Hey mang, nice to know I'm not the only rebourne out here. Born in '62 and went from steel wheels and one of my sisters skates nailed to a board to a Brad Logan and Rider trucks. Now I'm back despite my joe corporate daytime job with a Sector 9 longboard with B-52's and some blind 45's and a new Alien Workshop with Venture's and 52 Fireballs. Trying to find others like myself to skate with as well as some of the new talent that won't mind teaching an old codge' some new tricks. Any info on contacts would be mucho appreciated.
From: Damian Torres
It's all about that weak red stick with metal wheel's, I think
it was actually a Radio Flyer, what ever it was one rock the size
of a flea and it's time for a sidewalk beating. Then came a
succsession of skate's I would pay alot to have right now. Black
Knight with Cadillac wheel's and Chicago truck's.(Bombing the
smooth hallway's of my school kicked ass, who needs grip tape,
barefoot rules) Then a Bardeen red plastic flex deck(kicktail
too) and simulated grip tape, California Slalom Trucks(One of the
first wide boy's out) and in front Califonia Smokers and Targa's
in back.(These replaced the much liked Stoker Wheel that proved
steam roller sized wheel's could crush those pebbles in your
path). Then it was various Flex deck's, then grip tape came
along, let us not forget the dreaded pizza tape(note book paper
with gravel the size of flies glued to it).
Then came the day that would change the way my skeletal
structure would look forever. Just a couple of miles down the
hill's of Playa Del Rey the stoking Marina Skate Park was poured.
My friend still has a magazine page of my 13 year old self in the
backround of BMX Action mag. I'm proudly holding mybrand new
Allen Gelfand"OLLIE" deck with Independent 159's and purple
Powell's making it roll.
The FRONT KEYHOLE 16 or 17 ft. of tight vertical hell, the DOG
BOWL, the MINI CLAY BOWL'S, the BACK KEYHOLE, the BABY BOWL, the
SLALOM RUN/DISH PAN BOWL, AND WHO WAS THERE TO SEE OLD SCHOOL'S
TRYING TO GO ALL THE WAY AROUND IN"THE TURNING POINT". Well i
still bomb Hermosa Beach hill's with a 44" powell so NEW SCHOOL
GET OUTTA MY WAY, Punk's not dead, it just takes us a little
longer to get up in the morning.
From: WILLIAM GILLETTE
Just a note to say thanks for creating a site that reminds us
that *we are not alone* out there. I started skating in like 7th
grade, so about 1975, first on a piece of shit Grentec GT
(remember those? Puke flourescent green with little polyurethane
wheels. But, shit, it rolled!), then on a Hobie fiberglass little
board (the blue one with yellow Hobie really big across the top)
with Bennett trucks and big ol' red Hobie wheels. Wish I hung to
it. You see them hanging on the wall at skateshops sometimes.
Then I stopped in college (stupid move) and picked it up again
at age 26 when I moved out to SF. Rode a Santa Cruz 43, Indy
166mm trucks, and Powell blanks, pretty big. Board ripped so
smoothly and tail slides and little ollies like a dream.
Now (back in hometown Boston) just picked up a big Think Duane
Peters, moved the wide Indys over cuz they're still in really
good shape -- just ground some on the axles. Shopping for some
new wheels for it. Maybe the biggish Spitfires, or one of my
email bud's from alt.surfing and rec.skate-board or whatever said
Bones (Powell, too, right?) Bombers would be good.
Anyway, like I say to my fellow early 30-something riders, good
things come in threes!!!
Nice work and keep rippin, dude, John W. johnw@cpg.com
Later Skater Dater, RS2
I had a subscription to Skateboarder and Jay Adams was my hero.
Even though I lived in dreary Wilmington, DE, I always escaped in
my mind to LA when reading Skateboarder. In junior high I wrote
all the dogtown graphics all over my school books. There was one
skatepark in Wilmington that operated from '78 to '80 and an even
smaller one about 40 miles south in the middle of nowhere. From
80 to 84 there was nowhere to skate except drainage ditches that
were hard to access for a kid with no car and no skating friends
with transportation. That all changed when I came to Dallas to go
to college in 84 and skated the old Clown ramp every weekend.
Got to see Jeff Phillips many times and got to speak to him only
twice. He was really nice and even gave me some pointers. I was
really upset when I heard about his suicide. I've got some
stories if you give me some time to rack my brain. I only
rollerblade now and when I get time for a life, I plan to go back
to the park. It's embarassing as hell though when these little
kids are blowing you away. Oh well, time marches on!!
