The Read and Destroy Archive

16/07/2024

It’s been a wonderful few days launching the new RAD retrospective book. Thank you to everyone who came to take a look and reconnect with friends and skate family. The exhibition will be open until 6.00 pm Sunday 21st July.

Can’t thank our friends, collaborators and sponsors enough for making this amazing weekend a reality.

New Balance, Santa Cruz Skateboards, Independent Trucks New Deal Skateboards Nineteen seventy six distribution

ACC Art Books

Slam City Skates Motel Studios Pure Evil Gallery Liquid Death Camden Town Brewery Imprint

01/07/2024

Mike Manzoori, punching skyward, Southsea skatepark 1990 ish.
Photo: Paul Sunman.

And speaking of flying Mike’s, the man himself will be in London 11-14 July to celebrate the launch of the new READ AND DESTROY book. Event schedule below. Ticketed events link in bio. See you there!

THURSDAY 11 JULY
RAD MAGAZINE PHOTO EXHIBITION & BOOK LAUNCH, Opening Night,
6.00–9.00 pm Pure Evil Gallery, Shoreditch, London EC2A 4XS
NEW! Acoustic set from Dave Baisa of The Odd Numbers

FRIDAY 12 JULY
EXHIBITION OPEN 11–6 pm BOOK SIGNING with original RAD staff, and featured skaters ‘89s & ‘90s re-issue boardwalk with decks for sale. 6.00–9.00 pm, Slam City Skates, London E1 6QL

SATURDAY 13 JULY
EXHIBITION OPEN 11–6pm
NEW! Custom tee printing workshop with original RAD graphics. Meet the designers.
Come and print your own custom RAD graphics tee.
Working with the amazing .works
and using original artworks from the mag, there will be a range of heat transfers to cut and paste and make your own design to take away. Tee, RAD stickers, graphics transfers and tote bag included. 11.30 am to 1.30 pm at Imprint Works, Kings Cross, London N1C 4DR
£20.00 Limited places, ticket link below.

https://buytickets.at/readanddestroyarchive/1305399

RAD FORUM hosted by & Ben Powell at , London E2 8HG Strictly limited 180 seats, 3.00–6.00 pm Advance tickets £10.00, click link to purchase. No tickets on the door.

https://buytickets.at/readanddestroyarchive/1300253

After party 7pm–1.00am, 100 capacity, Free entry. DJs, Upstairs at Horse and Groom, Curtain Rd, EC2A 3NZ
SUNDAY 14 JULY EXHIBITION OPEN 11–6pm and until 21 July
SKATE SESSION, All day from 11.00 am. Crystal Palace Skate Park

HUGE thanks to our sponsor along with

23/06/2024

Less than three weeks to go! Teaming up with .calling.skateboardinguk for the launch of the newly published READ AND DESTROY Skateboarding Through A British Lens ‘78 to ‘95.
Four days of events in London starting with an RAD PHOTO EXHIBITION opening night (venue TBC) 6.00 pm, 11th July,
followed by a BOOK SIGNING (including ‘80s and ‘90s re-issue boards for sale) 6.00pm, 12th July, a RAD photographers and designers FORUM hosted by and 3.00-6.00, 13th July, (strictly limited 180 places, ticket link TBC), AFTER PARTY 7.00 pm -1.00 am, 13th July. All rounded off with a wind-down skate session , all day 11.00 onwards, 14th July. Bring the jump ramp!

Our sincere thanks to and our co sponsors for making this a reality.

Original photo: Curtis McCann, Southbank 1989, TLB

18/06/2024

16/06/2024

Getting closer to the RAD book release and the launch event in London on July 11th! RAD will be working together with London Calling to celebrate the opening of a 10 day photo exhibition and further events over the weekend. See you there!

17/05/2024

Incoming! Excited to work with ACC artbooks on this project.

15/05/2024

SAVE THE DATE!
11-14 July 2024 when we celebrate the release of the READ AND DESTROY book and the UK skate pioneers that fill it’s pages. We’re joining forces with .calling.skateboardinguk for a weekend of events in London. Stay tuned!

Skateboarding Hall of Fame inductee time travelling back from Monmouth 1992. 📸 TLB

11/05/2024

Time to update the skate library! Beyond STOKED to announce the imminent release of our book, READ AND DESTROY Skateboarding Through a British Lens ’78 to ‘95. A 272 page review of the life and legacy of RAD magazine and it’s instigators.

