What skateboard deck did you grow up riding?

[robin3mj]

i broke a couple sets of gullwing trucks too...then I switched to tracker. Started riding my BMX 10:1 over my skateboard so I never had a chance to break another.

Independent Trucks, yo.

[nrs5000]

My buddy had the Gator, in pink. I had a Vision Hippie Stick, like so:
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I had another one after that. Then I faced the truth that I sucked at skating, and got my first roadbike.

[funcrusher]

I had a hosoi hammerhead II...pretty crazy what happened to that dude

I sucked at skating...truly

Pretty interesting that you used to be able to name a deck my looking at the shape...now it is just graphics

Modern decks look all look like freestyle decks!!

Pretty cool that Roskopp now makes mountain bikes

[ElvisMerckx]

I had a hosoi hammerhead ...

That's what I had.

[rmplum]

Mostly this one:

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Pre-fancy shapes, pre-Bonite. Clear grip on top, Tracker trucks with the nylon base.

My mom must have thrown it away or ditched it in a garage sale after I went to college? Not sure.

[ldamelio]

Section of 2x4 from my father's stock in garage. Nailed a split roller skate (the kind with the metal key to tighten and the wing nut to size) to the bottom. Swiped my mother's food coloring in lieu of paint -made a nice tye dye scheme. Skateboard easily converted to a scooter by nailing a wooden fruit crate to the top. Now I ride a bike that cost more (literally) than the house I grew up in. Weird.

[lala]

A Town and Country with Tracker trucks and lem drop wheels.

Rare Vintage Skateboard 80's Decks

[fvracer72]

I was pretty hardcore from my youth into all the way into college. The one I remember most from my child hood was a jeff phillips
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[christian]

Santa Cruz Rob Roskopp. The white one.

[C.Dyer]

Some of the decks I had, in no particular order:

H Street Danny Way
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World Industries Mike Vallely, two different ones.
This one:
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and the barnyard one:
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I had a Tommy Guerrero dagger board from Powell Peralta (this might have been my very first board)
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Trucks by Indy, always.

I sorta miss skating. I got to pump around in a mini pipe not that long ago, and it's amazing the muscle memory that sticks around. It was a blast.

[treadonme]

Logan earth ski, trackers, & big red Kryptos

[swt]

I had a ton over the years, but my first "real" deck was my Vision Gator.

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Same but orange. Others I don't remember as well.

[Chad]

Big black Alva, with the scar Alva logo. Sweet thread. Used to load all our shit on our bikes and skate/ride all the way across town to Fair Street or Flowerday's to skate. Lincoln had a pretty impressive skate scene. Midwest Melee .

I wasn't very good, but my buddies were, and it was all kinds of fun. Hosoi, Caballero, McGill, Steve Steadham, Lance Mountain they were all at the Midwest Melee, many others whose name's escape me. It was pretty impressive for a13 year old living in the a$$hole of the US to see them here.

[PJN]

All you duds are OLD.

Jerk was a member of the gullwing army? That shit is funny.

[holliscx]

I had a Tommy Guerrero dagger board from Powell Peralta (this might have been my very first board)

All these decks are coming back to me .. I also had a Guerrero dagger though mine was red; I remember liking that board.

[bontie]

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Neighbours kid had one of these, Independent trucks and T Bones - I was jealous

[Badonkadonk]

Mostly this one:

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Pre-fancy shapes, pre-Bonite. Clear grip on top, Tracker trucks with the nylon base.

My mom must have thrown it away or ditched it in a garage sale after I went to college? Not sure.

hey that's my board!
this was my go-to for ~5 years, i wonder where it went. why'd they put wheel wells on it, anyway?

[mainemike]

1st was an orange plastic cheapie from i think a store called rich's
then: gordon and smith and a logan earth ski
we had 1/4 pipes and 1/2 pipes for skating and bmx
i still hve a longboard which is rt by the front door for the occasional ride

[holliscx]

I need to sleep on this but I'm thinking about buying 3 of my favorite decks and hanging them somewhere as artwork. This thread has brought back a lot of positive memories and skate decks are really cheap modern art.

[Matthew Strongin]

I need to sleep on this but I'm thinking about buying 3 of my favorite decks and hanging them somewhere as artwork. This thread has brought back a lot of positive memories and skate decks are really cheap modern art.

Don't sleep on it...do it. I may steal your idea, actually.