Thanks, Kurt Sermas, @imagin.net@mail.imagin.net
Fortunately, my brother built me a skateboard and I skated w/him
and is friends. In doing so, other girls copied me to have their
brothers and friends build a board for them to skate. We all
skated together.There was no grest bickering, critizizing of
skating skills, name-calling, but we DID try to outdo each other
in being the best skater.
That was the late 60's, the good old days.
A. Wood
I'm doing a project for a Business Systems Analysis class that
involves researching project failures. One of them, so I've
heard, was the hoverboard of "Back To The Future". Was it really
ever put out on the market? If so, could I get a little
background from you? I'd certainly appreciate any input you could
give me on the subject. Everyone knows of such failures as the
Edsel, but I thought I'd do something a bit more interesting and
less-known.
E-mail me back at your earliest convenience...Thanks! :)
Email: noelle@libra.tvi.cc.nm.us
Later Skater Dater - wrogers
This page reminds me of my old nash that I had in fifth grade and
the Power Parelta that I always wanted.
Right now I use a SMA deck with Tracker B-2 trucks and all my
other friends also use double nailed boards, but I sometimes
wonder if it would be more impressive to see some decent old
school skaters doing the same kind of tricks that we do now days.
I still have never seen any old school skaters do a grind of any
type but they seem to do a lot of railslides.
Oh well.
I was wandering if you knew when the first skateboard was made,
when the first competitions were held, where skating originated,
and what kinds of professional competitions there are today, and
the rules of those competitions. I live in Texas, and you can't
find too much info around here. Hell you can't find much concrete
around here. I and a couple of my friends skate, but it is not
all we do so we are not real knowlegable about skating's history
and the layout of the competitions. Thanx.
From: Randy S.
David
William R.
My real involvement with skateboarding began the day after I
graduated from Morro Bay high school in 1974, when I found an old
Hobie laminate in my best friend's backyard. At this point I
wasn't even aware of Cadillac wheels. So me and my pals put
together some clay-wheeled wonders and began skating the local
hills. After seeing a Bahne/Cadillac ad featuring Gregg Weaver in
Surfer Magazine, we jumped in a car and drove 150 miles to a surf
shop that sold these new "wonder rollers".
Skateboarding soon became my life. My very first contest was the
Bahne/Cadillac Nationals held at the Del Mar fairgrounds in 1975.
I entered the slalom event, placing 18th. More importantly I got
to meet skaters like Denis Shufeldt and Chris Yandall, and to
feel the tremendous energy of this new sport. I soon began
organizing contests in my local area.
In 1976 myself and two friends decided to become the first
skaters to cross the country by skateboard. We sent a letter to
Roller Sports asking for sponsorship.
They responded by offering us all the equipment we needed,
t-shirts and $500.00 each if we finished the trip. Well to say
the least we were stoked, grabbed an old road atlas and mapped
out a route from Lebanon, Oregon to Williamsburg, Virginia. Three
weeks later found us somewhwere in eastern Oregon wondering what
in the hell we doing. The trek took 32 days and was full of
adventures and wonderful people.
After the cross-country trip, I continued to compete in local
contests and organize shop teams. I was also working for Good
Clean Fun Surf and Skate at this time. In 1978 I helped to design
the Solid Wave skatepark in Arroyo Grande. In 1977 I had attended
the Signal Hill downhill race, after seeing the skatecars I knew
this was something I had to try. With
the help of Vetter Motorcycle fairings, Independent, Santa Cruz
and Cycle Magaine the Vetter Streamliner was born (this skatecar
is now on display at the HB Surf Museum).
In the '78 Signal Hill race I tied with Henry Hester for 2nd
place, two weeks later at the Akron Soap Box Derby track I placed
2nd to Nick Leonard in a race that was filmed and aired by CBS
Sports Spectacular. I also raced slalom and stand-up downhill
that summer on the Another Roadside Attraction Pro Tour in
Colorado.
About this time I was being sponsored by Flite Skateboards, they
happened to send me one of their early snowboard designs, which
along with my friend, Gary Fluitt proceeded to our nearby sand
dunes. We totally immersed ourselves in the development of
sandboarding.
