We Were Rad - The Story of BMX in the UK in the 1980's (hardcover book)

In the 70’s kids rode Choppers, Chippers, Grifters and Racers. The 80’s heralded a new era. BMX was now the must have bicycle for children and teenagers. Nobody escaped the rapidly expanding phenomenon that started for many with the Hollywood glamour of Spielberg’s movie E.T.
BMX exploded onto the streets and a whole range of new tricks, fashions and sounds invaded homes and schools alike.
As ubiquitous as the Rubik’s Cube in 80’s culture, BMX managed to unite people of all ages, genders and races regardless of social status or ability.
We Were RAD is a four-year project that has amassed an archive of over 12,000 images and hundreds of stories from the kids on the street to those of World Champions.
The first chapter of this exciting project is this limited-edition hardback book that tells the untold story of British BMX.

450 pages with printed endpapers
100,000 words
Over 1,200 images
Over 400 different contributors
Size 280 x 216mm portrait
Soft touch laminated hardback cover
High quality paper 170gsm
Highest quality lithograph print
Designed in the UK and printed in the EU

An 18 minute video preview of the book: https://youtu.be/WPo2x-Sb53o

From the authors:

We are, Clint Pilkington, Andrew Rigby and Antony Frascina. Three creatives and award winners with a shared love of all things BMX. We have held and contributed towards numerous international BMX events as well as judging several Old School BMX Shows.
For one of the shows we created a BMX zine, interviewing the likes of Bob Haro and Andy Ruffell. This was the spark for us to create a book about something we all loved. It seemed like a natural progression.
As a book that focuses on BMX in the UK, we felt it was only appropriate that the book should be designed and printed here. We have used renowned printers CPI Books, Croydon. Our principal designer is Ian Roxburgh who understood our project straight away, having worked on R.A.D (Read And Destroy) magazine and Trawler’s iconic series of books on skateboarding.