When We Was Rad:
Skateboard History from UK Vintage Magazine

Month: February 2009

  • Don Brider, Dirty Ditches and a 1988 email address

    In this selection of letters we have Mad Snoz and his cohorts writing about Dirty Ditches, but where? Livi Skates thanking everyone who came for Pure Fun Partying on the Isle of Wight Vallely on vert (lots of it) at Latimer A Picture of Don B and our email address from 1988 = Telecom Gold…

  • Back in the Day: vintage skateboard shop adverts from 1988

    Off Beat Sportz take the prize this time for their “We Like Cats and Dogs Price List” tag line. What was that all about, then? Action Ramps deserve some other kind of prize for breaking down the humble jump-ramp into a whole series of components. Meanwhile Youngs favoured the “long copy” approach, Split went for…

  • Simon on Chrome Ball Incident

    God bless Google alerts for bringing a smile to my face today: good to see so many people remember Simon Evans on Chrome Ball Incindent.

  • Free skateboard classified adverts from 1988

    At some point I knew I would run out of interesting things to say about “The Wall”. That moment has come. It was intended as the Craigslist for UK skateboarding of its time and delighted me when it turned into Myspace. But I’m stretching things too far again. Time to shut up!