Were you a SKATER in the 80's?? Great Memories.
 

Damn.. That was a good time...

Powell Peralta, Vision Street Ware, Madrid, Gator (he's in Jail) Christain Hasoi, Steve Caberello.....

I was just looking at some of the old boards from the day, and admiring them like they were art work.

Good memories.

Remember these?

http://www.homestead.com/MOBBSKATES/...n/Mvc-008s.jpg

Ahhh Shit!!

The Search for Animal Chin!!

Haaaa!

Holy SHit!

http://image.blog.livedoor.jp/thrask...9bd500dc-s.jpg

I worked for Vans in highschool and was a sponsored pro/am for tracker :thumbsup

Rockin! I had a Hasoi "hammer head"

Duke

Yeah my first ramp i built was a quarter pipe, then a J Ramp, then a half pipe..


Mr. Romance

Thinking of maybe buying some of these old decks.. Just for the hell of it. Maybe putting em up in the garage or something.

This brings back great memories..

http://www.backyardskates.com/Gonz/originalgonz.jpg

In addition to the Powel Perelta decks, this Gonzo was one of my favorites..

not really.

Those boards were much more heavy duty than they are these days. I rocked a few Visions in my days. Each lasted a few months without cracks. After I went "new school", i was breaking boards almost weekly. :(

Ahh and remember the Independent Trucks!!

http://www.outlookskates.com/StickerIndyFOILyellow.gif

http://www.fluidsk8shop.com/images/I...uck%20copy.jpg


What were some of the other names of Trucks back then?

Like Gull wings??

Thunder.. I liked thunder.......


Tracker..

And what seemed expensive, the tracker ultra lights!

Damn man. That was a fucking good time.

Seems like yesterday thinking of this shit.

I had the Tony hawk board, the white one looks a bit like the one you have with the narrow nose part, cool memories! :upsidedow

dont forget the slime ball wheels

i used to have that tony hawk board, with independant trucks, slimeball wheels

memories...

What were some of the names of the wheels?? I remeber spending so much time and money on supplies all the time. Knew every product out there.

I remember Slime Balls Wheels. OJ II wheels..

85A, 92 A, and then even 96A..

Awsome for street sliding.

http://home.att.ne.jp/sun/newtype/mu...um-santa36.jpg


SLIMEBALLS BABY!!


Oh shit! Here's a name that blows my mind!!

"Kryptonics"


WHOA!!!!!!

Yep. My cousin had that.

Man, I remeber Tony Hawk was just a little kid back then... In that ANimal Chin movie he was like 14 I think.......

And now he's the Icon of the sport.

Unreal.

Ahhh Gator......

http://www.bakerpools.net/collection/gator1.JPG

Did you know he's STILL IN JAIL!!

http://www.exploratorium.edu/skatebo...poolsmall.JPEG

ALVA =)

Vans is still around man! Wow. Back in the day that was some rad shit!

Ahhh yeah! Alva!!

Watching that dogtown movie shed some light on em.

Yeah that was a good movie if you understood the history

I should go to my moms place and get some old skate pics of me in the 7th grade..

I WAS A SHREDDER........... Got some cool pics.

I skated for 12 years and was actually locally sponsored. I was always a Powell Peralta guy but switched to Santa Cruz in the early 90's. Once everything went to switchstance and I knew I was going to have to re-learn everything ALL over again, I threw in the towel. Funny enough, I went to a skatepark about 5 years later and hadn't really lost much. I can still do most of my old tricks...muscle memory is a hell of a thing:)

Not in the 80's but some years ago, heh.
The old times looks good, i'd love to be there.

never really got into the sport but had a lot of friends who were

HOw old are ya now??

That Pov Porn Guy I know skated aswell down there....

Yeah man, 12 years you should still have it.

Buy an oldskool board on ebay.. Go hit the streets.....

Im actually looking at shit on ebay right now!

http://img.timeinc.net/skate/content...SKB2101024.jpg


Christian hosoi used to get mad air!

i had sk8ter boyfriends and i was trying to be skater ROFL
but I did skate a half pipe though at my all time peak .
Oh and this was in the 90's , in the 80's i was a big fan of
Gleaming the Cube ...

i had every board in this thread. every truck, every wheel

remember swiss bearings?

remember thunder bolts? unbreakable?

I went out with a guy name Jeff sponsored by Eternal Skateboards
when i was in my teens .

I've still got a board I bought in '86, a Caballero. Weighs a ton. Still take it to the skate park once in a while, although since my center of gravity is much different than back then I can't skate as well, plus it hurts a lot more to bail now that I don't weigh 110lbs.

http://www.interpunk.com/itemimages2/46674.jpg
I had a pair of these! lol

i had a banana board that i rolled around in my kitchen
http://www.extremeoutdoorsupply.com/...ingy-thumb.jpg

It's all I wear to this day (besides my flip flops) :winkwink:
I still have my Half Cabs and a pair of black suede quarter tops in my closet from back in the day hehe

I have a tat on my left arm - The Alva dreadlock logo. The funny thing is that I never skated Alva boards cuz they would break so fast :upsidedow

SKATEBOARDINGS NOT A CRIME!

Yep!! He was the master I thought!

I heard he is making a huge comeback!!

Its in the works!

:1orglaugh Those were the cream of the crop!

remember the guard rails that went down the sides of the boards?

and the lamers who had the tail paids+ nose paids

lamer

lol

Internal Jeff was his nick?

I have that sitting right in front of me, got it off ebay a few years ago...good shit

I also have a original Lance Mountain deck in the garage, indy truck, crossbones wheels


this one

http://www.roadworx.de/vn/images/051-4810511.jpg

Bearings??????

Swiss werent the best were they?? There were the Powell Bearings that were expensive.

Then the GERMAN bearings which were good and not to spendy. GMN bearings.

Then there were the NNB bearings.

Im trying to remeber the swiss ones?

AHhhhhhhhh!! I forgot the name of em untill now!!

You mentioned "Crossbones" which helped me just remember what I loved.. They were called "RATBONES"

Remember Ratbones?

haha, Roy Garcia

sean is this you ? i got your msg if this is you from smiley :1orglaugh
hit me up !!!!!!!!

I don't remember if that was his handle :upsidedow
he was some white dude thats all i remember

not sure, I have crossbones on this deck though

http://www.onefootedjapan.co.uk/stor...ic_pxbones.gif

Its all about big wheels,rails, tail guards and hand plants!!!! oh and step offs....

Is that his name??

Hes a fat dude now! LOL.

But Ive seen some pics of him from the day, and that guy could seriously fucking rip it up!!

Ill hit em up on icq and see if I can get some pics.

OH SHIT...I do remember Rat Bones now

http://skateone.com/images/products/...bones_back.jpg

yeah man, he was my wife and my agent for a while out there in LA

I wish i could do that. I am going to learn to board in the ocean (how is it called - surfing) in a month.