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Offline generallee

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Alpine Action Notting Hill - help needed
« on: January 14, 2011, 09:45 AM »
Hey fellas,
so, Im sure many of you remember alpine Action in Notting Hill, London back in the day -
but does anyone have any pics or scans of their old logo? Or pics/scans of their old ads in the mags?
It was a diamond shape logo, and their tees had a little diamond on the breast, and a larger one on the back.
any help would be appreciated!
steve

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Re: Alpine Action Notting Hill - help needed
« Reply #1 on: January 14, 2011, 09:51 AM »
That shop was rad. SO Getto

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« Reply #2 on: January 14, 2011, 10:22 AM »

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Re: Alpine Action Notting Hill - help needed
« Reply #3 on: January 14, 2011, 11:58 AM »
That was quick - thanks SO much, that is perfect!
steve

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Re: Alpine Action Notting Hill - help needed
« Reply #4 on: January 14, 2011, 12:59 PM »
That was quick - thanks SO much, that is perfect!
steve

Steve there is a guy on BMXTalk, Terry Green, who`s dad used to work in there, and I think he might still have some stickers  :daumenhoch:
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Re: Alpine Action Notting Hill - help needed
« Reply #5 on: January 14, 2011, 03:44 PM »


steve i got some already done  ;)

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Re: Alpine Action Notting Hill - help needed
« Reply #6 on: January 15, 2011, 08:04 PM »
Alpine Action the home of the 'Invert Shirt' with their inverted logo on the front.....

At school, we ALL wanted one!

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Re: Alpine Action Notting Hill - help needed
« Reply #7 on: January 16, 2011, 10:43 AM »
It amaized me that in 85 I think I phoned up Alpine Action & they told me they were having a closing down sale  :shocked:

It was always busy when ever I went in there  :-\


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Re: Alpine Action Notting Hill - help needed
« Reply #8 on: January 16, 2011, 11:12 AM »


sure bolemic paul still has his invert shirt

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Re: Alpine Action Notting Hill - help needed
« Reply #9 on: January 16, 2011, 05:49 PM »
It amaized me that in 85 I think I phoned up Alpine Action & they told me they were having a closing down sale  :shocked:

It was always busy when ever I went in there  :-\



It wan't BMX that wasn't selling the whole shebang was going downhill, Skiing, Mountain Climbing, Skateboarding and BMX, if you ask TLB he'll tell you they were over extended in everyway!


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Re: Alpine Action Notting Hill - help needed
« Reply #10 on: January 16, 2011, 07:13 PM »
What's TLB  ???

But there were two different shops Alpine Action in Notting Hill Gate & Alpine Sports in High Street Ken  ???

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« Reply #11 on: January 16, 2011, 07:52 PM »
What's TLB  ???

But there were two different shops Alpine Action in Notting Hill Gate & Alpine Sports in High Street Ken  ???

 TLB=Tim Leighton Boyce,photographer/editor of various BMX mags over the years. :)

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« Reply #12 on: January 17, 2011, 05:37 AM »
What's TLB  ???

But there were two different shops Alpine Action in Notting Hill Gate & Alpine Sports in High Street Ken  ???

 TLB=Tim Leighton Boyce,photographer/editor of various BMX mags over the years. :)

 :daumenhoch:

Tim was also the manager for Alpine Sports and Alpine Action  ;)


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Re: Alpine Action Notting Hill - help needed
« Reply #13 on: January 17, 2011, 09:28 AM »

Tim was also the manager for Alpine Sports and Alpine Action  ;)


Wow, I didnt know that. I didnt know the 2 shops were linked and I didnt know that TLB was in charge.

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« Reply #14 on: January 18, 2011, 03:34 AM »

Tim was also the manager for Alpine Sports and Alpine Action  ;)


Wow, I didnt know that. I didnt know the 2 shops were linked and I didnt know that TLB was in charge.

I'm pretty sure that Alpine Sports became Alpine Action, then when that folded it went back to being Alpine Sports.  They moved from Nottinghill Gate to High St Kensington when Alpine action folded and had the basement of the Alpine Sports shop there.  I remember working there when the kids that played "Pogo Patterson" came in to buy a blue Kuwahara KZ2.


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« Reply #15 on: January 18, 2011, 02:56 PM »

Tim was also the manager for Alpine Sports and Alpine Action  ;)


Wow, I didnt know that. I didnt know the 2 shops were linked and I didnt know that TLB was in charge.

I'm pretty sure that Alpine Sports became Alpine Action, then when that folded it went back to being Alpine Sports.  They moved from Nottinghill Gate to High St Kensington when Alpine action folded and had the basement of the Alpine Sports shop there.  I remember working there when the kids that played "Pogo Patterson" came in to buy a blue Kuwahara KZ2.

Alpine Sports was there first, in High Street Ken, I went there in the 70s to buy skate board wheels, then Alpine Action came about in the early 80s  :daumenhoch:

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« Reply #16 on: January 18, 2011, 03:06 PM »

Tim was also the manager for Alpine Sports and Alpine Action  ;)


Wow, I didnt know that. I didnt know the 2 shops were linked and I didnt know that TLB was in charge.

I'm pretty sure that Alpine Sports became Alpine Action, then when that folded it went back to being Alpine Sports.  They moved from Nottinghill Gate to High St Kensington when Alpine action folded and had the basement of the Alpine Sports shop there.  I remember working there when the kids that played "Pogo Patterson" came in to buy a blue Kuwahara KZ2.

Alpine Sports was there first, in High Street Ken, I went there in the 70s to buy skate board wheels, then Alpine Action came about in the early 80s  :daumenhoch:

Yep, originally Alpine Sports had more than two shops, but deffo the one in Nottinghill Gate (which got named Alpine Action but was Alpine Sports first) and a few others called Alpine Sports dotted around London, High Street Ken being at least one other, I think they got bought out by Blacks in the end but not 100% sure about that.


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Re: Alpine Action Notting Hill - help needed
« Reply #17 on: January 18, 2011, 03:46 PM »
Got a couple of old Alpine Action invert shirts some where one in pink and the other in mint green small logo on front large inverted logo on the back, have also got an original Alpine Action chrome decal on my Changa, still got most of my Alpine Action receipts from back in the day

Loved going to that shop
« Last Edit: January 18, 2011, 03:49 PM by BUBBS »

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Re: Alpine Action Notting Hill - help needed
« Reply #18 on: August 06, 2022, 10:43 AM »
Bought my Torker 280x from Alpine Action. Our crew would go up from bumblefook herts on the buses and trains. Hopefully had enough for a Kentucky Fried Chicken for on the top deck of 113 bus going home. That shop was so cool. My brother ran into one of the lads at a club in 1989 lol

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Re: Alpine Action Notting Hill - help needed
« Reply #19 on: August 08, 2022, 10:03 AM »
Now that's what I call a  :bump: :teef:

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