Vintage Old School page 50's and up

[GriffinSk8]

Peter Yoes


GSK8

[somegi9]

i've been a member here for awhile but don't post that much, i do longboard and enjoy coming here for advice and info. turned 45 this past year, skated in the 70's and in 2000 started collecting 70's era (75-78, pre-pig) skateboards and everything related to them. figured i would post a few pics of my collection for you guys to check out, everything is pretty much NOS, most of the completes i assembled myself over the years...

what is the model of the sims board on the far right of that first pic and the board on the top of the stack in the second?

[grafgulch]

what is the model of the sims board on the far right of that first pic and the board on the top of the stack in the second?

My guess it's a Sims Woodkick, but it's just a guess.

[oldskoolrulz]

thanks for the kind words everybody, always good to have someone appreciate my obsessive compulsive behavior

what is the model of the sims board on the far right of that first pic and the board on the top of the stack in the second?

the sims is an early 25" solid oak w/kicktail, the woodkicks came out a little later. the little yellow board is an early G&S, looks like a single layer of some type of particle board sandwiched between two thin pieces of fiberglass. i would guess and say it is possibly the predecessor to the fibreflexes...

[Griff223]

I recently saw my friend in socal. Really, he is my parents friend, but he and i are close too. He had a 1970's hobie (unfortunately run over) with flawless old gullwings, krypto c-65's and real chris yandall rad pads. it was really cool.

He also had a powell-peralta kevin harris model. it is flat. no concave. It has a picture of a skeleton canadian mounty holding up a beaver by its tail. in the background, it has maple leaves. the date says 1986, but it seems rather uncharacteristic of a mid-80's board. it is narrow at only 7 inches wide. single short, mellow kick.he was nice enough to give it to me! can anyone give me a little more information on this board? what is it designed to do? I am unsure if i should use it or hang it up.

[msk]

He also had a powell-peralta kevin harris model. it is flat. no concave. It has a picture of a skeleton canadian mounty holding up a beaver by its tail. in the background, it has maple leaves. the date says 1986, but it seems rather uncharacteristic of a mid-80's board. it is narrow at only 7 inches wide. single short, mellow kick.he was nice enough to give it to me! can anyone give me a little more information on this board? what is it designed to do? I am unsure if i should use it or hang it up.

That's a standard 80's freestyle board. Here's Kevin Harris putting it to use:

YouTube - Kevin Harris

[GriffinSk8]

The beginning of the skateboard. Home maded, steel wheels roller skates.

[GriffinSk8]

Taper Flex's Tracker Mid Track's Trucks, Ultra Pro 6'S Bowl Rider wheels, 360 Ultra Light tail guard.
Longer board undrilled unfinished Taper Flex from the factory in San Diego.

[paul 24]

my Sainval, a 70's french brand.

[Bevilacqua]

a journey through different versions of one of my favourite decks:
the SMA Natas Kaupas
sa ka roulé !: Natas Panther 1988
(in french now, soon in english)
Comment !

[Bevilacqua]

[GriffinSk8]

[Allen207]

I don't have any of my old rides, or pictures from way back then, but this thread has me on a serious nostalgia wave. Keep them coming.

[Justinb]

i've been a member here for awhile but don't post that much, i do longboard and enjoy coming here for advice and info. turned 45 this past year, skated in the 70's and in 2000 started collecting 70's era (75-78, pre-pig) skateboards and everything related to them. figured i would post a few pics of my collection for you guys to check out, everything is pretty much NOS, most of the completes i assembled myself over the years...

I love that santa cruz, i want one

[Bevilacqua]

[GriffinSk8]

40 years of spring-action trucks -
in french (but there are many pics, and you can google translate or learn french)

sa ka roulé !: Spring - Trucks à ressort

I wish I had that San Diego Spring board form the 50's. That Is one rear Skateboard and looks like it is in good condition. There looks like a lot of rear prototypes on your blog .
GSK8

[samhell]

Thane, Your collection rules man! Here are few photos from the On Board show last month..
better late than never, and all the photos have been submitted to Malakai for the galleries..

[sld]

My vintage 1977 36" Sims Taperkick with Original Tracker Mid Tracks and Sims Snakes. I got the deck around 1981 when I was working in a skate shop and the owner got a box of "old" skate stuff. There was a stack of at least ten and he gave it to me for free. I wish I had never drilled it but I thought it would be a fun cruiser. Longboards were very obscure in those days! The Trackers and Snakes I bought new in either late 77' or early 78'. It now sits in my office as a reminder of days gone by...

that deck was my 1st longboard. crank down the bennetts till they wont turn, red road riders... and straight down the hill. we went fast on that board. it was also the primo high jump board and long jump landing board. and we wheeled it on ramps.... too fun.

[Bevilacqua]

[zjmaxon]

I just got this all original Logan Earth Ski from a friend for my birthday. It was his 40 year old uncle's back in eighth grade, or so the story goes. It has Sims wheels, Bennett Pros, and the bearings were all seized so I removed them.







And here you may be able to see a little bit of rust in the baseplate, and it's preventing me from removing the hanger.


Also, there is a huge crack running down the board, so it's gonna be a wall hanger.


As for the trucks, I want to clean them up and replace the pivot cups and bushings, but I can't because of that locked kingpin. Can I WD-40 it and get it out? Any other suggestions? I really want to ride these trucks.