Please be aware that some of this page WILL contain strong ADULT language !
|
|
Please be aware that some of this page WILL contain strong ADULT language !
|
 |
Name: Rob Livesey / Rob.Livesey@manchester.ac.uk Age: 39 Town/Area: Oswaldtwistle, Lancs Started skating: 1976 Total years skating: 3, but more to come Fave terrain: Ramps, streets, smooth downhills Fave park ever: never visited enough parks to know Least fave park ever: Old Bolton was pretty hard to ride Fave board ever owned: My current one - Bulldog deck, six-tracks, kryptonic slammers, but there's a longboard in my future Most memorable skate moment: 1977, putting ACS500's and 60mm kryps on a fibreglass Skuda deck, starting at the top of our usual hill and scaring the shit out of myself. Jeez it was steep and they were FAST. Brief comments: Just enjoying riding again. |
 |
Name: Andy Fell / andyfell@ntlworld.com Age: 39 Town/Area: Gosport/Hampshire Started skating: 1976 Total Years skating: 1976-1983, 1985-1986, 2004- Fave Terrain: Concrete bowls Fave park ever: Brighton Barn Least fave park ever: None Fave board ever owned: Z Flex Pig, Lazer 8s, Powerflex 9s Most memorable skate moment: Meeting Tony Alva at Southsea Skatepark Brief comments: I don't remember it hurting this much!!!!!!!! |
 |
Name. Pete Thorpe / mail@peter-thorpe.co.uk Age. 41 Town /Area. Bristol Started skating '76 / ' 78 Total yrs skating 1yr this time round Fave terrain. like to try a variety of parks, Fave park.Round here its Yate + Hengrove. Least fave. Memories of my mate smashing his kneecaps at Stalybridge 1977 Fave board. home made deck ,ACS 651's green kryptonics Most memorable Sk8 moments. 7x 360 spins.Handstands while riding(1978). Dropping in for the first time April 2004 Brief comment. What was I doing not skating in the '80's + 90's,Why did I sell the above set up, |
 |
Name, Ian / Iansyellow4x4@aol.com Age, Less Town, Edenbridge Started, 76 Total yrs skating, dont ask Fav Terain, concrete Fav park, guilford least fav park, loved em all fav board owned, benjy jeremy henderson most mem moment, getting back into sk8ing brief coment, getting old is not an option but acting it is |
 |
Name: Martin Drayton martindrayton@yahoo.co.uk Age: 44 Town/Area: London/Skate City/South Bank. Started skating: 1977 Total years skating: 15. Fave terrain: Hills,Bowls and challenging Slalom courses. Fave park ever: Park City Skatepark,Utah (where I live now) and Kennington Bowl. Least fave park ever: Some of the Council-erected ones in London in the 70's! Fave board ever owned: My current board-TurnerSummerSki Eurofighter (my design). Most memorable skate moment: Meeting Bob Turner whila skating @ La Costa with Hester,Skoldberg,Olson,Hackett,Tony Mag and Duane Peters. Brief comments: "Once a skater, always a skater"-SK8 4Life. |
 |
Name: David Stansfield (Stanny) / david.outerspace@virgin.net Age: 41 Town: Burnley Started skating : 1977/8 Total years skating : Never stoped Fave terrain: Bowls , pools, or U half pipe. and Kitchen Fave park ever : Colne skatepark....Interact, Burnley Least fave park: Southport...Too much sand!( crazy chinese man on the door) Fave board: Sims Taperkick in the picture.Tracker mids ,OJ Wheels. Most memorable skate moment: Meeting and skating with Tony Alva,(he's signed the sims board) Brief Comments: I,m a man held together with velcro, phone the ambulance NOW! . When you hit that lip put your faith in Jesus!. |
 |
