Product Type: Shoes
Vans – Shoemakers With New Ideas
Company: VansType: Shoes
Decade: 70's
Year: 1979
Mag: Skateboarder
Issue: Skateboarder V5 N10 May 1979
Country: USA
Converse – Lucian Hendricks
Company: ConverseType: Shoes
Decade: 90's
Year: 1990
Rider: Lucian Hendricks
Photo: Mike John
Mag: Skateboard!
Issue: Skateboard! July 1990
Country: UK
Vans High Powered High Tops
Company: VansType: Shoes
Decade: 80's
Year: 1980
Mag: Action Now
Issue: Action Now v7 n1 1980
Country: USA
Airwalk Shoes: Tony Hawk
Company: AirwalkType: Shoes
Decade: 80's
Year: 1987
Rider: Tony Hawk
Photo: J. Grant Brittain
Mag: Monster
Issue: Monster #32 - December 1987
Country: Germany
Vision Street Wear – Steve Rocco
Company: Vision Street WearType: Clothing, Shoes
Decade: 80's
Year: 1987
Rider: Steve Rocco
Mag: Transworld
Issue: Transworld: August 1987
Country: USA
Vans – Stick With American Made Shoes
Company: Madrid, VansType: Shoes
Decade: 80's
Year: 1987
Rider: Joe Arabia, Rodney Cassell
Photo: O
Mag: Transworld
Issue: Transworld: August 1987
Country: USA
Airwalk – Tony Magnusson
Company: AirwalkType: Shoes
Decade: 80's
Year: 1987
Rider: Tony Magnusson
Mag: Transworld
Issue: Transworld: August 1987
Country: USA
Inter 88 Skateboard Boots
Company: InterType: Shoes
Decade: 70's
Year: 1978
Mag: Skateboard!
Issue: Skateboard! #10, Skateboard! #9
Country: UK
Uniroyal – Pro Keds
Company: UniroyalType: Shoes
Decade: 70's
Year: 1978
Mag: Skateboard!
Issue: Skateboard! #10, Skateboard! #9
Country: UK
Dunlop Footwear Skateboard Superstars
Company: DunlopType: Shoes
Decade: 70's
Year: 1978
Mag: Skateboard!
Issue: Skateboard! #10
Country: UK
Clarksport Stunter Boots
Company: Clarksport, StunterType: Shoes
Decade: 70's
Year: 1978
Mag: Skateboard!
Issue: Skateboard! #10
Country: UK
Vans: The Cobbler
Company: VansType: Shoes
Decade: 70's
Year: 1978
Mag: Skate - International Skating Magazine
Issue: Skate International V1 N2
Country: USA
Introducing Professional Unit
Company: Professional UnitType: Shoes, Trucks
Decade: 70's
Year: 1975
Mag: Skateboarder
Issue: Skateboarder 1975 V2 N3 Winter
Country: USA
Van’s New Skateboard Shoe
Company: VansType: Shoes
Decade: 70's
Year: 1977
Rider: Stacy Peralta
Mag: Skateboard World
Issue: Skateboard World Nov. 1977
Country: USA
Makaha Radials
Company: MakahaType: Shoes
Decade: 70's
Year: 1977
Rider: Wentzle Ruml
Photo: Lance Hopkins
Mag: Skateboard World
Issue: Skateboard World Nov. 1977
Country: USA
Vans: World’s Number One Skateboard Shoe
Company: VansType: Shoes
Decade: 70's
Year: 1978
Mag: Skateboard Industry News
Issue: Skateboard Industry News v1 N4
Country: USA
High Performance Vans
Company: VansType: Shoes
Decade: 80's
Year: 1983
Rider: Mark Gator Rogowski, Tony Magnusson
Mag: Transworld
Issue: Transworld V1 #3
Country: USA
Fly like an ace with Ace-Flyers
Company: SimlamType: Shoes
Decade: 70's
Year: 1977
Mag: Skateboard Scene
Issue: Skateboard Scene n1
Country: UK
Globe: Rodney Mullen
Company: GlobeType: Shoes
Decade: 90's
Year: 1998
Rider: Rodney Mullen
Mag: Thrasher
Issue: Thrasher: January 1998
Country: USA
Vans: Omar Hassan
Company: VansType: Shoes
Decade: 90's
Year: 1998
Rider: Omar Hassan
Mag: Thrasher
Issue: Thrasher: January 1998
Country: USA
Recent Comments
- Kilwag: Yeah got a post in the can on that one. Seems to predate this stuff....
