Brill thanks, will have a watch of these tonight
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The Arndale had been razed
Shop staff knocked off their ladders
Security guards hung from moving escalators
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Old Paternoster Square…Great spot, that was. You’d have seen the benches a lot in Playing Fields, Mixed Media and Anthems and then the hubba to the bottom left was the one which Channon King skated here:
This is the current version. Much brighter, but ultimately a really boring zone with 25-30 retail stores.
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That 50 by Channon and the resulting sequence looks so good even now. Did anyone ever repeat that or do anything else on that entire rail?
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Bam did a drop in from the top then gap out over the last hubba, IIRC.
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The arch entrance was moved from somewhere else in London and rebuilt in the square - originally designed by Christopher Wren.
Can’t say the new version of the square is particularly exciting but as much as I love 60s architecture, the before photo does look pretty bleak
Ah yeah that maybe rings a bell.
Went down a mini Channon King rabbit hole after you sharing that sequence, so thanks! Good to see he’s still ripping.
Footage of that beast 5050:
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. This should maybe go somewhere else 
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I had that on the bedroom wall…it wasn’t all skate photos, there were some BMXceptions.
That looks so fun.
Reminds me of this park I used to skate in Enfield which was built in an old paddling pool. One of those tiny simple parks, which was a blast.
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That’s Basildon.
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My mum used to take me there as a little kid to paddle. ha ha.
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When BMXs had proper seat posts.
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Brum was well clockwork orange in those days. A bit like Elephant and Castle, but a whole city
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Off it on Basildon Puke Plates
