old bones hurting?

dave the rave · **Posted:** Wed Feb 17, 2010 1:13 pm

just thought i'd pop in and say hi to the members on here ..-

i have just found this site, and im sure i will have lots of good reading and memory flashes

are there any old L-POOL BOYZ on here?

i used to skate;
the freewheelers ramp in the old police station at lark lane.
edge lane pipes.
woolton skate park.
bootle park.
colne.
kidderminster pool.
visits to;
gillingham pipe.
fleet.
rolling thunder.
mad dog bowl.
Lee's pipe in lincoln.
southport.

Des · **Posted:** Wed Feb 17, 2010 2:02 pm

Hi Dave , welcome

I used to skate at the maddogbowl a lot and a few visits to rolling thunder and kidderminster,great wasn't it

Alec · **Posted:** Wed Feb 17, 2010 2:20 pm

Welcome Dave.

Fleet you say?
The one in the old country club with the wooden ramps in the old swimming pool or the one near the cricket ground which was some sort of fibreglass/concrete bolted together unit?

Des · **Posted:** Wed Feb 17, 2010 3:05 pm

Lol alec what don't you know about skaterpushing?

here's one for ya. Who run the skateshop at guilford?

dave the rave · **Posted:** Wed Feb 17, 2010 3:23 pm

Alec wrote:

Welcome Dave.

Fleet you say?
The one in the old country club with the wooden ramps in the old swimming pool or the one near the cricket ground which was some sort of fibreglass/concrete bolted together unit?

the fibreglass thing. the half pipe with the big flat bottom had sweet transitions, and about a foot of vert... mint
me and Steff met up with Rodger [i think at Alpine], we went for a McD's [there where non in the north then, lol] and stayed with him. he showed us round and skated around a few parks.

rad days... L-Pool BoyZ on tour (AW)

dave the rave · **Posted:** Wed Feb 17, 2010 3:26 pm

Des wrote:

Hi Dave , welcome

I used to skate at the maddogbowl a lot and a few visits to rolling thunder and kidderminster,great wasn't it

when i first saw the mod dog bowl i shat it :shock:

it was way out of my league at the time...

but we ripped the kiddy pool coping to dust ..-

Alec · **Posted:** Wed Feb 17, 2010 3:26 pm

Des wrote:

Lol alec what don't you know about skaterpushing?

here's one for ya. Who run the skateshop at guilford?

There's lot's I don't know.
I was a regular at both Fleet skateparks that's why I asked.

I do know how to spell Guildford though.
Can't remember who ran the shop though.

Des · **Posted:** Wed Feb 17, 2010 3:43 pm

Alec wrote:

Des wrote:

Lol alec what don't you know about skaterpushing?

here's one for ya. Who run the skateshop at guilford?

There's lot's I don't know.
I was a regular at both Fleet skateparks that's why I asked.

I do know how to spell Guildford though.
Can't remember who ran the shop though.

ooooooooooooooo look at 'im

just cos I posted that nice pic of you on facebook

Des · **Posted:** Wed Feb 17, 2010 3:46 pm

dave the rave wrote:

Des wrote:

Hi Dave , welcome

I used to skate at the maddogbowl a lot and a few visits to rolling thunder and kidderminster,great wasn't it

when i first saw the mod dog bowl i shat it :shock:

it was way out of my league at the time...

but we ripped the kiddy pool coping to dust ..-

loved the pool at mad dog bowl. Wish I could have a go nowadays just to see

I learnt how to do layback airs in that pool in Kidderminster but can only talk about them these days

m5surfer · **Posted:** Wed Feb 17, 2010 11:51 pm

Hi Dave,
Freewheelers came to belle vue (manc) in the late 70's I skated for SIDS (stalybride Indoor Sports) Went to Bootle, Southport many times Colne many more, mainly spent sleeping on pool tables LOL did Rolling Thunder, Gillingham, Harrow, Romford and the South Bank. Also Arrow and Skatopia in Wolverhampton. I seem to remember Steff (harkon) skated for Freewheelers? Neil (DANZ) Steve Gratton, Andy Lomas n Mini Mansell along with many others skated Colne.

