That’s so awesome (it was blatantly awful at the time). What were the wheels like on different surfaces? I imagine they’d be really bumpy on rough ground and slippery on smooth ground
They were pretty awful but eurethane was just round the corner.
ACS trucks, Road Runner wheels and soon Tracker trucks and OJ wheels
Then Kryptonics and Gull-wings
I’m amazed at the prices of original kit . I should have invested in a dozen G&S fibre flex.
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Me, stinkbug air at the Harrow performance bowl 1980
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Rodga Harvey two handed frontside air à la Scott Foss, Harrow pool 1980
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More people should do this trick
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Mick Forster, sweeper, Ricky ramp early 80’s
Paul Robertson, Harrow pool 1980
Rodga Harvey, Harrow pool 1980
Would be good if you could post the OG photos as you’ve scanned them, rather than the insta link. That way we can peep them at a much better resolution…
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Steve Lilly, Harrow halfpipe shortly after the park opened in 1978
Gary Jefferies in the Windsor whiplash at Billy Smarts Skatewave in Windsor 1978
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Billy Smart’s Skatewave indoor park, I’d completely forgotten that place ever existed…gets a brief mention in this Essjay interview from a couple of years back.
The circus guy? Sounds mad.
Yep - the 70’s skatepark x circus connection runs deep - the Chipperfield’s built a skatepark on the site of an old zoo in Plymouth back then too. It was pretty extensive concrete park with a massive full pipe. Maybe @Spike has some photos knocking about 
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Trawler would be your go to guy for pictures of Plymouth, I have none I’m afraid.
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Mick Forster, Layback, Harrow pool. 1980
The Channel at Rolling Thunder skatepark, Brentford Market 1979. Every skater in London loved Rolling Thunder
Sean Goff at Crystal Palace about 1985/86
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Mick Forster, Crouch End ramp, early 90’s
ROM Day in the 80’s
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