Is it true only "poser fags rode Jeff Kendall boards in the day" like Juja says?

[Turiyan]

gorilla ribs...

I always wondered what those short ribs were for till finally I saw a guy put them on his board. ? It was an alternative to a tail skid it made your tail last longer but didn't effect the pop or leverage as much. ? In retrospect I could have used those things because I ended up having to drill the holes on my tail up as my tail got smaller. ? I had tails so short it wouldn't hit the ground when i'd Ollie. ? 

 

[GAY]

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Is is true only "poser fags rode Jeff Kendall boards back in the day"?

I only picked that board and rider out of a hat and for the killer graphics as I never had a chance to buy a real one, but "valued member" of the Slap board ?�Juja says it was only "poser fags"that rode those boards.

Any old timers have a different opinion?

Was it also so bad to have "a nose guard, coper's and a gutter jumper too," it seems everyone was riding boards with them including Hawk, Hosoi, Gator, and Jeff Phillips as well.

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It did seem that guys that rode that board were on the lower end of the skill set.� You did seem to notice that if you had the luxury to pick and choose your skateboard, you'd choose a rider by a number of factors.� We only got color tv and vcr in the latter part of 1989 when.� I saw wheels of fire later on that year along with wheels of fire a bit late.� People probably related to him because of how he skated.� The guy I knew that had his boards pushed mongo so it was kind of a strange association.�

But I know a lot of people that had boards because they got one for Christmas or birthday and weren't really skaters.� Graphics did seem to be a big selling point.� With the mini, full and midi it was a bit mind boggling.�

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Quick question, why are you bringing up a two year old thread?

And for a first post, no less...the mystery deepens.

[Yu Dum]

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Is is true only "poser fags rode Jeff Kendall boards back in the day"?

I only picked that board and rider out of a hat and for the killer graphics as I never had a chance to buy a real one, but "valued member" of the Slap board ?�Juja says it was only "poser fags"that rode those boards.

Any old timers have a different opinion?

Was it also so bad to have "a nose guard, coper's and a gutter jumper too," it seems everyone was riding boards with them including Hawk, Hosoi, Gator, and Jeff Phillips as well.

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It did seem that guys that rode that board were on the lower end of the skill set.� You did seem to notice that if you had the luxury to pick and choose your skateboard, you'd choose a rider by a number of factors.� We only got color tv and vcr in the latter part of 1989 when.� I saw wheels of fire later on that year along with wheels of fire a bit late.� People probably related to him because of how he skated.� The guy I knew that had his boards pushed mongo so it was kind of a strange association.�

But I know a lot of people that had boards because they got one for Christmas or birthday and weren't really skaters.� Graphics did seem to be a big selling point.� With the mini, full and midi it was a bit mind boggling.�

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Quick question, why are you bringing up a two year old thread?

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And for a first post, no less...the mystery deepens.

[Turiyan]

Why did people hate those dudes?

I was never into BB or powell anything.  But I remember reading a mag with my friend and going: "Who's that guy?" and they'd say: "Mike McGill".  And you'd be like thinking the same thing when you hear the joke: What do you call the guy that hangs around musicians?  The drummer. 

And there is the answer to your question.

Rob Roskoff always had "that vibe".  The jock with a chip on his shoulder because he was voted most likely to bags groceries at the supermarket.

[jorge]

The graffiti Jeff Kendall was my third board.  I bought it because I had just seen Don Hillsman doing chest high backside airs on a 12 ft wide backyard ramp with splinters all over it, and he rode for Santa Cruz.  The Jeff Kendall was the first Santa Cruz deck I saw so I figured, good enough.  Would have preferred the Slasher board, black, in foam if possible.

[sfa]

gonna say I now fully back sluggers.

[GeorgeM]

Is is true only "poser fags rode Jeff Kendall boards back in the day"?

I only picked that board and rider out of a hat and for the killer graphics as I never had a chance to buy a real one, but "valued member" of the Slap board  Juja says it was only "poser fags"that rode those boards.

Any old timers have a different opinion?

Was it also so bad to have "a nose guard, coper's and a gutter jumper too," it seems everyone was riding boards with them including Hawk, Hosoi, Gator, and Jeff Phillips as well.

First deck I ever had was a Kendall.  Bought it at Precision Bikes in Niagara Falls, NY.  Would have been '86.  Skateboard shops didn't really exist on the East Coast yet.  Obviously they had them in major cities, but not 2nd and 3rd tier cities.  Usually would have to go to a Ski shop or a BMX Bike shop.  The closest real Skate shop was in Toronto (Hogtown), Buffalo had nothing.

So needless to say selection was not that great.  Usually most places would have all the Powell BB stuff and Santa Cruz.  The smaller brands at the time Blockhead, Circle-A, Hosoi, Skull, Dogtown, Etc. didn't really become available until actual Skate shops started popping up all over late 87 into 88.  (They are all gone now with a few rare exceptions biggest being Sud Skates in St. Catharines, Ontario, where I was flowed/sponsored for a few years.

