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Written by Chris Yandall
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Sunday, 15 November 2009 |
La Costa Reunion 2009 Dinner
 the signal hill gang at la cost
Nearly 40 years ago, the new predecessor from the 60's of skateboarding was transforming into what we know it today. As a skateboard shop rat turned skateboard surfshop salesman at PB Surf Shop, one of my daily chores of counting loose bearings as they slid into hard composite wheels with cone-nuts was about to take on a technological shock as urethane wheels by Frank Nasworthy's compounds began to flood our shop. Not too long after, early forms of both precision bearings and aluminum cast trucks were revolutionizing the skateboard before our very eyes as a bona fide "safer" complete product over its predecessor.
Larry Gordon, owner of PB Surf Shop with Bill Andrews became one of the leading skateboard shops in San Diego with the most rad product line including Bahne, Sims and the infamous G&S line, all as of recent taken the back seat to the current brands like Tony Hawk's Lines, Gravity, EarthWing and Sector 9. The fact remains that the early companies poured their heart and soul into the product lines and today we have 1000 plus more companies and product lines that have resurrected from the pasts failures. With good old yankee know-how, the new land surfer breeds demanding street tough products for specialty riding from street and ramp to downhill racing and long-boarding can bathe in the product lines with nearly an infinite amount of choices. |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 19 November 2009 )
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