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?
Sidewalk Surfer – Surrey pro skateboard centre
South London readers and ‘radical dudes’ may remember the Sidewalk Surfer pro skateboard centre:
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:
Jay Adams at Marina Del Rey Skatepark 1978
Here’s another gem from the fab Selvedge Yard blog. It’s a 1978 photo of Jay Adams at Marina Del Rey Skatepark taken by and copyright held by David Scott.
On this page, there are some more great photos of Jay, the Z-flex team (Marty Grimes, Jimmy Davies, Eric Andersen (Froggy), Solo Scott, Jimmy Plummer, George Wilson, Shogo Kubo, and Dennis Agnew (Polar Bear)), Steve Cathey, Z-Boys, Dogtown, Jeff Ho.
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.
TRUX comic strip by Paul Sample
Remember the TRUX cartoon strip that used to appear every month in Skateboard? Here’s one to help jog your memory.
Paul Sample was the artist. His illustrations were seen in many other magazines of the time.