The way this piece came about started from a thread of a select few of us on a BMX forum who have all been part of the Hip Hop culture and now reunited through sharing the same passion with OS BMX. We all got excited and as a result a wall was organised for all of us to meet up and have a squirt.
Some of the guys who came down to the wall I haven't seen since the mid 80’s! It was a blast from the past to meet up with a long lost mate Tim Bond better know as Bondy from USA Crew. At one stage we were pretty close back in the day (85/6) and he was someone who at the time was more skilled than me so naturally I was appreciative of sharing some time with Bondy. Today, he’s amazed to see how the artform has progressed and in saying that he gave it another crack to hold a can and paint but not for his own piece (which I would of loved to see) but helped out a couple of mates from the same era (Mayhem and Clue from Surrey Hills) who gave it a crack after 20+ years! They even had some Kings Way books come by there way for signings!
So i was so pleased to see everyone have a good time and big thanks to everyone who made this possible and to see these guys again Bondy, Mayhem, Clue, Smash, Fergs for making a come back!!
RAD is obviously a 80’s BMX word and was also the title name of the old school classic American BMX film. On our BMX forum we all drew a sketch with the word RAD and shared that with one another. I was not going to let my sketch get away without it being transferred to a piece so naturally i got busy and busted out another Paris style classic to remember the day by!
Peace, P.
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