So if you read our past blog post, ‘Unicorns, Punky Brewster and Roller Rinks’, you’ll know that one of the inspirations behind our Roller Skate Unicorn tee, was obviously roller skating. Recently, whilst working on new designs for hopefully the next Unicorn tee, I got to thinking a bit more...

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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With Melbourne's Summer in full swing, we headed out to the local skate park in the morning with members of the Arcade Street Crew for a quick photoshoot while the weather was still cool.

The basketball themed photoshoot with a touch of the eighties (of course!) features our concept cap with some handy stitch work from team Arcade.

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