Vintage Skateboards
Whether you were a hardcore skater, a rampside watcher, or even a board collector ...
If you want to get back into skating but find that new boards are just to narrow and you can't tell the difference between the nose and tail ...
If you want to find that favorite old school deck and hang it on your wall ...
If you want to find out about great 8o's deck manufacturers, like Powell and Peralta, Alva, SkullSkates, Vision, Santa Cruz, G&S, and the pros who rode them ...
Or if you just want to stroll down memory lane and see some of the classic skateboard decks from the 80's ...
Then you are in the right place
This just in ... It's been 20 years and Animal Chin has just been reported missing again, see if you can find him here and drop a line in the guestbook.
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Powell and Peralta
Powell and Peralta is probably the most famous of the 80's skateboard manufacturers, having the single most famous skater ever, Tony Hawk, a member of the Powell Bones Brigade, riding for them.
George Powell, the Godfather of skateboard manufacturing and Stacy Peralta, skateboarding legend/film producer, both founders of Powell and Peralta, have recently re-joined forces once again in an effort to re-relase many vintage skateboards and other merhcandise.
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Powell and Peralta Reissued Decks
Vision
Vision was established in 1976. By the early 80's, with the release of Gator's pro model, and the ultra successful "Vision Street Wear" brand, the company experienced exponential growth. Vision became enormously popular and was a marketing machine for many years. Still today, Vision Street Wear is one of the most successful skateboarding clothing manufacturers, most notably for their Vision Street Wear Shoes, made the same since their creating back in the 80's.
Vision Re-issued Skateboard Decks
Oldschool Vision Skateboards on the Auction Block
These sell out quickly and may never be back.
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One of my personal favorite of all skateboard manufacturers is Alva due to their cutting edge deck design and graphics, not to mention they just skated great.My first ever PRO Skateboard deck was a Bill Danforth made by Alva. (pictured on the left)
Alva was founded by Tony Alva in 1977. Alva's company was the first company ever run and owned by a skateboarder as well as being one of the first to use layered maple plywood for their skate decks.
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Zorlac
Zorlac was probably my all time favorite of skateboards made in the eighties. Many Zorlac boards featured art by Pushead , a favorite of mine, as well unique deck cutouts, which I enjoyed more than the basic cutout. Zorlac was started in a two-car garage some 30 years ago and is probably most famous for the Metallica Skateboard, one I am still fortunate enough to still own and has become quite the collectors item now. Zorlac Metallica Board
and other great oldschool decks by Zorlac
The Metallica Skateboard by Zorlac is one of the most sought after vintage skateboard decks from the 80's. It has seen to fetch as much as $400 dollars from popular auction sites such as eBay. It's fame is partially due to the great recent demand of oldschool skateboard collecting but mostly due to the huge success of the band Metallica. At the time the skateboard was released Metallica, just on the rise, actually was pretty heavy into skating and before their great fame if they weren't rocking out or guzzling imported beer they were skateboarding. James Hetfield actually broke his arm skateboarding in 1986 while touring with Ozzy and their record label then forced them to sign a "No Skateboarding Contract".
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One deck that I definatly wish I still had or zorlac would reissue issue is their Gargoyle Deck.. (pictured on left) It was the only deck that I ever snapped into and it hung on my bedroom wall for years, before it became lost to moving. Unfortunatly, Zorlac has only reissued the following decks thus far:- John Gibson's Pig
- Gringo Double Cut
- Craig Johnson's Voodoo
and these go very quickly. Click the decks below to get a better look at them.
Santa Cruz
Santa Crux began in 1973 and was started by Richard Novak. Today Santa Cruz, still located in Santa Cruz, California, manufactures skateboards and wheels and have added snowboards, surfing, and a complete line of gear for any type of boarding. Like most other vintage skateboard manufacturers Santa Cruz has began re-releasing old school decks by such famous Pro Skateboarders as Corey O'Brian, Rob Roskopp, and Jason Jessee.
