Another one from the collection of John Drummond, this is Go For It! - the Swindle Issue. It’s a pretty good one. Lots of decent photos and a nice glossy printed cover. The Swindle refers to the fact that the outside is glossy but the inside is photocopied. It’s printed on an odd size of paper, not any derivative of A4 or anything, The insides are all a bit smaller than the cover. It must have been custom trimmed. It’s 90% UK vert scene. A lot of names that are vaguely familiar to the colonists. Phill Burgoyne’s interview is amusing, as is the one with Gregor Rankine. I didn’t remember that he was from New Zealand. This is Steve Douglas’s zine. Some of you might remember him as a pro rider for Schmitt Stix. He was one of the founders of New Deal and Giant Distribution. Right now I believe he’s a big wig at Dwindle.

Date: July 1985
From: Pinner, Middlessex U.K.
Format: Almost legal sized, folded in half, stapled. Glossy printed cover. high quality photo copier on interior pages. white paper.
Type: typed text, photos.
Pages: 24

By: Steve Douglas
Contributors: Dobie, Shane Rouse, Danny Addams, Tony Converse, Phill & Collin, Billy Smith, Rodga & Barry
Photos: Don Brider, A. Vost, Dobie, Shane Rouse, tony Converse, Danny Addams, Bryce Kanights, Mark Abrook

Featuring: Danny Webster, Lucian (Hendricks?), Robb Bjorklund, Gregor Rankine interview, Phill Burgoyne, Colin Taylor,Barry Abrook, Rodga, Bod Boyle, Floyd, Mac, Bryce Kanights, Farnborough contest.

Spots: Arena Harrow, Crystal Palace, Farnborough, Cito ramp USA. Stevenage, Kelvingrove skatepark in Scotland, New Zealand, Kidderminster and Andover skateparks, Townhouse ditch, Hell Hole U.S.A.

Honorable Mentions: Farnborough contest ranks are 1st - Danny Webster, 2nd - Sean Goff, 3rd - Barry Abrook, 4th - Phil Bourgoyne, 5th - Steve Douglas. Sean Goff skated in Pajamas. The center spread page is upside down on this copy, I righted it for your viewing pleasure. Gutterslut… (What is it?) Gregor Rankine on going to the US and learning the word “stale”, Brian Shaw is a thief. Ad for Rough Trade records. One solid page of bitching called The Plain Truth.

Local Slang: Grems, Puffs, all of it really. I could barely understand Gregor Rankine’s interview.

Check out the Swindle issue of Go For It!

June 13th, 2008 by: Kilwag (editor)
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