Fourth row down, second from right
Bottom row, far left
Serious 90-91 magazine ad flashback there, wow.
Top right, 540 Disaster IIRC. They lasted forever.
Jesus Christ, I thought I owned some horrendous shit.
It was over 30 years ago
Left column, third from top, the only ones they had in stock but desperate for a pair so had to have them
I’m sure I have told this story before, but Stevie Williams gave me this exact pair of shoes in exchange for filming Lenny Rivas doing some tricks on the indoor WH Smiths rail in Birmingham.
It was after the DGK x RBK team did a demo at Epic/Creation skatepark in Moseley. I think Lev was TM’ing them at the time.
After the demo, we showed some of the guys around and went street skating in town.
Originally Stevie said to hold onto the clips and they would send me some money when they got back to America. I said nah just give me a couple of boards for the tape Stevie. When we got back to the tour buses, the one with all the boards had left for Bristol. So all they had were these fucking monstrosities for me!
Stevie brought a body guard into town with him who would look after his diamond encrusted tech deck chain whilst he skated. So funny!
Best approach for washing a couple pairs of shoes?
Second row, first column. I think they had at least two sets of stick on soles from Woolies trying to keep them going.
Can’t see them there but 600’s and Bruisers.
After that, Vics. Bottom left.
Loved them then, honking now.
Only way i know is taking the laces off and outing them in a pillow case in the washing machine. Low heat. Low spin.
With soap and a toothbrush, in the sink.
Depends how much you want to pay…
Stevie deadly serious looking you dead in the eyes and saying “I don’t wanna see that shit on YouTube” was comedy gold.
Irony being I’ve never seen the clips from that trip anywhere so at least the world would of seen it.
I was shook I can’t lie!
Ideally £0
Get em posted
Stevie has the tape!
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