1988 Nash Catalog: Part 2

This is part 2 of the Nash catalog dump. Part one focused on Joe Cool/Snoopy and Mad Magazine. This is the rest of the 1988 wholesale catalog from 1988. The cover, back cover, and inside cover are all glossy color. There’s a glossy insert for another brand called Freesport, a couple glossy black and white inserts, including the legendary “Jam’n Sound Board” and DOZ’R locker boards, plus an assortment of color photocopied price sheets.

Nash Catalog

These images are presented left to right, as if you were reading it like a book.

And now for the details… Page 2 featured the most well known Nash Boards, the Fly-Me from the the 290 series and of course, the Executioner II from the 259 Series. Executioner II? Near as I can tell the only difference between the Exexcutioner, and the Executioner II are the color ways. Based on this advert from 1986, The first version had a white dip and two-tone wheels. The Executioner II has two different colored wheels. It’s hard to tell what the reality is though. They could have changed color ways a the drop of a hat, and the Executioner II moniker might have just been a way to suggest it was somehow new. Also o shown on the left, the Blaster and Spinal Tap. These boards definitely did not go to 11.

Page 3 features the 295 series that has another popular one with Locals Only. These are fishtail decks, and the Local only that I remember came on a classic pig. A quick image search at the time of publication only shows the pig version. Also shown are the Catch-it, Z2, and Fantasy III. I’m not sure what Z2 is supposed to mean, but you will see later that they used that graphic on the Sound Board as well. Fantasy |||? I can’t find any pictures of a Nash Fantasy I, or II. Curiously the only boards that come up are the Nightmare and II, both done in the same style of illustration.

Shown here: Outer Limit, Nightmare II, Kona, Heat Zone, and Mean Street.I’m not sure I’ve ever seen Outter Limit, Kona, or Mean Street in the wild before. I used to own a Heat Zone, but it was on a fishtail shape.

And now for the back cover details. This is kind of interesting. There appears to be a generic Nash deck with who knows what on the bottom, a Nightmare, the Primo, Twister, and Goofy Foot. The twister reminds me of the 70’s era acrylic deck from Nash sold, but those were flat on top.

Let’s look at the Goofy Foot. It appears to be the one shown on the front cover in the bottom left hand corner. Looking that truck assembly, it’s probably a holdover from the 70’s. You’d be sorely disappointed if you bought that.

That primo deck looks unassuming from the bottom, they really phoned that one in, however, the top grip was usually intricate, as seen in these examples from online auctions. You have to wonder if they made the top more interesting to compensate for the bottom. This looks like another case where they somehow screen printed or stenciled glue onto the deck to adhere grit, like this Heat Zone.

Here are some boxed versions of various boards. I can’t recall ever seeing that plastic accessory kit or knee/elbow pads for sale anywhere. Looks like the Primo came in a scooter model too.

These are the single page inserts that came with the catalog. Check out the Jam’in Sound Board. Graphics aside, this it the 3rd iteration of the Sound Board that I’ve seen. The speaker grill design and possibly the radio casement are different than this version, and the radio unit placement on the tail is different than this one, which is placed behind the front truck. Check out the Globe Speaker Board if you’re interested in a more modern day version of the Sound Board.

Here’s the match maligned DOZ’R sell sheet. These decks would later become known and marketed as locker decks, because they were small enough to fit in a locker as school.

Freesport

I have to be honest, I’m not sure if this actually came with the Nash catalog back in the day or if I just stored it that way. I’ve seen that Cuda skateboard in auctions before.

And for the sake of completeness, here’s the Nash roller skate insert that defiantly came withe catalog.

Price Sheets.

Interesting that some boards appeared to be available individually while others were only available as an assortment… They sold NMB Precision bearings, yet some some series came with Semi-precision bearing, whatever those are. I can’t remember seeing them sold separately, but you gotta love the “Get-A-Grip” rails and the “Can-You-cope?” copers.

That’s it. If you want to see the Snoopy/Joe Cool, and MAD Magazine sell sheets you’ll have to check out part 1.