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| Name: | Ryan |
| E-mail address: | ryan@cox.net |
| Homepage URL: | http://crel.canadianwebs.com/adalat/online-pharmacy-canada.html |
| Comments: | Our partners : oral side effects is about oral side effects... premarin drug is about premarin drug... Nice site... Greetings!.. You have also cool guestbook... Visit our site also. |
| Name: | Kaymac |
| E-mail address: | kaymc44@O2,co.uk |
| Comments: | Have just stumbled across your website by chance. Although I'm not a skater my brother Graham McEachran (mac) was. He was one of the founders of deathbox skateboards, and did all the designs for the decks, wheels and t-shirts (tea pot, dodos, mr punch, hitler etc), as well as being a pretty damn good skater as well!!!
He's no longer part of the scene, although he's recently designed some decks for flip -you'll see which are his (the good ones -not the computer designed crap). He's also very recently began taking his board for a spin - so if any old timers who remember him and are still skating in London -please reply to this email, and I'll pass on any messages to him. |
| Name: | Ed |
| Homepage URL: | http://myskateboardlife.wordpress.com |
| Comments: | I've got a skate comic that's being published later this year. Nice site, shame about all the ads. |
| Name: | jamie maddox |
| E-mail address: | james@jamesmaddox.co.uk |
| Comments: | Hi,
Great site! I'm trying to get contributions from anyone who remembers S.I.D.S skatepark (late 70's) in Stalybridge near Manchester...its on facebook just type in SIDS skatepark and up it pops...anyone with memories of the place or even pics to load up would be bloody great.... |
| Name: | Pav (Pawel Pacynko) |
| E-mail address: | pac.2000@hotmail.co.uk |
| Comments: | My new email address guys.
Back in OZ, UK to depressing. Skating the great bowls here. Name: Pav (Old B group skater) E-mail address: pacynko@ntlworld.com Comments: I would love to hear from anyone who remembers me,specially all the skaters in the US and in OZ who had to put up with a hard up traveller. Spending a long weekend showing 'The Gonz' and now movie star Jason Lee around all the parks in WA was I think the highlight for me,also living with Gregor Rankin,Lee Ralf and Gary Valentine,it was a blast,I really appreciate you guys putting me up,hope to see you over here. Gonz Joke Question - Why do mexicans wear winkle picker shoes ? Answer - So they can crush cockroaches in corners. Pav (Pawel Pacynko) Friday, May 16th 2003 - 01:24:50 PM |
| Name: | andy lomas |
| E-mail address: | andrew.lomas@nationaldrugworks.com |
| Comments: | hooked up with ,stef harkon , darren burdell ,neil danz and steve gratton ,ellen oneal on face book recently ,rodgah harvey (wodga dodga ) |
| Name: | Rose |
| E-mail address: | rose@shaw.ca |
| Homepage URL: | http://vynall.ifrance.com/bactrim/ |
| Comments: | Thanks for your site! BTW, this is very interesting site: nolvadex ... albuterol ... ... You may find it useful! |
| Name: | Tony Hallam |
| E-mail address: | tony@tonyhallamskateboarding.com.au |
| Comments: | Hi Steve,
I tried your email address and it bounced back, so I thought this may work. My wife, myself and our son Oscar are visiting the UK, Ireland and the US in the next couple of months. Where are you in Ireland? We fly into Belfast and will be staying in Innesgillen at Tracey’s grannies house. Is there much to skate, I’d love a roll with yourself and some of the old boys. Anyhow, get back in touch and we can head out for a roll and catch up. Cheers, Tony |
| Name: | paul oakley |
| E-mail address: | oakley_43@hotmail.co.uk |
| Comments: | what a great site.iam 43 yrs old used to skate in the 70s.i lived in east ham east london.we used to go all over london on the bus.skatecity se1/southbank also se1/those very fast downhill runs in greenwich park also in se london and sometime we would go to the west end to look and dream in alpine sports i think there was 3 shops around the west end of london my last main skate park befor the big craze came to a end and i discoverd motor x bikes was the rom in rainham essex.any thanks for a great site and graet memorys. |
| Name: | justme |
| E-mail address: | justmail@start.no |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.justme.ws/skateboarding/ |
| Comments: | Hey, great site. Visit my norwegian skateboard page (in english). |
| Name: | Tim Norton |
| E-mail address: | diatonic10@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | Hey cool site.I skated as a kid on canvey island-70's.Again in the 80's-mid 90's.Spots-The Gunny,ROM,Meanwhile 1+2,Kennington,Southbank,brick banks in Croydon(Wallride onto the office windows-Nice!)Crystall Pallace,The Level-Brighton+loads of other places.Im 39 now and gonna get a longboard soon...Time to ride again after about a 10 year break.Thanks to Mac,Wurzell and the other southbank locals who took me under their wing for a while when i was 17 and living in London. |
| Name: | Flickr user |
| Comments: | Hey check out flickr for some oldskool skateboarding pictures! There is also a group called http://www.flickr.com/groups/oldskoolskateboardinguk/ you are more than welcome to upload any old UK skateboard pictures you might have! thanks! :) |
| Name: | christine |
| E-mail address: | ctward100@hotmail.com.au |
| Comments: | Hello again
Tim Levis actually won the 1977 world skateboarding title representing Britain not 1975.Does anyone know of or have any footage of him skateboarding?It would be great if you could contact me.Thanks Christine |
| Name: | Christine Ward |
| E-mail address: | ctward100@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | Hi there again
I am looking for some footage of Tim Levis the World Champion skateboarder for Britain in 1975.Can anyone help me??It would be great to hear from you.Many thanks Christine |
| Name: | Chris |
| E-mail address: | ctward100@hotmail.com.au |
| Comments: | Hi there
does anyone have any footage of Tim Levis skating? |
| Name: | mark brown |
| E-mail address: | mbizzle@smartemail.co.uk |
| Comments: | Hi. Just had a look at the site. Loving the old park photos. Thought I'd leave a message because I might have some useful stuff for you. Along with my brother Luke and our mate Nick Ross, I guess I was one of the last knebworth " locals ", having grown up in the village, we skated there religiously in the late 80s commuting in from nearby Breachwood Green, the village we had moved to. I make the bold claim of last local not just because we would skate there 2 or 3 times a week or more, but also because we almost always had the place to ourselves,lucky us I guess. These sessions were naturally recorded on whatever janky camera I had and I still have albums full of pics from Kneb, Stevenage and a host of other spots from our subsequent years of fairly nomadic skating. If I can sort out getting some pics into a digitl format, I'll pick out some good ones and send them to you.
Speaking of Stevenage, we skated there alot too and coincidently, my grandad, Bill Churchill, worked there in the early 80's and I have an early memory of him showing me some skaters riding indoor wooden ramps in the youth club, does anyone remember these or have any info about them? Well, thanks for reading, I'll try and sort those photos out and pass them on. drop me a line, cheers, Mark |
| Name: | Jimmy J |
| E-mail address: | jjohnston@wightcablenorth.net |
| Comments: | I have a shit load of photoes,of us all over the country.
From 70's&80's. Mad dog,Gillingham,Southport,Skate city,Colne,Livvy etc.We used to skate at southport with Danzy & his mate Paxo? There was a skate shop there too, with a young lady called Sheena I think,Or as we called her, In a scouse accsent,"going in the van with Shogo" After we all went to colne to see him skate, with Shawn rouse? does any body remember any of us, I snaped my wrist in the half pipe in gillingham,Easter 79,"compound too",didnot stop me skateing,got wrist guards from John at Surry skate boards.Ripped the Lion's pool to shreds,bought some Lazer trucks, and ground the name of them in a weekend in the pool Gillingham.Got to say the best park I ever skated.Does any body remember ROLLINGTHUNDER,It was a ruff old spot in London with a masive half pipe that seemed to go on for miles.I would like to meet up with some old skaters, does any body organise any thing like that.Fantastic site as the saying goes "Ill be back" JimmyJ |
| Name: | bryan boyd |
| E-mail address: | b.boyd3@ntlworld.com |
| Comments: | I Have got a SUPA SKUDA skateboard:
Is it worth anything ? |
| Name: | SLOB 1 aka TonyBB |
| E-mail address: | Abarnaclebest@aol.com |
| Comments: | Still making memories |
| Name: | Dave barker |
| E-mail address: | Dbarkr@sbcglobal.net |
| Comments: | I'm now 41 and have Been living in L.A. for about the last dozen or so years, Used to skate Gillingham, Rom, Rolling Thunder, Mad dog bowl, Skate City and south bank to name a few. recently took up skating again as I have a 10 year old sonand the've just buit a new skatepark about 10 mins away with a killer pool (Pedlow). I just couldn't resist! SoI'm now walkig around with a buggered knee! Great to see all the old names, boards etc seems like yesterday. |
| Name: | jamie |
| E-mail address: | james@jamesmaddox.co.uk |
| Comments: | Hi,
If anyone has any memories of S.I.D.S skatepark in Stalybridge, please contact me at the above email address. |
| Name: | jamie |
| E-mail address: | james@jamesmaddox.co.uk |
| Homepage URL: | http://jpm |
| Comments: | If anyone has any memories of the Skatepark S.I.D.S in Stalybridge please email me at the address above.
