I’ve posted about Hooker Headers skateboards before, originally fascinated with a strange looking adjustable truck configuration, and then again after discovering an ad for one in a 1976 issue of Hot Rod magazine. There’s also another Hooker ad in the vintage ad gallery, with more to come I’m sure. This one is a conventional looking skateboard missing the adjustable contraption. What is does have however, are likely some Chicago trucks, Rolls Royce wheels, and a psychedelic top. The seller has a few more interesting boards.

I’ve had this alarm clock since I was in high school. Took it to college and beyond. It’s final resting place was in a box in my basement, destined to go to Good Will until my son spotted it. Now it’s in his apartment, and it sounds exactly how you think it does. The stickers range from 80’s to early 90’s.

I added 4 more zines to the Zine gallery, from disparate locations: California, central Illinois, Ontario, and Boston. Check out Swank Zine #18, Up From The Boneyard #1, Freezine #16, and Limozine, the Orange Issue. I couldn’t find the number of that Limozine issue anywhere inside the pages, if you are in the know, please pass it on.

I had recollections of this board. I had seen pictures, but never in detail. It’s the kind of skateboard that lives in back of your subconscious. You know it exits, but what the hell it s called? It bubbled up to my attention again while searching for pictures of the boards featured in the Department Store Catalog gallery. It was titled simply “Adjustable 24″ Skateboard suitable for bare feet or shoes.” Trying to pull the name of this thing out of thin air proved near impossible, but eventually the right combination of search words led to an auction of the Tuk n Roller. The images had been removed, but the seller hamitup, graciously responded to my enquiry and sent pictures.

You know I love a good vintage Skateboard Derby kit. Why not vintage slalom cones from France? Both are labeled as “bornes” which translates literally to “boundary” in English. On the left, some cones from a company called PVM, courtesy of Tymen Gurvan, who didn’t share any additional information. On the right, some cones from Surf Jack, or possibly SurfJack, as seen on the French classified ads site Leboncoin. I haven’t been able to find any relevant information about either company online.

Another post borrowed from the Blockhead mailing list. This time is twas about the 40th anniversary of reissue of the Rebel model. The reason I’m reposting it is because of the attached scan of a short newspaper article titled “Sierra College student skates into business.” It’s history. read all about it. I too wanted a job that was related to what I like to do.

There is confusion about these metal Roller Derby wheels. Roller Derby definitely made skateboards for a while. Some people think they are metal wheels used in (old timey) speed (roller) skating, while others think they might be for making the casting molds. The casting mold theory does not seem valid to me based on the shield already present (and worn) for the loose bearings. Holy cow, did you know you could still buy open bearing roller-skate wheels? From Sure Grip, of course.

– Thanks to Dennis Allgeier for the pics.

Reposting this because I can relate to the story of starting a skateboard company out of a garage. I can relate to all of it, except the part where the company is successful… From Blockhead Dave:

Wow! Has it really been 40 years since I screen-printed my very first batch of skateboards in my parents’ garage?  It was late spring 1985, I was fresh from a screen printing class at Sierra College, and had never printed more than 1 or 2 of anything. 

I had 60 red Streetstyle boards manufactured by Uncle Wiggley and I was nervous as hell, but no choice but to just go for it. I pulled the squeegee over and over again, honing my skills as I went along, then I laid each board in the driveway to dry, since I hadn’t built any racks yet. Well, I made it happen, and there were 60 skateboards with my art and my company name on them and just like that I was in business! 

You can get on elf the limited Streetstyles in old school or the new school hole patterns starting Wednesday (9/24) at noon PST

You should go check out Miguel Melo’s 60’s & 70’s Vintage Skateboard Collection. It’s a beautiful site filled with photos of his personal collection. There are some of the usual suspects in there, but there are also quite a few lessor known decks, including some from well known brands.For instance, I can’t ever recall seeing the Cat by Nash, or even a GT Coyote III. I’m a longtime lurker.

The magazine that bummed out a generation of skaters… I’ve added all the adverts from issue #1 of Action Now magazine, labeled as Volume 7, #1 published in August of 1980. It’s a pretty thin issue and only has 30 ads total. In a few issues the magazine gets beefy again, I’ll bet they thought they were going to be able to pull it off… We’re just 47 ads shy of breaking the 1000 mark. Check them out.