{"id":10052,"date":"2026-02-10T13:57:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T21:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/galleries\/?post_type=vintageadverts&#038;p=10052"},"modified":"2026-03-20T08:33:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T15:33:14","slug":"hooker-skateboards-cheap-ad","status":"publish","type":"vintageadverts","link":"https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/galleries\/vintageadverts\/hooker-skateboards-cheap-ad\/","title":{"rendered":"Hooker Skateboards Cheap Ad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/02\/hooker-cheap-ad.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-10053\" src=\"https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/02\/hooker-cheap-ad-388x500.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"388\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/02\/hooker-cheap-ad-388x500.webp 388w, https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/02\/hooker-cheap-ad-795x1024.webp 795w, https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/02\/hooker-cheap-ad-116x150.webp 116w, https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/02\/hooker-cheap-ad-768x989.webp 768w, https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/02\/hooker-cheap-ad-213x275.webp 213w, https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/02\/hooker-cheap-ad.webp 1009w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 388px) 100vw, 388px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve got questions about how a car parts manufacturer came to make skateboards, the answer is <a href=\"https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/hooker-headers-skateboard\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"galleryadcopy\">\n<p><strong>OK Dave, this is a cheap ad.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>TO: Advertising<br \/>\nPROM: D. V. Spangler<br \/>\nRE: Skateboard Advertising<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t spend a lot of money on skateboard advertising. These kids are sharp. They won&#8217;t be impressed. Just tell them to see our board and our suspension system, they&#8217;ll recognize the difference. Then they&#8217;ll ask their friends about the performance. That&#8217;s all we need. We&#8217;ll sell a million. So, let&#8217;s keep spending our money on our products, that&#8217;s where it really counts. And you might tell them we&#8217;re the same people who make Hooker headers.<\/p>\n<p>Dave Spangler<br \/>\nPresident<\/p>\n<p>P.S.<\/p>\n<p>If they can&#8217;t find the Hooker boards near their house, tell them to write us, we&#8217;11 sell them direct.<\/p>\n<p>HOOKER SKATEBOARDS 1032 WEST BROOKS STREET \u2022 ONTARIO, CALIFORNIA \u202291762<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve got questions about how a car parts manufacturer came to make skateboards, the answer is here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"advert_companies":[],"advert_types":[],"advert_magazines":[191],"advert_issues":[1545],"advert_decades":[49],"advert_years":[706],"advert_riders":[],"advert_photogs":[],"advert_country":[429],"advert_quality":[],"class_list":["post-10052","vintageadverts","type-vintageadverts","status-publish","hentry","advert_magazines-skateboarder","advert_issues-skateboarder-v2-n5","advert_decades-70s","advert_years-706","advert_country-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vintageadverts\/10052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vintageadverts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/vintageadverts"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"advert_companies","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/advert_companies?post=10052"},{"taxonomy":"advert_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/advert_types?post=10052"},{"taxonomy":"advert_magazines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/advert_magazines?post=10052"},{"taxonomy":"advert_issues","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/advert_issues?post=10052"},{"taxonomy":"advert_decades","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/advert_decades?post=10052"},{"taxonomy":"advert_years","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/advert_years?post=10052"},{"taxonomy":"advert_riders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/advert_riders?post=10052"},{"taxonomy":"advert_photogs","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/advert_photogs?post=10052"},{"taxonomy":"advert_country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/advert_country?post=10052"},{"taxonomy":"advert_quality","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/advert_quality?post=10052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}