So I would not say we were posers.  We didn't really know any better.  It was all we had.  The internet did not exist, I remember looking those ads over a million times, those distributer ads that took up a whole page in Thrasher that had all those different boards from different companies and wondering what a Skating wonderland that SoCal was.

The first time we saw the real thing was at Skatewave '88 in Toronto.  All the pros were there.  One of the best days of my life.  My friend bought a shirt from Mike Smith that day, someone snapped a pic.  Picked up the August 88 issue of Thrasher and in the Random Notes, there we were, they fucking published the picture.  I was in Thrasher...Not Skating...Just standing, but still a great thrill for a kid from the North East.  After that Skateboarding exploded and every board was available everywhere. 

From that point on Kendall boards faded into obscurity.  Rode out of necessity, not because we were posers....at least I don't think we were. 

Peace all. 

[Commercial D]

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He also skated to Pailhead while riding a miiniramp in one of the Santa Cruz vids, which I enjoyed.
 

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I think that was Corey O'Brien

Here's Kendall getting tech - 360 late double flip; board switches rotation with a little help from the pyramid.

Having missed out on seeing BPSW upon its initial release, I wasn't aware this part existed. While his SoF part might've been sub-par at the time (bank bs 180 over a parking block at a time when Hensley was blasting bs 180 flip melon grabs out of a bank over a trash can) , his skating in BPSW shows awesome progression--even more blasting power on the ramps, despite the obvious disadvantage of having 40mm wheels. I'd still consider myself unfamiliar with Mr. Kendall's career--he struck me as a washed-up '80s pro who no longer had coverage when I started in early '91--but with this previously unseen part my opinion of his skating has been greatly elevated. Yet I wonder how well he mastered flip-trick basics before going so crazy tech.

[AssBandit]

Where my fucking time machine so I can be pro in the 80's!!!!  I thought you had to be cutting edge/gnarly like natus, tommy g, or gonz to compete in the early incarnation of 'street style'?  That dude, fucking sucks! 

[veebs]

a tony hawk deck was the board not to buy or ride. second, maybe a gator or a roskopp.
as for copers, rails, nose bones and tail bones.... they all served a purpose. nose bones came
in handy for those big ass JFA tanks. you could splinter that shit from nose to tail just throwing
yr board in the back seat of your car..... as for copers... nobody waxed shit in the 80's...

[Shamalamalon]

 How about Lappers...?

 
 And those soft grip type stickers with finger holes you would stick underneath your deck to help with grabs and shit, whatever they were called...

[ChrisLambe94]

Haha , that was one of my first boards n yes I'm a poser fag , it's rad 😄

[#switchgod]

We called them birds in Singapore.

No idea why.

Yeah, I think the term "bird" was used by us in much the same way we all refer to something by a brand name when we really mean any brand (Band-Aid, Jacuzzi, Fleshlight, etc.).

"The Bird" was just a brand of lapper.

This blew me away when I realized it 15 years later...

[jorge]

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Where my fucking time machine so I can be pro in the 80's!!!!  I thought you had to be cutting edge/gnarly like natus, tommy g, or gonz to compete in the early incarnation of 'street style'?  That dude, fucking sucks! 

Go watch his vert footage, dude crushed it.

[Decreed Bratton]

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Where my fucking time machine so I can be pro in the 80's!!!!  I thought you had to be cutting edge/gnarly like natus, tommy g, or gonz to compete in the early incarnation of 'street style'?  That dude, fucking sucks! 

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Go watch his vert footage, dude crushed it.

Yup.  Kendall wasn't a so called street skater, in fact he basically started as a tranny skater, but did try to skate everything.  You really have to understand how skating evolved in the 80's.  Most guys started off skating transition.  Street came in and kind of forced their hand to try to learn it.  Gonz, Natas and TG were some of the few excelled at pushing street skating and none of those guys were top notch vert skaters either.  Kendall wasn't that bad at street, look at a guy like McGill who couldn't make that transition at all.  It's kind of like if someone like Prod had to learn how to skate bowls all of a sudden in today's world.  Some will be able to do it, but not at a high level.  To say Kendall sucked is not knowing the whole story of why he was pro.

[GeorgeM]

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Where my fucking time machine so I can be pro in the 80's!!!!  I thought you had to be cutting edge/gnarly like natus, tommy g, or gonz to compete in the early incarnation of 'street style'?  That dude, fucking sucks! 

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Go watch his vert footage, dude crushed it.

