1970s skateboarding London-style. Hot Wheels (dir. Richard Gayer, 1978). Extracts.

Skateboarding in the UK from 1978, including footage from London's Trafalgar Square, Crystal Palace Park, Meanwhile Gardens and Skate City skatepark. Riders in Hot Wheels included Danny Acton Bond, Mark Baker, Hugo Carey, Seth Cutts, Tim Dunkerley, Anna Feuchtung, Jeremy Henderson, Jules Gayton, Richard Heslop, Tim Levis, Samantha McQuiston, Clive Manderson, Isabel Mortimer, Simon Napper, Jock Patterson, Adam Peacock, John Sablosky, Pinkie Sharp, John Shayer, Marc Sinclair, Paul Sully and Candice Beauville Taylor, plus visiting Americans Bobby Boyden, Steve Cathy, Mike Williams, Ellen Berryman, Skitch Hitchcock and Mike Weed.

This clip is part of a 100 video playlist, linked by QR codes in Iain Borden "Skateboarding and the City: a Complete History" (Bloomsbury, 2019), the definitive book on classic and contemporary skateboarding.

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