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Great video from Graham Taylor

Just seen a video mashup by Graham Taylor which combines Norman McClaren, Georges Balanchine and skate video from the eighties and ninenties. Part of me feels a bit uncomfortable with the ballet parallel. But I’ve always felt extremely uncomfortable with the ’skateboarding as stadium sport’ let alone ’skateboarding in the Olympics’ line. So give me this any time. It really brought a smile to the day… Continue Reading »
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Issue 67 September 1988 timlb 18 Mar 2009 1 Comment

Wasrad on Facebook?

If the world is fleeing into Facebook then I guess I had better try to take this inside those closed walls…
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Issue 67 September 1988 timlb 10 Mar 2009 7 Comments

Intro: Mark Findlay

Mark Findlay at Bowes Lyon House StevenageInteresting to notice that Fids nominated Stevenage as his favourite ramp even though he came from Ramsgate. That’s a sign of the times: he had to travel into London and out the other side to skate it.

His answer to the question “What would make skating better?” — “Better weather or more indoor ramps” touches on the same subject. We got the “more indoor ramps”, though never enough of them. The weather did not get better. Quite the reverse. This has been one of the wettest winters in a while.

And the thought I like best? “Carter doing McTwists” it makes me smile even now.

More about Bowes Lyon Skatepark in Stevenage.

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Issue 67 September 1988 timlb 04 Mar 2009 1 Comment

Latest Simon Evans Show

I always was a fan of the Simon Evans currently known as an artist.
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Issue 67 September 1988 timlb 02 Mar 2009 3 Comments