King of Vert 1990

I found this the other day and it brought back fond memories. A coach load of us came down to Portsmouth from Essex, the coach picked up a bunch of us in Chelmsford and the rest in Southend (due to the skateshop Reckless Erics being in Southend but having strong ties to Chelmsford). I now pity the coach driver, I'm sure we were all nightmares...imagine 4 or so hours driving each way with 40 odd teenage skateboarders...hell. The event was cool, we ate packed lunches, got to see loads of sick skating (ironically on a ramp with no vert) and saw our friend Sean Ward compete. On the way back he fell asleep on the coach and his Mambo board bag was changed to '100% Black Mamba' by Jim. No idea if Sean ever noticed.

It's a little weird remembering back now that I actually have such strong ties with Portsmouth. Wish I'd taken some photos back then.