Better mousetrap department
Just a note to let everyone know that I will no longer feature imaginary magical skateboards that exist only in the minds and hard drives of aspiring industrial designers. There are just too many. Don’t even send them to me unless they actually exist, or are so amazing that they need to be seen (or […]
Mecha skate
Another wackyboard design concept. These things keep getting more and more complicated. You’d think the industrial design tinkerers would push for simpler. Those wheels have a heavy 70’s vibe to them. – Thanks to (drumroll please….) Daddy Yo (!) for the tip. [Source: Yanko Design]
Wackyboard of the future
The concept is so out there, I don’t know if it even qualifies as a wacky skateboard anymore. I’d love to see one of these things get built. If it does, you can bet it will show up on Dydreks Fantasy Factory. The LOOP IN looks like an excellent way for someone to get hurt. […]
Recent Comments
- Alexander Maielua: I have and use one of these boards. I had to fill in and redrill the mounting holes to accommodate the updated trucks but can't beat this one for a daily cruiser...
- Jason Edward Blood: Suttaheads was my crew. Rodgers, buttahead, chief and jason blood...
- David DiClaudio jr: I got this board hit me up to buy it.... just about anywhere @davidavape...
- Biff Wellingterd: Well… 17 years later, it comes to an end....
- Paul Guttridge: Hi there. Wow I had one of these back in about ‘88. Same knock off colour way as this one. Just bought a genuine brand x re release. After all this time finally got much nearer the original...
- Lucas Pauken: I'm desperately looking for a graphic from a board I got here in like 1990. It was a kids deck, I was maybe 7? I wanna say it had a drawing on in that someone's kid did.. maybe it was a gator deck. St...
- boglung: I bought a yellow double kick aluminum board from Skateboarder. I wanted the camber slalom board but settled on the double kick. It did lots of tricks, but I didn't ride it very long. Sharp thin edges...
- Danny Bourke: Hey mate, the first board with the Tracker truck and black wheels ended up in Australia as part of my collection. It now has the original trucks and orange wheels replaced as it would have been when i...
- Stephen: Tony Mann had a pro model with Bonzer skates....
- Neil Robinson: Hi Looking for a set of orange SK3 wheels for my blue polyurethane Super Skuda....
- Terry: What’s the current day, 2024 value of a Yellow, Mad Rats sticker ?...
- Kilwag: Gah, this reads like A.I....
- Dave Reuben: An original Gator, Street warrior is definitely a good investment. A battered full deck recently sold at auction for close to £22,000. I would love to get my hands one of these bad boys!...
- Wesley C Scott: I have one fairly mint. Great board...
- Marc Prempain: Code of honor are absolutely great. I wonder if Mike Fox is the same Mike Fox who played in Los Olvidados ?...
- Keiran: I’ve got an original pair of Bonzer sand cast trucks....
- kenzie: i know this post is 15 years old, but chop socky chooks was a fucking lit tv show...
- Orezona: I'm going to need to track down that cover of jungle boogie, now I'm intrigued!...
- Kilwag: Nice! Did you paint yours is that the way it came? Plastic version or the metal version? My guess is you want relatively soft wheels, bearings and bushings not too important. I prefer Bones brand bush...
- Jayson Lobozzo: https://youtube.com/shorts/b-uj0quAEFA?feature=shared Dusted off the TECHNISKI. First outing in 30+ years. Would love advice on new wheels, bearings and bushings! Thanks....
- Nate Kipnis: A few guys on my skateboard team (Tom Thumb Skateboards in Evanston) picked up Jay Adams at O'Hare in 1978 when he came to Chicago to ride around and judge a contest at Rainbow Skatepark in Chicago. ...
- William R Henderson: I'm Rick Henderson, photographer and shot for John and company. What was the lawsuit about? Can I post any pics? Would anyone want to see? Thanks! Rick...
- Kilwag: HA! Thanks for that info, coincidentally just posted a story sort of about Sky a few days ago....
- Troy: Hey, Just wanted to drop a quick note that that's Sky Brown on the July/August 2024 cover. She got Bronze in Women's Park in Paris; she previously earned Bronze in Japan in 2021. Thanks for post...
- James Corbett: I have an ATM Click Gonz upside down Vision graphic. I bought the blue one in Tokyo in the summer of 1993. I had it gripped but swore I would never set it up. Of course, I did and got as far as riding...
- Juice: Hi, Just bought what I am hoping for a close variant as far as turning. The mechanics of it is different but looks like approximately the same turning radius. They're called Type Zero V1. Grabbed a s...
- Dustin Dickinson: I saw my homie Frankie Hills board on a few sets probably after. That's crappy to pull an episode that they all worked so hard on just over that image. That was and still is one of the raddest boards ...
- Gavric: Wow, I found two unused Go Skate or Go Home stickers in my belongings then looked to see if there was any mention of that logo, when I fell upon this thread. I too hung out at Go Skate in Sac and Sant...
- Paul: I have one for sale, wonder what it's worth?...
- Shad vanover: Bi have one of these rare Rad boards for sale. Just don't use it and just sits in a corner. How much were you looking to spend hit me up my info is on here shadvanover2@gmail.com I will sell mine to ...
- jrm: team zephyr? that kid with long hair, stacey peralta? idk...
- Dean Burke: Any more helmets like this...
- Brooks: Aloha Ryan You are right, we are in Hawaii. This is Brooks and Tonia. It’s so trippy how we stumbled on your post today, because we were talking about you not long ago. “Remember that kid who h...
- steve: I had one, about 78. They had the best wheels at the time, smoother and faster than red kryps....
- Steve: That green and pink 'off the wall' was the exact model I got as my first board in '87. The top graphic was the 'Holy Sport' logo (French company) which makes me think that the boards were syndicated f...
