Comments on: Old School Decks

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 23 May 2011 20:52:54 +0000

Yo tengo la azul con naranja en perfecto estado, es del año 1978, en mi barrio el que tenia una de estas estaba totalmente adelantado a la moda y era el mas cool, si le interesa a alguien, se la vendo, mi msn es: ddelgadillog@hotmail.com

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 07:09:53 +0000

i still got my Super Free former, in my closet.

Cool pic

By: John III

John III — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:12:35 +0000

Those 70's boards were death boards. I tried one once…NEVER AGAIN. Then those big 80's boards came out and I lost interest anyway. I stuck to my bike and decided to live.

By: Arkonbey

Arkonbey — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:55:37 +0000

@Plaid:

Ow.

Thanks for sharing! I had my own End of Antics story, and while it may be as painful as yours, it is nowhere near as funny.

By: Plaidstallions

Plaidstallions — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:31:21 +0000

Arkonbey- I knew this guy with a huge German Shepherd and he convinced me to let the dog pull the board.

The minute I got some speed going, he called the dog to his side, I went down like a plane with no landing gear.

It was one of those tiny clues that I had befriended a sociopath.

By: DVC

DVC — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:33:04 +0000

My big brother had a 'Free Former', back before he got suckered-in by the whole BMX craze -- tough stick to learn on ; )

My little brother became a new-school skate maven for a while, in the 1980s. I wonder how some of those guys are doing (and their knees...)

By: Arkonbey

Arkonbey — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:22:50 +0000

You must relate the story of the End of Antics!

I remember riding the 'banana board' over rough sidewalks in Boston years ago. Crazy. Long before safety was invented.

By: Voodoo Rob's Hellbilly Hollywood

Voodoo Rob's Hellbilly Hollywood — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:50:05 +0000

By the time I was old enough to own a skateboard(and wow did my mom fight it, never did buy me the wheels!) it was already those 80s style big boards. But not long ago, being a jackass, I tried one of these vintage style boards. Wow, very difficult. How there weren't more skatetalities I don't know.

By: Autumnforest

Autumnforest — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:19:31 +0000

That yellow one was my first skateboard in around…75? I was the first kid in my neighborhood with one and taught myself all the tricks and made up names for them because there were no videos or California culture in the East Coast to teach me that stuff. Believe it or not, I could do serious moves on that board!