Name: Kelland Ong… kong@onetrack.com Age: 43 Town/Area: Goleta, CA then Honolulu, HI and now Seattle, WA Started skating: 1975 Total years skating: a while. Fave terrain: Bowls Fave park ever: Grindline parks in the NW Least fave park ever: Aala park Fave board ever owned: Powell brite lite Most memorable skate moment: Oxnard 1977-78, adams, alva, and kubo totally dominating the double bowl and I sat on the fence the whole night. Brief comments: Appreciate the parks that have come up this past decade as history could repeat itself all over again and that would be a crime. |
| Name: Andy Garland / Anderson.Garland@xscape.co.uk Age: 34 going on 12 Town area: Yorks/Bucks/Cornwall Started skateing: 78 Total years: 26(couple of years off here and there) Fave terrain: Pools,Bowls,Mini. Fave park ever: Romford Least fave park: No such thing Fave board: So many!gota be Schmitt Stix "danger" Most memorable moment: First grind at Knebworth first day of our (very sweaty) mini bus tour of the uk back in 1989. Brief comments: I have had 26 breaks,over 30 stiches,metal srews and plates in my leg and ankle,lost jobs,lost girlfriends,drifted away from non-skater mates,been attacked by guard dogs,drunks,and abused by just about anyone and everyone.But hey fuck it!I will always skate and those guys will always suck! PEACE. |
|
| Name. Karl Neville / Karl.Neville@xscape.co.uk Age.40 Area. Warrington now in Leeds Started skating. 76 Total time skating. Always owned a board since so about 28 years Fave terrain. Minis , bowls , pools, slalom, Fave park. Southsea, Least fave park. Winsford Cheshire now dozed thank god Fave board. Surrey ripstik tracker fulls 60mm excelorators Most memorable moment. Fisrt drop in on the old warrington vert ramp Comment. When you’re a skater you stay askater you always look at every bank and every concrete ditch and think is that skateble no matter where you are or who your with. |
|
 |
Name: Richard Wager / r.wager@btinternet.com Age: 30 Town/Area: London Started skating: 1986-1990 started again summer 2003 Total years skating: 5 years Fave terrain:Concrete,Rom moguls Fave park ever: Rom Least fave park ever: Cant say i have one Fave board ever owned: First board was a Neil Danz Ripstick with the tribal masks.Loved all my boards to be honest Most memorable skate moment: The Bones brigade demo That never happened at the rom in 88 or maybe 89.It was crazy Brief comments:Wanted to skate again for years,finally got the balls to do it again.So get a board and get out there.Found old friends and made new friends,That cant be bad. |
 |
Name - Jeff Hewings Age - 43 Started skating - 1977 -1978 then again 2000 to present Fave terrain - smooth concrete, mellow bowls and indoor parks Fave park - Cardiff indoor (I helped build it) sadly no more. R.I.P. Least favourite - Any council effort. Fave board - Krooked deck, ventures, heroin wheels Most mem moment - Getting back on a board and just pushing down the seafront at Cold Knap, Barry. Brief comment - I am too old, I ache, I push chicken, enough said. |
 |
Name: Pete "SPARKY" Corp
/ sparky_vq3@yahoo.com Age: 29 Town/Area: Cape-Cod, MA; Roswell, NM; Memphis, TN;Pensacola, FL; St. Mary's county, MD; Oklahoma City,Oklahoma (ALL in USA) Started skating: THE FIRST OF MAY 1982 (REMEMBER ITLIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY), QUIT IN 1992, STARTED BACK UPIN MARCH OF 2002 Total years skating: TWELVE CUMULATIVE, LOST TEN YEARS SOMEWHERE IN THERE Fave terrain: CONCRETE PARK WITH POOLS Fave park ever: KULLISSON RAMP PARK, MEMPHIS, TN. USA Least fave park ever: ANY TOWN THAT BUILDS A SKATEPARK DESIGNED BY A PLAYGROUND DESIGNER.(THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO DESIGN FLOW) Fave board ever owned: POWELL-PERALTA RAY UNDERHILL CROSS AND CHAIN DECK (CIRCA 1991), INDY 159mm stagesix, NMB Bearings, rat bone wheels. Most memorable skate moment: THE FIRST FIVE TIMES I DROPPED IN ON A HALF-PIPE. Brief comments: NONE OF MY COMMENTS ARE BRIEF, SO YOU WILL HAVE TO SEE MY POSTS ON THE BBS. |
