Well this is it. The last installment of Skateboarding Action, courtesy of Carl Warren. We laughed, we cried, we bailed. Here’s Bill Tocco and some information on buying a skateboard. Today’s skateboards are stronger, bigger, more colorful, and have more protective plastic than ever before. Enlarge-o-rama.

Previous installments:
Eight – Seven – Six – Five – Four – Three – Two – One

Coming down to the wire here. Here is the latest installment of the Skateboard Action book, courtesy of Carl Warren. Last week they were ice skaters, this week it’s ballerinas. It’s O.P. Moore. Hey Roving Editor, Enlarge-o-rama works fine on my iPhone.

Previous installments:
Seven – Six – Five – Four – Three – Two – One

People who skateboard on ramps are called “vertical skaters.” People who skateboard on anything they can find are called “street skaters.” And people who ride on flat ground only are called “freestyle skaters.”

Freestyle skaters are usually the most graceful. They do handstands, jumps, spins, and twirls, often performing planned routines set to music. They are the “ice skaters” of skateboarding.

More Skateboard Action from Carl Warren. Thanks human! Enlarge-o-rama! Who is that dude?

Previous installments:
Six – Five – Four – Three – Two – One

Another installment of Skateboard Action from Carl Warren features Bill Danforth “carving a bank” (their quotes, not mine), and some sage advice that concrete is the best surface for skateboarding.

Previous installments: Five – Four – Three – Two – One

The action isn’t in the text this time. Check out the spectacular bail! This is the fifth installment of the Skateboard Action book, courtesy of Carl Warren who still does not live in Hood River. It almost looks like Rodney Mullen, but surely it can’t be? I don’t think his parents let him ride jump ramps.

Sure would be nice if I updated the S&A theme to show tags, and yes, threaded comments. This is the fourth installment of the Skateboard Action book, courtesy of Carl Warren who still does not live in Hood River.

Steve Schneer, pictured here, is one of the oldest professional skateboarders around.

A couple more pages from the 1987 Skateboard Action book, thanks again to Hood River’s photog in residence, Carl Warren. Click to enlarge. You might notice that the photo has been retouched heavily, airbrushed to make it look a little like a painting. This is pre photoshop kids. I wonder why they went through the trouble. Click to enlarge.

Courtesy of Hood River’s own Carl Warren. His brother recently gave him this 1987 book written by Steve Hawk (Yes, he is.) with the stickers intact. Check out the wrap around rails on that Staab. More pages after the jump.