Turf Lights
An advert for Turf Lights printed in the October, 1990 issue of Transworld Skateboarding magazine. Doomed to fail because:
- Totally unnecessary
- Weird, off brand trucks used in photo
- Predates cheap, durable LED lights
- About as useful as original Elephant Brand wrench
- Can’t actually see product
- Can’t order direct
- Full pads used to to advertise a “street skating” product
- All of the above
– Thanks to Shawn Tribe for the pic.
UPDATE: Thanks to reader “Talentless Quitter” for identifying these as Ranger trucks. I thought they were Rannalli’s but the fact that Ranger were manufactured by Elephant Brand, makes Ranger more likely.
[Photos: L- Ebay, R – Skull and Bones Skateboard]
Tracking down these images was sort of tricky. I had to tweak the terms and order a few times. Here’s another from Vert is Dead. The article on “misunderstood trucks” also features the Rannalli trucks that have a similar raised hump across the axle.
Ranger trucks! Also from elephant brand.
Mike valellee copy right infringement? Elephant brand?
I didn’t know the name but I remembered the ad from back in the day!
I had to sift through a few old copies of TWS to find it. My pleasure.