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 the big claim (but it was certainly true the time I went there) and Weston BMX and Leisure turned sideways to fit it all in.
Each of the shops had a distinctive style and a crew of locals to match in the days before chain stores sold skateboards!
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Issue 67 September 1988 timlb 11 Feb 2009 3 Comments
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MS responded on 26 Jun 2009 at 4:16 pm #
Split Skates … Now that’s a blast from the past – We used to hang out in there shop in Manchester when I was a kid
Baileyboy responded on 23 Aug 2009 at 7:25 pm #
Off beatz sports eh? In the days when skateshops sold ice hockey stuff! Ahhh, the memories of being an intimidated 11 year old…
Actionlab responded on 17 Jun 2010 at 1:59 pm #
wow these ads were from the days before Photoshop! how things have changed.