Author Topic: Your first skateboard (Read 72007 times)

svilleantigo · « **Reply #120 on:** June 16, 2012, 01:01:33 PM »

i was really surprised at how much asian porn turned up when i image searched this

Thelonious P · « **Reply #121 on:** June 18, 2012, 12:24:00 PM »

This bad boy

ChrisLambe94 · « **Reply #122 on:** June 18, 2012, 12:31:49 PM »

A Dominion Skate Company Big Foot board

Chocolaterain · « **Reply #123 on:** June 19, 2012, 04:13:01 AM »

darkstar board
grindking trucks
darkstar wheels

I was a lame kid

noileum · « **Reply #124 on:** June 19, 2012, 04:42:08 AM »

1988 - holiday to Florida, went from a beat up Turbo II (upgraded to pacer trucks and Yo-Yo's)

To this bad boy

With Gullwing Streetshadows (plastic baseplates), SC Big Balls and every bit of plastic I could get put on it (in matching hot pink)

Tufty · « **Reply #125 on:** June 19, 2012, 02:31:58 PM »

My first skateboard was a a toy-store skateboard a friend gave me. The shape of trucks and board was similar to decent boards and the bearings were fast unlike most toy store boards. However when i started doing stairs it cracked all the way from nose to tail so when i was landing tricks i suffered from wheel-bite. Then my first proper board was an Omar Hassan Black Label pro Model that i cant find on the internet. It had a killer bee and it had the words silent rapid and fatal. Or something like that

Damn i found it here this site is good http://www.artofskateboarding.com

vegan*shawn · « **Reply #126 on:** June 19, 2012, 02:47:41 PM »

This board (not mine sadly) Eric Grisham Sure Grip, it came complete with Sure Grip trucks and wheels, I had rails, tail and nose guard, coppers and a thing called the bird aka lapper that attached to your back truck and helped you get up curbs before most people could ollie.
I got this set up in the fall of 84 or 85 I can't remember I am fucking old ha ha

This board has a lapper aka the bird on it. I also had this skate board later on, a John "Tex" Gibson Alva pro model!!

tangar · « **Reply #127 on:** June 19, 2012, 05:00:40 PM »

my first board was a mini ninja turtles fish shape when i was a young tike just rolling down the driveway. my first real setup was this jamie thomas bullrider http://www.artofskateboarding.com/Pg/aos_pg_detail.asp?prod_id=2688 with i think spitfires and not sure what trucks. my older cousin picked it all out and i got it as a gift from my grandma so shit was legit. the first complete i got to choose myself was an alien workshop i think it was the green middle one on this picture

with mercury trucks and 56mm darkstar wheels haha.

InternetDaddy · « **Reply #128 on:** June 19, 2012, 05:51:14 PM »

first was the typical shitty target board, fish shape with daffy duck on the bottom, plastic trucks and wheels blah blah. I was little so i just buttboarded pretty much, then got the hang of rolling around. Years later, my parents got me a maple complete from a sports store again, but this one at least had metal trucks and urethane wheels, and bearings that would roll. Rode that thing until both tails were like 3 inches and everything was broken pretty much, and my folks got me an element with destructo trucks and element wheels for my birthday. I was psyched, haha.

waltercronkite · « **Reply #129 on:** June 19, 2012, 08:19:29 PM »

I inherited the spray painted neon orange stolen special from my older brother

my first real bored was an a.v.e workshop deck with tensors and workshop wheels from blades boards and skates i laugh at the thought of that place now but when i first walked in to get my board my mind was blown

Liam Baker · « **Reply #130 on:** June 20, 2012, 12:13:34 PM »

This. I was 11 years old, and decided to get this instead of a custom setup from the only real shop in town. I sure was stupid.

needlejuice · « **Reply #131 on:** June 20, 2012, 05:44:37 PM »

my friend's dad actually found a box of girl decks on the side of the road when i was prob in fifth grade, just getting interested in skating. i live in wilmington nc and the biggest east coast distributor (easternskatesupply) has always been here, so i assume this is where they were coming from.

my friends dad who has no interest in skating whatsoever, decided to keep the decks and only allow his son one of the 25 decks he found, and just stored the rest in the garage, and wouldnt even let us see them (some fucking people). later that year on my birthday i guess my friends parents didnt wanna buy me a gift, so they gave me one of the girl decks, which was a yellow rick howard with a giant sketchy girl logo covering the bottom.

skated that until the tail razored out and eventually got the original muska shortys, the red one where hes sittin down next to the boom box.... good times

HaveFunSkateboarding · « **Reply #132 on:** June 20, 2012, 06:27:58 PM »

My very first board was a Nash Z-2 my parents got me for my birthday when I was in third grade. Then the next year for my birthday they brought to a local roller skating rink whose shop also carried legit "pro" boards. I decided on a Powell Peralta Skull and Sword with Gullwing Super Pro III trucks and Bullet church glass wheels. That board ruled my life for the next year until I got my next deck, Santa Cruz Roskopp Face II.

Dutch · « **Reply #133 on:** June 21, 2012, 07:35:13 AM »

1989 alva jeff hartsell

gullwing trucks

krypto slammer wheels

and a bunch of plastic

93tilinfinity · « **Reply #134 on:** June 21, 2012, 07:44:54 AM »

My first board was the Jason Lee American Icons graphic from Blind, one Thunder truck, one Venture truck, and a set of OJ II's.

myrrh · « **Reply #135 on:** June 21, 2012, 02:03:29 PM »

Maybe some of you know whos pro model this were : Vision old school board, blank except for a red and black face/monster thing in the middle of the board. Searched for it for ages..

vegan*shawn · « **Reply #136 on:** June 21, 2012, 02:49:53 PM »

Quote from: myrrh on June 21, 2012, 02:03:29 PM

Maybe some of you know whos pro model this were : Vision old school board, blank except for a red and black face/monster thing in the middle of the board. Searched for it for ages..

