A reader named Laura sent in these pics. It’s the Spinal Tap model from Nash, but unfortunately it has nothing to do with Spinal Tap, the band. This is from their “Gold Line,” which I never really know existed. Thier run of the mill crap boards were the Red Line. This one does ring a bell after all, I think Nash made a last ditch effort to get back into the arena of almost real skateboards very late in the game, similar to what Variflex did. The graphic is leagues above the quality of their usual artwork. It’s not too bad for the time, but the real story is probably that Space Invaders video game cabinet in the background. Laura wondered what this board might be worth, not much is the answer. 80’s era Nash boards don’t typically raise more than it costs to ship them.
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talentlessquitter
“Say, is this our stage prop? I thought we asked for 30 ft?”
talentlessquitter
My first fullsize board was a similar toy-store board. The first thing I learned, from an older skater, was to get rid of that tailbone.
Nate
I’m the same as Rodrigo. I had a Sizzler board (Yellow Plastic POS board) as a beginner board when I was young, but I was way too heavy for that plastic shit. My mom picked up this board for me out of a JC Penny’s catalog, and it’s the last thing I ever did with trying to skateboard. I couldn’t figure out how to ollie on this Nash board or anything. Some skater kid who was way better than me told me it’s because my board was a “ramp” board instead of a “street” board. Who knows. It still was fun back in the day.
Rodrigo
hi, i remember this cus it was my 1st real skateboard after those plastic bananas, went broke with a boneless in the late 80s 🙂 the good thing i remeber where the big wheels, just cruising and pushing and knowing the system..
iain
Looks more like “Spinach Tap” to me, which would be a pretty sweet name for a board.
Mac
colin”offtopic”walshrules, this rumor was also circulating around Tigard last evening, but no mention of a cancellation on the Trifecta website. Supposedly, some “Lincoln City locals” had been at Tigard and were saying this to the loc’s there. Kinda late…
colinwalshrules
I HEARD THE THE TRIFECTA IN LINCOLN CITY IS CANCELLED……. BUT THE OTHERS WILL GO ON….ANYONE KNOW IF THIS IS TRUE OR FALSE?