When We Was Rad:
Skateboard History from UK Vintage Magazine

Month: December 2008

  • Munster Mash. Europe’s Biggest Skate Comp (1988, that is)

    What an amazing issue this was. So much stuff all happening in one month. This was the seventh Munster World Cup and Europe had never seen anything on this scale in the eighties. It would rate as pretty big even by today’s standards. And the quality of the skating would also stand the test of…

  • R.a.D Magazine Stickers and Billy’s of Cambridge Advert

    Sick Colours! Melt Your Eyeballs! Bright and Sticky! I hope Billy’s will forgive me if I dwell on the R.a.D Magazine sticker advert this time. This one honours the designer of the logo, and master of the spanked-up Xerox art, Nick Philip. That’s Nick’s face squashed on the photo-copier montaged in with the R.a.d logo.…