This is a pristine looking True Glide Streaker deck complete with True Glide Trucks that might be are called “Python,” but not to be confused with the U.K.’s Python Wheels. This one has been available on Ebay Italy for some time now, for about 200 Euro. It has an extremely mellow kicktail that looks more like a memory of an afterthought of a kicktail, but it is sure is pretty. Looks like it’s never touched the ground. There’s an ad for this deck from 1976 in the gallery too.

Added to the gallery, a new section for vintage contest programs. Actually, its just on program right now, the 1976 California Free Former World Championship. I’ve got the Hang 10 Pro Am Champ (1975) scanned but not processed yet. In the hamper I’ve got a some 80’s goodness, Chicago Blowout (1986), Seltzer Seltzer V.P. Cup (1987, St Louis), Bluegrass Aggression Session (Louisville, 1988), and the NSA National Amateur Series (1988.)

I love some good prepackaged skateboard parts from the 70’s. It’s rare (for me at least) to see them come from France. Punch appears to be the brand name. I tried to translate “Couvat Oyonnax” but it it came up blank. Nearest I can tell is they are regions in France. Thanks to Dimitri Jourdan for the picture.

I just finished adding 73 ads from the 1976 issue of Skateboarder Magazine, V2 #5 . The springs the total number of vintage skateboard magazine adverts to 1,206!

Adam Cox shared photos of two Flyer Landsurfer t-shirts from the 70’s. This is the front and back of one of them. Morris Vulcan was the UK-based manufacturer, Flyer was the brand and Landsurfer was the line. Or maybe it was actually “Flyer Landsurfer?” I can’t really tell. There’s currently one Landsurfer advert in the gallery, I thought I had a sticker tin he gallery but I was remembering a very small run (25) of reproductions I had made myself. Is it Landsurfer or Land Surfer? It depends on if you look at the t-shirt or the advert. More pics after the jump.

Ronald Chapman ( Chappman, not Chatman ) asked if this advert for Pipp products as featured in the Vintage Skateboard Magazine Ad gallery was for sale. I told him I wasn’t going to take apart an old skate magazine to sell an ad individually. I wish everyone felt that way actually. I was curious though, the advert wasn’t that interesting so I asked him why he wanted it. The simple answer is that he has the two products featured in the advert, and they are definitely more interesting in real life.

I really enjoyed having a booth at Cal Sk8’s skate swap. I brought too much stuff and wasn’t quite prepared for the space. I was there for about 10 hours, which included about 3 hours total in setup and tear down. My booth was not a huge moneymaker after all expenses were paid, but it was still worth it for the total experience. I met some cool people and saw a lot of old friends. I only have one regret, and that’s the fact that I sold both sets of my 70’s era Sidewinder Wheels.

The year is maybe 1976 and I am just getting into skateboarding because my dad bought my mom a yellow plastic Roller Derby skateboard at the Sears Catalog Store. If your town wasn’t big enough to have a full-fledged Sears, you got a small shop with a handful of tables of merchandise and a counter where you could place orders from the catalog and it would be delivered. My small town happened to be Midland Michigan, a mere 20 minutes or so away from Bay City Michigan, the town that was nearest to where the dart landed on the map on the band named The Bay City Rollers. I was a huge fan of Rock and Roll Love Letter, and of course Saturday Night. Cut to 2009 when Neil covers a Bay City Roller skateboard in Ebay Watch, proclaiming I must be kicking myself for not winning that, and he was correct. I did some digging and kept my eyes peeled for this board, but I didn’t see one again until 2025.

UPDATE: Added a picture of the band actually rolling as well as a second color way!

It turns out that The Turf isn’t the only legendary 70’s skatepark being dug up. There’s another park in Glasgow, Scotland known as Kelvin Wheelies (more on that name later) that is scheduled to be unearthed. The BBC reports that Scotland’s first skatepark is going to be dug up by archaeologist, to what end? Even they aren’t sure.

A non-skateboarding friend sent me a link to an online auction for the Ital Board, and I couldn’t find out anything about it on the interwebs, except for another auction of a slightly different version. It looks late 70’s to me, although possibly from the early 80’s.