When We Was Rad:
Skateboard History from UK Vintage Magazine

Month: March 2006

  • Big Comp in Australia Not Many Dead

    Photographs (and words?) were by David Walsh. The main one on this page features Chris Miller. The competition was organised by Hardcore, the Australian distributors who were to go on to have a massive impact on the whole skateboard world in the form of Globe. Results were: Chris Miller Jeff Kendall Bod Boyle Jeff Phillips…

  • Worldwide Skateboard Competition Circuit

    Three (four actually) skateboard contests all crammed together into one article? That’ll be R.a.D Magazine — my dislike of competitive skateboard events was fairly obvious. In this case the events were in Melbourne, Houston, Dallas and Birmingham. The opening spread features pictures of Gary Valentine, Tom Boyle, Chris Lonnergan and someone else who I can’t…

  • Clan, Backyard, Freestyle Ramps and other Adverts

    Clan and Backyard interest me most on this page — both original skater/biker owned outfits at the very heart of their scenes. Clan II in Dundee also gets a mention, which is good to see. Dundee has a remarkable place in Scotland’s skate history too, even though much of that was in the future at…

  • Mike Manzoori Interview

    We seem to have a spelling issue here. I’m going with Manzoori not Manzouri now! How did you start? I did BMX, then my bike got nicked and I though “skating’s cheaper” so I thought I’d try that. After about a year I was thinking of giving up and I put a notice up in…

  • Ross Goodman Intro

    Steve Keenan took the photograph of Ross Goodman for this Intro. I imagine Steve Douglas would have provided the words. Random acts of God in the production process provided the colour scheme. Favourite skaters Steve Salician, Ben Schroeder, almost everyone. Raddest thing ever seen Anything Ben does. Plans Skate lots of different places and things.…

  • Jason Lunn Intro

    Favourite trick: Anything fast, dangerous and to fakie. Last words: There is more to life than you think and the sooner you realise that, the better. I’d like to say thanks to M Zone, Lilian my girlfriend, Karl and Roz. Fifteen years later I suspect Jason might still say the same about a life which…

  • Benz Skateboard Mail Order Advert

    If my memory is right, I think Benz was one of those skate shops set up by the parents of a skater. I’m not sure how long they survived. Interesting to note Vision Streetwear in there alongside the likes of H Street. They also seem to be selling brands like Levis and Pepe, making me…

  • The Wall, Classified Adverts

    Other Stuff is the most interesting category here: We sat in our rather nice Ceramik Rabbit Tees sipping, like, on the old Meloko Velocet, which sharpened you up for a bit of the old ‘ultra violence’. Ceramic Rabbit — a lust for life. And this in the days when Clockwork Orange was not available for…

  • Boardwalkers, Rollermania and Muddy Fox Adverts

    Here’s another one for all the skateboard industry historians and gear freaks. Cyril’s Boardwalkers was the home of the Banbury mini-ramp featured in the “Life Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness” article in this issue. Somebody correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t think they survived very long. Rollermania, on the other hand, is one…