Was it this board??

vegan*shawn · « **Reply #137 on:** June 21, 2012, 02:54:04 PM »

Or maybe the one with the skull in the middle??

apad88 · « **Reply #138 on:** June 22, 2012, 01:59:28 AM »

some fake ass board with plastic trucks.

tangar · « **Reply #139 on:** June 22, 2012, 02:17:11 AM »

Quote from: needlejuice on June 20, 2012, 05:44:37 PM

my friend's dad actually found a box of girl decks on the side of the road when i was prob in fifth grade, just getting interested in skating. i live in wilmington nc and the biggest east coast distributor (easternskatesupply) has always been here, so i assume this is where they were coming from.

my friends dad who has no interest in skating whatsoever, decided to keep the decks and only allow his son one of the 25 decks he found, and just stored the rest in the garage, and wouldnt even let us see them (some fucking people). later that year on my birthday i guess my friends parents didnt wanna buy me a gift, so they gave me one of the girl decks, which was a yellow rick howard with a giant sketchy girl logo covering the bottom.

skated that until the tail razored out and eventually got the original muska shortys, the red one where hes sittin down next to the boom box.... good times

fuck you just reminded me i think the first board i ever picked myself was the orange muska with orange pig wheels and i dont even remember what trucks haha.

Riverside · « **Reply #140 on:** June 22, 2012, 04:01:01 AM »

vision mini gator in silver
yes i'm an old fart

essal · « **Reply #141 on:** June 22, 2012, 06:08:56 AM »

Rhythm skateboard, with a cop being beat or something like that. Cannot find the graphic online, but it was pretty rad.
Indies
And some random wheels that I cannot remember.

max power · « **Reply #142 on:** June 22, 2012, 09:27:03 AM »

my first real board was a 7.4" neighborhood deck with grossly mismatched wide ass tracker b-52 trucks with tiny ass black ghost wheels that were inexplicably popular at the time. they were pretty much plastic.

it was the graffiti deck, but the writing was yellow:

myrrh · « **Reply #143 on:** June 22, 2012, 10:37:00 AM »

Quote from: vegan*shawn on June 21, 2012, 02:54:04 PM

Or maybe the one with the skull in the middle??

No unfortunately... Cant for the life of me remember who's pro model it was, none of the names i have read ring a bell...

LIVEfromthe3one5 · « **Reply #144 on:** June 30, 2012, 10:39:42 AM »

I had such a little kids/new comers set up as my first board.

World Industries Flameboy vs Wet Willy v3 at like 7.63 I believe
Pair of Grind Kings because of the whole kingpin thing
Black Spitfire's
Black Panther Bearings
and Black Magic grip, cut so you could see the sweet World Logo on the top of the deck
and eventually the whole thing was shelacked in stickers
also with some sweet ass Grey/Blue DC Syntaxs which I still have hanging from my ceiling, rode those down so much the insole is where the outsole should be in some places.

After riding my friends boards I met later on I scrapped most of that and got the 1st Smolik Shortys deck and some Indy 7s ( I miss the shit out of them 7's)

Pooch · « **Reply #145 on:** June 30, 2012, 11:37:34 AM »

Pacer Transplant! From fucking Millets of all places!

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Ronald Wilson Reagan · « **Reply #146 on:** June 30, 2012, 01:01:26 PM »

My first board was a Nash that had a constellation on it that looked like a cat and said "catatonic" across it. I was hyped on it because it was the only board in the toy store that had rails and a tail and nose guard. I actually learned a bunch of tricks on it.

My first real skateboard is pretty classic in a lot of senses.
The deck was a Powell skull and sword slick
The graphic looked like this, but it had a new school shape and a slick bottom:

I had thunder t-4 trucks, and tiny ccs blank 42.5 mm wheels.
I was one of like 6 people who saw skateboarding turn into a 2 mph 2 inch high circus flip fest and said "I want to do that!"

I saved the deck for a while, then gave it to a younger neighbor down the street so he could start skating too, but his mom wouldn't let him, so he ended up just drawing all over the deck and never even using it. I'm sure they just threw it away at some point. Bummer really.

Pearl · « **Reply #147 on:** June 30, 2012, 02:06:51 PM »

First real board - spring 2001

Pat W · « **Reply #148 on:** June 30, 2012, 04:46:41 PM »

Several shitty banana boards with open bearings first, than a variflex deck with shattered glass graphics on the bottom.

First pro deck was this bad boy:

My memory is hazy, but I think it came with Trackers, Powell Cross Bones and standard big ass risers. I remember my mom giving me the go-ahead to order it from one of the companies in the back of Thrasher at the time (Skully Brothers or California Cheap Skates) and the chick I was speaking to talking me into getting this deck, as opposed to an H Street or something else I wanted at the time. I remember being epically bummed that the nose was small. Mine had that sick Alva style sunburst. I totally didn't appreciate it at the time. Thankfully, now that I'm a grown ass man, I can purchase my childhood from an online NOS seller and display it on my wall.

teets · « **Reply #149 on:** June 30, 2012, 06:25:29 PM »

MY first board was a mike mo...i dont know what company it was but i love mike mo and his skateboard looked really cool. it got all scratched tho so im hoping to get a new mike mo for my birthday.

Author Topic: Your first skateboard (Read 72007 times)

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