Some of you may remember our articles in SKATEBOARDER, ACTION NOW
and SURFER. We used to joke that we were the only professional
sandboarders in the world. We were featured in surf movies, a
television commercial for Arnold Palmer Sportswear of Japan,
That's Incredible and some lame kid's show called We're Movin'
featuring Willie Ames. We even started a little sand/snowboard
company called A-Team (we had the name before the stupid TV
show). I remember being at some of the early snowboard events and
seeing Jake (Burton) Carpenter trade boards for his motel bill.
In 1984 I once again skateboarded across the country, this time
with Bob Denike, Paul Dunn and Gary Fluitt, with the improved
equipment and a little training we were able to complete the trip
in 26 days.
During the early 90's I was heavily involved in collecting old
skateboards and memorabilia. Dale Smith and Todd Huber along with
Stacy Peralta and the guys from Screamin Squeeges now own 99% of
my old collection.
Over the years I have had the pleasure of working for/with people
such as Dave Dash (Skateboarder, Action Now), Larry Balma, Peggy
Cousins(Tracker,TWS), Rich Novak(NHS)and meeting skaters from
all over the world, including Beau Brown who remains a true
friend and confidant to this day.
Sometimes it's hard to believe that it's been 32 years since I
took that first ride. And now as I turn 40 I look forward to
skating with my two sons, and sharing the wonders of that "Magic
Rolling Board".
Jack S.
I have taught both my girls to skate (they are 9&7) and even my
wife has got into longboard skating, as I have just started
making and selling longboards (like the Topps ones) .....gee the
future is bright, only the stacks take longer to recover from,
eh?
R. Jones
I'm a skater who started around 1975 on a Lotus skateboard
(remember PLASTIC ?) with loose bearings and 4" trucks... It was
fun for a while. But only for a while... I changed that real soon
for an all fiberglass New York made Bunker board that weighted
half a ton. Full equiped with green Kryptonics and ACS 500
trucks.
I'm now in my thirties and still have a skateboard... Not
socially acceptable.
That's it for now, thanks for the page.
CIAO,
He could design a good board for me for skate-racing. I cant find
any shops that sell them (when we call each other stupid, it is
just sibling rivalry). Hope someone knows where I could find a
skate-racing board, or doesn't anybody care about that old sport
anymore, besides me?
Ruffian(AW)
I'm from NorCal and am one of those skate geezers from "
Back-in-the-day". I started in 1974/5 on a Super Surfer, then
Fibreflex Bowlrider. I still skate pools and have been around in
the skate industry. Check out my attempt to bring back style with
my own brand of board: Deplo.
Here are a few of my memories from life and the pages of
Skateboarder:
Skate Tough__________[]=^=[]
Steve
I won't go on about the hardware, (actually I will: G&S, Tracker,
red Kryptonics), I still use it now. The helmet, the gloves, the
Rector
pads: left 'm in the attic. Last summer, I started a homepage (in Dutch) about
skateboard-sites in Noord-Holland.
Seems like a lot of us guys are using our kids, and/or internet,
as an excuse to take it up again. Well, as long as we have fun,
anything goes. And man, do I have fun! Not as rad as I used to
be. But, by lightyears not as 'arrived' and 'responsible' as a
whole bunch of other people of my generation.
Skate on!
Max Faber, Groet, Netherlands
It was interesting to read your opinion as to how the sport has
evolved over the last 20 years. My son keeps talking to me about
"ollies", rail-slides, 50/50 grinds, etc..., and I always tell
him about empty pools, handstands, and downhill skating...
Reading your information proves to my son that skateboarding was
like I described back then. Since I am a 31 year-old mother he
questions my expertise on skating, and now you have confirmed
everything that I have told him....Way to go!!!! By the way,
enjoy teaching your little girl. I (unlike you) to a lot better
job describing how tricks are done, rather than demonstrating...
You would make my son's day if you respond!!!!
It has been a life long passion for me and I still am looking for
empty pools to ride and occassionally a few ramps pop up here and
there.
TCurro
You may want to add "California Slalom" to the list of things to
remember. My first board was a Logan Earth Ski with California
Slalom's and a set of Road Rider 4's. After that, I graduated to
another Logan Earth Ski (this time laminated) with a set of
Tracker mid-tracks and some Road Rider 6's with German
racing bearings.
I had a set of Kryptonite Greens for a while, but they were way
too hard for my tastes. This board sported a kicktail skid plate
and a nice set of urethane risers. I was quite the skateboarder
in my time. No empty swimming pool was safe! Thanks for bringing
back the memories!
