I was part of the Luton Trail Blazers that petitioned for the pool to open for skateboarding great times, found some footage of us being interviewed by the news still have my original skateboard.
Anyone remember a BBC1 local news programme of the same time as this called "Nationwide"? ...It was on TV every early evening at 6pm and presented by a guy called Michael Barrett. Anyway,one afternoon in the mid-1970`s at the South Bank a TV crew turned up and asked a few of us kids there to jump in the back of a white van with them (dodgy!! haha) and they took us to well-known places like Trafalgar Square,Westminster Bridge etc and filmed us skating around there and then the footage was shown on the BBC1 Nationwide programme that same evening in a piece all about "The new craze from the USA taking Britain by storm"!!.... I guess this was in 1976 or even 1977-78.........If anyone knows if that little news feature still exists anywhere I`d love to see it again and/or get a copy somehow...Cheers
cool film i was there age 11, just been to the luton outdoor pool today inspired by this film,34 years later and its now totally derelict and overgrown and i was informed at the pool its due to close permanent 20th May and bulldozed will be gone forever..
Great video . I was 13 in 1977 and loved skateboarding . The problem was me and my mates were victims of of our own success because as we got better it just wasn't a challenge anymore riding in the local car park and real skateparks were very far and few between in Yorkshire . Nowadays I see almost every park with a half pipe and area that won't cause any trouble to anyone . I only wish it was like that in 1977/8 .
I started in 1977 and never stopped . The nearest skateparks were 40 miles away and 2 out of 3 were gone by 1979 , the last being 3 hours away by bus . I skated there as often as i could but in the meantime skated the street every day . Hills , curbs, walls, banks, steps and anything else was fair game . Its about freedom and imagination. Much as i loved vert i didnt have easy access to it . You either love skating or you don't.
@@jimmytgoose476 Great story , thank you for sharing ! I really miss the days of 77/78 and it was a shame it all just crumbled in a short space of time .
It was kind of inevitable ; boards were massively overpriced , safety gear was rubbish and the law was putting the screws on . Facilities were few and mostly crap anyway. The upside was that once skating died we controlled what was left . I was actually glad that certain companies went bust and skating now had a cameraderie it never had before ; if you saw a complete stranger wearing Vans or he clocked your Indy shirt then you were instantly mates . It was like being part of an exclusive cult . When interest started to pick up again around 84-85 there was a tangible and very exciting buzz throughout the community . It was also amusing that me and my 3 skate buddies went from being the saddest twats in the city to being the coolest 😃
@@jimmytgoose476 You should write your autobiography mate ! All the skate shops shut down in rural Yorkshire having made a very quick buck and laughing all the way to the bank charging £25 for a piece of plastic junk in the early days of 77 . But I will never forget saving up and buying my first pair of Vans and having to send off for them to London in 78 . Nowadays anyone can buy Vans at Windors World of Shoes for £20. It takes the excitement out of it when these things are so easy to get nowadays . Thanks for the reply , Mark .
I was part of the Luton Trail Blazers that petitioned for the pool to open for skateboarding great times, found some footage of us being interviewed by the news still have my original skateboard.
2:09 it only took another 43 years for skateboarding in the Olympics to become a reality.
Anyone remember a BBC1 local news programme of the same time as this called "Nationwide"? ...It was on TV every early evening at 6pm and presented by a guy called Michael Barrett. Anyway,one afternoon in the mid-1970`s at the South Bank a TV crew turned up and asked a few of us kids there to jump in the back of a white van with them (dodgy!! haha) and they took us to well-known places like Trafalgar Square,Westminster Bridge etc and filmed us skating around there and then the footage was shown on the BBC1 Nationwide programme that same evening in a piece all about "The new craze from the USA taking Britain by storm"!!.... I guess this was in 1976 or even 1977-78.........If anyone knows if that little news feature still exists anywhere I`d love to see it again and/or get a copy somehow...Cheers
Those bowls at Skate City in London look pretty good on here but they were actually rough as hell!! lol
cool film i was there age 11, just been to the luton outdoor pool today inspired by this film,34 years later and its now totally derelict and overgrown and i was informed at the pool its due to close permanent 20th May and bulldozed will be gone forever..
So sad... these are the times we’re living.
every reporter had to bring up "injuries"...people get hurt every day playing hockey,football, wrestling, boxing...etc
People get KILLED in plenty of sports .
Great clip :D looks like good times :D
Ah only 6 000000 £ ?
Such a golden age
Great video . I was 13 in 1977 and loved skateboarding . The problem was me and my mates were victims of of our own success because as we got better it just wasn't a challenge anymore riding in the local car park and real skateparks were very far and few between in Yorkshire . Nowadays I see almost every park with a half pipe and area that won't cause any trouble to anyone . I only wish it was like that in 1977/8 .
I started in 1977 and never stopped . The nearest skateparks were 40 miles away and 2 out of 3 were gone by 1979 , the last being 3 hours away by bus . I skated there as often as i could but in the meantime skated the street every day . Hills , curbs, walls, banks, steps and anything else was fair game . Its about freedom and imagination. Much as i loved vert i didnt have easy access to it . You either love skating or you don't.
@@jimmytgoose476 Great story , thank you for sharing ! I really miss the days of 77/78 and it was a shame it all just crumbled in a short space of time .
It was kind of inevitable ; boards were massively overpriced , safety gear was rubbish and the law was putting the screws on . Facilities were few and mostly crap anyway. The upside was that once skating died we controlled what was left . I was actually glad that certain companies went bust and skating now had a cameraderie it never had before ; if you saw a complete stranger wearing Vans or he clocked your Indy shirt then you were instantly mates . It was like being part of an exclusive cult . When interest started to pick up again around 84-85 there was a tangible and very exciting buzz throughout the community . It was also amusing that me and my 3 skate buddies went from being the saddest twats in the city to being the coolest 😃
@@jimmytgoose476 You should write your autobiography mate ! All the skate shops shut down in rural Yorkshire having made a very quick buck and laughing all the way to the bank charging £25 for a piece of plastic junk in the early days of 77 . But I will never forget saving up and buying my first pair of Vans and having to send off for them to London in 78 . Nowadays anyone can buy Vans at Windors World of Shoes for £20. It takes the excitement out of it when these things are so easy to get nowadays . Thanks for the reply , Mark .
0:31 daamn , those are some puffy ass shoes
One mustn't be hysterically urgent.