Psychik 23 · **Posted:** Thu Feb 18, 2010 11:32 am

Dave Davies ?

Thats a good pedigree you got there.
Good to hear from you.
I went to some demo or other in the dark ages, in Sefton park?
They laid out skateboard "tracks" all over the park, but they were like the
rubber stuff you get in kids play areas. Total shite, and it was wet.

Had a big top tent for the freestyle demos, Stef doing 360`s, it was like watching Stacy Peralta.

Quote:

Lee's pipe in lincoln.

Was that Lee Bryans ?
was it called the rat house or something ?
Went to a comp there, Neil DanZ skated , and Dave Davies. First time I met Davie Philips and Mike Cook from Huddersfield.
That comp probably had everyone who still skated the UK show up.

ChrisK · **Posted:** Thu Feb 18, 2010 12:35 pm

Always liked Neil Danz. Met him a couple of years ago at Rampy and he was a really nice, friendly bloke.

dave the rave · **Posted:** Fri Feb 19, 2010 12:04 am

m5surfer wrote:

Hi Dave,
Freewheelers came to belle vue (manc) in the late 70's I skated for SIDS (stalybride Indoor Sports) Went to Bootle, Southport many times Colne many more, mainly spent sleeping on pool tables LOL did Rolling Thunder, Gillingham, Harrow, Romford and the South Bank. Also Arrow and Skatopia in Wolverhampton. I seem to remember Steff (harkon) skated for Freewheelers? Neil (DANZ) Steve Gratton, Andy Lomas n Mini Mansell along with many others skated Colne.

colne was a blast. i took up a single bed mattress and left it there for me to use at weekends. what a laff, local birds and booze... it used to take us ages toget there, and sometimes the owner would come and collect us all in his tranny van. me, steff, danz, davus, trev... wow, buzzin just remembering

ste gratton was shit hot... ~..

you remember the owner, he used to wear wooden clogs, ffs!!! :lol:

also did the wolves skate park, not sure of the name. the one in the multi storey mill [or factory], all wood, tight pipes... lip bombs were soooooo fast on it ..-

dave the rave · **Posted:** Fri Feb 19, 2010 12:08 am

Psychik 23 wrote:

Dave Davies ?

Thats a good pedigree you got there.
Good to hear from you.
I went to some demo or other in the dark ages, in Sefton park?
They laid out skateboard "tracks" all over the park, but they were like the
rubber stuff you get in kids play areas. Total shite, and it was wet.

Had a big top tent for the freestyle demos, Stef doing 360`s, it was like watching Stacy Peralta.

Quote:

Lee's pipe in lincoln.

Was that Lee Bryans ?
was it called the rat house or something ?
Went to a comp there, Neil DanZ skated , and Dave Davies. First time I met Davie Philips and Mike Cook from Huddersfield.
That comp probably had everyone who still skated the UK show up.

not dave davis [davus]... but the same crew and era :wink:

yeh, Lee Bryans rad pipe. seen threads calling it the rat house, but maybe it didnt have a name when we went there. you really had to pick your spot to hit the lip, cos of the girders. sweet pipe ..-

vato kat · **Posted:** Fri Feb 19, 2010 8:28 pm

never went to the Rat House but have a write-up of a contest there in Graeme Stanners' 'Hullabaloo' zine (which only had one issue, i think). Also features a comical account of the trip from Livi to Horncastle and the lack of haggis at the chip shop.

Psychik 23 · **Posted:** Fri Feb 19, 2010 11:33 pm

That was it ....... Horncastle.
Funnily enough, the last time Jay Cunliffe was ever seen.

www.middle-age-shred.com

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