cheers |
| Name: | Marcus B |
| E-mail address: | In France now |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.burgundy-plumber-electrician.co.uk |
| Comments: | Glad to see that you're all still there. I'm in France now. A used to skate with a Peralta deck. Does anyone still have one? Cheers
Marcus |
| Name: | Jim Slater |
| E-mail address: | jcrsslater@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | Opinions vary.
Shame u have to hide away hahahaha |
| Name: | ? |
| E-mail address: | ? |
| Comments: | wanker |
| Name: | Jim Slater |
| E-mail address: | jcrsslater@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | Hi Martin Pavey, fond memories of the disco and that snooker table and that rs 2000 !!!! I remember themm all, hope u r well m8. And to all of you out there, Bricky, Danny Acton Bond, all the Brighton boys, all the Harrow boys.Guildford, Romford, Kettering, God I can't ,even staret to mention u all but we all shared something special, something no-one ever will again. Martin Pavey, you will always be a great mate. Thank you all for the memories.
Jim Slater The long haired bloke who did Slalom !!!! |
| Name: | Vicky Andren Baker |
| Comments: | Love Mark Baker,Mad Mark from Brighton,U.K my dear husband!!! |
| Name: | MARTIN PAVEY |
| E-mail address: | mpavey@bigpond.net.au |
| Comments: | hi all you old skaters .i rember the barn skate park carved it to bits .great bunch of skaters to mark baker the kelner brothers etc etc . and guilford skate star, carved that to .o and hi to the london skaters to jim slater the best mate back then . keep on skating ,. martin. |
| Name: | james smith |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.skateboardingjames.piczo.com |
| Comments: | cool is there any old skate vids |
| Name: | ginge |
| E-mail address: | richard.rogers7@virgin.net |
| Comments: | love the site, keep mulling! |
| Name: | helo |
| E-mail address: | 1234567890_@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | website (adulyin) |
| Name: | Adam |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.board-crazy.co.uk |
| Comments: | Thanks for putting this information up. I can't pretend to remember this era myself but I do have a keen interest in the origins of skateboarding and the route that it's taken to where it is now. Interesting stuff. So yeah... cool. |
| Name: | guy |
| E-mail address: | guy@paperpeople.co.uk |
| Comments: | Ex Dog Bowl skater and skate city when it was first opened, but it was tame compared to the Dog Bowl.
Also built a ramp in a dissused pool in Streatham S/London with a bunch of mates, Skateboard Mag UK did an article on it, pretty sure it was the first one, any one got a copy of the article they could email me. The mag titled it " Some where in south London" if I remember, Knolly's Road actualy, so now you know. If anyone has this or any pic's of the Dog Bowl I'd love to see them. Old Surfer dude now, doing my best to annoy my kids> Guy. |
| Name: | mark slough |
| E-mail address: | squeaky63@hotmail.co.uk |
| Comments: | great site, lots of memories.good to see some of the old crew are still out there esp jim slater & sue (the sexiest skater on the south bank if i remember correctly). does anyone know the whereabouts of the old skatewave team (robbie hunter. david ace. shane rouse . rupert henry &danny webster? i still skate now & again at revolution skatepark in margate kent and would love to hear from anyone that remembers me.cheers .
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| Name: | bob |
| E-mail address: | ehuiwhg |
| Homepage URL: | http://ethwryjh |
| Comments: | great site, really interesting. |
| Name: | steve |
| E-mail address: | sandsfox8@hotmail.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://the best times |
| Comments: | Hi great memories of the 70s. I used to skate rolling thunder,harrow,wokingham,uxbridge,mad dog bowl and do any of you remember the indoor park at winkfield?. Ive still got my SIMS TAPERKICK,GULLWING TRUCKS AND BENJY CONICALS, but i always wanted a set of bones wheels but they were well expensive |
| Name: | Dave Harvey |
| Comments: | Found the site thru OLDSKATERS, great site and some great memories. I have still got the scars from Skate City.
Dave |
| Name: | online directory main |
| E-mail address: | www749@mail.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.dirfor.com |
| Comments: | Thanks! http://www.dirfor.com/Germany/ online directory. [URL=http://www.dirfor.com]YP national[/URL]: add your firm, business organization directory, DIRfor pages. Also [url=http://www.dirfor.com]global directory[/url] from http://www.dirfor.com . |
| Name: | yellow pages main |
| E-mail address: | www749@mail.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.dirfor.com |
| Comments: | Thank you! business yellowpages. international directory: add your firm, business organization directory, DIRfor pages. Also [url]http://www.dirfor.com/Pakistan/[/url] and [link=http://www.dirfor.com]companies of the world[/link] from http://www.dirfor.com . |
| Name: | Ryan |
| E-mail address: | ryanlegg12@aol.com |
| Comments: | love the site man....the old school pics a great..... i have just started bowl and pool skatein and i have had some nasty slams but it is sooo much fun you get so fast and there is always sumink new to learn like gettin higher frontside airs! i skate the bolw in littleport like everyday and i love it maybe u shud try all should try and get down here its near ely which is near cambridge! i only wish i was round in the 70-80s skatein! |
| Name: | helen smith |
| E-mail address: | htimsrh@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | Wicked site...i love all the old skool photos, any ideas where i could get my hands on some prints of these for my new flat?
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| Name: | Pob |
| E-mail address: | pob@point-three.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.point-three.com |
| Comments: | I can't believe I found this site....
I was looking at pictures of Paul Rocker Robson and the rest of the deathbox crew online. I used to help work and build the ramps at the Barrow In Furness infamous Skate Shack. I was there when it started as a humble little shop all the way up to when it was the full park. Even at the end when the Blanche family backed out and the skaters tried to run it. I miss skating with Milly, Taggy, Russ and all the guys. There was sooo many people, if anyone knows anyone's email addresses please send them my way...that would rock! So send them my way...peace!!! |
| Name: | Dave H |
| E-mail address: | benjyboard@btinternet.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.benjyboard.co.uk |
| Comments: | Benjyboard T shirts on sale from Feb 21st 2005
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| Name: | sam |
| Comments: | Sweet site. I wish i was around when all these parks were still around. Im only in my teens so i recon i must be the youngest oldschool skateboard collector around. I have a cool collection of boards too, its amazing what you can find. Pride of collection is my mint covdition 70's fiberflex perfecto. |
| Name: | Jason Poulton ( aka Plug ) |
| E-mail address: | srpjason@msn.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.srp.me.uk |
| Comments: | What a find, pics of me old parks i rode as a grom..Knobworth , sevenage ..lost plenty of skin at those places ...!I have some of knobworth park creat to remember those days !! Big shout to all da Herts crews ...beastmannor, the cage, and the ramp near the old Custom riders.....check out srp.me.uk site as for some stupid reason i now run a park in barnstaple ( old school sk8 area )for no money !!! yer great ..
