old school skateboard thread

I have an Avla Mario Rubalacabba deck with gulwing street shadow trucks and Santa Cruz slime balls with bridgebolts sat next to me in the workshop 😀

Deck won in a Skateboard magazine comp, really deep concave and massive, great for cruising around

Kryptonics, Gullwing trucks and a board with grippy emery paper stuff stuck on it.

Same with bikes, never cared what they look like.

I helped build Dickers with Stampy, who I still see every now and again, he’s actually OK now !

I ditched FB a while ago, but if you bump into him soon say hi from Daz.

Then give him a dead arm for me! 🙂

Haze- Daz as in Glaze of the Wordsley Kruw ?

K’ford, but yeah close enough!

Not seen you in a while (Al, used to be from Wyrley, skated with Turv)

I had a g&s bowlrider, with tracker fulltrack’s and excellerator (?) wheels. changed the deck to a benjyboard john sablosky.
Skated at the southbank, MDB and one in wandworth in an old cinema.
I’d love to know what happened to those boards.

Likewise Al hope you’re well mate, do you still see Walsall’s answer to Bill Danforth?!

I remember skating the vert with yourself and Nobby a few times, seeing him make his first Indy Nosepick. Good days!

I’d love to know what happened to those boards.

I know what happened to my Death Box board – the bottom step in South Bank..

Cleared the flight on the first attempt, so I had to have another, rather expensive, go. Caught the tail and snapped clean off across the truck bolts.

Daz, Turvs living down in Devon, Nobby is still skating vert regularly at Epic. Got a little concrete bowl locally Ive had a few plays on, the micro scooters make me angry though.

I know stampy has turned into a full on gym dude… My pal sees him quite often.

I’m pretty close to the Ideal lot,Zip, bob and Kris and still see skiff, Benny, Biffa moved to singapore or somewhere like that, and a few other old B’ham rippers (ones taht had been shredding 10 years plus when I started)

Walsall has an amazing new park in the arboretum, and so many rad little parks popping up around B’ham.

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this is me at Ideal mini a few months ago…

passtherizla,
Good bunch of lads they are, apart from Clenton (Biffa).
Didnt know about the arboretum, has it got transitions / bowls or is it all flat banks & blocks ?

Ah yes, had a blast at Epic a while back but haven’t skated for a fair bit now. Spending all my spare time on bikes!

I know Zip, Bob, Kris and Benny well, among others. Grew up skating with them at Wheels, you might remember Jagger as well?

Haven’t seen Biffa in years, not since the Birmingham days.

scruff… ha ha whats up with biffa apart from those crazy eyes?

Yeah i know Jagger how could anyone forget the cod! didn’t he move to the states? I’ve not seen him in 10 years! you probably know Alex, skiff and sprog too? dodgy mick, nath?

why won’t my picture show up!? in the post above? I’m being dim obviously?

Oh and I have keys to the ramp so if you fancy a STW brum ramp shred I’m in!

I think Jagger’s in London now, or was last time I heard off him anyway.

Nice pic, here’s the only one I’ve got of me (at Barrow, thanks B’ham skate archive)

Rizla-Which ramp ?

Only joking abut Biffa but he is from from Muckley Corner.

Does sprog look older than 16 yet ?

Daz I think you might have been at Epic last time I was there with Matt/Nobby 3 ago maybe. Where do you ride bikes ?

Started skating again this summer – joined up On middle age shred, some great lads on there. Still bloody harder than I remember though haha. Hardest bit is fitting it in around biking

Ideal ramp dude… ideal ramp…

haha sprog still looks 16! he’s gotta be about 35 now!!! love that guy! proper fully talented artist.

Where do you ride bikes ?

Off road it’s mostly night rides, local woods and loops to pubs etc. Occasional trips up to the Chase or Llandegla but it’s been a while since we’ve ventured far.

Daylight hours are few and far between, save them for the road bike.

I guess you’re on the Chase a fair bit, it’s more or less on your doorstep?

Its 5 mins along a BW, go over DH alot aswell to bring the radness. Hope to bump into you at some point.

My first board was a SC Jeff Kendall Too. Had the lowest tail ever and was a bit rubbish to be honest, but the graphic was great! Put me off Santa Cruz for life I think.

Then got a PP Ray Underhill (wanted a Schmitt Stix Danger), still in my parents garage.

Had those plastic based Tracker Ultralight trucks too.