its the legendary hot wheels!

1970s english skateboard film

Originally posted on FB by my good friend Domby de la Tromby.

I was too much of a goth to skateboard but Dom was my first friend when I moved to a new town and had no friends. First saw the guy looking cool hotwheeling down the road while I was on the other side waiting for a bus and listening to The Smiths on my Walkman. Looking cool until he tried to ollie up the pavement, failed, wiped out and landed on his nose. You have never seen a goth laugh so hard.

Thus began a beautiful relationship which involved lots of me sitting around drinking cider and inhaling aerosol cans, whilst watching skaters try to do bonelesses, noseflips, railgrinds and other improbable feats. A wonderful world of cool sub-culture emerged which had a big influence on my musical tastes, as well as my fear of anything with four wheels.

And just for posterity, here is a song which Mr Tromby wrote for his band Hospital Bomber - i'm afraid I am responsible for his guitar tuition.

To download the mp3 right click this link and select 'Save As'.

part two of the hot wheels video here