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Yup.  Kendall wasn't a so called street skater, in fact he basically started as a tranny skater, but did try to skate everything.  You really have to understand how skating evolved in the 80's.  Most guys started off skating transition.  Street came in and kind of forced their hand to try to learn it.  Gonz, Natas and TG were some of the few excelled at pushing street skating and none of those guys were top notch vert skaters either.  Kendall wasn't that bad at street, look at a guy like McGill who couldn't make that transition at all.  It's kind of like if someone like Prod had to learn how to skate bowls all of a sudden in today's world.  Some will be able to do it, but not at a high level.  To say Kendall sucked is not knowing the whole story of why he was pro.

Yep.  Kendall ripped hard on Vert.  Jason Jesse, Jeff Kendall & a 3rd skater named Trevor Amodeo ?? and a 4th I can't remember did a Demo in my hometown in '87.  There were no parks at that time, so the only ramps were usually private back yard ramps.  They came back to my buddies place who had a great ramp.  Kendall blew everyone away.  These massive frontside airs.  It was the first time I had ever been on the deck watching Pro's.  Jeff really was an amazing vert skater.  We Barbecued and drank beers late into the night. 

I have pictures if anyone is interested.  I haven't scanned them yet.  I didn't expect to find a forum where I can tell these old crappy stories.  Yes he was a shit street skater, but what was considered street then is very different from street now.  We were riding fucking planks, and using launch ramps.  Most vert skaters at the time also skated the Street portion of contests.  Natas & Gonz are 2 of the only skaters of the time that I can think of, who were actually labelled 'Street Skaters' I guess Dressen was as well. I am sure there are more, but 90 % would compete in both Vert & Street there wasn't a huge divide between the disciplines the way there is now.   

Hope you guys are having a good day guys.

[Joust Ostrich]

I would certainly like to see them if you get around to scanning them.  I always liked Kendall, would appreciate if he still skated some masters pool contests or something. 

[Schismatic]

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Where my fucking time machine so I can be pro in the 80's!!!!  I thought you had to be cutting edge/gnarly like natus, tommy g, or gonz to compete in the early incarnation of 'street style'?  That dude, fucking sucks! 

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Go watch his vert footage, dude crushed it.

Kendall actually got pretty tech in BPSW and skated to Fucking Hostile if I recall.

This is an old quote but since someone dredging up old, shitty threads, I'll respond anyway:

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I rocked a nose bone, tail bone, rails, lapper, and copers. Hex bolts all around

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Not surprised.

Just gotta say, you sound like a complete fucking cool-guy pretender jocky cunt with this comment. We were all little shit groms who didn't know our assholes from a vagina. I had all this stuff. The dudes at Rat City said I needed it. There's nothing wrong with admitting you we're 9 years old and didn't know any better. Go fuck an asshole, dude from 2 years ago. End rant.

[j....soy.....]

Found a Kendall reissue w. bombers....it's now my rain board....

He was the first guy I ever saw do a pivot fakie....like 87....

[assvogel]

Yep.  Kendall ripped hard on Vert.  Jason Jesse, Jeff Kendall & a 3rd skater named Trevor Amodeo ?? and a 4th I can't remember did a Demo in my hometown in '87.  There were no parks at that time, so the only ramps were usually private back yard ramps.  They came back to my buddies place who had a great ramp.  Kendall blew everyone away.  These massive frontside airs.  It was the first time I had ever been on the deck watching Pro's.  Jeff really was an amazing vert skater.  We Barbecued and drank beers late into the night.

I have pictures if anyone is interested.  I haven't scanned them yet.  I didn't expect to find a forum where I can tell these old crappy stories.  .


I have pictures if anyone is interested.  I haven't scanned them yet.  I didn't expect to find a forum where I can tell these old crappy stories.  Yes he was a shit street skater, but what was considered street then is very different from street now.  We were riding fucking planks, and using launch ramps.  Most vert skaters at the time also skated the Street portion of contests.  Natas & Gonz are 2 of the only skaters of the time that I can think of, who were actually labelled 'Street Skaters' I guess Dressen was as well. I am sure there are more, but 90 % would compete in both Vert & Street there wasn't a huge divide between the disciplines the way there is now.   

Hope you guys are having a good day guys.

It would be cool to see those photos if you got the time to scan them sometime.

[Joust Ostrich]

Can't really decide if this is an argument for or against. 
a) Kendall was the man, which I think he was at a certain time, now his boards earn good dollars.
b) "Poser fags" didn't skate long, and went on to get good jobs with disposable income.  Now buying the one board they had when they were young, cuz they "used ta skate, see"?

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Here we have a Santa Cruz Jeff Kendall ?Atom Man? from 1990. This one is mint in shrink, and in an interesting green stain. The colorway isn?t the best being very monochromatic, but it?s still a very collectible piece. Kendall?s of this period are really starting to explode in price. This one went for $1,014 on 29 bids.

[SodaJerk]

I always liked Kendall graphics but never owned one. My brother had the Deers Head on somebody posted and it was rad.
Rails, essential, lappers, not me, nose bone, never, tail bone, once, copers, only if they were Borgy and you'd take then on and off depending on the spot.