Carl
Joe C.
What's up Ye Olde Sk8 Bro's,
Everybody on this page seems to have their own story, so here's
mine.......
I started sk8ing in '84, on my cousins G&S skate I would borrow
whenever we would go to vacation down to Florida. Then, when we
went back home I would have withdrawls fiendin' for the fix that
only 7-plys of wood, 2 metal axles, and 4 urethane
wheels only can give you. So the next trip we took down to
Florida I begged my dad to buy me the cheapest board in the shop,
a freestyle "SUREGRIP", which after a while delaminated
in the rain, oh well.
The next board I had was a "VISION" leopard print deck,
with "SIMS" wheels, and generic trucks.(after about 6 weeks worth
of lunch money) The list goes on.........SKULL SKATES" DAVE
HACKETT" IRON CROSS, ALVA FISH, SKULL SKATES "DAVE HACKETT"
STREET SICLE, ALVA "BILL DANFORTH", SMA "NATAS", ALVA"JOHN
THOMAS", SIMS "ERIC NASH", (ONE OF THE FIRST BI-DIRECTIONAL
BOARDS) DOGTOWN "BRYCE KANIGHTS",( A SLEW OF NEW SCHOOL DECKS
WOULD FOLLOW, ALL TO MY DISLIKE)all of which I lost or gave
away, all except for that totally thrashed "HACKETT" IRON CROSS!
My favorite place to skate(where I learned to sk8) and where I
will always make a pilgrimage back to every year is a local ditch
called "THE WEDGE"(campy, no doubt). This was where all the
loc's use to go back in the day to shoot the proverbial tube.
Many of bert, and slide revert, and dues getting hurt were paid
there, sound familiar?
These days I ride a CREATURE"RETURN OF THE MUMMY" board with
INDY"166'S" and 63mm SPITFIRES! ( WITH OTHER NEWER OLD SCHOOL
DECKS SET TO THE SIDE FOR FUTURE ABUSE) I still wear hi-top cons,
or the occasional low-cab.
Tony Alva is the O.G. to sk8ing, like Iggy and The Stooges are to
punk rock. Also Duane Peters is to sk8ing, like Orville and
Wilbur Wright are to flight.(PLEASE ADD HIM TO YOUR DISTINGUISHED
LIST, THANX) Sk8 history should always be preserved for the
future, that's why"SKATEGEEZER" is the best thing goin' on
the web. So whoever you are out there, keep those old juices
forever flowin'(GERITOL ENTACT) and never loose an interest in
sk8ing, so the cool history we make today will not become mere
nostalgia. Mouldy pads and all.
SK8FULLY YOURS,
I was rather surprised to see a web page devoted to what was, by
allaccounts, the best time of my life! As a person born in 1960,
I literally grew up during the introduction, evolution, and
refinment of "sidewalk surfing".
Yes, I owned a clay wheel board in the late '60's. Yes, I spent
more time on the ground than on the wood (due to the incredible
unpredictability of clay wheels, which I now refer to as
"Flintstone tires").Then in 1972 the world changed for me, I
obtain a Bonsi alunimum board (twin
kicker) with composite wheels! The wheels would stick well in
hard turns, hold well in vert situations, and were relatively
predictable in terms of
performance. I rode everywhere, to school, to my girlfriend's
house, to football practice... Life was good.
In the late 1970's we discoovered the
lazy man's guide to scate happyness, yes, we found multi-level
parking garages. Seven-to-ten stories high, great concrete, and
no walking (for
there was an elivator system)! Until the law caught on to what
we were
doing, each Friday and Saturday night was "Autotopia".
Thanks for the memories.
JRFINTEL@aol.com
Damn mike,
Your article is like tripping down memory lane...I was wondering
if you
remember those plast GT skateboards....you know with the
flourescent colors?
I used to break those thing in half all the time! Of course it
was never my
board, and it was usually on the landing end of jumping over
bikes, mop
handles, even tried the ass end of a
datsun pick up truck...got real stoked on that one! I was on
the only Skate
Team in the Midwest, Sponsered by Pepsi, and RidgeRiders Skate
park! They
used to call me "Mr. Rad" , man I had the signature down and
everything.
