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Whose Line is it Anyway (Part 5)
The skater was credited as Patrick Hughes [actually Pat Phillips, see correction below], shown here at the private mini-bowl on the St George’s (?) estate in Weybridge. This was (and still is) a posh private estate with its own security force and home to sundry celebrities, including some of the Beatles at one point. This…
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Classic Concrete: Rodga Harvey, Rom Skatepark Snake Run
This was one of those “photographer’s photographs” which was included because it was a personal favourite. It’s unusual because it was shot with a telephoto lens to give a condensed perspective effect, when my normal vision used wide-angle lenses in an attempt to give the viewer a sense of involvement in the scene. My interest…
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Whose Line Is It Anyway (Part 5)
Jay Podesta’s photograph shows Will Bankhead skating ‘somewhere in the City’. This was around the time that the City of London started to get really hostile to skateboarders. Do you get pissed off with people coming on better than you on the grounds that their skating (or type of skating) is better than yours? It’s…
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Whose Line is it Anyway? Part 4
A crashing change of gear takes place at this point. It’s hard to work out what the idea was. I have a feeling that the first part of this feature was written by Gavin and that the second part was by me and that this page is the dividing point. I think I detect a…
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Whose Line is it Anyway? Part 3
I really like this picture of Nicky Guerrero, taken by Claus Grabke. I wish we had run more images like these. Conformity breeds stagnation which spreads like a plague of death and destruction, and napalms our very souls. Instead of going for the latest trick, go for a new line. Tramlines may be in vogue…
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Cyrils Boardwalkers and Voiceline Adverts
Going off at a tangent time: this advert for premium voice lines makes me think of a recent news story I heard about one of the biggest companies specialising in dialtones and the like. They’d just started expanding into China, I think. The thing which struck me is that the company in question is run…
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Whose Line is it Anyway? Part 2
Great picture of Reuben Goodyear skating a playground in Kensington, taken by Jay (Podesta). Everyone’s got a line in them unfortunately today more and more are choosing tramlines. They’re stuck in a groove and won’t break out. Mini-ramps have brought many good things into skating, but on the down side they’ve given many skaters a…
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Whose Line is it Anyway?
Picture shows Shane O’Brien at Neasden, and it’s only when I look it at it now that I start to appreciate why we ran it (I took the pictures but tried to leave the choice to other people). This feature looks like one of those excuses to run a load of pictures we liked…
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Rollersnakes Skateboard Mailorder Advert (Part 2)
Main points of interest? Loads of decks at around £42 and plenty of wheels for less than £30. The big range of protective clothing and the section devoted to plastics date it. So does the small number of shoes on offer! Videos featured in this advert were Streets on Fire, Public Domain, Animal Chin, Bones…
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Rollersnakes Mail Order Skateboard Advert
This was page one of a double page spread advert for Rollersnakes, who were clearly going for mail order in a big way. Complete skateboards started at £75 with RIP trucks and wheels, others were £90 or £105. Powell decks cost £5 extra. Those were different times.