The Frontside Buddha. Cosmic. The Eternal Wibble. Designed by Mark 'Trees' Hamilton, one of Fife's holy sons from the spiritual mecca of Methil. Smod tracked down the elusive Trees in the hope of light-shedding, history-making, oozing out secrets from depths unfathomed, or something. Smod asked some questions, and Trees answered: "Craig asked me to create [...]
Autumn of 1989 saw one of the world’s top professional vert skateboarders come to Dundee. Why was Lee Ralph at our humble and vert-less first skate factory in Stobswell? I think he must have been visiting Angel Lights church skatepark in Glasgow, which had a great vert ramp, and came through with the Clan guys … Read More
Like the good folks pictured above, we all like a good haver, and this is the primary (non) purpose of the Frontside Blog. This gruesome foursome were chewing the fat one early afternoon at the mini bandstand on Dundee’s Perth Road, a spot most conducive for turning a wee sit down ‘rest’ into a large-scale … Read More
Back to the grind, indeed! People are back grinding coping wearing Frontside clothing, and we've been grinding along behind the scenes to bring this beloved company back into existence. Its founder, Craig McKnight (aka Papa Frontside, Papa Newport, Craigie Baby...) sadly left us in 2009 due to diabetes. He was 45 years old. Craig's passing [...]
