My very first board was a deck with only nose and tail, no concave. The graphic was a galaxy, and the trucks were plastic and the wheels and bearings allowed me to roll 10 feet with a half can of wd40 lubing the bearings. I got it for Christmas, and my parents have a picture of me doing a stationary manual in the living room, biggest grin on my face ever captured in a photo.
I had alot of random boards from kmart after that one, especially x-games brand ones. I remember I was at a friend's party and we went to the school down the road and rolled off curbs and manualed sidewalk blocks. I learned how to ollie really good that day, I still remember the feeling, exact moment and spot on the sidewalk I blasted my first knee high ollie.
After that I was hooked, and my parents ended up realizing it wasn't just a phase. I got a hook-ups deck with a nurse checking her own heart rate in red/black: blue phantoms, girl bearings and hook-ups wheels.
I have a picture up of that first set up, chilling on my shelf with all my other skateboarding paraphernalia.
Good topic, we all get pretty nostalgic and detailed. Shows how much we all really love this plank.