Nice one bros Plug |
| Name: | ollie |
| E-mail address: | skater_31770@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | Great site dude,I hope skateboarding catches on a lot more in the futre....later
-ollie |
| Name: | Jim Slater |
| E-mail address: | jcrsslater@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | Hi again all
Hi to Max Kirsten, Danny Acton_Bond, and all u top people out there. Hi too to Sue from Southbank and respact to Phil Bergoyne, wonderfull to see u at bands hatch not so long ago. i look in often and am thrilled to see all of u r well and soooo many old names (Bricky) LOL Keep it up, I do and I still skate when i can Thanks to the webmasters for the chance to get in touch again with so many old and dear friends E-mail me for a chat and an update Jim Slater the Slalom Skater LOL |
| Name: | Phil Burgoyne |
| E-mail address: | info@epsomsports.co.uk |
| Comments: | Good work... I found you in a lunchbreak, will keep looking in. |
| Name: | PhiEvans |
| E-mail address: | sinephil@telus,net |
| Comments: | found your site by accident, i skated full time from about 86 to 90 and still play a bit now, but mostly bmx, boo hiss! Did my first drop in at farnborough on a variflex and my first grind on the other side (concrete coping and no platform. Travelled up from hastings with john holdcroft. He skated palace a lot. We helped get hastings vert ramp built. It missed the vert boom but saw some good skating while it was up. I now live in BC Canada (land of new concrete parks everywhere) and mountains.
I skate a Steve douglass from 89 or so. Keep up the good work. |
| Name: | Sue |
| E-mail address: | Tezvica@aol.com |
| Comments: | Hi, this site and board brings back memories! I used to skate at South Bank back in 78-80,I remember Sooty, Mark Slough, Jingles, Tony, Jim Slater, Neville, I used to have a great time and spent most of it at South Bank. I remember watching Marc Sinclair (I occasionally skated at Meanwhile). Si Napper was my favourite skater and I had all the Skatebord! mags. Can't remember the decks I had, but I know I had Tracker trucks on one and Lazer on another, Green Kryptonics, Alva wheels and OJs! Those were the days!
Nice site. |
| Name: | Stewart Lindfield |
| E-mail address: | stewart@kayakist.fsnet.co.uk |
| Comments: | Hi hope your museum is going well i have accidently come across your site searching for Martin Pavey who now resides in Perth Australia.What a shock the photo of pavlo skating kelvinside.Thats where he met Rosie his wife,Martin was at the time running Skatestar park (long Defunct) in Guildford as manager.For years Martin & myself paddled kayaks on whitewater or surf so then along came the skateboard.Two sports combined Martin worked hard on a ski style stance with me as a timer on slalom runs,Brands hatch saw us on the large loop of the track Martin slaughtering the opposition with his perfected stance on a Turner Summerski with Bones wheels or Kryptonics.
Well marraige saw an end to that with a move to Ardloui Scotland then later to Perth where i lost touch,still searching as pavlo is not great with calling old friends or writing.Anyone in touch with him let me know although i do have an address it is from Aussie white pages,after this long time it would be odd to call |
| Name: | Ade Hogg |
| E-mail address: | adr1an@tinyworld.co.uk |
| Comments: | Hello all,
I have attached an old magazine picture of the Malibu Dogbowl in Nottingham from an article in Skateboarder, I hope Stevie can place in his gallery. It was not a very complementary article , a very challenging park to skate but very rewarding once mastered. I was a member of the team back then and still skate most weeks with one of my old team mates Kenny Prest and more latterly with another fine old Malibu skater, OZ. Unfortunately OZ broke his ankle this summer on a local half pipe but I know he's going to make a RAD comeback as soon as he's out of Physio. I remember some of the names on the list below , Ally Barr from our competitions with Skateside, Dave Tring Malibu Skater and Rob Jones, Nottingham's own answer to the Z Boys as pioneer of fluent surf style skating at the early nottingham skate spot Hyson Green. I met Rob again a couple of years ago and still email occasionally although I don't think he's temted to get on the skateboard again yet. Keep skating, I need the moral support. Ade Hogg Malibu Dogbowl Skate Team |
| Name: | ivan omond |
| E-mail address: | gameshowmafia@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | RAD site...cool to see Team Manic still alive an rockin the casbah!!!! |
| Name: | Edda |
| E-mail address: | edda11505@yahoo.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://europe.zared.com/United_Kingdom/England/Suffolk/Beccles/ |
| Comments: | Superior site. I loved it. |
| Name: | chris ellis |
| Comments: | Wow ! i almost cryed :) the memories are flooding back, i really wish i had kept all that old skate stuff, but was happy to see all the stuff you got on here, great site... and thanks for the memories :) |
| Name: | Tim Crowdy |
| E-mail address: | tccrowdy@aol.com |
| Comments: | What a great site....cool pix and info mate ...well done !!!! took me back a few years i can tell ya !
Anyone who remembers me Dean Davis-Rich Percival-Winston May-'Yiffa'(sean) or Yubba-Wayn Pickard-Jamie-Paul/Simon Wright or anyone from the Rom/Rolling thunder crew drop me a line |
| Name: | Adam Sturge |
| E-mail address: | adam.sturge@tiscali.co.uk |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.skatehouse.webitsmart.co.uk |
| Name: | Daniel Elyakim |
| E-mail address: | rasta_daniel@hotmail.co.il |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.skateboarding.co.il |
| Comments: | Hey , im from israel and i'm coming to England this summer to traver and to skate...
10x for the information in your site, I think it is a great site and you shuld keep on the good work visit my site and look for the israli skaters..there is 5-7 skateparks in isreal !! i will skate in meanwhile skatepark and in south banks bey bey |
| Name: | Dave Holden |
| E-mail address: | Holden@eryc.co.uk |
| Homepage URL: | http://rklongboards.eryc.co.uk |
| Comments: | Hi there dude, i found this while browing for a new longboarding site, kudos, this is a very informative site, and i can see myself wasting away many hours just browsing through! (adknowledging the fact im only 17 and this isnt my eeira, but its all fascinating - still!)
Take it easy |
| Name: | Andy Hirst (Tony) |
| E-mail address: | andy_j_hirst@btopenworld.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.sophistyx.net |
| Comments: | Hi dudes.
I'm a Bradford (Yorkshire) lad. Don't know where to start but I have a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG History. Started in the mid-70's at Peel Park, Halifax Skate Park and The Wheel Thing in Shipley. Dabbled with Wakefield a little. Graduated to Roxy Skate, Mexborough/Swinton (saw Shogo Cubo) and Colne, Lancashire (with the London dudes, Mad Max Baker, etc). Knew Steve Gratton and Andy Lomas. Packed it in for a couple of years, then restarted when a half-pipe appeared at Manningham Sports Centre, Bradford (Bradpipe). Won the ESA 'junior skater of the year' award in 1982. Did Livingstone, Kidderminster and Horncastle. Hung around with Lee Bryan at his place in Cherry Willingham, Lincoln and his mate Pete Trevor. Good pals with Bryan Shaw, Ian Pemberton, Paul Tobin. All the dudes from the time. Skated with Neil Danz, Pete Shelley, Danny Webster, Sean Goff, Steve Reid, etc. Too many names to mention. Best years of my life. Where did it all go wrong? What I'd give for a slice of the action again. What I'd give for any photo's of the parks I've mentioned above. What I'd give for some early footage of myself, vain twat that I am. Seriously. I'd love to meet up with any of the Bradpipe or Cherry Willingham dudes again. Wonder if I can still do it? |
| Name: | MUGU |
| E-mail address: | mugu@guyman.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.mugu.com |
| Comments: | DONTEE DON REACH HERE OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHHHHHHHHHI..........TTTTTTTTTT |
| Name: | tinmar |
| E-mail address: | tinmarleouf@hotmail.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://djspike.ft.com |
| Comments: | yeah les mec c est tinmar un ptit frenchi qui debrk en angletrre pour deux mois et qui kiff le skateboard donc voila on se verra peu etre sur un des spot de nottingham ou dans la rue c est cool de voir que ca bouje de partout!
hey man that s a french guy who s coming into nottingham for 2 months.i love all gliss sports since i was young! salut a tous et vive la gliss et faites des skatepark dans toutes vos rues! courage a tous et have a good trip! |
| Name: | aron |
| E-mail address: | jacsdada@hotmail |
| Comments: | carnt belive it there i was on the first pic on this site harrow wat times im 36 now we had some amazing times bac then there were some of the best riders in england there that day you had to be in that pool |
| Name: | bignoo |
| Homepage URL: | http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3672566032 |
| Comments: | I am flogging me old benjy boots on e-bay if anyones interested |
| Name: | Big Noo |
| Comments: | I am flogging me old Benjy Boots on e-bay if anyones interested:-
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3672566032 |
| Name: | Colm |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.dubaidesertextreme.com |
| Comments: | hey, cool website, it's cool to see the history of skateboarding, everyone's having fun, and having a good time... good site |
| Name: | Naomi Sheppard |
| E-mail address: | naomijanesheppard@yahoo.co.uk |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.everyonesconnected.com |
| Comments: | ive been here before and nice to read all the entries since my last visit...
