Issue 2 of Greystoke print magazine. 132 pages of tangible, hold-in-your-hands BMX print media. In the follow up to our premiere issue, we go deep on subjects like sobriety, the influence of Jag BMX, earliest skatepark activity, the bike that started a revolution, Ron Wilkerson's life and times, the R.A.D. magazine story, and photos, lots of photos of BMX people doing BMX things, then and now. And remember, kids, BMX is not a sport...
On the Cover: Read and Destroy.
Stuart ‘Juice’ Durrant
ROM Skatepark, England, 1989.
Photo by Tim Leighton-Boyce
Courtesy of the Read and Destroy archive.
Contents:
WELCOME TO GREYSTOKE #2: Nothing to prove, everything to lose. You’re in or you’re out.
DOG BITES: What’s in a (nick)name? Mad Dog strikes again.
RE-CREATING A PROPS COVER - 22 YEARS LATER: Ian Morris throws down for a fallen friend.
RICK THORNE - I’M STILL HERE: “Hey man, do you still ride?” The Biker in Black breaks it down.
SKELETONS IN THE CLOSET: “Feel free to stop me if it sounds like I’m making any of this up.” Will Smyth digs deep.
THE RON WILKERSON INTERVIEW: Notes from the edge. Use it or lose it.
AFTERLIFE: Life as an art piece. Dave Fox dusts it off.
HOLY GRAIL - THE SUPER STROKER: A journey to rebuild the bike that started a revolution.
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARCHIVE: Re-Search and Destroy. The legendary photos of BMX Action Bike /R.A.D. magazine un-earthed in London.
STU IS NUMBER ONE: Bikes in the skatepark? First in, last out.
LAST CALL: You don’t have to go home, but you can’t stay here.
BOOGIE WITH THE BEST: The undeniable influence of JAG BMX.
LIFERS: Ride on... and on… and on...
YOU CAN’T BE WHAT YOU WERE: Over the hill and picking up speed.
