Vintage 1970s skateboard forum

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couple of old pics

some more purejuice and snakes

taperkick

that sure was a bargain by todays prices then! i always thought the oval wells were strange looking but pretty unique,they didnt take away any strength like the usual shaped ones but probably took too long to cut back then so werent around for long

i bet the wife loved that layout ive never had a bigfoot as on the odd occasion one does come up for sale they are always well expensive,oval wells and sprayed rails would be the ultimate

theres no mistaking ians collection,its one of the best out there, i recognise some of my old z grooves lol

bizarre looking things,it amazes me how some firm new to the skate market thought lets design a new style of truck and make it the most expensive out there and expected it to sell they prob sold 10 sets or less

never heard of them,they are a new one on me,how olds the ad as thats huge money ,im not suprised there arent any around

the ones i saw for sale were 4's if i remember right, until then i always assumed the ones in the advert were recoloured or something as they are only a rendering but there must be at least one set out there

Never knew that , I thought it was a case of we’ve all the colours you want as long as it’s red 😂 it may as well be,as thats all you see,ill see if i can find an early advert,i dont know if they were ever officially released in amber,maybe the ones i saw were the ones used in the ads (or maybe not ...

those boxed sets were a real cash in,they found a box full of nos wheels [which arent exactly rare,i think 4 and 6 must be the most easiest wheels around to find in nos condition] then threw in a few signatures and a box and folk were selling them for £500 a set in the states

real early ones were in amber to start with but are incredibly rare,ive only seen one nos set apart from the adverts

i remember that,its a great ad,did anyone ever go there?

malibu was my fave park,it was indoors which was a necessity over here and we would go there most saturdays trying to avoid the groms :lol: ive searched many times over the yrs for pics but apart from the ones in skateboard mag when they did a review theres virtually nothing out there, roxy skates i...