Beach's bygone zine culture..

Samples of old Virginia Beach skate zines,

Page from Speed Wobble zine, explaining what skaters from WW (Windsor Woods neighborhood) were about. You used to see that referenced logo (with the Ws & fork in between) around Trashmore, etc.

From Soul Skate zine, really great photo.. and the old '8os 17th logo (that has been resurrected.)

Unrelated to the skate culture, this was my favorite Beach zine, circulating in the mid 9os. And this ad was (presciently) published years before Cosby's scandals. John A. & Loose Screws had a good staff of contributors..

If anyone has some vintage zine pages, send 'em to me. I appreciate them- nat.rain@gmail.com

The old Golden Dragon on Pacific back in the day.. If I remember right, it was close to Pacific & Laskin. Hard to remember when it closed.. I was thinking about it as a vacated building, and did a shallow dive in to it's history. I learned that there was another (or completely unrelated) Golden Dragon near 17th & Pacific.

Based on the postcard style, this Golden Dragon depiction is probably from the 30s or 40s.. the structure was familiar to me, so I juxtaposed this card with it's current appearance..

You can see the windows on the side have been boarded over, but they line up with the old building, also the side top of the building still has the descending step look. Neighboring building is the back of 17th Street Surf Shop.

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