My brother used to skate in Basingstoke, Fleet, Farnbourgh and Guilford mainly... with Danny Webster Gary Lee Dave Richardson John Davis and lots more.. i remember Dave Ace, Kev Seaton, Martin Pavey, Dave Hacket lots more anyone who has any photographs that my include any of these skaters please mail me.. especially of my brother Adie Sheppard as he died four years ago and lost most of his skating photos in a fire... the best site ever.. and good to see Dogtown getting mentioned... ps: i have quite a few issues of Skatebaorder mag... Naomi.. Message to the the Future Keep Skating...... old school still rules...;-) |
| Name: | John Ledger |
| Comments: | Bit of a nu-skool skater nice to check out where it all begin... |
| Name: | Chris Palmer |
| E-mail address: | alip@btconnect.com |
| Comments: | I'm a Kettering lad with to many memories of Wicksteed skatepark. Why they got rid - who knows? Partly buried, mostly destoyed. Does anyone have any photos they can forward to me to help my minds eye?
Cheers |
| Name: | Tony B |
| E-mail address: | tony_b@onetel.net.uk |
| Comments: | Good site has brought back some memories. Have 70's skateboards to photograph and send to you if you want them but need e-mail address. Had problem e-mailing you. |
| Name: | isaac |
| Comments: | ur the man d-town and z boys is rad nd has made histery man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1 |
| Name: | gyp1 |
| Comments: | help me rhonda - I think I am going to buy a new deck - its been more than 10 years ..
nice site cheers for the vibez. |
| Name: | gyp1 |
| Comments: | help me rhonda - I think I am going to buy a new deck - its been more than 10 years ..
nice site cheers for the vibez. |
| Name: | Glenn |
| E-mail address: | Getilbrook1964@aol.com |
| Comments: | lots of photos and memories will send in soon cant get your email address to work at the mo.RE: Farnborough,Andover,Thruxton,Basingstoke,Fleet :( . Good days back then,i just received a new board and gonna go out before i,m to old, i just have to gotta do it. great site. |
| Name: | Matt Davis |
| E-mail address: | olds60@ukonline.co.uk |
| Comments: | Meanwhile Madness Dominates. Its been a long time guys, where are you all now? Get in touch brothers, it would be good to here from you all again,
P.s We have found some great Photo's Matt and Ben Davis |
| Name: | James the SK8R!!! |
| Comments: | this is a really cool site!!! and to be honest, i actually discovered it by accident!! if anyone ever gets time, go to the rom, its worth the fiver, trust!!!
thanks!! |
| Name: | nolan |
| E-mail address: | duno_23@hotmail.com |
| Name: | BILLY RUNAWAY |
| E-mail address: | info@roundwall.net |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.roundwall.net |
| Comments: | SWEET!! I WAS A YANK WORKIN' FOR THRASHER WAY BACK WHEN AND WAS LUCKY ENUF' TO LIVE IN U.K. FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS, INC. COUCH TOURING @ DOBIES 'TIL HE KICKED ME OUT....!
SKATED CRYSTAL PALACE AND SOUTHBANK MOSTLY, W/TRIPS TO FARNBOROUGH AND ROMFORD(W/ BRAD BOWMAN!) FOR GOOD MEASURE. I REMEMBER SEEING A 12 YEAR OLD BOD DOING MINI INDY AIR AND EGGPLANTS - U COULD TELL THEN HE WAS GONNA' BE A RIPPER SOMEDAY. GOOD TIMES....PROPS TO ALL THE U.K. OLD-SCHOOLERS OUT THERE. CHECK OUT MY OLD-SCHOOL SITE IF YOU GET A CHANCE: WWW.ROUNDWALL.NET LATE, BILLY RUNAWAY |
| Name: | MICK BEAUSANG |
| E-mail address: | MICKCLOUDBASE@AOL.COM |
| Comments: | Just seen the site for the first time,was blown away by all the old reminiscences,I used to rollerskate at Farnborough skatepark between 77 and abuot 83.From the first half pipe and ramps built by the club,largely due to Chris Seaton and his dad,the Evans bros,Doug Cameron ,rOBBIE Charman and the rest.They all planted the seeds of hard gnarly riding {remember the dog town vert}that kept an interest in ramp and vert riding when every where else was being shut down. When we managed to get hold of Wokingham steel frame pipe and afew months later managed to get hold of Andovers identical steel box section shortly after,joining the two pipes together,replying and atatching a pool coping we thuoght that we had probably the best half pipe in the country at the time.It relly livened things up,people from all over the place got to no about Farnborough and some top geezers started calling it home,the club became more organised largeley due to the effrts of Shane Rouse,British freestyle champ for a while,the Abrooks,Gary Lee,DanZ,Danny Webster,Shaun Goff,Andy big bird Peerless,not to mention Robbie Charman,Stroppy,Ben Norris,Witty Mason,Mark Evans,Steve Bell,Neil Cocking and shit loads of others that came and went.Tis site did for me what the recent dog town movie did for me,it made me realise just how good it was to be part of the excitement that world was generating at the time.I'm getting my kicks from mountainboarding now,I live with my wife Sal and two boys {bmx'ers and budding mtn/brders}in north Yorkshire,Hallo to anybody that remembers me,take care y'all Mick Beausang |
| Name: | tom snook |
| E-mail address: | snooky_182@msn.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.spele.nl |
| Comments: | ite every body to who is readin this i9 just thought i would sign the guest book jst for the fun lol that web site is a kick ass game site |
| Name: | ben |
| E-mail address: | redman2030@hotmail.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.leftsideclothing.com |
| Comments: | Leftside is staring to kick off it opened just before christmas.We will shortly be producing a video supporting our and other scenes.We are currently scouting for team riders young and old so send us tapes/photos(no fake ones please!!).our address is 19 Northumberland place Bath.support independent skateshops...peace.Also any feedback or questions are appreciated just post them on the forum and i'll try to awnswer them as best i can. |
| Name: | steve |
| E-mail address: | steveclicked@aol.com |
| Comments: | hi All, does anyone know if the freshwater concrete park on the isle of wight is still there? please email me any inf, the pics look great. thanks. steveclicked@aol.com |
| Name: | ainsley jackson |
| E-mail address: | surferbalin@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | there are some awsome skaters in swansea you shold come chek it out |
| Name: | ainsley jackson |
| E-mail address: | surferbalin@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | there are some awsome skaters in swansea you shold come chek it out |
| Name: | chris g |
| E-mail address: | rockstar2612@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | has any one got an issue of skateboard! magazine either may,june or july 1991? its got a big article about yorkshire in it,im on the cover and i dont have it any more good to show the kids and that.get in contact if you can help out. |
| Name: | Faye |
| E-mail address: | fayesmith23@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | Is there any1 that lives in the Uk/England/St.Anne's? Does any1 know any good skateparks around that area? I can't seem to find any on the web...I need to find somewhere where there isn't many ppl about and has lots of space, can any1 help me? cud u email if u know any good skateparks around or in that area plz? |
| Name: | Lee Cable |
| Comments: | hi to anyone who skates the are some quite good skaters in beccles suffolk
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| Name: | Dave H |
| E-mail address: | benjyboard@btinternet.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.benjyboard.co.uk |
| Comments: | We are back! |
| Name: | Dave H |
| E-mail address: | benjyboard@btinternet.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.benjyboard.co.uk |
| Comments: | We are back! |
| Name: | Yoz |
| Comments: | Started skating in about '73 with a single metal roller skate and a lump of wood horizontallly across to rest legs on. Started making own skateboards in '74 out of metal rollerskate split in half and nailed to each end of any wide-ish lump of wood we could get hold of. used to stand on it facing forward one foot in front of the other....bastard to turn!
Peter Roberts, if you ever read this, it was all your idea!!!! Yoz, UK. |
| Name: | Yoz |
| Comments: | Started skating in about '73 with a single metal roller skate and a lump of wood horizontallly across to rest legs on. Started making own skateboards in '74 out of metal rollerskate split in half and nailed to each end of any wide-ish lump of wood we could get hold of. used to stand on it facing forward one foot in front of the other....bastard to turn!
