What Skateboard did you ride??

[Marvelmania]

Went through many K-Mart type boards but I finally talked my dad into buying me a great one through a mail order company out of Skateboader mag. I ordered a Sims Taperkick with Bennett Pro trucks and red Sims Pure Juice wheels. When it arrived it was all there except the company apologized for an extra 2 week delay and they replaced the red Sims Pure Juice wheels with the newest on the market, Sims Green Snakes wheels! I was in heaven! One of the best summers of my life!

[Man of Action]

Yeah..Caballero is a great guy..I met him at the 83 snowboard world championship,,,he ate all my french fries while I was talking to Billy Ruff...I hear he is still a great rider!! I didnt know he had MEGOs..very cool

[Bizarro Amy]

What skateboard did I ride? None. Now, what skateboard did I fall off of until my mom convinced me to sell it? That was just a really simple one, it had black gritty stuff over most of it and said "Nash" in blue letters. I didn't keep it for long.

[steelcouch]

Steve Caballero was selling with a friend of his. He has a decent mego collection. He had two vintage boards at the san jose toy show he was selling at cheap prices. Megoru was there and he introduced me to him. Really cool guy. Will probably be there at the next san jose show in a couple months. Hey fresno is only 15 minutes from me. Small world.

[Wee67]

in 1977, I think I had one like that V-2 Brian showed in the ad. I remember being embarrassed that mom insisted I wear a helmet. I was even more embarrassed when it was the same helmet that Adam Rich wore on some celebrity show.

I got out of boarding but got my first wide board in '81- a black Kryptonics deck that didn't split in half until '83. Then I went witrh my favorite - the Steve Steadham Powell Peralta deck-

[Remco Monster]

I was a major skater in the 80's. My favorite board I ever rode was the G&S, Neil Blender, Coffee Break.

[palitoy]

A blue V-05, I still have it!

[rch427]

Hah! --two other central Cal guys. The couch (and apartment) I mentioned was in Fresno. I grew up in Madera.

Alot if it was in decent shape.

Damn! Stupid me.

i had a Vision Mark "Gonzo" Gonzales, which was a great baord! i would like to own one of those again. i actually just saw Steve Caballero at a local toy show so it brought back old skating memories while i was talking to him. Juan "steelcouch" saw him there as well.

Wow! Interesting connection. Was he selling or shopping?

[mego boy CA]

i had a Vision Mark "Gonzo" Gonzales, which was a great baord! i would like to own one of those again. i actuallyu just saw Steve Caballero at a local toy show so it brought back old skating memories while i was talking to him. Juan "steelcouch" saw him there as well.

[steelcouch]

Alot if it was in decent shape.

[rch427]

I had a GT; I think it stood for "GrenTech" (this would've been in the mid-'70s). It was absolute crap compared to the boards that came out just a couple of years later. Another kid broke the plastic deck, so I made a replacement in woodshop class out of 1" thick ash. It had zero flex, but I don't think I had discovered flex yet!

In about 1984, I was sharing an apartment with a semi-pro skater, which meant that a lot of the pros of the time would crash on our couch when they came through town. I recall that, after Steve Caballero stayed over, he left one of the Bones Brigade boards he was riding behind, which I instantly glommed. But when I tried riding it, I found I didn't have the skill to control it worth a damn. A year later, when I moved to SF, I left it behind. Stupid, stupid, stupid. What would it go for on eBay today?!

[Mikey]

Never had a skateboard

I grew up on a rural farm and skateboards and dirt roads just don't go together

[4NDR01D]

Does anyone still skate? I do, but I broke my arm super bad a few years ago so I'm a lot more timid when it comes to skating these days. I have a Gravity street deck and a Sector 9 long board. Usually I'll just get on my longboard and cruise around. No tricks or anything, just good 'ol sidewalk surfing.

I don't really skate anymore, but there are plans of putting a skate park in my town, and there's one close by in Napanee (Avril's hometown big whoop),
Funny thing is how much I still think about skating, I watch all the old vids (STREETS OF FIRE!!!) on youtube.
These vids are what got me into all the great 80's punk bands (their soundtracks largly made up of SST punk-Sonic Youth, Black Flag, Decendents, Minutemen., firehose etc)
Jason Jesse's run is burned into my head with minutemens world war3-"I try to go to work, I keep thiking about world war 3, I keep thinking of russia, russia, russia!!" it's was the crazyest think I had ever heard backwhen I was 12.

[4NDR01D]

Hey I finally found a pic of the board I used to have. If anyone knows where I can get one like it I would really appreciate it. Heres the pic. Its a Per Welinder freestyle board.
http://megomuseum.com/mmgallery/file...erDeck01og.jpg

That's my first one too! I should geussed from your first post ,but I was thining you ment skateboard helmet, powell did a lotof skeletons and skulls ad such, so easy to get them all mixed up.
Anyways, if your serious about getting another, look to find a repro (they do make them) because the originals in good shape (especially Powell and Santa Cruz) cost a fortune.

[gman]

My brother bought me a Logan Earth Ski -- the thing was 32" long -- I remember hooking a ski rope behind his motorcycle and skiing through the mall that was under construction on it. My mom sold it in a garage sale to a neighbor kid while I was away at college -- he still has it and won't sell it back to me -- said he waited for my mom to sell it when I was gone. It a beautiful board and the only cool thing my brother ever bought me. He probably stole it.