Tag: 70s
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The Greatest Skateboarding Photos Ever Taken
Click or not: The Greatest Skateboarding Photos Ever TakenJay Adams, Teardrop, 1976. Glen E. Friedman’s first-ever published photograph, original full-frame color. They sum up a whole culture, a period of time, puts you (back) in a place you may never have been, but lived through it vicariously, when boys became men and shaped the future of a sport, themselves, and the paths they… …
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Paul’s Pro Cruiser Got Restored
Click or not: Paul’s Pro Cruiser Got RestoredThis little tale has it all; a seminal steel bike, Mert Lawill, flat track racing, On Any Sunday, fucking Oakley 3s and Koski forks(!) and Paul himself relating all that’s awesome about a time, a place, a legend or six all rolled into one. …
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Descent Into The Maelstrom
Click or not: Descent Into The MaelstromDiscovering Radio Birdman just that bit too late in the early 80s was both a blessing and a huge disappointment to me. Blessed that Australia’s pre-eminent ‘punk’ band actually existed, disappointed that somehow they had been largely ignored and weren’t even able to be recognised as an underground or alternative band in the same way… …
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Old School Sunday
Click or not: Old School SundayKids in the 70s didn’t need berms, down ramps or even specific bikes to create a sport. Just bust out the old Stingray (or Dragster for us Down Under) and slide and huck that thing to flat until it breaks. Weld in some gussets and voila, BMX is born. There’s more style and unadulterated fun oozing from… …