Peter Roberts, if you ever read this, it was all your idea!!!! Yoz, UK. |
| Name: | ben hodgkin |
| E-mail address: | benhodgkin@central technology collage.co.uk |
| Comments: | i think that skateing is one of the best things oround today!!!!!!!!!! |
| Name: | Jonnie |
| E-mail address: | Janimalchin1@aol.com |
| Comments: | So good to find this site guys - nice one!
Skated through late 70's (Altofts skatepark Wakefield anyone?) then through the 80's on and off. Great memories of the Bradpipe (Bradford), and Goshen sports centre ramp near Bury. Still skatin' ramps a bit in Northampton and collecting tons of old skool stuff. Keep on keeping on! Jonnie |
| Name: | timmmmmmmmy |
| E-mail address: | timmartin"montaguschool.co.uk |
| Comments: | i respect oldskool and all you oldies ,good site.i think i prefer old skool 2 new skool even though im 15 . plus, does anyone know anything about a park in wicksteeds, kettering |
| Name: | Mike S |
| E-mail address: | mscott@hull-cvs.co.uk |
| Comments: | Fantastic site. Just found this while browsing. Great to hear so many old farts like me (I'm 39) are still skating. I've still got my original Benji deck, ACS 580's and blue 65mm Kryps. I bought a Santa Cruz deck about ten years back, then smashed my wrist to bits on a bank at Hull's tidal barrier! Does anyone remember Pure Fun skatepark in Scarborough? I spent a full week camping out there and skated all day, every day. God, I miss those fantastic times. I've now got a 12 year old son, who I sometimes go skating with in an empty car park on Sundays. The Dogtown vid brought back memories of all my heroes. My mate, who writes music as one half of Fila Brazillia, recorded a tune for Stacey Peralta, one of my faves of the 70's. Wow. |
| Name: | Mike S |
| E-mail address: | mscott@hull-cvs.co.uk |
| Comments: | Fantastic site. Just found this while browsing. Great to hear so many old farts like me (I'm 39) are still skating. I've still got my original Benji deck, ACS 580's and blue 65mm Kryps. I bought a Santa Cruz deck about ten years back, then smashed my wrist to bits on a bank at Hull's tidal barrier! Does anyone remember Pure Fun skatepark in Scarborough? I spent a full week camping out there and skated all day, every day. God, I miss those fantastic times. I've now got a 12 year old son, who I sometimes go skating with in an empty car park on Sundays. The Dogtown vid brought back memories of all my heroes. My mate, who writes music as one half of Fila Brazillia, recorded a tune for Stacey Peralta, one of my faves of the 70's. Wow. |
| Name: | Smeg |
| E-mail address: | markrg8@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | Wow, so many old faces. It's been a few years since I skated but still in contact with Deacon, Spary, Don brown and levene from the old pig city days. love to talk to any of the south bank boys if your out there, the early 80's ruled.
never gonna forget southsea, farnborough or kiddy come to think of it and count myself lucky to have lived and skated in del Mar (ca) right back there in 84 |
| Name: | Daniel (Danny) Acton-Bond |
| E-mail address: | dactonbond@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | Some of you may remember me. I skated in Bristol and London in the late 70's. My claim to fame was a feature interview in Skateboard! magazine.
I used to skate everywhere. Totally obsessed. I spent all my time thinking/eating/dreaming skateboarding. I used to look at the countryside, buildings, and even trees, and imagine them covered with concrete. I used to see myself doing slides and all the other stuff on those imaginary slopes. The South Bank was the best! I have been living in Italy for about 20 years now. I’m 41 and haven’t skated for about 8 years. The last time I tried, I borrowed some kid’s board in the street. After a few attempts I managed a kickflip and a couple of 360’s and that was about it. I got out of breath quickly, and was worried about my old bones. However, I am quite fit (I ran my first half-marathon this year), and try to go skiing when I can. My three kids are at an age when I can take them skiing, so I might start skiing some more. They have just built a new skateboard park where I go running. I sometimes think I should stop and have a go, though I reckon I would probably break something first time. Are any of you still skating? A very warm hello to all of you that know me! It was great to see your names. I remember all these names (copied from someone else’s mail) Kadir Guirey, Simon Napper, Jeremy Henderson, Adam Peacock, John Sobloski, Mark Baker, Marc Sinclair, Tim Levis, Jules Gayton, The Cutts Bros, The Turnbulls Bros... I also remember these names: Max Kirsten, Simon Mail, Tim Walker, Jim Slater, Mark Slough. And there are others. It would be great to know what you’re all up to. And if you’re ever in Italy I’ll take you out for a pizza. Bloody hell! |
| Name: | wing |
| E-mail address: | r.wing1@ntlworld.com |
| Comments: | just to say hello and fuck you all |
| Name: | ed kevill-davies |
| E-mail address: | edkevill@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | Hey what up. Amazing site by the way!!!
I'm a film maker looking to make a documentary on the Westbourne Park Skate scene, (Meanwhile 1 and 2). I need interviews, history, photos, videos, ANYTHING!! Particularly interest lies in LSD (London Skate Dominates) so if anyone acan help that would be great. Just anyone who used to skate there and loves Meanwhile get in touch!!!! If anyone out there can help get back as soon as possible, please!!! Cheers, Ed |
| Name: | paulhathaway |
| E-mail address: | covminiwrecker@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | nice site but have 2 agree wiv dom were is jim the skins sectoin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| Name: | simon williams |
| E-mail address: | swilliams93@fsnet.co.uk |
| Comments: | wicked site- it makes me cry!wandsworth sk8 circus didnt have a pool-your photos are of the pepsi pool at spandrel skate dome uxbridge-you missed arrow wolverhampton!-love2u all-sw |
| Name: | steve |
| E-mail address: | spikie_01@yahoo.co.uk |
| Comments: | Damn what a trip down memory lane this site is.
im 33 now and used to skate at "THE MAD DOG BOWL" in the old kent road in the 70s. nice site keep up the good work all |
| Name: | Glenn Royds |
| E-mail address: | glennroyds@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | Mega Site
Used to skate Colne a lot. I travelled from Rochdale every weekend. The pictures brought back many memories of overnight stopovers freezin my nuts off in that bleedin place. Not to mention mopping up the condesation in the pool at 7 in the morning. If anyone can remember me drop us a line, I've Just turned 40 this year and I'm feelin bloody old ! The Sites Mega by the way keep up the good work. Cheers Glenn (I'm the one who used to do the "Jay Adams" style laybacks!) |
| Name: | jason hunghes |
| E-mail address: | jay.hughes0@virgin.net |
| Comments: | well fuck me this brought back memories , i'm 34 now and just picking a board up again
remeber meanwhile guys ,ricky where a you mate , respect to all who skated under that flyover in the 80's around 84 -89 the smell off piss and getting ya board back from behind the ramp. never mind the cracks and that lethal lip ,remeber the times of smackin me shins on that bastard. when caberllo and those guys rippedit to shreds fuck , that was awesome . and when hosoi came to finsbury liesure centre for a demo 13 ft christ airs whooooooooo. good luck to all skate hard & fuckin enjoy it i think of those times and its great to be back on foour wheels again |
| Name: | jason florio |
| E-mail address: | jrflorio@earthhlink.net |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.floriophoto.com |
| Comments: | I really opened up a can a worms here. Sean Goff, Davross (e.mail me you slag) The Bottlehead twins(Mark nice to see yer still down in Tejas) ...Saw Billy and Craig Johnson on the Gator film here in NYC... The Evans brother - gab to Jo every week... 'nuther English geezer in the states. Justin Ashby ... fucking get this..ona plane going to Gambia Africa and the buggers stood in line to check in to the same place... so we hang in the jungle about once a year now... Big Ups to the Makasutu lads... Lawrence Willaimas and James English in the jungle... when's the ramp coming you mooks?
