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Vision Streetwear Shoes Advert December 1989
This advert ran many, many times and Vision shoes seemed everywhere for a while. But the true impact of skate shoes was yet to come.
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Grantham Skateboard Park in a Pool: 1989
This fascinated me: news of a skateboard park in an old public swimming pool in Grantham. It had been there for years, largely ignored by the skateboard establishment. We thought we knew it all, but we didn’t: GRANTHAM In issue 81 you asked for more information about Grantham. You’re correct about the ramp being in…
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Cyrils Boardwalkers and Freestyle Ramps Adverts
I’ve nothing to say about these two adverts. There’s honesty for you.
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New minis in Bath and Leamington, the beginning of a Legend
Much fuss is made of Bath’s new metal-surfaced ramp in the introduction to this guide. History says that was a mistake. Leamington Spa also gets a mention — it was later to have a major impact on British skating as the birthplace of Legends, who crossed skating over into a High Street shopping experience. THIS…
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Hungarian Skateboarders in Chislehurst, Fish in Banbury
Angry BMX riders mix it with self-publicists from Banbury and a wide scattering of foreign coverage in this strange letters page. Even the downhill racers get a look in. Gavin kept his comments to a minimum this month. Also of note: a letter from David Foldvari, who has cropped up more recently in these parts,…
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M Zone Spot Skate Shoe Mania Ten Years Too Soon
Ouch! This must be the weakest M Zone advert of all time. And yet… When I look at it now I marvel that M Zone chose to run a “shoe” advert at a time when most people would have concentrated on selling a wider range. It turns out that had spotted the way things were…
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Tim Simenon and Stacy Peralta team up for Attack
My recollection is that this was one of a small series of videos produced by Lol Creme under the name “Videola”. This was a skateboard one, but others were more music-based. Lol’s son, Lalo (?) was the skate connection, I think. There was some very snotty comments floating around at the time about clippings from…
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Ged Wells Knew my Father: Early days of Insane
Cheeky comments about Gary Lee, Ged Wells and Selina Scott? Vernon was on form this month. HEFTIER HOGS SLIMMER LEE Pacer’s range continues to evolve. They’ve brought out a new version of their Hogs shoes. These have a beefier sole, which will please everyone who liked the originals for their ‘instant worn in’ feel but…
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React Accordingly: Vision Skate Wheel Advert 1989
From the days when wheels were between 57 and 65mm high. An age gone by.
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Flip Skateboards back-story, freestyle and street plus early commercial ramp builders
This is a good pages for skateboard historians. Here we have items about Death Box and Ian Deacon. Put those two together later and come up with Flip. There’s also news of more “Freestyle in Street Terrain” as well as the arrival of commercial ramp-builders on the scene… COLCHESTER Everything’s happening: the expansion of the…