Kids today really don’t know how good they’ve got it these days when it comes to music!  These days with the internet, mobile phones and streaming services, you can pretty much listen to every song in the history of music, whenever and wherever you want. Rewind back to the 80’s and...

The boombox was a big part of the Eighties. They were extremely transportable and came along with us everywhere. Even on the BMX!

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We had great childhood memories of long summer days playing cricket in the backyard that often went on for days, only to call it stumps at sunset when all the parents in the neighbourhood called the kids in for dinner.

The anticipation of standing bat down in front of the trash can as your mate came storming in from the driveway was as exciting as smashing the ball over the neighbours fence!

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When coming up with a design for our skate tee we wanted to capture everything that we remembered was cool about skating in the 80s.

While the origin of skating, as we know it, goes back to the 50’s and then grew massively during then early 60s and then again in 70s, it was the 80s that really defined skating for us. So, when designing the graphics, we rewound our memories back to the glory days of skating and what made skating one of the coolest things for an 80s kid.

How do you define skating in the 80s in a single word – Rad. From riders busting out big airs and grabs on vert ramps, to the creation of a whole new range of street tricks that’s made skating what it is today. Skating was radical in the 80’s, but then no one had time to say radical, so it was just rad.

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Team Arcade and members of the Arcade Street Crew headed out to the outdoors this weekend for a photoshoot inspired by an 80s Pop Culture classic, 'The Goonies'.

The Goonies was the ultimate adventure film for a kid growing up in the 80s. The film brings back fond memories to a time when hanging out and exploring the neighbourhood with your mates was an after school fixture.

We hope this photoshoot brings back those nostalgic childhood memories and inspires you to grab a few mates and head out on a road trip adventure. Just like the good old days!

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