When We Was Rad:
Skateboard History from UK Vintage Magazine

Month: July 2008

  • More from Simon

    Every now and again I feel I should point people at some of the current work of the artist Simon Evans….

  • Powell Peralta tour Stevenage, Brixton, South Bank and more

    My goodness. What a dull looking page. Too many words again. But I always wanted to get so much in. For example, here’s a reference to Stacy Peralta signing the South Bank when he was on tour in 1978. He was on Blue Peter on that tour as well. I dare say a high-profile skate…

  • Steve Caballero South Bank Wall 1988

    Too many words and not the right pictures. One of the curses of producing a magazine which could only have colour on some pages was trying to use the right pictures in the right place. So this page of the tour report is about the ramp session in Birmingham, but the relevant pictures are on…

  • Vintage Rad stickers on e-bay

    Dan Adams just sent me an email about someone selling a R.a.D window sticker on e-Bay for £5.50. Is that a little or a lot?

  • Mike Vallely South Bank 1988

    Top caption “On any bollard. Ollie 180 to Frontside Rock.” Bottom caption “360 Block from Vallely. Raging”. The combination of South Bank murk and our even murkier black and white printing makes these hard to follow and leaves this as a very weak page. I wish we could have done justice to the skating.