I picked up a new skool deck not to long ago, trying out some of
the new
street style, but to no avail! sold the bord to a Grom down the
street....Anyway, I wanted to let you know that my skate
salvation has
returned with the purchase of my latest deck! It's a 48" long
board Joel
Tudor design from Think Skateboards, I have my groove
back.....nothing like
going out and carving a parking lot, or a parking garage!
Stay Stoked,
Lance Mr.Rad
Anyway, thanks for reminding me of some good things. I'm now
35 and
spend all of my time programming computers, being a dad and
generally
being an "almost geezer". I've just moved to Jacksonville,
Florida and
hear that the Kona Skatepark is here. Maybe I will have to dust
off my
board and give it a go one of these days.
Greg W
Hello Michael:
I remember those days all too well. That skateboarding essay
brought
back alot of memories. My body's a little too worked, but I still
ride
freestyle boards that I cut down:I found a good source of
tailplates,
and I still have a few F.U. boards left from when I rode for
them.
Skating in the NSA and CASL contest were a blast.
I remember seeing Ty Page, and Russ Howell was crazy for spinning
that
much on metal wheels. I found Russ's e-mail address on the net
and
wrote
him. I was so stoked on seeing him, the guy that had his GT
commercial
on TV in the 1970's...
I freestyled with all of the guys in Nor. Cal. No one knew any of
us,
but it was so much fun skating with Ray Meyers, Ray Gardia,
Anthony
Sedillo, Curtis, and everybody else. Going to Golden Gate Park on
Sundays. I started skating with those clay wheels. Rocks and
pebbles
were the enemy.
Do you remember Staton Skateboards, Power Paws, and
Chicago and X-Caliber trucks? Or the Henry Hester Road Rider
Slalom
wheel? Wayne Brown skateboards? I better stop now.
If you ever find a
book called Skateboard, written by Stephen Kane, Anthony and I
are the
freestylers in that publication.
By the way, if you know anybody with old skate gear they want
to sell,
I'm really looking for the old stuff that I sold to finance new
boards when I was younger.
Tunnel Waldo Autry model (Tunnel was cool, they gave me wheels
when I was knee high to a cockroach).
Any Neverflex skateboard
Primo Desiderio Freestyle model from Madrid. (I know the vision
ones are really rare)
Hans Lingren Freestyle model (New Deal, the crows in the vine)
These Variflex boards: Lucero Bondage model, Billy Beaugard
model,Steve
Hirch model, Stuart Singer model(freestyle)
Don Brown Freetyle model. The last one with the pig graphic.
Sims/Vision Steve Rocco model with the checkers and beveled edges
Walker skateboards. Looking for Tim Brown and Joe Humeres models.
You're right, G-turns are rad. I think the backside ones are
harder to
hold than the frontside ones. things get interesting when you try
to do
a shove-it or kickflip out of them.
Wally S.
sk84beer@ix.netcom.com
Very cool Page you got here, I'm gonna send that dude in
Slovakia some skate stuff, were all so fu**in spoiled here, but
I'm sure some sticker's and pics he'll be stoked. Good things
come from a good page.
Hey, yo, fellow skategeezer bro--
Hey I dug your page, I was looking up Skateboarder mag and it
showed up to your page. I have been skateboarding and been in
Skate Rock bands all of my life, Los Olvidados, Drunk injuns, The
Faction,Odd Man Out,etc. My newest and favorite band is Clay
Wheels and we are all old Skaters!
From: Pep Armstrong
Dude!! I can't believe this page!! What memories!! Stroker,
Bennett, Road Rider and Logan are names I thought long forgotten.
I'm 30 years old and haven't skated regularly for 9 years. Some
18 year-old skater I used to work with dragged me to the local
skatepartk here in Dallas (Jeff Phillips'old park) and I
remembered why I quit. I got the wind knocked out of me and
almost broke my ankle. But I still get a knot in my stomach
watching all this skating from time-to-time on ESPN2. I started
skating when I got my first board on Christmas day 1975. It was
all downhill from there. I didn't quit until I was 22 due to a
back injury.
Guy/girl skaters take up the hobby for different reasons, only
they know why. In my own case, I lived in the foothills above
Pearl Harbor on an island & most of the Hawaiian and Filipino
kids skateboardedfor the hobby. Back then, in the late 60's, you
couldn't go to a skateshop and buy a custom board, you had to
build one yourself & have it aerodynamically designed to travel
fast down steep hills.
Hey! Found your homepage in search of the answer to a
question...if anybody knows the answer, seems like it would be
you!
