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Jammin’ with the Chipmunks

The inside of this freebie Chipmunks themed activity book unfolds to show a poster of said chipmunks getting radical on skateboards. Target stores gave these away in 1990. This is the only appearance of skateboards in the publication. [Source: Cult Oddities]

Dynamite Magazine #42 - Laura Thornhill

Dynamite Magazine #42 with Laura Thornhill

Laura Thornhill featured in Dynamite Magazine #42, published in 1977. Sylvester Stallone on the cover, what is next for Sylvester after Rocky? four more Rocky movies of course. Listen, I don’t care if he only made 3 more or 5 more, so don’t bother to correct me if I’m wrong. This is the third appearance […]

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What’s Happening is What’s Happening!!

Straight out of 1977, Dynamite #36 with the cast of What’s Happening posing a skateboard shot for the cover. No other skateboarding to be found in this issue. I did name my cat after Rerun though. It ran away after 8 seasons at the Kilwag home. Those were sad days.

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Hot Dog Magazine

Hot Dog Magazine’s premier issue features Mork and Mindy on the cover. Although published by Scholastic in 1979, the skateboard that Pam Dawber is riding looks like mid 70’s to me. It’s almost like they put a wider board on those tiny trucks to help her stay on. Issue #1 doesn’t have hide nor hair […]

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Dynamite Volume 2 Number 9

Dynamite Magazine Volume 2, Number 9 has some a slight skateboard running through it. The cover story is on Kristy McNichols’s and Leif Garrett’s onscreen breakup in the TV show “Family.” It mentions Leif’s appearance in Skateboard: the Movie. There’s a groovy 3D pull out poster inside and a small cartoon with a skateboard in […]