INTRO: A snapshot of the skateboard scene of the late 1970's to mid 80's in Nottingham
Welcome. The impetus behind this hastily put together site has been the number of skaters from the past that I have met by sheer coincidence this last year. Nearly all have sheepishly steered the conversation around to admitting to buying a skateboard within the last twelve months - as have I :-). This has also coincided with the release of the Dogtown Z Boys movie, a retrospection of the Venice Los Angeles skate scene that inspired many of us in our skating - so maybe there's something in the air and the time is right! Hope you enjoy this site dedicated to all who skated around the country.
Steve Tristram
August 2003
NEWS Sept/2009
I finally got around to hosting the domain in its own web space and made a start on tidying the code and fixing links etc. My next task is to start re-scanning to improve the quality of some of the shots!
Apart from the pictures of me skating the photographs are mostly taken by myself. It was during this time that inspired by an art college Foundation Course and Craig Stecyk's seminal work in Skateboarder! magazine I took to loading my camera with Ilford HP-5 to record the unfolding skateboard scene.
"f8@125th and be there!"