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Dogtown
Suicidal Tendencies- Possessed to Skate
Skateboarding Anthem from the Eighties
This is the original video by Suicidal Tendencies for their song Possessed to Skate featuring some classic skateboard tricks and their own Suicidal Deck.
Suicidal Tendencies were from Venice Beach and their own band skateboard was manufactured by DogTown.
Vintage and reissued Dogtown Skateboards
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Jerry Madrid started out shaping surfboards in his parents' garage in Norwalk California. To a surfer, Skateboarding is the next best thing when the waves weren't good, so Jerry enjoyed riding the streets instead of the water. With his passion for shaping boards, it is no surprise that his shaping surfboards turned into shaping skateboards. Jerry Madrid started making skateboards out of fiberglass in the late 1960's. He developed different types of laminations, shapes, and dimensions. Using the knowledge gained from making surfboards, Jerry Madrid turned to making skateboards for friends and laminating anything from stickers, magazine covers, or posters onto the decks. In the early 70's Jerry brought his brother Jeff Madrid into the picture to help with new designs.
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Skull Skates was founded in 1976 and began mass producing skateboards, clothing, and accessories in 1978. It was founded by the Ducommun Brothers, Rick and Peter. The Most memorable skull skate deck to me is the "Dead Guys", which was coffin shaped and featured John Belushi, Elvis, Sid Vicious, James Dean, Jimmi Hendrix, and Albert Eisnstein, painted on the bottom, but the Skull Skate Logo is as unforgettable and timeless as skateboarding itself.
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Search For Animal Chin Special Edition
Amazon Price: (as of 01/05/2010)
Twenty Years Since the original release... The Search for Animal Chin has been remastered and re-released in this special edition version with the original Bones Brigade, Steve Caballero, Tommy Guerrero, Tony Hawk, Mike McGill, Lance Mountain. This special release includes Includes the original version of The Search for Animal Chin,
A full length Brigade audio commentary version of The Search for Animal Chin, featuring Stacy and the full brigade, the entertaining new 44 Minute Documentary The Making of Animal Chin, produced and directed by Don Hoffman in collaboration with Stacy Peralta.
Plus, an audio section featuring Bones Brigade video tunes with an Easter egg full of surprise additions. Video coverage of a special presentation honoring Steve Caballeros 25th Anniversary with Powell Skateboards at ASR,
A complete scene selection menu with Easter egg featuring the never before seen, Johnny Rad dressing room scene,
Hilarious, never before seen outtakes and bloopers,
Video trailers of other Bones Brigade videos and
"A Have You Seen Him?" sticker.
SO... what do you think about Skateboards or Skating From the 80's
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- Mikelangelo Mikelangelo Dec 5, 2009 @ 2:32 am
- Man how can you manage to find such rare and beautiful skateboard everyday
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- HESSIAN Damion HESSIAN Damion Nov 8, 2009 @ 8:20 pm
- just found your site>cool! i am 41 and still skate! noticed you mentioned cryptic slaughter , i just played a tape the other day. i have a ray rodriguez deck from epic that is cool but i cant find it to see what it is worth? it is in good shape and gonna put it on e-bay? i put brand new rib & tail bones on it. any idea or was he a nobody? i cant remember how log i have had it? also have two z-flex roller trucks i am gonna sell. do you remember those? i dont think they were out very long ?
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- robert c. stevens robert c. stevens Aug 29, 2009 @ 1:17 pm
- i have a ross goodman santa cruz deck from 89 that is still in the wrapper. i want to get rid of it but don't know what it is worth. i cant find any info on it because it is so rare. the art is of a grave digger with his dog.
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- Skiguru Skiguru Jul 1, 2009 @ 3:36 am
- Does anyone remember the Benjiboard and other solid wood boards like that?
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- Janusz Janusz May 13, 2009 @ 9:34 am
- Blessed by a Squid (Sports fan) Angel :)
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Also I am looking for old school decks, no, not ones in mint condition that you would want a mint for, I just want them to hang in my garage regardless of condition to remind me of years past. Drop me a line if you have one laying around in your garage or basement that you'd just assume throw out than keep around. - thanks
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