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Title: Skateboards
Post by: Neo on April 03, 2012, 02:22:56 PM
Just recovered these from storage.  I started to sell the McGill on eBay a couple weeks ago, but after seeing it around my abode for a few days, I couldn't part with it.  After 2 days on eBay there were about 50 watchers and a few hundred page views.  Another forum I joined recently is http://skullandbonesskateboards.com/forums/ (http://skullandbonesskateboards.com/forums/).  A lot of awesome art, especially the 80s stuff.

These first two are from the mid-late 80s and they are cooler now than they were back then.  I felt like I took a trip in a time machine after seeing them again after 15 and 20+ years.

(http://i766.photobucket.com/albums/xx303/NeoLoco80/Posters/DSC01954.jpg)

I got the Lucky Strike deck in the mid 90s and thought it was real cool, so despite my friends telling me I should put trucks and wheels on it and ride it, I stuck it on my dresser where it was displayed for several years.  It's now a pretty rare deck, and I'm glad I preserved it.

(http://i766.photobucket.com/albums/xx303/NeoLoco80/Posters/DSC01947.jpg)
Title: Re: Skateboards
Post by: CJ138 on April 03, 2012, 08:26:25 PM
YES!! Mike McGill! I always loved that deck. My first "real"skateboard was a Lance Mountain modern primitive deck with santa cruz slimeballs.  I loved that thing.  Old decks can be worth alot of dough.
Title: Re: Skateboards
Post by: Ari on April 03, 2012, 09:00:36 PM
my first "real" skateboard (read expensive) was a Guerrero like this-

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3569/3412244323_063f1f7fdc.jpg)

Independant trucks, kryptonic wheels. What a sweet ride.



Then I got into freestyle and got a Mullen, but then got back into street and stuck with my Mullen for it, was so used to it.

(http://www.skatenoize.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/rm.jpg)

Those were the days. got clocked at 60+ KPH one day. Yeeehaw. (no pads, gloves or helmut etc).

I've been thinking of trying to get one to ride again, I hate these new fandangled decks that look the same backwards as forwards ;).
I see they are reissuing the classic 80's boards, and quite cheap (at least compared to what I had to pay in the 80's).
Title: Re: Skateboards
Post by: theartofmovieposters on April 03, 2012, 10:11:58 PM
Quote from: Ari on April 03, 2012, 09:00:36 PM
my first "real" skateboard (read expensive) was a Guerrero like this-

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3569/3412244323_063f1f7fdc.jpg)

Independant trucks, kryptonic wheels. What a sweet ride.



Then I got into freestyle and got a Mullen, but then got back into street and stuck with my Mullen for it, was so used to it.

(http://www.skatenoize.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/rm.jpg)

Those were the days. got clocked at 60+ KPH one day. Yeeehaw. (no pads, gloves or helmut etc).

I've been thinking of trying to get one to ride again, I hate these new fandangled decks that look the same backwards as forwards ;).
I see they are reissuing the classic 80's boards, and quite cheap (at least compared to what I had to pay in the 80's).

Who is this and what have you done with our Ari?
Title: Re: Skateboards
Post by: Neo on April 03, 2012, 10:29:45 PM
CJ, the McGill was my first nice deck.  I remember picking it up at the store like it was yesterday, but it was in about 1988.  The Lance Mountain decks and slimeball wheels are classics also.  It is cool to see how much these sell for now.  I've had numerous offers on the McGill and Sims Staab "mad scientist", and I've heard that the Sims board regularly sells for well over $1,000 in excellent condition.

Ari, I never knew you were into skating.  It's a pretty big culture over in Australia, huh?  A couple of the guys who were sending me offers on my McGill are from Australia. 

I don't know what the quality is like on the reissues, but they look cool. 

