Skateboarding.....in the 80s......

[anonymous-user]

Got talking to a mate of my middle boy in the village today who was with skateboard..

Told him about my board back in 'the day' - a Stacey Peralta Warptail, with ACS651's and Blue Kryptonics - he looked at me like I was from Mars...

Have I remembered correctly or is my memory playing tricks? I seem to recall the Blue Kryptonics were 'hard'......

[y2blade]

I wish I still had my old powel peralta

[V12Les]

Yeah your right.
I had a FiberFlex deck with Gullwing trucks and Bellair wheels...thinking about it i've still got it somewhere

[s3fella]

had ham said:

Got talking to a mate of my middle boy in the village today who was with skateboard..

Told him about my board back in 'the day' - a Stacey Peralta Warptail, with ACS651's and Blue Kryptonics - he looked at me like I was from Mars...

Have I remembered correctly or is my memory playing tricks? I seem to recall the Blue Kryptonics were 'hard'......

You'll end up on a register somewhere if you go round talking to young boys abotu your "kryptonics!!"


His board is probably from ebay and he knows nothing about it. When we were younger, you had to research and save up for stuff like boards bikes etc, so you knew more about them. Now it's all chinese shyte and they are just given it, then throw it away when they get bored/ break it!

Disposable society nowadays

[sone]

Pink kryptonics me, very soft loads of grip and rolled for ever. Cant remember my deck.

[Sisyphus]

Hobie deck with lime green kryptonics for me; God I'm getting old , that was the '70's

[y2blade]

i had cross bones/street bones wheels on mine. mega soft for street skating...you could push your thumb nail right into them

Edited by y2blade on Friday 10th April 18:59

[Driller]

California Freeformer here

[forks]

Santa Cruz for me

[leggly]

Kryptonics went red/soft blue/medium green/hard when i was skating in the late seventies. i now have a dogtown bulldog deck with tracker 8tracks and green kryptonics and a giant slalom deck with 8"gullwings and red kryptonics. i'm only 45 so i don't see why i should stop yet!

[central]

70mm red Kryps, Sims Superply 11" and Alva conicals were some of the highlights for me.

[Johnny]

I had (& still have) a Vision Ken Park, Indy trucks and Santa Cruz Slimeball seconds. Loved it.

I also picked up a Birdhouse Bucky Lasek with Indy trucks and Ricta Rune Glifberg wheels when I was at the X Games in Philly a few years back. 'Tis lovely.

Edited by Johnny on Friday 10th April 19:40

[Pupp]

Various Dog Town decks up to 12" wide, 9 inch Trackers and Magatron trucks (used to go through 'em) and Dog Town Rock n Roller wheels that I had turned off the rear recesses on. Had some Bones wheels and some Bel Air Lipbombs too... loved it

[PaulHogan]

Yeah, I had big blue Krps. Also reds and some little green ones iirc.

[anonymous-user]

leggly said:

Kryptonics went red/soft blue/medium green/hard when i was skating in the late seventies. i now have a dogtown bulldog deck with tracker 8tracks and green kryptonics and a giant slalom deck with 8"gullwings and red kryptonics. i'm only 45 so i don't see why i should stop yet!

To right fella, good lad

[Balmoral Green]

Leif Garrett is looking pretty bloody rough these days.

[jmorgan]

Chunk of skirting board and a roller skate. Went down hill OK.


ETA opps, that was me in the 70's

Edited by jmorgan on Friday 10th April 20:37

[HRG]

My fractured skull would probably still show up on x-ray. Helmets were for girls in those days

[Not now Kato]

Z Flex Jay Adams, Tracker Mids, G&S Wonkers with Sims bearings. I cant believe that I remembered all that, it must be 25 years since I've thought about my old board.

[jeremyc]

So did anyone else venture up to Skate City at London Bridge and the South Bank to skate?

Oh, and homemade deck, Tracker trucks and red 70mm Kryptonites.