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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <
Canada
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 Posted - 04/14/2004 : 12:35:14
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Mine was a Vision "Go skate or go home", i got it for my 12th birthday in 1984, before that i remember taking a piece of 2 x 6 and dismantling my rollerskates to make a skateboard.
After the Vision I had a couple Jeff Hacketts, a Fred Smith (I left that one on the bus, D'oh!), a Billy Ruff, I also had a Per Welinder freestyle.
"I'm a mushroom-cloud laying mother-fucker, mother-fucker!" |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 04/14/2004 : 13:04:45
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i believe my first EVER was a no namer my next door neighbor gave me. it wasn't quite old school (super skinny) but it wasn't a fully wide board either. somewhere in-between. with the striped style grip tape (two long strips with exposed wood in between).
my first official skateboard was a Powell Peralta Skull and Crossbones model, white, with red accessories (tail grinder, rails, truck protectors, noseguard yeah baby!!).
then i moved on to Lance Mountain (this exact deck)
which still has a special place in my heart. i skated his decks for a while.. and went on to skate tons of different decks. i probably went through more than 20 skateboards (skateboarding was my life till i was about 16).. Natas, Gator, Neil Blender, all the H-Street decks, Ray Barbie..
i went through a pre-mid-life crisis about 2 years ago and got the urge to skate, so i bought a board. nowadays i just like to skate really fast and scare people (i live by the beach so it's nice to skate down there).. i can't do the things i used to, but i can still hold my own around these young punks. |
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BLT
> Teenager of the Year <
South Sandwich Islands
4204 Posts |
Posted - 04/14/2004 : 13:12:05
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In early 1977 I got a GT made by GrenTec. It was a neon green fiberglass board with tiny trucks and loose ball bearings in the wheels.
For Xmas 1977, I got a Logan Earth Ski (Bruce Logan model) board with Tracker Half-tracks and Road Rider 4 wheels. Later I was mugged and the board was stolen. I helped the cops to catch the guys and they got me back the trucks and wheels but kept the board as evidence. So I got a Powerflex board for the trucks and wheels. The Powerflex was lighter and stronger than the Logan since it was plywood (the Logan was solid wood). Eventually I got the Logan back. I still have it with the LAPD evidence tag attached to it.
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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <
Canada
4307 Posts |
Posted - 04/14/2004 : 13:21:57
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Originally posted by BLT
In early .............................I still have it with the LAPD evidence tag attached to it.
Very cool!
I think i had a lance mountain too, floop, also went through a couple rob roskopp's in the tailguard, nose protector phase, i swear those boards must have weighed 30 pounds, no wonder i could barely ollie on to the sidewalk.
"I'm a mushroom-cloud laying mother-fucker, mother-fucker!" |
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
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Posted - 04/14/2004 : 14:22:15
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I had a really cruddy one with Happy Skateboarder made out like the Happy Shopper sign. I sucked worse than the board though...
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Adnan_le_Terrible
* Dog in the Sand *
France
1973 Posts |
Posted - 04/14/2004 : 14:36:47
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I used to have this skateboard with a tiger painted on it, when I was 8 or 9. But my true passion was BMX! Then I got to surf, from age 15 to 20 (I didn't live very far from the ocean, then). Mainly longboard : it's so easier. When I was 20 I had an accident while surfing Supertubos in Portugal, and I really thought I would die (although the other guys were laughing). Then I moved to Paris, and it ended everything.
floop, do you know how lucky you are to live near the beach...?
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 04/14/2004 : 16:43:40
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Originally posted by Adnan_le_Terrible
floop, do you know how lucky you are to live near the beach...?
i do. i feel very fortunate. |
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Newo
~ Abstract Brain ~
Spain
2674 Posts |
Posted - 04/14/2004 : 16:55:44
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I've never lived away from an ocean, nor do I feel inclined to do so.
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"You one of those right-wing nut outfits?" inquired the diplomatic Metzger.
Fallopian twinkled. "They accuse us of being paranoids."
"They?" inquired Metzger, twinkling also.
"Us?" asked Oedipa.
