Vintage 1970s skateboard forum

A really clean deck Michael

A lot of the skulls were coloured or painted in Rasta colours bitd

Strange it’s roughly the same length as the one I picked up a few months ago but an inch narrower

Uk Championships 1979

I’m in there somewhere watching

Looking a Buttlock Special Sticker if anyone has one

Surrey Price list from 1981 I suppose Benjyboard were old hat by then, we had all moved on to Variflex and Powell Peralta or if you were a bit older Motorbikes, Girls and Cars

No , They look like YoYo copies

Is that ad from Skateboarder

Yeah they seem to be machined or lathed like Sims Comp II (or was it Snakes) I think that’s all my old stock coming back to market I honestly had about 10 sets of these that I bought from the states with the riser pads in the early 2000’s I tried dying one set yellow but it didn’t really take. They ...

That was the type I had , you can make out the thick baseplates in those photos

Thanks

Mine are all that creamy sort of semolina colour except these ones which Don’t have matching risers

I have another full set of lightly used ones I’ll have to check the logo on them now

Double Conicals had no logo and the Roller Skate wheels had a much more detailed one from memory

Looking 2 x 65mm Gyro single Conicals Wheels any colour

I’m pretty sure I must have sold these wheels and risers at one stage, but does any one know anything about the OMNI-COMP brand ? I can find them on a price list type ads in Skateboarder Mag but can’t see any individual ads. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Super-Rare-Omni-Comp-2-NOS-Vintage-Skateboard-Wh...

whats going on here then with all those bids? the trucks are prob worth around £100 or so and a home made deck? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SKATEBOARD-VINTAGE-SIGNAL-HILL-TRIBUTE-BOARD-CUSTOM-MADE-NOS-ACS-650-TRUCKS/353444783291?hash=item524af364bb:g:Go4AAOSwtS5gXw2T I was wondering were the wheels ...

punkboy wrote: ↑Thu Apr 08, 2021 2:32 pm ill have the 99p kryps please interesting to note the bb boots are the most expensive wheels along with gyros,maybe that why there arent any about?

I actually bought those 99p kryptonic C/D back in the day

Always came with a few stickers and a hand written note of the latest stock

I’ll scan and post up a 1981 Surrey Skateboards price list

Wide Benjyboards £9.99 custom grip but may not have sticker