- Lou: Actually I just looked it up, there other truck swapping thing is called "Qwik Truks". Spelling things differently makes them 36.4% cooler, guaranteed!...
- Lou: Looks like a fake "Quik Trucks" mechanism. The Quik Trucks are to fit any truck though, and they seem to be much lower than the Switch Board thingy....
- Kerry purcell: I have a pair of what I think are early Megatron trucks one has the number 1 stamped on one the other has 19 they were paired up on an Alva deck with powel bones which are totally original. Is there a...
- Cate: Hi Mike, did you do "funny " skits around Cronulla to put in the movie?...
- Gary moore: I have an original street warrior skateboard, it has a picture of a wasp with a axe in its hand and skater on it,is this worth anything?cheers...
- Eric M Fleming: Well that was something. Thanks for your effort....
- Pat Anstett: I bought my fiberflex with carry bag when the Hobie team came to Tampa. My dad was ops manager at JC Penny's, he took me out of school and we picked up the team at the airport. Had a blast hanging out...
- Kevin G: Great read, I love my G&S trucks. Of course the base plates died about as quick as Tracker ones did. I replaced them with Indy base plates, while not a perfect fit they are close enough to work. ...
- Jonny5: Fwiw those are not the original wheels as you correctly assumed. I have this board in original condition and the wheels are black. I was too much of a pussy to stand up on it and pretty much just sat ...
- Mark: Can’t believe I found this! My youngest son is a musician and we were talking about weird songs and I told him about one of my buddies from childhood in the 70’s whose parents were very German (th...
- Peter: I have a big surfi no.22 up for sale if anyone interested...
- Daire Meleady: can anyone let me know if you are selling any of the skb100 or sk100 helmets its for my son for christmas - heres my email to contact me - dairelfc@icloud.com...
- Daire Meleady: has anyone got any helmets like these, if so please send me an email at dairelfc@icloud.com....
- Paul Bates: looking for some flex power paw two tone scateboard wheels gold clear colour!...
- Peter Elliott: Hi guys, I was looking to purchase a Cooper SKB100 or Cooper SK100. Do you know how to go about buying one of these? Thanks, Peter...
- Monica Maka: A green version of Venice beach popped-up on Marketplace today....which led me here. Thanks for putting up all these great photos of what is out there. I appreciate it. Too Cool...
- Big Steve: What a killer thread! I got on here after seeing a T Hawk CoQ10 commercial that prompted memories of what I thought was a skating exhibition at the V.P. Fair in the Lou back in mid-to-late 80's. So I ...
- Kilwag: I thought that was joke Lance Mountain or Neil Blender made, can't recall....
- Kilwag: Fudge, link busted...
- Bobcat: Yee haw! I skated it last week - awesome mission. It's beyond crusty but there are some workable spots. For anyone asking for the location, I was able to find it using the clues in this blog post. ...
- Sean Landry: Tucker….I used to email and talk with Ellen many times before she passed away from COVID….killed me to find out and I’m trying to learn where she is buried now….i am terribly sorry that your s...
- Brian H: I was lucky to have a girlfriend with great taste who bought me these. Mine were dark blue though. Did these come in a dark blue?...
- Kilwag: Updated this ancient post so the embedded video works again....
- metal mike saunders: not unless being " the best live band in the entire world in early 1978" outside of AC/DC in their own genre and the Saints if they were still playing like banshees -- totals up to a joke. refernece...
- metal mike saunders: yea metal mike here and looking for something else entirely, this page/thread came up via the always unpredictable innernet of googleworld. i typed out a sufficiently totally-biased west coast ans...
- metal mike saunders: Bad Brains? etc. wrong wrong and wrong. in fall 1979 there were FOUR LA/OC/Valley punk bands that were doing ONE MINUTE SONGS. black flag, the crowd, red cross w/ron on drums, and our band the an...
- Alec Brown: Martin Sweeney, unfortunately no longer with us. Passed away in 2017 aged 54....
- Seth: RIP to an OG...
- S Hughes: First time I met Sean was when I was a 13 yr old grommet. We had a 1/4 pipe out front, it was maybe 1985. Sean rolls up seeing it and wants to ride. He was a full grown man with a leather biker jacket...
- Duke: This is just not true. We all had 7 ply decks in the 80s....
- TTFD: many thanks for getting this online - and all the other media etc you've got up here, appreciate you....
- death: Replying to this ancient comment in hopes of correcting this but, Tim Tillman is my stepdad, he didn't stick around too long on the scene. I mainly possess vague pieces of stories, but from what I hav...
- 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...
