Featured Skateboards: Black Knight by Sport Fun
1975 Sears Christmas, Page 428. 1975 seems to be the first year that skateboards reappeared in department store catalogs, coinciding with the year that Skateboarder Magazine came back to life.
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Black Knight Sidewalk Skateboard with self-contained fiber wheels will help make you king of the sidewalk surfers
$9.99 – Self-contained wheels have enclosed ball bearings for good control. Die-cast metal chassis with wood-look finish measures 22 inches long. 6 inches wide and ¾ inches thick. To order the easiest way, look in your phone book white pages under “Sears, Roebuck and Co.. Catalog Sales” for the number to call.
6C 23505-Shpg. wt. 3Ibs. ……. $9.99
The real-life skateboards.
Sport-Fun Black Knight
The Sport Fun Black Knight graphic looks like it was produced on multiple shapes and variations. The on in this catalog looks closest to the one on the left, below.
Photo as seen at Old School Punk Rock Info
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