I’ve added 97 ads from the National Skateboard Review to the gallery of Vintage Skate Ads. If you’re counting, the galley is a at 1,441 ads! These latest additions came from scans of used with permission by Di Dootson-Rose, the original publisher. Shoutout to Natalie Porter of Womxn Skate History, which is where I first found a link to Di’s online archive. The scans are not the greatest, as these were printed on newsprint some 50 years ago, but the ads are interesting because you get to see a lot of riders that didn’t hit the big time. The stakes were lower so the companies weren’t as concerned with impact. So far I’ve only goten through 1976-77, but you can view them all, up to the last issue in 1979, at the National Skateboard Review.

Here’s an ad for TDK tapes that brags about being able to “clearly reproduce the complete music spectrum of digital sources.” That looks like Venice Beach, and that looks like Tony Alva. What say you? 1988 is the year of this ad, which seemed doubtful to me until I looked it up and saw that 1988 was the first year that CD’s outsold records. You can buy this ad in the usual place for as low as $8. Photos from this session were used in another TDK ad. Looks like I thought it was Hackett or Olson last time around, but that ad doesn’t really show that TA looking long hair. UPDATE: When you blow it up there is no long frizzy hair, it’s just motion blur and shadowy leopard print.

It’s been couple of years since I last posted about AI slop generated skateboards, but recently my timeline has been hammered with ads from a bullshit company selling so-called skate shoes, and using AI generated product and lifestyle photos. It’s so very bad, almost as bad as trying to pass off corduroy slippers as viable skate shoes. I threw in a couple of less elaborate (and less offensive) examples as well. I’m not going to link to these brands because eff them.

I’ve had this alarm clock since I was in high school. Took it to college and beyond. It’s final resting place was in a box in my basement, destined to go to Good Will until my son spotted it. Now it’s in his apartment, and it sounds exactly how you think it does. The stickers range from 80’s to early 90’s.

This is Archie’s Pal Jughead, Volume 2 #61, published in October of 1994. It’s got a one page story called Wheel Speil that has skateboarding as the main gag despite being mostly arm candy. Wheel Spiel is used as a title in at least two other comic books (Reggies Wise Guy Jokes #47 – 1978, Archie and Me #148 – 1988) in the Archie universe, and none of the stories are the same. There’s also a sales club ad with a chance to earn a Nash Beach Bum skateboard.

I added 4 more zines to the Zine gallery, from disparate locations: California, central Illinois, Ontario, and Boston. Check out Swank Zine #18, Up From The Boneyard #1, Freezine #16, and Limozine, the Orange Issue. I couldn’t find the number of that Limozine issue anywhere inside the pages, if you are in the know, please pass it on.

As a skateboard toy, it’s not that exciting, However these Sega Pocket Power toys from the late 80’s and early 90s regularly go for $50 or more when out of the packaging. When in the packaging, it’s usually 3 times that much. The idea is that they are supposed to store flat and fit in your, yeah, you guessed it, time machines pocket. I’m not sure why the wheels are so small in scale compared to the rest of the board. Maybe they were worried about the pull-cord mechanism. The packaging says Tyco, but the bottom the toy says Sega.

I had recollections of this board. I had seen pictures, but never in detail. It’s the kind of skateboard that lives in back of your subconscious. You know it exits, but what the hell it s called? It bubbled up to my attention again while searching for pictures of the boards featured in the Department Store Catalog gallery. It was titled simply “Adjustable 24″ Skateboard suitable for bare feet or shoes.” Trying to pull the name of this thing out of thin air proved near impossible, but eventually the right combination of search words led to an auction of the Tuk n Roller. The images had been removed, but the seller hamitup, graciously responded to my enquiry and sent pictures.

These are BEit Dude Skaters as seen on Fab.com back in 2011 when it was still a place to buy… tchotchkes? Cool stuff? I don’t remember. Now that domain is owned by Epic Games and it appears to be some sort of marketplace for 3D models. “Packaged in a custom BEit Dude box.” Ahhhh… BEit Dudes. So very 2010s… Now where did I misplace my NFTs, and why did I save this?

These images are from an absolutely horrible store on Etsy that makes crappy, probably AI designs based on the word Punk. Normally I’d link to the perpetrators, but this stuff is so very bad and exploitive that I don’t want to accidentally drive any traffic their way. Garbage… Pure and utter garbage. The Terminator can’t come soon enough.