Comments on: eBay Watch: October 2009

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:55:18 +0000

if you happen to see any more z-roller trucks PUHLEEEEEZ send me an e-mail…..I am a skater who will pay to shred on those things…I miss mine sooo much….If i had paid $200.00 bucks for them you could rest assured that they would be on a board and grinding the gnarliest 30 foot long brick planters and whatever else got in my way….please help meeee!!!!!! alexander.daniel2918@yahoo.com

By: mike

mike — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:54:54 +0000

Follow up on limited run Makaha’s..The deck is an mpi lemon drop shorty,being sold at several online shops such as discountlongboards.com as a new board without anything from the 70’s or nos in the descryption.There are those mpi boards on ebay right now,listed as nos 70’s and found info of them being sold in bulk at low prices in the recent past.I did find an old pair of nos rector type padded gloves at bigeskateboards.com as marco polo gloves and theres that mpi logo on the package.So there you go.I guess they either made a hell of alot of those boards back in the day that didn’t sell or they are still being manufactured.Either way.Thought it might be interesting.Mike

By: Dean Bures

Dean Bures — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:37:53 +0000

The Steadham also has extensive water damage(can’t be seen from bottom), damaged more than just the stain fade.

By: Danimal

Danimal — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:52:02 +0000

wow almost $1100 for that ron chapman. i had that one, broke doing a lipslide on a ledge.

By: houseofneil

houseofneil — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:53:49 +0000

Mike, thanks for the head up. It is weird, that is for sure. What I can glean from the auction is that the decks are NOS stock from the 70s, but they are not Makaha decks. They are generic decks that they applied the diecut griptape to. The wheels are definite reissues of a Makaha wheel from the 70s, and the trucks are Suregrip trucks, so they might be NOS too? It’s a bizarre mish-mash of old and new parts. It’s still a nice looking complete though.

By: mike

mike — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:38:29 +0000

Theres one up right now for 89.99 buy it now.I dont know how to post a link.if you search ”makaha limited run”you should get it.After reading the description though it says nos. So i dont know.It also says produced to promote the upcoming makaha documentary.seems strange.Check it out and tell me what you think.mike

By: houseofneil

houseofneil — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:45:59 +0000

mike, I don’t think it’s a reissue. The only Makaha reissues I have found are the solid oak and ash ones. Not a fiberglass like this one. If you have a link to a yellow fiberglass reissue like this, please post it.

By: Vegetable Lasagna

Vegetable Lasagna — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:50:51 +0000

I had a Blockhead made by Uncle Wiggly way back. It had
Easter Island heads on it. That was a fun deck when it
started getting all flexy. I was breaking decks at that
time so I didn’t mind the flex as long as it stayed in
one piece.

By: JAKEANDANNOY

JAKEANDANNOY — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:12:05 +0000

Thanks Neil, nostalgic as always. I had the Marty Jimenez when It first came out. I was 11 and got mine at a skate shop inside of a KB’s Toy Store in the mall. They also sold “Bones” sweatpants and JimmyZ.

By: Talentlessquitter

Talentlessquitter — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:58:16 +0000

I was bidding on that black Walker freestyle but I had a determined competitor.I just couldn’t spare over a hundred bucks at that moment.
I really regret not having won….Blast!

The Lance Mountain does look very touched,scratched and wheathered to me in that picture…

Still love the Ebay-watch,keep it going!