When We Was Rad:
Skateboard History from UK Vintage Magazine

Month: January 2010

  • Clobber Skate Clothing Advert July 1992

    “Made tough and comfy for nocturnal activities. A size guage or color or feel to compliment any occasion: Being a smart ass to a Dennys waitress at 4.am. Impressing your friends by sticking your left ear to a mega watt thumping Cerwin Vega. A neuron firing sugar rush from ten too many raspberry blowpops. Getting…

  • Welcome to a Big Issue for 2010/11

    At last! I’m so glad that to finally be able to put one of the late-period issues of R.a.D up on this site. I really liked that period of the magazine. Thank you to Morley College (a wonderful place only a stone’s throw from the South Bank) for the use of the A3 scanner which…

  • Ron Knige ‘The Franz’ New Deal Skates Advert

    Steve Martin did “The Jerk” Eddie Murphy was “Delirious” Richard Pryor didn’t know “Which Way Was Up” but these orginal pranksters can’t come close to the new King of Comedy… The Franz Ronald “Franz” Knigge, touring in your home town soon… This is a great example of a New Deal advert from a golden age.…

  • Rollerblade Advert: People Dream they Can Fly

    Yeah, right. Not a good start to this classic issue, but there we go. And I’ve only just now got the point of the headline. I don’t think I would ever have looked at it so closely when it first appeared! I’m sitting here thinking if there’s anything to be said about this. And I’ve…