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…

That was painful. The site got caught up in one of the latest WordPress hacks, so I took it down for a while until I had time to try to sort it out. Sorry for the break in service.

Ouch, that last message from the end of August now seems prophetic. There’s a lot been going on for me during this month which means that I haven’t been able to keep up with this site. I’m hoping that I can get back to it soon… Tim

Something happened on January 27th which means that I haven’t been able to do any work on this project. I’ll try to get going again soon.

If you’re interested in the history of skateboarding in Britain, this site contains original vintage UK skateboard material from the eighties and nineties which originally appeared in R.a.D Magazine. This is an exercise in skateboard nostalgia for old school skaters and a glimpse of the roots of British skating for historians and people researching street…

This is not meant as a substitute for the book or the exhibition which has been discussed on Old Skaters. That idea is still going ahead, as far as I’m concerned. But that’s a very long term thing. At the moment I happen to have a bit of time on my hands (!) so I…