Gold Cup Skateboards
Gold Cup Skateboards comes to you from the mind of Lance Mountain. The boards are all made in U.S.A. and distributed by NHS. The product looks fully flushed out, right down to the “Power Slider” tail blocks. It’s not all retro nostalgia. Well maybe it is actually, but they do seem to be built with functionality in mind, as long as you are OK with a bizarro Streets of Fire ( Note “of” not “on” fire ) scenario where the technology of the future is wildly available in the past. It’s as if somebody forked a parallel universe on GitHub where certain niche technologies and fashions remained the same while the rest of the world advanced. Maybe they can get a young William Dafoe on the team. It’s a strange but interesting time in skateboarding. You can basically buy skateboard technology form any past generation right now. I can’t think of a similar scenario in any other sport. Imagine a football team where everyone decided to wear the old leather style helmets. I suppose you can still buy a basic wooden tennis racket. Maybe it’s just that skateboard styles and technology are more distinct through the ages.
Golf is another sport that does this: there are manufacturers who make vintage golf clubs and balls (going all the way back to “featheries” — leather balls tightly stuffed with feathers). Some people display them, and some actually play with them. I only know this from doing design work for a vintage golf maker, not because I golf…
“…from the mind of Lance Mountain. The boards are all made in U.S.A. and distributed by NHS”
wtf? why isnt Skate One making/distributing these?
Probably because he rides for Indy.
Just cause it comes from Lance Mountain does mean it right or OK.
true, but if somebody is gonna make money from the 70s nostalgia craze, it might as well be somebody actually involved with skating, not some businessman in Aus having his shit made in china for pennies.
Oh yeah no problem with that Lance getting his dues. Its just another shitty NHS gimmicky product, but Lance is involved so hang on its rootsy, kooky and OK..?
i don’t miss any boards under 8 inches wide
These are actually a lot of fun – and the wheels look to be reissues of old Kryptonic Star-Tracs (with the raised letters).
What I want to know is how they get away with using the word “fiberflex”. Doesn’t G&S own that still?