Valterra King Kobra

**sherlock** · 03-29-2011 01:46 PM

My buddies mom found this board in the basement, its in great shape.

Its only missing the rail guards, and nose bone

Hardware is shot

Bushings are old

Bearing are rusty

Wheels looks fun and slidy

I havnt seen delam really, just a beat up nose

MY QUESTION IS:

-Wall piece (Worth decent coin)

-Fix up and shred (really only needs hardware and bushings and bearings)

Here is a picture of the top of the deck, im waiting for my friend to send me the picture he took last night of the bottom of the deck.

So what do you think? i realize without seeing the bottom you cant really tell its value, but my guess is the deck is worth under 50 bucks and is best used to shred!

Please tell me what you think (like i stated above ill post the bottom of the deck soon)

**San Diego Oldschooler** · 03-29-2011 02:39 PM

Definitely fix it up & shred it!

SDO

**RFV Boarder** · 03-29-2011 03:05 PM

Concrete Wave, the skateshop in Koln, has one for sale

Valterra - Concretewave Skateshop

**thegregward** · 03-30-2011 08:50 PM

Ahhhhh.. Valterra.. Memories right there. Also the brand that Michael J fox had in back to the future. Always thought of that board quality wise as a step up from Variflex but a step down from any givien vision board of the era. If it were in great shape I'd hang it. That one looks like a rider though.
Greg,

**bowlfreshener** · 03-31-2011 10:27 AM

Originally Posted by thegregward

Ahhhhh.. Valterra.. Memories right there. Also the brand that Michael J fox had in back to the future. Always thought of that board quality wise as a step up from Variflex but a step down from any givien vision board of the era. If it were in great shape I'd hang it. That one looks like a rider though.
Greg,

I don't know about a step up from Variflex...because some Variflex boards I saw in the past had brand name wheels and parts, and unlike Nash and Valterra, they had various pro's in the past riding for them, like Allen Losi and this other guy named Lance Mountain

. Valterra and Nash just always used their own "parts" like the XR-2 trucks and crap like that...and I cannot recall that at any point Nash or Valterra ever had a team or any decent riders on the team...

**thegregward** · 03-31-2011 01:01 PM

I guess it depends in what time frame you are talking about, late 70's, early 80's was when Variflex had a decent spike in gear with rider sponsorship. In my era that spurred my comments, 85-89 Variflex boards where pretty much considered Kmart boards and it seemed at the time Valterra's held up a little bit better. I dunno. I was just a kid so my actual analytical thinking was non existent. lol

**bowlfreshener** · 03-31-2011 03:32 PM

The mid-80s is my point of reference. I had a Nash, so I guess I am a bit partial to them, and one of my friends had a Variflex that he got, probably from Kmart, but it came stock with Tracker trucks, and since I had seen Tracker ads in magazines, I just assumed Variflex was better. Although for the record, Nash did have ads selling the Executioner and XR-2 trucks in Transworld back when they used to be published every other month...I'm just over analyzing my childhood skateboards....

**thegregward** · 03-31-2011 03:38 PM

I have four vintage variflex, wish they had tracker trucks on them.

**thegregward** · 03-31-2011 03:40 PM

oops I meant five. lol

**sherlock** · 04-12-2011 10:50 AM

UPDATE: The board is getting shreaded as we speak!

**bowlfreshener** · 04-12-2011 01:28 PM

Originally Posted by thegregward

oops I meant five. lol

I'm the same way, I always say I have 7 boards cause its easy to remember (7 daze of the week, 7 boards...), but I really have 8...

**roots1976** · 04-12-2011 02:37 PM

Yeah, shred it. Graphics are blah so not sure about being a wallhanger. Since you were speaking of Variflex decks, in my opinion this was the last quality deck from '85, before they went all toy store image. I remember it being one of my first boards back then and loved the shape and graphics. Was glad to find another one not long ago...