60 kph?  Sounds like fun.  I was never into doing twirly flips and stuff, but I love speed.  Always had ultra clean Swiss bearings and good wheels for getting the most speed around flat Florida, and I had some really cool roads near my house called the "pink streets" (because they were painted pink) that were freshly paved ultra smooth with almost zero cracks, great for going fast, but I bet riding in hilly areas would be awesome.
Title: Re: Skateboards
Post by: enki on April 04, 2012, 12:11:01 AM
(http://www.cracked.com/blogimages/2009/04/hoverboard.jpg)
Title: Re: Skateboards
Post by: Ari on April 04, 2012, 12:43:03 AM
yeah I was a skater, until I was about 19. Loved it, never left home without it. Albany, has one of the oldest skate parks in Australia.

here it is, I remeber going there with my Dad in 1979

(http://www.gosnells.wa.gov.au/upload%5Cgosnells%5C47685376397E4AAE9CA35C2C4DFC4BD4.jpg)

Title: Re: Skateboards
Post by: Neo on April 04, 2012, 01:11:08 AM
Cool, Ari.  That looks like a fun, old school park.

The hoverboard ;D. Those were the good ole days.  Someone told my brother that Service Merchandise sold them and I remember calling and asking if they had any. 8)
Title: Re: Skateboards
Post by: Ari on April 04, 2012, 01:15:50 AM
after the craze of the 70s/80's they were going to tear this one down, but luckily it was stopped as its the oldest in Western Australia, NOW we have 3 or maybe 4 in town. Dont see the kids skating down the main street like we used to though ;)
Title: Re: Skateboards
Post by: brude on April 04, 2012, 05:41:12 PM
(http://www.100coragem.xpg.com.br/wp-content/uploads/faiskate.gif)
Title: Re: Skateboards
Post by: CSM on April 04, 2012, 10:13:06 PM
Quote from: enki on April 04, 2012, 12:11:01 AM
(http://www.cracked.com/blogimages/2009/04/hoverboard.jpg)

Yeah I remember when I had one of those but then I came back from the future...
Title: Re: Skateboards
Post by: Silhouette on April 05, 2012, 03:35:36 AM
In 1982 Rainbow's End open, NZ's largest amusement park...but the kids of today they wouldn't know that under it is what was the biggest skatepark in the sounthern hemisphere - Coca Cola Skateboard park. The place closed around 77/78 and that was that.

Me...(yes they are short shorts)

(http://i1219.photobucket.com/albums/dd421/SilhouetteNSW/Just%20Photos/air.jpg)
Title: Re: Skateboards
Post by: Ari on April 05, 2012, 03:51:52 AM
OH good work. or rather RAD!
Title: Re: Skateboards
Post by: enki on April 05, 2012, 09:54:56 AM
Cowabunga
Title: Re: Skateboards
Post by: Silhouette on April 05, 2012, 04:41:44 PM
Quote from: Ari on April 05, 2012, 03:51:52 AM
OH good work. or rather RAD!

hehe Rad? Not back then, Rad came along in the mid 80s...geeze memory fade, can't remember what we used - things like A1, mint and other stuff long gone.

Mind you skaters of today are far far better than we ever were, or even could dream
Title: Re: Skateboards
Post by: CJ138 on April 05, 2012, 04:42:59 PM
Get a longboard Ari! sector 9 with sidewinder trucks!!
Title: Re: Skateboards
Post by: brude on April 05, 2012, 04:54:07 PM
Ari -- before he lost some weight and learned to skate...

(http://i554.photobucket.com/albums/jj411/fohshizzle/images/Fat_dad_skateboards.gif)
Title: Re: Skateboards
Post by: Hallucination Generation on October 07, 2012, 04:12:42 PM
Broke my arm on one of those small, slim 70's boards. Still have it.
Wheels made from resin which just stopped dead once a stone got in your way.

Board stopped and i didn't!
Title: Re: Skateboards
Post by: CJ138 on October 07, 2012, 05:54:25 PM
A close friend of mine owns a shop in OC Maryland.  They host an art show of skateboard decks every year.  My brother in law did one this year. I realize this is from 2011 but whatever....
http://goodcleanfunlife.com/2011/06/01/dimensions-annual-art-show-skate-deck-art-in-ocean-city/

Get radical,
Conor
Title: Re: Skateboards
Post by: jedgerley on October 03, 2015, 10:57:53 PM
Quote from: Silhouette on April 05, 2012, 04:41:44 PM
hehe Rad? Not back then, Rad came along in the mid 80s...geeze memory fade, can't remember what we used - things like A1, mint and other stuff long gone.

Mind you skaters of today are far far better than we ever were, or even could dream

POSER!  lol :o ;)