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Original Blind Video review from 1991
“The best video I’ve ever seen.” For once we didn’t sit on the fence. The video in question has probably stood the test of time (but I’ll see if I can check that with the original reviewer). Non-skaters might also be interested in the early work of Jason Lee, including London footage at Shell Centre…
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A skater’s life
Little did he know I’ve got somewhere I want to be — be it a curb, wall, handrail, ramp, or a flight of steps. But I wasn’t going to tell him; he could never understand. Instead I just went back to my comic, amused and content to let him and his comrades convince themselves they…
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Femi Bukunola sequence at South Bank
Femi at the South Bank. By coincidence, somebody mentioned seeing him there again just the other day. Sequence by Vernon. It’s a shame that our black and white reproduction always meant that these things looked much weaker than the colour.
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Curtis McCann Somewhere in the City
Nice. Full page picture of classic McCann style. I was never one to make comments about skate style and I still see it from a photographer’s point of view, not a skaters’ — but even I could appreciate that the way Curtis skated marked him out.
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More play, less work, more McCann
No words from Curtis on this page, just more pictures of the time from Vernon. No captions to say who they were, which seems slightly unlike us. At the back of my mind is the thought that maybe Curtis asked for it to be this way? If you recognise the skaters, please let us know…
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All Play? No Work? Curtis McCann writes it like it was
Every once in while this project unearths something to make me stop and smile. This is such an occasion. I’d forgotten that Curtis wrote this for us… “For passengers on platform three, I regret to announce that your straight-through srevice to Victoria will be running approximately 15 minutes late” was the message crackling from the…
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M Zone Pillar of the Disestablishment
M Zone, heavy into Carnaby Street and Stussy by this time, but also trying to sell as well, by the look of it. Curious how I’ve completely forgotten these price-based adverts. Only the earlier styley muthas stick in the mind.
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American Skateboard News from May 1991
Steve Douglas kept the news flowing from America, including the latest gossip, tricks, team changes and equipment. First off I’d like to thank Bod for his guest appearance on my page last month. NEWS IN BRIEF Tim Payne has been busy again, he just got back from Hamburg, West Germany where he built a…
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Letters from Tym Goldie and Prague Skaters
Ben Stephens cheers up Gavin, as does news from Prague. But where did we get the translation from? Tym Goldie chips in… HOI VILLAINS! I’m an 18 years old human being and I’m actually very angry at you. First of all I meant to write to you about Czechkoslovakia where I come from ’cause I…
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Brighton, Nick Phillips and Skating Submariners in Prague
A good letters page this month, complete with contribtions from Tym Goldie (Ceramic Rabbit) and Nick Phillips (of the Bath brothers and not the Anarchic Adjustment one). Gavin was in charge at this point. A word about the photos: we have problems printing pictures which are dark and gloomy, so please only send bright clear…