What Vintage Skateboard Did You Ride or Do You Ride Now?

If you lived in Southern California anywhere from the 60's to the 80's and were a teen or had a teen around that time period, chances are you know about the Vintage Skateboard. My name is Brian Garvin and was born and raised in Yuppieville Orange County, CA. Born in the city of orange, then moved out to Placentia, you were a dead duck as a young teenager if you had a bogus skateboard. I had a Powell Peralta Ray "Bones" Rodriguez board, the ruby colored one with the skull in the middle of it. Had this Vintage Skateboard for 5 straight years.

I remember how fun it was riding our Vintage Skateboard in the Irrigation Ditches and gully, before they turned the gully into apartments, but by that time I was no longer living in the area. During the summer it was usually very dry, so we cleared out the brush and and had fun down there for hours. There was also a Big-O Skateboard Park out there which we went to a lot. They had some of the biggest pools and you really had to have a big set of gonads to skate those.

I'm not gonna say I was one of the best, but I did come out a big winner. That's because I enjoyed by Vintage Skateboard for 5 straight years up until I graduated from High School and went into the Marines. We skateboarded everywhere we went just about, even to school. And at local parties in Corona and Riverside which was where I lived when I was in High School, my friends and I did have the chance to meet some of the best Skateboarders around.

I personally liked the wider boards myself, although I knew some friends that did some amazing stunts on some of the narrower skateboards. The wider Vintage Skateboards seemed to give me a lot more traction and a lot more momentum. I remember one time there was this real steep hill. My friend and myself sat down on our skateboards, crossed legs and went down together. I thought my heart was gonna lodge right out of my mouth. Luckily we made it.

Weren't those the days. If you've owned or used a Vintage Skateboard, you definitely know what I'm talking about. Hopefully you'll share your thoughts on your Skateboarding experiences below and help keep the Vintage Skateboard dream alive. I live in Oceanside, CA. now, and I still regret sometimes that I wasn't born in Santa Cruz! You all know that Vintage Skateboarding is the bomb. Also feel free to link to some of your Vintage Skateboard Decks, I'd love to see them! Also when you're a kid ride skateboards until you are blue in the face, but make sure that after you graduate you take steps to become a productive member of society. This means going to Trade School, attending one of the many Vocational Technical Schools or going to College.