Amazing.
I’ve just sent this link to my GF’s mum, because Avi has been doing some gardening work for her, and I thought she’d be stoked to see his pic in her favourite newspaper.
Oh and I should probably just add to everyone’s comments here by saying I got my copy yesterday and it’s incredible. It’s going to take a while to get through, but I’ll be reading every word. I’ve only got as far as the TLB and Nick Philip stuff and it’s already brilliant.
Arrived at my mum and dad’s about an hour ago. Just got to wait 2 weeks til I can actually see it
Postman Pat has just handed me my copy, only skimmed through it for now but absolutely loving it.
Young James! Young Brian and Cactus! Young Avi!!! 
Genuinely has not been this much buzz over a book since fucking forever. Can’t think of a single instance. So amped to read it
Due tomorrow mine said, then turned up this afternoon and promptly ruined all my hard work plans.
So good. And I’ve barely scratched the surface yet.
Massive props @buildafire …
That Jimmy Boyes poster was on my bedroom wall for years.
Also having lived in both Newcastle and Liverpool ( or at least close enough ) I completely agree with the comparison.
Reading about Wig Worland getting excited by Ipswich while eating my Shreddies.
Excellent work Build.
Planned to go into the office today for the first time this year (I’ve got 3 months left on my contract and starting to worry no one knows who I am), but got the notification this was being delivered so sacked it off to make sure I got it.
Have only had a skim through but this is absolutely phenomenal, can’t put into words the level of praise build deserves for this. Almost wish it wasn’t such a scorcher of a bank holiday so I could just lock in this weekend
Listening at work. God damn I love skateboards.
You’ve got some very good press for this Neil, is this NB pushing it so much, or the publishers? (Both I guess) Unheard to get this much exposure of our scene.
Also was the car theme intended or coincidental?
The publisher send a press release out, but other people just knew about it anyway.
What car theme? Definitely not intentional.
Just noticed a lot of car skating shots, along with the cover.
Cars?
This is possibly similar to the Horsely circle-in-every-image conspiracy.
Cars. I’m not imagining it there are quite a few
Cars were a bit more skateable back then though, not like these jelly moulds they have now.
Loving the book so far. I like that the interview questions aren’t printed, it’s like you’re just getting little stories on a theme.
Obviously had to skip to the 2001 chapter first as that’s my first year skating, but there’s so much stuff in here. 87-97 is a big blank spot for me in terms of UK skating, compared to knowing about the US scene, so hopefully going to fill in big gaps in my knowledge
Nice one. The publisher wanted me to add stuff to identify everybody, but that would have taken up word count and I think when people speak it becomes clear who they are (if it matters) and what they were doing. Anybody who doesn’t know about skateboarding doesn’t need to know because it’s more about the story being told than who the person is.
Anyone going to Welcome on Thursday? Hoping to pop across