Nice to see you on the site Roga ... trust yer still not wearing the kiddy cowboy hats... was fucking cool back then. Bricky 'ello mate...where's Floyd these days and American Steve? Ian Cocking ...if yer out there I hope nob has not fallen off from shagging all those nasty arse Farnboro' girls. Well, Iam living in New York ...working as a photojournalist..... if any of you old slags are passing through I'll show the spots. South Bank on a friday night...Rom on saturdays..Meanwhile...Barnstable...Mon's ramp..Sean's ramp....Kidderminster.... Droitwich banks on the way back from the North... fuck..I'm choking up thinking about it.... |
| Name: | Tim Dawson |
| E-mail address: | tim@timdawsn.demon.co.uk |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.observatorypitlochry.com |
| Comments: | Thanks for the site, it jogged a lot of happy memories. I skated around West Yorkshire in the mid to late 1970s. To see pix of Colne was truly fab, it was the best park ever. Years ago I went back to look for it and found that the beautiful bowl had been filled in and the building was in use as a builder’s merchants I think.
My earliest memories are of the Pig and Whistle in Leeds, where there was a big scene based around a bit of 1970s street architecture. There was also a nearby ski shop that sold skateboard gear. I spent a lot of time at the Wheel Thing in Shipley. It was not up to much, but it was on a good train line for me. Later there was a good park in Halifax and there was a very odd one in what might have been an old swimming pool in Leeds. Further a field, I remember a great park in Scarborough, although it was wet several of the times I visited. And also one in Hove, the name of which I can’t remember. I have no photos of my own, but somewhere there is a big stack of magazines. If I can find them, you are welcome to them. Tim (my url is unrelated to skating, but it is a cool place to stay). |
| Name: | Demus |
| E-mail address: | indiandemus@blueyonder.co.uk |
| Comments: | Big up to the memories.
What about a section for Skatings dark years - the eighties ? South Bank was dark and windy in those Thatcher years, we had to hide out in the Royal Festival hall Gamelan room when it got too cold. LSD were the ones to take Hip Hop to the Californians as such pioneers as Spry, Floyd, Dobie and shaky Faky Mad Mike showed the rockers that the brothers could flex. The ethos of LSD really gelled with the Gonz, Guerrero and the then burgeoning street crew who have since revolutionised the whole of Skating and as a result THE BLEEDIN WORLD of youth culture. Times were hard and many sort the financial renumeration of the booming Music industry, taking the street global. Skating and Hip Hop was a natural alliance as we can now see. Lest we Forget.......LSD always. Skate tough or go home. |
| Name: | sam |
| E-mail address: | samc63@sbcglobal.net |
| Comments: | I live over in the States but I think your site is really cool. Great job, great pics, one of the better old school sites. Thanks! |
| Name: | glasgow skater |
| Comments: | Hey great site! You really need pictures of the kelvingrove bowl though. Although its gone now, Well, its still there just covered by loadsa earth. People have tried to dig it up before but not enough people participated. anyways, it would be cool if you got pictures of it to see whats there underneath them flower beds. Supposedly it had 3 bowls and a slalom course and much, much more. Jamie Blair will know loads about it as he used to skate it!!
thnx alot Glasgow Skater |
| Name: | dom hassett |
| Comments: | rad site but wheres the section on covs own living legend jim t skin |
| Name: | Martin Roberts |
| E-mail address: | mjr1962@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | Sorry forgot the GT Coyote any body remember them? |
| Name: | Martin Roberts |
| E-mail address: | mjr1962@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | Still got my old gear G&S bowl rider tracker trucks red Kyrps + a Jeremy Henderson bowl rider tracker trucks green kyrps + a set of simms white snakes all the magazines of the times.
At 40 i can still manage a trick or two 27yrs on |
| Name: | chris gregory |
| E-mail address: | rockstar2612@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | good the website, i skated from87 till 98 completeley fucked my ankle had to have it rebuilt just started again things have changed a bit,its like premiership football these days |
| Name: | kyan |
| E-mail address: | ctrlav@hotmail.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.ctrlav.com |
| Comments: | hi my names kyan(29) I started skating when I was 13 had to stop from 19 to 24 bad knees but started again age 25 and skate nearly every day am currantly making a skate video skate everywhere london mostly love it more now then ever for before I was in plaster for two months and all I couild think about was skating again so now I am making up for lost time good to see so many older skaters out there don't give up |
| Name: | Ally Barr |
| E-mail address: | allybarr1@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | Regardsing the little deaf kid from Nottingham.
I was compeeting in the comp at Billy Smarts Circus Windsor, I think it was 77 and little deaf John was there as well ripping in all areas. I had been perfecting the miller flip (at least a year befor Miller got in the US mags with it)and had been trying it on the huge whiplash, I think they called it. I think I had only made probably four or five in three months. Any way little deaf John saw what I was trying, smiled at me made some kind of noise to let me know he was going to try it as well. Guess what, the little sod made it first attempt. Respect to the kid. He could have been the UK's # 1 |
| Name: | nach |
| E-mail address: | jjcrollo@aol.com |
| Comments: | nice site , i just wondered why matt pritchard or niether of the callow bros where on the site or any of the death team.death was not even on the site ...........
very disapointing /:~( |
| Name: | no-comply |
| E-mail address: | no-comp@d173.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.d173.com |
| Comments: | everybody,
i am proud to annouce you that www.d173.com is up and fully fonctional in english/german/french. this website is the official portal of the unique downhill track under management and secured reser ved for streetluge,buttboard,longboards and inline. Many videos and articles about euro actuality in downhill + more than 60 videos. come visit us, we also set up a chat for help riders to connect to each others keep riding all!!!! no-comp |
| Name: | David Tring |
| E-mail address: | wasd@skynet.be |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.davidtring.com |
| Comments: | Hi Robin,
Intresting memories you got there from Malibu. John Turner (the deaf kid) carried on skating into the early 80s, he did begin to build a name for himself in London but it was already after the magazines had died down. "little John" had more talent than most of the skaters I ever met, he also had a winning way with the local malibu girls in the "team" room. I heard that later on he turned his talents to BMX and became pretty good at that. Kenny still lives in Nottingham and does skate when he gets a chance (or so tony simthson my brther in law tells me). Seb and Suasuge I have not seen since the 70s, you can find a post from Rob lower in the guest book and recently we have talked with a few of the malibu guys about a reuinion, it could be fun! There is an article on my website about the malibu dog bowl and my exsperiances of skating in nottingham back in the day..... David Tring founding member of the Nottingham skateboard club 76 founding member of Malibu dog bowl 77 fomrer team captin Malibu dog bowl founding member of F.I.S.T (freestyle in street terrian) 1988 hehehe I sound like a war vet.... |
| Name: | Robin Foster |
| E-mail address: | robin@fostersandy.fsnet.co.uk |
| Comments: | Cool site - just revisited it after watching DVD of Dogtown & Z-Boys. I used to live in Derby & skate at Malibu Dogbowl in Nottingham most weekends in 78/79. Biggest memory from those times is when the Benjyboard team visited in 78 - John Sablosky, Jeremy Henderson and Marc Sinclair. Of the three, Marc Sinclair was the least well known at the time, but turned out to be the most impressive. However, even he was overshadowed by one of the local skaters - a 11 yr old deaf mute kid called John (can't remember his surname - might have been Turner or Wilson) who was the best skater I remember seeing- I always wondered why he never became more famous outside of Nottingham. I also remember John Sablosky falling off a lot in the split bowl and then standing and watching and nodding his head in respect at another local skater, Glenn Stubbins, doing non-handed backside airs (suppose they'd call that an Ollie these days) in that bowl.
The other local skater of note in those days was a lad called Kenny something.The other Malibu team skaters I remember were called Seb, Trotter (Trotski) and Sausage. A few months later the Benjyboard team were supposed to visit Malibu again, but didn't turn up. |
| Name: | Dominic Shurety |
| E-mail address: | dom@snowboard-uk.co.uk |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.snowboard-uk.co.uk |
| Comments: | Great site reading some of the posts really bring back memories, Used to skate in High wycombe down @loudwater boys club, Skate City & the bowls at Uxbridge, had'nt been on a board for a while so went to Harrow recently it was a blast.