 |
Name: Mike Age: 38 Town/Area: Farnborough, Berks Started skating: 1976 Total years skating: 5 Fave terrain: Bowls, Pools, Half Pipes Fave park ever: Harrow Least fave park ever: ? The ones we had to save up and pay for Fave board ever owned: Skate flyer! ......But seriously; Alva board, tracker mid tracks, yellow and red 88 durometer Yo Yos; way ahead of their time! Most memorable skate moment: First backside air in a pool Brief comments: Take omega 5 fish oil tablets for the knees. |
 |
Name: Colin Age: 46 Started: 1968 Years: 36 Fav Terrain: Pools,Bowls Fav Park Then: Pipeline, Marina Del Rey, Skate City Whittier, Pomona Pipe & Pool Fav Park Now: Etnies Lake Forest, Glendale, Montclair, Fontana, Newburg OR. Least Fav Then: Malibu Grand Prix Pomona Least Fav Now: Hawthorne Fav Board Ever: My Board Now Board: Madrid Bill Danforth Circa 85 Reissue, Wheels: Cowboypunk Black Plagues, Trucks: Indys,Bearings: RocknRons Rockets Most Mem Moment: One of a trillion, 1978 Kevin "The Worm" Anderson flying out of the pipe with the lip set on fire. We were using gas soaked t-shirts duct taped to the side of the pipe. So many insane times. Comments: Skate/Surf for Life |
 |
Name: Henrik Nejezchleb / henrik@curveinc.com
/ http://www.curveinc.com/ Age: 41 Home: Boulder, Colorado & Budapest, Hungary Started skating: 1975 Years Skating: A Few Favorite Terrain: Ramps, Bowls, and Smooth Pavement Favorite Park: Boulder Skatepark Least Favorite Park: Concrete Curl (Denver, CO) Favorite Board: Sims La Mar Model Memorable Moment: Any good session with cool people Comments: I want to be skating when I'm 70 |
 |
Name: James jsabelis@hotmail.com Age: 36 Town/Area: La Crescenta, Ca Started skating: 1983 Total years skating: 12 years Fave terrain: Anything with transitions and a lip Fave park ever: Skatelab Least fave park ever: Benicia Fave board ever owned: Allen Losi blank Most memorable skate moment: Watching Losi blast 6ft airs on our backyard ramp, skating with my bro and friends back in the day, jacking plywood and 2x4's at the newest construction site in our town Brief comments: |
| Name: Rob Ellis rob.ellis@macunlimited.net Age: 42 Town/Area: Bath ,Bristol Started skating: 1975 Total years skating: 7 years then, and from now till ? Fave terrain: Pipes! and the roof of Bath's Tiffany's Nite-club! anyone remember that! :-) Fave park ever: Thruxton Circuit, which I opened with the other guys from the Emotion team Least fave park ever: Dame emily Smithe Bristol Fave board ever owned: G&S Fibreflex, Oak St Trucks & Yandell Bowl Rolls Most memorable skate moment: Skating with Torger Johnson & the 70s Hobie Team During their tour of Britain around 1978 Brief comments: Skated Pro for Bath Skateboard Centre, then Avon Wheels and The Emotion Team. Finished with Stardance Sketeboards. First board was a Gecko! I loved the Scene, kids fall about laughing when I tell them about hanging ten and shooting the Duck! |
|
 |
Name Tim Leary (EcoFly) timleary@auntybecks.co.uk Age 44 (1961) Town/Area Bristol as youth/Pembroke West Wales now. Started Skating 1973 (ish) Total Years skating 31 on & off Fave terrain 6ft curves & slippery slopes Fave park ever Vassells Park Bowl Least fave park ever Camarthen skatepark now Fave board ever Home made deck/Tracker Trucks/Green Kryp's Most memorable moment ever Pulling massive airs at Locklease 1/4 pipe but landing on feet with flourish, on the flat, for the camera & visiting A&E Frenchay, due feet crippled. Brief comment "Voltarol" works for me - Keep on rollin' |
 |
