Vintage 1970s skateboard forum

ive been going through my old bb pics,has anyone ever seen one of these aluminium decks? this is the only one ive ever seen,it must be up there with the benjyflex as one of the rarest benjys around,although probably the least desirable

hi john,glad you made it

did anyone skate the roxy at swinton? ive never been able to find a single pic of it as a skatepark,not one! or malibu dogbowl in nottingham? i used to be there nearly every weekend and have only ever seen a few pics of malibu which were in the mags back in the day,wish we had mobile phones back the...

a friend had a surf flyer,i remember pushing like mad and travelling about 6 foot lol,you couldnt keep me off it though as it was so much better than my home made rollerskate special :lol: but then i got the coyote and ended up fitting big reds and it was transformed! after that i started to get ser...

those pros or classics as they call them in the other ad have diff base plates to the proper versions too,the area round the king pin is squared off and they look thin as hell

they look like gold plating just for the adverts,lots of manufacturers polished their trucks etc to make them stand out in the ads,i do like the gold plate though it would look great on a display set up.

bb actually stood for big boobs!

when i first started skating around 13yrs old there was an older guy,probably early twenties and he must have had a job as he had the best of everything,fibreflex,gold gullwings,1st gen green kryps and all the rector gear and kanoa helmet etc[we were all jealous as hell lol] the only thing was that ...

nice set,you hardly ever see those come up for sale nowadays in nos condition

orange and the ultra rare lime wings [flat back] should have kept those too

1st gen greens,wish id kept this set as ive never found any as good

allsorts

conical alvas

1st gen reds

its great to see the old adverts and how the finished production trucks always differed slightly in design