Published by and releasing July 08. Preorders available now via our website.
Sneek peek preview in the latest issue of

Stay tuned for updates and book release events in July in collaboration with .calling.skateboardinguk

📸 TLB

17/11/2023

Two prints currently available to help raise funds for charity children’s aid in Gaza.
In collaboration with .a.butchers and
Links in bio.
Available until Thursday 23 November.

Tom Penny, Oxford 1992 x TLB and Ray Barbee, Munster 1990 x Jay Podesta.

25/06/2023

Reeling it back to the early days of skateboarding sneaking it’s way into BMX Action Bike. Back in 86, Powell Am, Adrian Demain made a solo mission to the U.K. hitting Farnborough, Crystal Palace, Southbank and Mon’s ramp amongst others. Here’s an unpublished shot of Adrian hucking a butter smooth method over the long-gone Southbank loading door banks.

Photo: TLB

15/05/2023

Greg Hernandez getting sad at Sadlands. TLB on a 1989 California mission captures iconic shapes in human and concrete form.

📸TLB

23/04/2023

Ged Wells playing the Insane game. Boosted wall bashing outtake from 87/87. Southsea.

📸 TLB

02/04/2023

Plain deck, tiny wheels, cut-off pants - it’s oh so 1993.
Unnamed and previously unpublished styler from Monmouth mini contest report ‘93.
📸 TLB

12/03/2023

Steve Saiz gets busy throwing shapes on a 1989 Euro jaunt to Copenhagen.

📸 TLB

26/02/2023

As day turns to night Simon Evans stylishly taps Knebworth ‘s 70s concrete into shape. 1990 📸TLB

10/01/2023

Some styley and previously unpublished tail slapping business from Waltham Cross back in 1992.

📸TLB

01/01/2023

Thirty years ago we said goodbye 1992, hello 1993 and thanks to photographer Franco, Mike Carroll at EMB graced the new year cover.

Wishing all RAD archive followers good things and positive vibes for the new year. All involved here are beyond stoked with the continued interest, affection and support for all things RAD. THANK YOU!

Thanks especially in 2022 to and amongst others.

18/12/2022

Monty Nolder going big for the Bad Boy Club, Southsea, UK 1990. Unearthed a few inspiring shots of Nolder, Reese Simpson and Jeff Phillips blasting through the UK that somehow never made the mag.

📸 TLB

11/12/2022

Manchester ‘88 curb crushing crew. Outtake from a summer session that grabbed Femi Bukanola the August cover.

Currently available exclusively at is the x salute to this 88 New Balance shoe. Unbelievably grateful to all involved for this homage to one of our most celebrated cover shots.

📸 TLB

27/11/2022

Out There action. South coast crew working on late ‘80s new school moves.

📸 TLB

20/11/2022

On a 1989 visit to London’s Latimer Road ramp, Steve Claar pushes the possibilities on 12 feet of vertical terrain.
📸 TLB

30/10/2022

Hitting the highways to report back on as much any town action as possible, TLB captures Harlow street heat 1989.

16/10/2022

Grand opening of the vert beast in Hastings U.K. 1989.boyle and jet in to get the locals fired up. Colin White goes for a South coast vertical attack.

📸 TLB

09/10/2022

Back in ‘89, then new kid on the block Alex Moul styling around the streets of Oxford with TLB in tow.

25/09/2022

No matter how ‘street’ the mission, the lure of transition is never far away. Danny Wainwright channels 70s California dream terrain through 90s Gloucester rust. “A hidden valley full of rusting iron hulks, and newer plastic ones too. Hundreds of them” Issue 105 February 1992
Photo TLB

19/09/2022

With all the recent talk of queens and kings it’s time to celebrate some departed skateboarding royalty. Visiting OG skate king Shogo Kubo (RIP) captured by TLB on an extended UK stay and play at Harrow skatepark back in ‘79.

04/09/2022

Spots come and spots go. Will Bankhead taming the wild and infamous North Peckham estate banks - a day out in South East London for the Take Two Bowls story 1991. Previously unpublished.
📸TLB

28/08/2022

Everybody’s favourite wundekind, TP with the tweak dial set to maximum.
Oxford 1991 📸 TLB

21/08/2022

Back in ‘88 a demised (and padlocked) paddling pool in Neasden delivered up some glorious sessions on its banked terrain. The news spread fast and The Donz blew into town to get to it with the heavy moves.

📸TLB

31/07/2022

Eking out transition thrills wherever they can be found, the boy Evans steals an artful bomb drop into a drained Duck pond. London 1990

📸 TLB