{"id":12769,"date":"2026-08-28T14:36:05","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T21:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/galleries\/?post_type=sk8deptcatalog&p=12769"},"modified":"2026-08-30T11:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T18:18:10","slug":"1976-jcpenney-christmas-book","status":"publish","type":"sk8deptcatalog","link":"https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/galleries\/dept-store-catalogs\/1976-jcpenney-christmas-book\/","title":{"rendered":"1976 JCPenney Christmas Book"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Featured Skateboards: <\/strong>Pro-Glass Fiberglass, Pro-Class Hot Dogger, Pro-Class Hot Dogger II<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1976 JCPenney Christmas Book, Page 303. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For Sidewalk Surfers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

F<\/strong> – Fiberglass 24-in. Skateboard. Pliable board with flexing aluminum trucks. Ball-bearing urethane plastic wheels are 1\u215b in, wide in front, 1\u00bd in. wide in rear for greater control. 24×5\u00bex3\u00bc in. high.
X 927-1883 A-Mailable: wt. 4.40 Ibs. $17.77<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

G<\/strong> – Plastic 24-In. Skateboard. Flexing board with aluminum trucks, and kick tail. Ball-bearing urethane plastic wheels 1\u00bc in. wide in front, 1\u215d in. in rear. 24×5\u00bdx3\u00bd-in. high.
X 927-2220 A-Mailable: wt. 3.50 Ibs.. $14.99<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

H<\/strong> – Plastic 21-In. Skateboard. Bright blue polypropylene with flexing aluminum trucks. Ball-bearing urethane 1\u00bc in. plastic wheels front and back. 21×5\u00bdx3\u00bd in, high
X 927-2519 A – Mailable: wt. 3.50 Ibs. 9.99<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The real-life skateboards.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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F: Pro-Class – Fiberglass<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is where it gets weird. Pro-Class<\/a> is a known entity. They manufactured skateboard products under the Pro-Class name as well as Bad Co., and Weed Wheels, possibly others. The catalog page clearly shows “Pro-Glass” and a search turns up a few matching Pro-Glass models, but also turns up a nearly identical “Pro-Class” model. So Identical in fact, that it looks like the same screen was used to make both boards. Simply taping it of or applying block out over the terminal of the G effectively turns it into a C. Was this a half-assed effort at private labeling for the sake of JCPenney? Actually, closer inspection shows a slightly wider hyphen on the Pro-Class<\/em> model, but surely these were made by the same company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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G: Pro-Class – Plastic (Hot Dogger II)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Based on the the Pro-Glass\/Pro-Class board above, the second board appears to be ash Pro-Class Hot Dogger II. Green board via funkykevin67<\/a>. The measurement in the auction say 23″ long as opposed to 24″ in the catalog, but the shape with the distinctive super-pointy nose and stubby tail matches. One of the measurements is probably wrong. Yellow board courtesy of Marcelo Weber.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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G: Pro-Class – Plastic (Hot Dogger)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Pro-Class Hot Dogger II matches what is shown in the ad… or does it. It looks like they made three versions of the Hot Dogger I<\/em> without giving them a separate name designation. Pro-Class incremented the Hot Dogger model to at least as high as the Hot Dogger IV<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s a blue version that is completely flat, via Pratter’s Products<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here’s a Hot Dogger in yellow, via KaraMCollectibles<\/a>. Notice this one has the slightest of a suggestion of a kicktaill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And here it is in green, still called a Hot Dogger, but this one has a larger kicktail. Actually more of a foot stop than a kicktail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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