Prolly one of the first longboard articles ever written, if not
THE first.
So yeah, it's OLD. But good.
This article and the other one I posted were both found
and posted by hc over on ncdsa, so I can't take any credit.
Or blame. Except for re-posting it.
I loved the original Skateboarder Mag.
It inspired me to start skating in the seventies.
I never picked up a longboard untill a few years ago, though.
yep thats a great article, i remember seeing some of those pictures in Skateboarder. This doesnt have anything to do with the article but the other night "Dogtown Z Boys' movie was on one of the cable channels, I stopped and watched it, all ofthe old copies of Skateboarder magazine that they were flashing on the screen brought back lots of memories, i had everyone of them. Wish I hadkept all of my issues
The other night "Dogtown Z Boys' movie was on one of the cable channels, I stopped and watched it, all ofthe old copies of Skateboarder magazine that they were flashing on the screen brought back lots of memories, i had everyone of them. Wish I hadkept all of my issues
I LOVE that movie! I first caught it on cable, and then I went
out and bought the dvd. That movie is responsible for getting
back on a board after a twenty year absence from the sport.
First I got a slalom board, but that did not give me the feel
I wanted. I kept looking and eventually discovered that longboarding
is the modern equivelent of what the z boy attitude was.
At least in my mind.
Just wait till next summer for the "Lords of Dogtown".
More people will be joining the band wagon.
I LOVED the old SKATEBOARDER mag!
Check here for some SKATEBOARDER mag archives that you
might enjoy (I did, the ads were one of my favorite parts);
this excerpt describes the flat deck construction i use to this day...
"Brad and Sam do attempt to minimize the disadvantages, however, by making their boards as light as possible. (Ed does not consider board weight a primary in his type of riding.) In both cases a lightweight wood is used--birch, ash or Douglas fir--and the bottom sides are routed thin, forming a bar down the middle. This usually allows adequate strength for usually a few months of hard skating, at which time the deck is either discarded or (as in the case of a board with some extraordinary inherent quality) a ritual taping process begins--with prayers to guard against an untimely (i.e. mid-run) breakbown."
all my copies of that mag fell apart so much of what i do is dredged from a steadily degrading memory.
thanks for putting this out.
..nods off to sleep drooling and mumbling "wheel bite..... route edgess...... need more oak......... farrah fawcett...... mary ann........ "
--and the bottom sides are routed thin, forming a bar down the middle.
I loved the way you did that in the board you pictured in the
cut down randal thread. It must take a lot of work.
The kids at the ymca are SO lucky to have someone like you
to help them with their skating. I wish I had that when I was a
kid. It would have been great!
Beautiful work and I don't see that construction method often,
if ever. Light and low are wonderful qualities in a skateboard
and your work shows thought, detail and precision.
Very, very nice.
Your work on the trucks, with the built in bearing seat was outstanding
as well.
Another cool longboard article!
I did
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