When i'm too old 2 have fun THEN my time is done! |
| Name: | Jeff |
| E-mail address: | jelap@hotmail.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.geocities.com/uncut36 |
| Comments: | I too lived in London during the 70's. I used to skate Shouth Bank, Skate City, Dunstable, Stevenage, and anything at the time that looked like a ramp. I know live in California and have not skated for, "Let's say!" 20 years, I started skating again about 7 months ago, and am just starting to get the hang of it again. I'm now 41, but I still have not lost me touch. I have some old Skateboarder magazines from the 70's that covered the skate scene at that time. E-me and I'll scan & share some old photos with you, in exchange for a T-shirt. Great web site thouroughly enjoyed it. |
| Name: | Olly Thake |
| E-mail address: | sk8tersdoruletheworld@hotmail.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.geocities.com/pieskateteam |
| Comments: | Alright all you skaters keepin the wheels rollin. I have to say that the Romford bowl is the best fuckin bowl in Europe and will always be. Keep skatin and try your hardest to keep it up and make a livin out of this shit. |
| Name: | Toby Jacobs |
| Comments: | Sorry about the multiple entries. Poxy servers! |
| Name: | Toby Jacobs |
| Comments: | Sorry about the multiple entries. Poxy servers! |
| Name: | Toby Jacobs |
| E-mail address: | toby_jacobs@yahoo.co.uk |
| Comments: | 32 years old now. Drove my parents mad in 1976 to get my first wooden board, with rubber brake on the back. Progressed to G and S Fibreflex, ACS trucks and 70mm red kryptonics, which I still have. I have just bought Dogtown DVD and can't wait to see it. I hate all these "ollie-obssessed" teenagers. Cruising is where it is at. Feeling the road or concrete underneath you. Taking control of that board and feeling the wind in your hair. Also, all of these skate programs on cable have this hideous US heavy rock soundtrack going on. Personally, as a UK boy, I prefer to skate to some intelligent electronica, such as Air or Kraftwerk. I'm a South London boy, so any others out there will know Fairfield Halls in Croydon, Crystal Palace Park, Kennington Park, Stockwell, South Bank and 45 minutes on the train from East Croydon and you are in the Holy Grail of tarmac cruising. Brighton Promenade. Keep the faith, keep longboarding and just ride! |
| Name: | Toby Jacobs |
| E-mail address: | toby_jacobs@yahoo.co.uk |
| Comments: | 32 years old now. Drove my parents mad in 1976 to get my first wooden board, with rubber brake on the back. Progressed to G and S Fibreflex, ACS trucks and 70mm red kryptonics, which I still have. I have just bought Dogtown DVD and can't wait to see it. I hate all these "ollie-obssessed" teenagers. Cruising is where it is at. Feeling the road or concrete underneath you. Taking control of that board and feeling the wind in your hair. Also, all of these skate programs on cable have this hideous US heavy rock soundtrack going on. Personally, as a UK boy, I prefer to skate to some intelligent electronica, such as Air or Kraftwerk. I'm a South London boy, so any others out there will know Fairfield Halls in Croydon, Crystal Palace Park, Kennington Park, Stockwell, South Bank and 45 minutes on the train from East Croydon and you are in the Holy Grail of tarmac cruising. Brighton Promenade. Keep the faith, keep longboarding and just ride! |
| Name: | Toby Jacobs |
| E-mail address: | toby_jacobs@yahoo.co.uk |
| Comments: | 32 years old now. Drove my parents mad in 1976 to get my first wooden board, with rubber brake on the back. Progressed to G and S Fibreflex, ACS trucks and 70mm red kryptonics, which I still have. I have just bought Dogtown DVD and can't wait to see it. I hate all these "ollie-obssessed" teenagers. Cruising is where it is at. Feeling the road or concrete underneath you. Taking control of that board and feeling the wind in your hair. Also, all of these skate programs on cable have this hideous US heavy rock soundtrack going on. Personally, as a UK boy, I prefer to skate to some intelligent electronica, such as Air or Kraftwerk. I'm a South London boy, so any others out there will know Fairfield Halls in Croydon, Crystal Palace Park, Kennington Park, Stockwell, South Bank and 45 minutes on the train from East Croydon and you are in the Holy Grail of tarmac cruising. Brighton Promenade. Keep the faith, keep longboarding and just ride! |
| Name: | Tim Walker |
| E-mail address: | info@voltagestudios.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.middle-age-shred.com |
| Comments: | Hi all, take a look at middle-age-shred.com now it's grown some. Loads of oldies getting back on boards...even Alan Gelfand & Wentzle Ruml IV have joined the list!!! Are we stoked or what??? |
| Name: | Tony Wilkins |
| E-mail address: | tony@ver.co.uk |
| Comments: | Skated in the late 70's, mainly in High Wycombe and Meanwhile in London. Still hols many valuable memories for me. Loved collecting decks,wheels and trucks. Still have a G&S team rider with Gullwings, Kryptonics and yo-yo's which my kids bash around on. Great web site, I remember all those original mags, books etc. which I had until a recent clear out. I know, probably worth a fortune, but there we go - gone now! Keep up the goodwork. |
| Name: | tony berry |
| E-mail address: | ah.berry@ntlworld.com |
| Comments: | hi i saw the graham mceachran board my cousin is connel mac graham is his uncle and he passed down the alice board to me will send u some pics |
| Name: | graham edwards |
| E-mail address: | major2@bigpond.com.au |
| Comments: | what a great site brings back some great memories,
my mum used to be the manager of arrow skatepark in wolverhampton ,i will try to find some old photos, my older brother (eggy) won the british open halfpipe back in 1978,before we moved to australia. will never forget when the american pros toured in about 1978 Dave hacket doing kick flip airs on the tracknology bowl,it would still be considered sick today. the park was owned by chris claton wright,who went a bit nuts and eventually closed it down,but not before a long fight by locals to keep it open, there was also a good out door park in wolerhampton but it was abit kinked and anyone who skated arrow knew how spoilt we were to have such an awesome timber indoor park. it consisted of two foors of an old wearhouse with two half pipes a bowl an two full pipes down stairs and another capsule halfpipe upstairs, a large bowl, a capsule bowl the tracknology bowl,and two mini bowls. any old skoolers out there who were skating around 1977 1979 drop us aline at major2@bigpond.com.au . |
| Name: | Steve |
| Comments: | Skated in Nottingham in the late 70s. Skated Hyson Green Bowls,Broad Marsh and Malibu Dog Bowl. Helped to build Malibu Dog Bowl (child labour!)for every hour worked, they gave you one hour free skating when the park opened! Eventually made it into the Malibu Team. Still have board - Tracker Trucks, YO YO Wheels. Building a mini ramp for my son this summer, Im going to have a go myself. Dont think much to these new boards and set ups. My boy cant believe how fast those old set ups go. Keep skating. |
| Name: | Pav (Old B group skater) |
| E-mail address: | pacynko@ntlworld.com |
| Comments: | I would love to hear from anyone who remembers me,specially all the skaters in the US and in OZ who had to put up with a hard up traveller.
Spending a long weekend showing 'The Gonz' and now movie star Jason Lee around all the parks in WA was I think the highlight for me,also living with Gregor Rankin,Lee Ralf and Gary Valentine,it was a blast,I really appreciate you guys putting me up,hope to see you over here. Gonz Joke Question - Why do mexicans wear winkle picker shoes ? Answer - So they can crush cockroaches in corners. Pav (Pawel Pacynko) |
| Name: | Dan Mason |
| E-mail address: | danjmason@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | Wow, what a nostalgia trip! Particularly love the RAD magazine stuff, I read that right from when it was BMX Action Bike and even remember the Dossett cover among others. I always used to ride Deathbox decks (except for one Tony Magnusson model) and have kept them all (totally thrashed though!). Goffy Tarot Cards, Dossett Mr Punch and Rocker Street Kid always have pride of place for me.
Good work, keep it up! |
| Name: | Chris Read |
| E-mail address: | chrisandmaz@btinternet.com |
| Comments: | Fantastic site, started skating in 75 stopped in 90 and i'm about to start again! big red Kryptonics are calling! used to skate the pool in Hemsby on the Norfolk coast, sessioned the pool with Shogo Kubo on his 79 tour, cool guy great to see all us old dogs are going to bite on the heels of the new skool, i'm so sick of seeing kids spending all day trying to ollie, why do that when you can carve, grind and actually have a smile on your face, let us all breathe the spirit of Dogtown once more, i crave tiles and coping...... |
| Name: | Dave |
| E-mail address: | spookle@hotmail.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.h-boyz.com |
| Comments: | Cool site, bring back lots of memories........
