Steve Boddy got in touch to say “Hi all , I am just about to list the Bristol Skateboard Centre Autumn Price List from 1977 on eBay . It features their entire stock and prices . Some interesting “ old school “ equipment. Good Luck . My username on eBay is quirkyvintageandbooks.” Source: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Original-Bristol-Skateboard-Centre-Autumn-1977-Price-List-Vintage-Skateboarding/143581453093?hash=item216e1f1b25:g:sXEAAOSw5uZel0EU (accessed
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Bilbo board with hobie wheels
Magic Jo got in touch to say: “Hey, was digging through my old skateboards and found a couple you guy might like – got a mint bilbo board which i think was the first ever skateboards made in europe with hobie wheels. And a slightly battered logan earth ski (think it was the first board
Guilford Skatestar, Gillingham, Skate City, South Bank, Southsea and other UK vintage skateboard locations
This video of UK Old School Skateboard, shared by r3d3 There’s some useful info in the comments… Tojan Records: 03:18 Gillingham skate park riding “The Snake”. Half pipe in the background, spent many many days there skating then BMX’ing early 80’s. 23skullhead: These clips are from all sorts of sources, a cutdown of sections compiled
Bristol Skateboard Centre in 1977
Bristol Skateboard Centre was a magnet for West Country skateboarders in the late 1970s. They stocked a good range of brands like Bennett, Hobie and Alligator Wheels. Some of the boards on display in the photo of the shop look pretty long. Precursors to today’s longboards?
Traxion vintage skateboard kit
Who remembers Traxion vintage skateboard kit? Their wheels had a great name: Surface Suckers.
Pacer wooden and fibreglass skateboards with ACS trucks
These Pacer packages offered either a solid wood Pacer deck, Pacer wheels and ACS trucks, or the Freestyle with a more flexible fibreglass Pacer deck, Pacer urethene wheels and ACS trucks,
The Coyote polypropylene deck budget original skateboard package
If your funds were tight in the UK in 1977 and you wanted to join the skateboard craze on a shoestring, the Coyote was a real contender. This package consists of a two-foot popypropelene kicktailed deck available in a choice of four colours, a pair of GT trucks and clear 60x57mm urathene wheels. For a
ACS skateboard truck range from 1977 UK Skateboard magazine ad
ACS skateboard truck Model 430, general purpose for hot-dogging ACS Model 500, bestselling bowlriding and freestyling truck ACS Model 650 toughie for downhill racing, as used on Signal Hill ACS Model 651 ACS skateboard trucks, the ‘newest model’. Lightweight and wide for downhill racing. Not listed here is the 580.
Pro Am complete decks
Logan Earth Ski classic oak skateboard deck
This sub-£50 package consisted of the Logan Earth Ski classic oak deck, ACS651 trucks and red translucent Road Rider 4 wheels. A solid tough board.
Pro Am skateboard decks from 1977
Pro Am offered a range of skateboard decks in 1977. From a 24″ Silver Streak to the 28″ Big Daddy:
G&S Fibreflex Bowlrider
Coupled with Phoenixes and yellow YoYos, this is a skatepark bowlriding classic:
Fireball Hotwheels classic skateboarding wheels
Fireball Hotwheels were available via their south-west London distributor Looner Land Skates in SW6. I love the warning next to the 95mm ones that they’re for downhill only with no cornering ability. £5 each without bearings or £6 with:
Stacey Peralta deck
Endorsed by Stacey Peralta, this laminated kicktail deck was a bomb!
Pro-Am truck and wheels
Recently I posted an ad for Pro-Am skateboard pads and helmets. Now here are their gold trucks ad wheels:
Pro-Am skateboard pads and helmets
These Pro-Am skateboard pads and helmets ooze 70s skateboarding nostalgia:
ACS trucks – which of these three did you like best?
The 650 downhiller? the 651 for slalom? or the 500 freestyler?
A classic skateboard deck to lust after
Here’s an ad from the early days of skateboarding for the Sims Taperkick. And it’s fitted with trucks and wheels to die for: Gullwing Phoenix and blue Kryptonics. It cost £73.80 back in the day…
Skateside Elite Range
Here’s a 1977 ad for Skateside Elite Range of protective gear:
Marbot Skateboarder SpeedRites footwear
Specialised sports footwear was limited to the traditional sports like tennis (Dunlop Stan Smiths), baseball (Converse All Star) and rock climbing (blue and white EBs bought from Ellis Brigham’s). When skateboarding first began in mid 1970s, shoe manufactures began catering for a new market. Here’s an ad for Marbot SpeedRites:
Tiger Oak and Tiger Birch 27″ skateboard decks
These Tiger Oak and Tiger Birch 27″ skateboard decks came out around 1977. The oak was advertised as being suitable for bowlriding and freestyle and cost £35 with ACS trucks and “The New Tunnel Holland Wheels”/ The Birch came with narrower ACS trucks and Grentec GT wheels, were about a fiver less.
Wasp trucks
Billed as ‘The Truckinest Trucks’, Wasp skateboard slalom trucks were manufactured in Surrey, using epoxy-coated alloy body with stainless steel bolt.