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Mad Dawg
- FB Fan -
USA
153 Posts |
Posted - 04/14/2004 : 22:18:31
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| A red Makaha with a blue sticker was the first board I didn't make myself. I think the wheels might have been blue too but can't remember. |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 04/14/2004 : 22:30:58
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Originally posted by BLT
In early 1977 I got a GT made by GrenTec. It was a neon green fiberglass board with tiny trucks and loose ball bearings in the wheels.
For Xmas 1977, I got a Logan Earth Ski (Bruce Logan model) board with Tracker Half-tracks and Road Rider 4 wheels. Later I was mugged and the board was stolen. I helped the cops to catch the guys and they got me back the trucks and wheels but kept the board as evidence. So I got a Powerflex board for the trucks and wheels. The Powerflex was lighter and stronger than the Logan since it was plywood (the Logan was solid wood). Eventually I got the Logan back. I still have it with the LAPD evidence tag attached to it.
that's the best thing i've ever seen. i can't believe they actually got your stuff back. the police actually do get stolen stuff back sometimes.
can you imagine calling the police about a stolen skateboard today?
I just noticed that that happened on my birthday (not the year).. crazy. you and i are connected in some bizarre 4th dimension of skateboards and volvo 122's.
i bet that board is worth something today. |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 04/14/2004 : 22:33:03
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area of arrest: "ramp"
nice.
those Burbank police are thorough, you have to admit. |
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BLT
> Teenager of the Year <
South Sandwich Islands
4204 Posts |
Posted - 04/14/2004 : 22:49:59
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| It happened in Hollywood, at Ramona Elementary School (Normandie and Santa Monica). I only lived two blocks away and was there on a Saturday shooting baskets. As I was leaving, a couple of 15-year-olds with baseball bats were waiting and told me to hand over my skateboard. My dad had me file a police report. I went back the next weekend and one of them was there playing basketball! I went home and my old man called the cops. They took me to the school, I pointed the guy out, they hopped the fence and handcuffed the dumbass. It was great! |
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BLT
> Teenager of the Year <
South Sandwich Islands
4204 Posts |
Posted - 04/14/2004 : 22:51:26
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Originally posted by floop
area of arrest: "ramp"
nice.
those Burbank police are thorough, you have to admit.
I think "ramp" means Rampart Division (LAPD). Just like on Adam-12! |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 04/14/2004 : 22:54:06
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ah, i got it.
if you look at the contents section, it looks like they started to write "ski" and then crossed it out.
just when my confidence in the LAPD was restored, once again it's gone downhill.. |
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andyn
- FB Fan -
United Kingdom
169 Posts |
Posted - 04/15/2004 : 01:24:46
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| Benjyboard deck, ACS 651 trucks and I had 3 red Sims Snakes and 1 lime green Kryptonic for wheels, which I thought looked cool (blush!) |
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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <
Canada
4307 Posts |
Posted - 04/15/2004 : 10:24:23
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Cool! would have been better if the arrest was at the "Ramp" though!
"I'm a mushroom-cloud laying mother-fucker, mother-fucker!" |
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Little Black Francis
> Teenager of the Year <
3648 Posts |
Posted - 04/15/2004 : 19:24:34
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Sears Catalog, damn I used to love that 250 page catalog before the internet...
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BLT
> Teenager of the Year <
South Sandwich Islands
4204 Posts |
Posted - 04/15/2004 : 20:05:21
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Originally posted by Little Black Francis
Sears Catalog, damn I used to love that 250 page catalog before the internet...
Every year I would pore through the Sears Wish Book and dream of toys. I'd go over each slot car track and ponder the advantages and disadvantages of each one. And all those cool Spiderman sheets. Those kids in the catalog had the coolest bedrooms. |
Edited by - BLT on 04/15/2004 22:04:53 |
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glacial906
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1738 Posts |
Posted - 04/15/2004 : 20:19:56
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I used to have either a Consolidated or a World Industries board back in '96 or '97. (I can't recall which.) I never skated much, and one of my friends borrowed it for quite a long time. He ended up breaking it, and, being cheap, bought me a nameless board and kept the same trucks and wheels from the old one.
Take me, break me, tell me a good one and maybe I'll cry
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