If you remember Harrow in the early 80's visit www.h-boyz.com |
| Name: | Mark Evans a.k.a. "H", or Henry. |
| E-mail address: | mark.evans@publisher.se |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.cgagamers.com |
| Comments: | Gawd. I recognise a few names here. :D
Hung up my skate a while back, but my son (6 years old) is getting into it. It's dry out, off to the local mini-ramp this afternoon. :) |
| Name: | Tomsk |
| E-mail address: | tomsk@tailblock.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://tailblock.com |
| Comments: | Hi Chicken, I met up with Bod and Douglas about three weeks ago, Steve's taking a bit of a back seat from running Giant Distribution in Orange Cal. He's really happy and a family man now, he's doing well and Bod is now running Giant. Bod's moved down from San Francisco to Santa Monica with Teresa and is still just the same as the day I first met him over 15 years ago. Both have had knee problems and no longer get to skate much, but are still fully committed to the industry and live for skating.
Douglas is Lagunas only Chelsea football thug. Still wearing the blue shirt with pride. |
| Name: | Gary Holder |
| E-mail address: | holderbiz@tiscali.co.uk |
| Comments: | This is a great site.I'm back skating again,38 this year.Great to see so many other 30 somethings posting this message board......I used to skate the BARN in Southwick on the Sussex coast, anyone remember the bowl there with the coping stones & tiles which was next to a rough concrete small bowl.... what about that huge half pipe in the barn itself, I remember it went to the roof... huge vert.
Sorry it closed......a leisure centre car park occupies this area now. 10" ALVA deck; Tracker full track; 70mm RED KRYPS..Still Have!!! Still can do!!! Now skating the park at Horsham on a Kryptonics set up Best Wishes to you all Gary |
| Name: | Wayne "Chicken" Childs |
| E-mail address: | wayne.childs@perkinswill.com |
| Comments: | Bod Boyle and Steve Douglas used to come skate my vert ramp in NorCal back in the mid 80's. I have never been so impressed with the skills and congeniality those two carried with them everywhere they went. They freakin' ripped. I wish I knew what they were up to now. I still have the G&S banner Bod left for me. Thanks dude,
Chicken Ramp Owner, Live-mo California. |
| Name: | Stevie Brown |
| E-mail address: | BritSkateMuseum@aol.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://this is it |
| Comments: | I got the guest book up and working next thing you know I'll be up dating the site :-) |
| Name: | butch |
| E-mail address: | butch@co.mpowermail.com |
| Comments: | I did not you btits knew how to skate
WHAT ABOUT MEXICAN FOOD!!!!! |
| Name: | Rod Broomfield |
| E-mail address: | rodbroomfield@ogilvy.com |
| Comments: | Hi Steve, I've been trying to send you some 70s photos of Watergate Bay (Devon) skate park, and also some shots of the ramps at Lockleaze Bristol.Don't forget Ashton Court Country Club Park in Bristol, had a nice pool etc. And the Shirehampton indoor park, where I saw Mark Baker skate.Birnbeck pier- an indoor park on a pier, I broke my arm there shortly before the pier collapsed.
Get back to me with a working email address. All the best Rod |
| Name: | Rod Broomfield |
| E-mail address: | rodbroomfield@ogilvy.com |
| Comments: | Hi Steve, I've been trying to send you some 70s photos of Watergate Bay (Devon) skate park, and also some shots of the ramps at Lockleaze Bristol.Don't forget Ashton Court Country Club Park in Bristol, had a nice pool etc. And the Shirehampton indoor park, where I saw Mark Baker skate.Birnbeck pier- an indoor park on a pier, I broke my arm there shortly before the pier collapsed.
Get back to me with a working email address. All the best Rod |
| Name: | Rod Broomfield |
| E-mail address: | rodbroomfield@ogilvy.com |
| Comments: | Hi Steve, I've been trying to send you some 70s photos of Watergate Bay (Devon) skate park, and also some shots of the ramps at Lockleaze Bristol.Don't forget Ashton Court Country Club Park in Bristol, had a nice pool etc. And the Shirehampton indoor park, where I saw Mark Baker skate.Birnbeck pier- an indoor park on a pier, I broke my arm there shortly before the pier collapsed.
Get back to me with a working email address. All the best Rod |
| Name: | Rod Broomfield |
| E-mail address: | rodbroomfield@ogilvy.com |
| Comments: | Hi Steve, I've been trying to send you some 70s photos of Watergate Bay (Devon) skate park, and also some shots of the ramps at Lockleaze Bristol.Don't forget Ashton Court Country Club Park in Bristol, had a nice pool etc. And the Shirehampton indoor park, where I saw Mark Baker skate.Birnbeck pier- an indoor park on a pier, I broke my arm there shortly before the pier collapsed.
Get back to me with a working email address. All the best Rod |
| Name: | Tim Walker |
| E-mail address: | info@voltagestudios.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.middle-age-shred.com |
| Comments: | the new site for oldie skaters is up & running, please check it out! |
| Name: | Max Kirsten |
| E-mail address: | max@dial-m.com |
| Comments: | Hi there Stevie,
I just found your British Skateboarding Museum website and thought it was geat! You have obviously put a lot of work into it! It was really cool to see all my old skate team buddies from Benji boards team, the Alpine sports team, and slick willies team on your list. It was great to see Kadir Guirey, Simon Napper, Jeremy Henderson, Adam Peacock, John Sobloski, Mark Baker, Mark Sinclair, Tim Levis, Jules Gayton, The Cutts Bros, The Turnbulls Bros... etc all listed...but I noticed sadly that both Max Kirsten (myself), and my old Benji skate team buddy Simon Mail (who now lives and still surfs regularly in Cornwall) are both missing from your British Golden days skate history.... From your list, my oldest skate buddy Kadir guirey and I were both founder members of Benji's original team, which came out of the oldest and coolest surf shop in London, Jay's Surfshop on East Hill in Wandsworth (long gone), Through Jay (himself), we met Benji (Ben Howard) and John Povey from the original Pretty Things band, who incidentaly also shaped the Surfboards in Jay's shop, and was also our most loved Benji Team crazy tourbus driver. In the winter months Jay used to show Surfing movies at the Fulham town hall once a month, and we used to dream of riding a wave like our hero's Jery Lopez, and Larry Bertleman... So, believe it or not, when Kadir and I first discovered the South Bank skate area.... all those years ago..we were stoked! Our first concrete waves...WOW! but I guess a number of people will have already claimed that one for themselves in the past! but thats how I remember it! Also my buddies Adam Peacock, who i first met at the Southbank, (first guy i ever saw skate real Z-boyz Peralta style), and Kadir and I were the first UK skaters I believe to drain a kidney shaped pool, which Adam found at Rohampton sports private club, in Barnes, London. We snuck in at night, drained it all with buckets and rope, and then dried it off with towels, it took forever... then at last we finally skated by torchlight...Mmmm, To us it felt historical...doing what our hero's Alva, Jay, were doing inthe states), God, Skateboarder magazine was the Bible...I remember every issue! This was all long before the first skateparks like skate city had even opened their doors...ah those were the heady days... What about the TV commecial I was asked to skateboard in for Blue stratos mens aftershave back in 1976, (possibly the first ever skateboarding advert for TV)... it was cool to get paid for something I loved doing... (probably would have done it for nothing if they'd asked!) yeah, getting paid to skate was cool! not just free equipment! Do old veterans like Simon Mail and I deserve to be left off your list? well, thats up to you... Talk to the other guys who were really there... It would be great to get us all together again? I look forward to your response... at 43 I still own a great long board.... and that Dogtown and the Z-boys movie really took me back! I can still remember getting rad doing a "bert on the vert" in the bowl like it was all yesterday! So drop me an email! There are still so many great stories to tell, or they'll be sadly lost forever! Regards, Max Kirsten Please contact me! max@dial-m.com |
| Name: | bricky |
| E-mail address: | uksk8tr1964@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | wow
how god damn surprised am i to be sittting here in san jose ca, screwing around on my wifes computer when i see jim slaters name wow.theese were the best times total & complete anarchy i shure do miss them it was good to be on the edge of all skateboarding to be able to say fuck you to the whole world that dont skate. if it was'nt for all you people i wouldnt be sitting in california now i still skate can still boardslide benches & shit i still have 2 turners here with me, but strangley i still miss thoose days at southbank being outa control not giving a fuck but after being locked up a few times things change, so peace to all old school london skaters that i know & sorry i misssed all those that i dont. a big laters to doby,chris,dean,danny,kevin,floyd,tim pantin,phil b,& all the people i made hell for i miss u all. |