Vintage 1970s skateboard forum

These were the uks attempt at making a similar truck to the gullwing split axles and were a nice enough truck but weren’t a great seller so nowadays they are quite collectible , they were black eco y coated which gave them quite a modern mean look and were made in Surrey

I have a set with a few marks on them, they seem better quality than Gullwings. I have never ridden them but did recently set them up on my Manx Slalom with Avon Boosters.

I nearly bought some once but didn’t , wouldn’t mind some to put on a benjy at some point , Manx yes they advertised heavily bitd they were in most skateboard mags yours is first one I’ve actually seen outside an advert

did you get the boosters off me by any chance? i sold a nos set several yrs back,nearly had to give them away did anyone ride them back in the day in the wet? the pinks are really rare

No like a lot of stuff I bought them direct from Shiner 20 years ago but I was late to the game and most of the good stuff had gone, pretty sure they came with bearings.

I which I had been one of smart guys with their old copies of Skateboard! going round the old factories from the adverts in 99/2000 to see if they were still there and if they had old stock,

Those guys cleaned up going full Drew Pritchard lol

i think the early 90's would have been the best time to pick up cheap gear,especially from the shops.i bet theres still a bit of stock stashed away in folks sheds/garages/false roofs still,its just a matter of dropping lucky
i found a guy a few yrs back whos dad used to have a sports shop and he had a fair bit of gear still,nos fibreflex,zflex,and a fair few british decks as well plus some benjys,i was trying to sort a deal but it never happened and he just disappeared,ive never seen any of it for sale so presume he still has it shame i lost his email over the yrs

These were made by a company that made hang gliders!

SlackAlice wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 4:22 pm These were made by a company that made hang gliders!

Good info crazy eh

Just sold my set for around £200, which I thought was a fair enough price but considerably cheaper than the more common Split Axle Gull wings in the same condition would be.

Itsonlymoney!!! wrote: ↑Thu Aug 31, 2023 9:35 pm Just sold my set for around £200, which I thought was a fair enough price but considerably cheaper than the more common Split Axle Gull wings in the same condition would be.

Yes I was going to bid on them but I think 200ish was fair for you and buyer , rare trucks though only other pair I saw were £65 and that was years back

They cleaned up a treat!

Nice

are those like a collar/spacer on the axles? i didnt know they had those,never noticed them before

Sean Goff has a luge board with WASP trucks. One is a 10" wide.

Yeah, interesting that, they wouldn’t just have made 1 truck that size they are bound to have made a batch