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David Slade’s first video plus loads of new skateboard products from May 1991
Oh, this is one for skateboard gear fanatics. I do not know how Vernon found so much to say… Tucked away at the end is a mention of David Slade’s first video, “Smart People in a Car Crash” which I think he made while still at college. Strangely enough, I came across my copy of…
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Feast your eyes on this vintage skateboard gear freaks!
Look at these deck shapes. They’re right on the point of changing: still very wide but with some of them starting to move towards the symmetry of the lozenge shape. There’s some very interesting stuff in here if you can make it out. The text will reveal more. In order to keep to our budget…
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Rage Magazine Advert May 1991
Rage was “the indispensable teen guide to dance, indie, rock, rap, tv, film… and more” according to the advert. This was another in-house Maxwell advert, but in this case there was some genuine overlap. I’m not sure what happened to Rage. I have a vague feeling that Steve Hicks, who was later to take R.a.d…
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More Skateboard News from 1991, Ewer Street and Federation of Scottish Skateboarders
Lots of stuff on new skate spots in here as well as an early announcement of what was to become the legendary Ewer Street “Arches” indoor ramp park in London and a plug for Skin’s big bay in Cardiff. CARDIFF RE-OPENS Yes: the Cardiff vert ramp is back in action. It’s ready for use at…
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UK Skateboard News, May 1991
Here’s Andy Howell appealing for skate-artists to submit work for what would have been one of (the?) first books on the subject of skateboard art. I wonder if he ever received anything as a result of this? WINCHESTER RAMP PARK The skaters of Winchester now have somewhere new to skate courtesy of a novel arrangement…
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UK Skateboard News from May 1991
There’s a hefty chunk on international skateboard competition politics, from the time when such issues were being thrashed out again for the first time in ten years (I’m thinking of the Euroskate ’82 contest at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre and shuddering even now). SHORTS Powell will have a new video out any day…
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Contents of Issue 96 of R.a.D Magazine, May 1991
Some cracking stuff in here, notably the “How to be the world’s greatest street skater” article! FEATURES 16 All Play and No Work The daily grind 23 Holy Hamburg Europe’s Hottest Skate Spot 27 How to be the World’s Greatest Street Skater Win Münster with our 30 day wonder-plan 39 Birmingham Days Skate HARD in…
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Airbourne Zorlac Street Hell Advert
This from the days when Zorlac had their own UK distribution company. In this respect Airbourne Zorlac were up with Powell in the ‘ahead of their time’ stakes; they had a go at doing their own distribution in the UK long before most manufacturers. By 2006 this approach had become much more common. The European…
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Dark Side and World Beat Magazine Adverts from 1991
Dark Side and World Beat were other mags published by R.a.D’s owners at this time (Maxwell Specialist Magazines). Pages like these were used to cross-promote the various titles. In the case of World Beat, which covered world music, there would have been a considerable crossover. I’m not so sure about Dark Side “The Magazine of…
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Vision Street Wear Shoes Joe Gruber Advert 1991
It’s an advert. It’s for skateboard shoes. Skateboard shoes (DC, not these) kept me alive for many years and almost paid off the debts built up by publishing skateboard magazines, so they’re fine by me.