“Very, very, very good transfer tailslide in the middle of the smoke.”
’86,400 seconds in the life of Mark Channer’ – Sidewalk 26, May 1998. Photo: Wig.

Unabomber OG Mark Channer takes to a whole load of rugged British terrain for his section from the debut Bomber VHS ‘Unapromo’.

“Ollie to tail on homeground, Livi. The only bowl in the UK to rival Munster’s death sink. Neat.”
The Colin Kennedy Interview, Sidewalk issue 2, 1995. Photo: Wig.

Taking it back to 1998, we bring you a young Colin Kennedy’s section from the second joint Panic/Blueprint offering ‘Anthems’.

“Backside nollie heel flip, pop up a wet one.”
Paul Silvester ‘Haunts’ interview – Sidewalk 13, Jan/Feb 1997.

The very first section of the very first Unabomber release – Huddersfield native turned Leeds local Paul Silvester kicks things off with a definite bang.

“Paul Shier avoids getting his feet wet by backside nosegrinding over King Kong’s ice cube. Thanks to Ice Work in Kent and sos about buggering your expensive chisel.” – Sidewalk 22, December 1997.

Prior to making the switch from Panic to Blueprint in the late 90′s, Paul Shier comes through with a full part for their second joint production, ‘Anthems’.

Frank jumps off stuff nearly every day, here you see him coming off the top of a bus. Nutter!
- “Danger” article – Sidewalk 32, December 98.

Frankie Fire leaves his East Anglian base heads out around the UK for his shocking section from Unabomber’s debut VHS release Unapromo…

Thanks to the solid output of video and photo coverage over the years, Scott Palmer has landed himself firmly in the realm of the “legendary” to all who appreciate the fine art of street skating. His sections across “Through The Eyes Of Ruby”, “Waiting For The World”, “First Broadcast” and “Lost and Found” are still on heavy circulation thanks to the Sidewalk Forum, and he’s even scored himself his very own Appreciation Group on Facebook. Most of his major collections of footage have already been released online via Sunday Services in the past, though this morning we can venture back into the late 90′s for a mammoth eight minute, two song Scott section that has not seen the light of day for years.
“Mission ImpossiHull” was the third and final Hull scene video by Adi Broadhead, and, despite being free to anyone who could post a blank VHS to Marc Banks, was extremely hard to find copies of outside of East Yorkshire. Following on from sterling appearances by the likes of Eggy and Marc Banks, Scott laid claim to the closing section as he delivered a serious beatdown to the first Rock City skatepark set up, cruised around inner-city Hull and countless other Yorkshire towns, he even managed to get some footage together during a rare outing to The States.

Scott fans – this one’s definitely for you. Send all your thanks in the direction of Marc Banks and Adi Broadhead for hooking it up.

Click the play button below and be genuinely stoked. Then be prepared to have The Police stuck in your head all day…

Harry’s section from the classic debut Unabomber VHS “UnaPromo” is undoubtedly one of the finest UK sections of the late 90′s. Nick Drake, ridiculous pop, proper street lines, pedestrian collisions, burly slams, infamous quotes and long gone Nottingham spots – click the play button below, enjoy the three and half minutes of raw brilliance that awaits then get yourself outdoors and take in a traditional Sunday afternoon session.

Click the ‘play’ button below to witness a rare does of Jimmy Boyes brilliance, get inspired then go for a skate…

See you next Sunday!

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Arto Saari and pretty much everyone else in the Finnish scene at the time at the 1998 Rovaniemi comp. The whole thing is savage, but the Arto footage starts at 16:54.