Sandy West – The Runaways Wild Thing

There’s a lot of staged vintage celebrity skateboarding photos, but somehow this one was new to me. It’s a 1977 picture of Runaways drummer Sandy West taken by Michael Ochs. Sandy was known as the Runaways Wild Thing. She died in 2006 from lung cancer. An alternate shot, plus a bonus pic of bassist Jackie Fox on a balance board after the jump.

I found this one in the Runaways feed on Facebook. There was no information on the date but it matches the outfit in another Michael Ochs photo from 1977, so it’s a safe bet it was the same session.

Heres another one I found on Pinterest with no credit. This one doesn’t look like a publicity photo, so who knows Maybe she did like to push around some.

And Lastly, Jackie Fox on a balance board, iso circa 1977. [Source: Nashville Bridge]

The Runaways! Sandy and Jackie in the middle. Photo?