Name: Mac maccbm007@aol.com Age: 44 Town/Area: Denver Colorado Started skating: 1 year ago, after a 30 year lay-off Total years skating: Fave terrain: Long smooth hills Fave park ever: Denver skate park Least fave park ever: Fave board ever owned: Gravity 47" Hyper Carve / PPI Chicken Dagger, slalom set up Most memorable skate moment: My first time I made it thru all the cones and posted a reasonable time. Brief comments: Been getting into the Slalom scene here in Colorado with some of the best in the world. Jason Mitchell, Dave Pernack and Barker. These folks have taken me under their wing and have rally helped me with this sport. We have a great scene going and I am so happy to be a part of it! |
| Name: David Wylie (gtduffman@yahoo.co.uk) Age: 34 Town: Partington, Manchester Started skating: Early 80's Total years skating: 3-4 yrs (but none since the mid 90's) Fave terrain: Concrete bowls & parks Fave park: Southport in the 80's Least fave: Only skated 2 & I loved both! Fave board: The one i've just bought (A Southstar I think!) Most memorable Sk8 moment: Any summer at Southport. Brief Comment: Thanks to Marty at SK8FX for helping me keep the faith. |
|
 |
Name: Chris Doree chris.doree@fsmail.net Age: 41 Town/Area: Southampton Started skating: 1976 Total years skating: 5ish Fave terrain: Bowls & half pipes Fave park ever: Guildford Least fave park ever: I'm sure it's out there somewhere, just haven't seen it yet Fave board ever owned: Wes Humpston Dogtown, Trackers and......er.....Bones, I think! The one in the piccy. Most memorable skate moment: Grinding the coving at the Guildford Black Bowl Brief comments: Got to get back into it! Debbbbb! Where's me credit card? You can buy skateboards on the internet! |
 |
Ally Barr / ally@axldist.com 44 years old Kettering (now Porthcawl) 35 years skating Pools & Concrete Glendale Vaduga. Y2 SK8 Peterborough. All of them. Arriving at Skateside Kettering in 77 and watching a black BMW pull in with Bobby Peircey driving, Jerry Valdez, Kent Senatori, Wenzell Rumell. What a session. Keep Skating, Keep Loving ! |
 |
Name: Sean Hollowell / seanh@electroimpact.com Age: 38 Town/Area: Mukilteo, Washington, Northwest United States Started Skating: Early 70's Total Years Skating: Off and on since. Longest break about 5 years. Recently back at it. Fave Terrain: Big bowls and pools, anything that needs speed Fave Park: My local, Mukilteo YMCA, http://grindline.com/cgi-bin/view.pl?view=mukilteo Least fave park ever: Don't like it? Don't go. Fave board ever owned: Current one, Beer City BC12 blank with Indy 169s and 60mm Powell owlriders Most memorable skate moment: First frontside oververt carve in the Mukilteo clamshell........ bliss. Brief comment: Express yourself |
| Name: Dan B Age: 29 Town/Area: Ascot/London Started skating: 84/85 Total years skating: 8 Fave terrain: At the moment - wood mini's, banks, curbs Fave park ever: Southsea, Playstation, Stockwell Least fave park ever: Bracknell vert ramp - oof! Fave board ever owned: Santa Cruz Jeff Grosso, Indy's, Bullets Most memorable skate moment: Coming back to skateboarding in 2003 & landing my first kickflip aged 27. Bones Brigade demo @ the old Bracknell vert ramp c. 1990. Brief comments: I should never have quit around 1993 to go study & rave - my biggest regret. Feels great to be back :-) |
|
 |
Name: Trev Wells / trev.wells@blueyonder.co.uk Age: 40 Town/Area: Hillingdon Started skating: 1976 Total years skating: 76-78, a bit in 85, this time round it's a year or so regularly. Fave terrain: Concrete parks, bowls Fave park ever: Tuckingmill....Botley.... so far! Least fave park ever: Fave board ever owned: My latest.....Skaterbuilt piglet, indies, abec no skools...its a whopper. Most memorable skate moment: Speed wobble on way home from Brunel skate club 77'...ending with me upside down in the ditch....ouch!This weekend....seeing Ginger Steve carve up Harrow, then do a frontside grind in the Harrow halfpipe....right in front of me...cool bloke too. Brief comments: ......I love it, I'm hooked, I take supplements for my joints! |
