for the Farnborough site you mention, but didn’t come up with one. But I admit I was in a rush. Does anyone know where it is? I’d like to add a link to it.

By: quiet corners

quiet corners — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:43:45 +0000

don b and RAD were a huge influence on my friend and i, i remember he had spiral griptape in a photo of a no handed airwalk taken at night way back when and we copied that on some of our first pro boards.

total ruler of the navigator banks in southsea too

By: chas one

chas one — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 12:27:07 +0000

Coming from Farnham originally I can tell you that a lot of the skaters in Farnbro are well aware of the roll that the area played in the history of British skateboarding. They used to have a website which included a great history section.
That ramp was where I first tried dropping in (albeit on the low section) and some of the guys still skating there were around then too.