When We Was Rad:
Skateboard History from UK Vintage Magazine

Tag: southsea skatepark


  • Steve Caballero, Southsea Skatepark, 1988

    The words on this page are about the rain that plagued the Latimer Road demo, but the pictures are of blue sky and sun over Southsea Skatepark as Steve Caballero makes excellent use of the tombstone on the ramp. Photo by Paul Sunman — who took time out from Slam City to act as the…


  • Tommy Guerrero at Southsea and Lance Mountain at Meanwhile 1988

    At the time of writing, Southsea Skatepark is under threat and there is a petition to save it here: http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/save-southsea/ The pictures come from a happier time, with the park under the supervision of John Thurston and and visited by all manner of legends, as we see here. This was the opening page of an…