 |
Name: AL WELSH / alasdairwelsh@gmail.com Age: 45! Town/Area: Brighton/London Started skating: 1968 'Stingray' board - then 1976 Total years skating: 1976-1981 Fave terrain: Pools with coping, Flat freestyle Fave park ever: One in Paris (pictured) Least fave park ever: Skatopia Fave board ever owned: Pool-Dogtown Freestyle-G&S fiberflex 25.5 inch, just bought another 70s one Most memorable skate moment: Skating with Shogo of the Z-Boys Brief comments: Still friends with Steve and Brian Kellner who never stopped skating, EVER! |
 |
Name: Nigel Sluman Age: 19 Town/Area: Hayes, Middlesex Started skating: August 2004 Total skating: erm......0.6 Fave terrain: Concrete bowls by far. Fave park ever: Harrow Skatepark Least fave park ever: Went to a really small one in Humberstone, Leicester last week which wasn't great..or anything wooden or metal i can't ride them! Fave board ever owned: Well i don't own it yet, but in less than two weeks i'll have a 9" x 33" Dogtown Reddog with Alva Dual Duro 97D 62.5mm yellow wheels, Tracker Dart 161mm SixTrack Polish trucks withe good ol' Bones Reds bearings. Most memorable skate moment: Few weeks ago, just started to carve up the bowls at Harrow more, being kicked off of a small street section in Aberystwyth several times..not many memories as i haven't skated that long! Brief comments: Not much to say about me...except....I Love Skateboarding :-) |
 |
Name: Chris Eggers / sk8chris@web.de Age: 39 Town/Area: Ettlingen/Germany Started skating: 1976 Total years skating: 29 Fave terrain: vert Fave park ever: Hard/Austria, GreenRamp Karlsruhe Least fave park ever: every "park" without transitions Fave board ever owned: Sims Brad Bowman 10" Most memorable skate moment: seeing Mike McGill do the first McTwist in Täby/Sweden in 1984 Brief comments: Skateboarding is everything |
| Name: Matt Moran Age: 35 Town/Area: Erdington, Birmingham Started skating: 1988 Total years skating: 2 Fave terrain: parks, pavements Fave park ever: Not done skate parks due to lack of facilities when I was skating. Least fave park ever: see above Fave board ever owned: Only owned one - a nasty polypropylene job for a tenner! Most memorable skate moment: Carrying my tuba to college and back on my skateboard. Brief comments: Got into skateboards as a way to transport my huge instrument(!), gave it up when I gave up playing - more of a roller- skater originally. Much inspired by your site, aiming to get a new board and gear once I get paid next month. Time to go to Epic and learn to do it properly. |
|
 |
Name: Tony Gretton / tony.notterg@ntlworld.com Age: 43 Town/Area: Nottingham Started skating: 76ish Total years skating: 4 Fave terrain: Third planet from the sun Fave park ever: got to try them all first ! Least fave park ever: Fave board ever owned: G&S Proline 500 deck, 9inch laser trucks, BelAir Wings wheels (see my Pic !) Most memorable skate moment: Finding myself sk8ing & getting a grind after a 23 year lay off !!!! Brief comments: Why did, I stop? Passion re-lighted.... Obsession take me! |
| More shredders and pics to be posted soon, so email me at carnfield@yahoo.co.uk .... and if you can include the following info and a pic it would be a great help | |
| Name: Age: Town/Area: Started skating: Total years skating: Fave terrain: Fave park ever: Least fave park ever: Fave board ever owned: Most memorable skate moment: Brief comments: |
|
| please note "brief comment" ... means brief comment .. i will edit ! |