Hey, just thought I'd say "hello' - I'm 34 & still poolriding and
can't think of anything better to do. We're building a free
skatepark in Philadelphia that is psuedo-retro w/bowls & 3/4
pipes & stuff.
I liked your page a lot because it seems that it was people like
you who
invented all the tricks that we do or that I TRY to do.
My name is Randy. I am currently in a college class on the
history and rules of sports.
Email: sixman@tenet.edu
I live in Hong Kong, and the skate scene here sucks! There aren't
many good places to skate round here and everyone gets busted.
There have a skatepark here but it's only 500sf. I've been
skating for about 2 years.
At age 35 I still ride hills and mostly slalom down mountains
here in the Tucson area. I have two custom slalom boards. One
43 in wheelbaser for myself and on a couple inches shorter that I
loan out to the local teens.
I rode my first skateboard in 1964 in the small town of
Sweetwater, Texas. My dad made that first board from some scrap
plywood and a pair of steel wheeled shoe skates. I also have a
vague memory of what I think was the Hobie team performing a demo
in our town. I didn't really skate again until 1969 when I found
that same board in an old chest in our garage, at this time we
were living in Anchorage, Alaska (I was amilitary brat).
Hi, just read your skate 76 piece, brought back memories. I have
skated for the last 27 years and am not about to stop....much to
my wife's dismay. A newly aquired all terrain board has her
diving for cover as I carve up and down neighbours nice banked
lawns on our downhill street!
Hey there,
Louis (LoCo) C.
I am not a skategeezer of any sort. I am a girl so I am a Real
Old School Skateboarder, and proud of it. I used to skaterace
with the island kids (half-Hawaiians, Japanese, Filipino, etc.)
and with my stupid brother Mike, who used to make my
aerodynamically designed skateboard for me. Actually, he is smart
because he is stationed at the Air Force Academy in Colorado
Springs, in Civil Engineering.
Hey, My friend in Holland put your link up on our Sidewalk
Surfing page.
Sims Pure Juice * Sims 42" * Carlsbad * Larry Bertleman * Rick
Blackhart * Bombora Pipe * OJ Radial Juice * PowerFlex * Tunnel *
PowerPaw * IKS * John Hutson * RAD PADS *---
Reading your stuff is like coming in from the cold! I guess I fit
in with the rest of the 'geezer gang': 39 years, started
mid-70's, kind of
stopped begin 80's, and now riding again (oh so carefully!).
Email: mfaber@vegro.nl
I enjoyed reading your synopsis of Skateboarding in the 70's. I
was also an eleven year old skateboarding fanatic in 1976....I
was sitting in front of my computer with my 9 year old son (Joey
- also a skateboarding fanatic).
I have been skating for over 22 years and when I saw this web
site, I just couldn't resist. It is great to see that people
from the mid 70's and who remember the great skateparks and teams
of that era are still doing it.
Wow, what a great page...makes me feel really old....
I was just checking out your geezer site! WOW, other people who
still remember the old days. Skateboarding was my life from 76 -
84. I still have a Skull Skates Dave Hackett model that I
occasionally take out for a spin! Most of my time is spent
working, family and Mt. Biking, but I don't think a day goes by
where I don't think about skating. I'm glad when I step on my
board and I still have the ability to still ride!
Glen E. Friedman is a photographer whose work has been seen in
Skateboarder. He has also taken photos of many,
many bands including Black Flag. Check out more about Glen at
the:
WOW! I don't know where to start, I guess that's how ya' know
you're qualified to be here, eh? Anyhow, I'm fully stoked there's
an outlet like this to give a BIG what's up to anybody who's been
into sk8boarding for a good while, and by all means give me
a shout back, whenever ya' want. I'll always respond to what ya'
got, and we'll just have an "OLD SKOOL COMMUNE" goin' on anytime
it's to cold to skate, or whenever you or anybody's got something
on their mind.
ERIC B. SK8TOAD@aol.com
Reading some of the comments on your skate geezers page made me
really
nostalgic for the 70's. It was my whole life then. G&S Fiberflex,
Bennett trucks, Tracker trucks, Road Riders, Simms Bowl Riders,
Alva
Boards, Z-flex, etc. I spent all of my weekends doing four-hour
sessions at the Longwood Pipeline in Florida along with various
pools
half-pipes. My high school yearbook had a half-page picture of me
doing
a front-side aerial out of one of the bowls at Longwood Pipeline.