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*Official old school skateboard thread*
#51 2011-07-13 9:45am
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Re: *Official old school skateboard thread*
aug.1987 
my newly built reissue Psycho Stick. tribute to mine from 86.
got my oldest son the same Vision Psycho Stick i had.
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#52 2011-07-13 10:06am
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Awesome, Vic!
Here's my daily addition. I have way more 90's pictures than 80's. Check the tiny wheels. Failed nose blunt slide results in an ultra krooked grind. We called them "K" grinds back then. Note the Airwalk NTS shoes. 
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#53 2011-07-13 10:43am
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Awesome pics Charlie! And great thread!!! Wish I could find more skate pics...
Love the small wheels! and Airwalks were dope! keep em coming! 
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#54 2011-07-13 10:45am
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Airwalk is back to making some of the best of the old school designs. www.airwalk.com
http://airwalk.com/shop/mens/footwear
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I keep buying and selling, so I guess I wasn't happy with the four I had left.
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#55 2011-07-13 11:41am
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I have zero pics of me skating 
but this thread is sweeet 
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#56 2011-07-13 12:56pm
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O.k., o.k., one more midschool shot in the glory days of tiny wheels and ultra big clothing. Front crook or backwards nose grind, don't remember:
hahahaha!
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#57 2011-07-13 1:18pm
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72ss454 wrote:
Airwalk is back to making some of the best of the old school designs. www.airwalk.com
Those shoes are so killer! Gotta get me some!!!
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#58 2011-07-13 1:36pm
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Dang, Scrappy, I don't remember that board at all. Must have been before my time.
My first Pro set up was an Hosoi hammer head (with Christian doing a japan air in front of the Japan flag), Thunder trucks (with the dagger and lizard on the base plate, Vision swirl Blurs. Of course it had clear grip with skate sticker underneath. I later traded the board for some Mike Buff Z-rims as I realized I sucked at skateboarding and got back into BMX.
My deck is a 1986. Was that before your time?
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#59 2011-07-13 1:58pm
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Red43j wrote:
LOL,
So, do we get a skateboard museum now? :-) Could be a cool add on...www.skullandboneskateboards.com
Not quite the same, but close enough.
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#60 2011-07-13 2:06pm
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AOS is a good reference of skate stuff and Chris tries to keep things updated, but S&B is more fun due to the forum and interaction with others.
I keep buying and selling, so I guess I wasn't happy with the four I had left.
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#61 2011-07-13 3:39pm
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One of my friends from BITD. This picture was taken shorty after Hurricane Hugo struck Charleston, SC back in '89. We took advantage of all the new found construction in the area. One footed melon:
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#62 2011-07-14 8:18am
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Weird skate karma afoot. A couple months ago I gave away the Hosoi Rocket wheels off my Vision Mark Gonz deck. The next day I got this message on fb from a friend not seen in ten years:
"ok- a CIRCA 1980-something VISION "PUNKSKULL" skateboard wrapped in vision slimeballs (97a's) with tracker six track ultra light trucks featuring early original artwork on the griptape--might entice you to stop posting naked photos of me on the internet..?"
It's one of my old boards that I gave him when I got a new one. He has never ridden it, and had it in his closet since 1987ish. I will see him on halloween, when he will return it... so, pics in november I guess.
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#63 2011-07-14 9:55am
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Charlie Brown wrote:
One of my friends from BITD. This picture was taken shorty after Hurricane Hugo struck Charleston, SC back in '89. We took advantage of all the new found construction in the area. One footed melon:
This is a cool pic! 
My Father once spoke to me and said "The way you look at your bike is the way I see My children, I look past the imperfections and rough surfaces to the beauty of the finished product."
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#64 2011-07-14 10:39am
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Same ramp, another friend, borrowed my Santa Cruz Tom Knox for this quick melon:
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#65 2011-07-14 10:55am
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those melons are retarded.... sweet
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#66 2011-07-14 10:57am
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Charlie Brown wrote:
Same ramp, another friend, borrowed my Santa Cruz Tom Knox for this quick melon:
Awesome pics buddy! I see the writing on the griptape. I remember doing that when I was a kid! Skate or Die was written on everything from my shoes to my, griptape, school binders, inside lockers etc.!
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#67 2011-07-14 11:05am
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Awesome pics buddy! I see the writing on the griptape. I remember doing that when I was a kid! Skate or Die was written on everything from my shoes to my, griptape, school binders, inside lockers etc.!
Haha, that board said, "End Racism" like Tommy Gurerro had on his griptape in the latest Powell video at the time. I don't even think I knew what racism was at the time. haha.
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#68 2011-07-14 11:07am
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those melons are retarded.... sweet
A lot of guys in my neighborhood had sick melons. This is another friend of mine skating a ramp we build with "donated" wood from a cronstruction zone:
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#69 2011-07-14 11:16am
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Charlie Brown wrote:
LRZ wrote:
those melons are retarded.... sweet
A lot of guys in my neighborhood had sick melons. This is another friend of mine skating a ramp we build with "donated" wood from a cronstruction zone:
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Yeah... I remember "finding" wood for ramp building and rolling sheets of plywood home on our boards 
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#70 2011-07-14 9:36pm
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Here I am. Painters cap, VSW 3/4 tops, skateshorts...haha.
I actually grabbed an exact board as that on here a year ago or so. Now i just need the parts to go with. Anyone with a set of gullwing trucks (I had the ones with the grooves in the truck towards the wheels.) How about the the mics. tailbones, side rails, risers, etc. I would love to put this back together. Someone help a brother out.
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#71 2011-07-14 9:42pm
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I have the same shoes and a painters cap at the house. I traded a blue set of the gullwing pros to justin aka porkchop back in April.
I keep buying and selling, so I guess I wasn't happy with the four I had left.
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#72 2011-07-14 10:01pm
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Here I am. Painters cap, VSW 3/4 tops, skateshorts...haha.
I actually grabbed an exact board as that on here a year ago or so. Now i just need the parts to go with. Anyone with a set of gullwing trucks (I had the ones with the grooves in the truck towards the wheels.) How about the the mics. tailbones, side rails, risers, etc. I would love to put this back together. Someone help a brother out.
I had a VSW painter's cap that I had the nerve to throw VSW stickers on, and that thing started turning brown with all the sweat I saturated it with! Nice McGill, and it sounds like you're looking for GW Pro IIIs. Good luck.
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#73 2011-07-14 10:07pm
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If you guys see/have/can get a set, dont forget me. thanks
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#74 2011-07-14 10:14pm
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I remember my gullwings being silver, they must of came after the trucks pictured....hmmmm. What trucks had the optional plastic guard to put on them to grind smoother? I remember something like that as well. Need to find some more pictures.
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#75 2011-07-14 11:14pm
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jimmied wrote:
I remember my gullwings being silver, they must of came after the trucks pictured....hmmmm. What trucks had the optional plastic guard to put on them to grind smoother? I remember something like that as well. Need to find some more pictures.
You could buy those (forgot what the hell they were called) separately to fit any truck, although I think I remember hearing about a brand of trucks that had it built in. If you plan to ride, I wouldn't recommend getting any for the Gullwings due to the shape of the truck, which may result in the (dohickeys) breaking.
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