Yup. Broke my heart.

Anybody remember when Hosoi got busted for coke?

He's out now and on the QuickSilver tip..... that was bad, but he's skating again.
But yea the Gator thing, made me grow up a little I think back then.

Gonzo was recently giver a transworld lifetime something or other .....still skating he is... looking more like Tom Waits though

this cat(fred smith) used to skate this halfpipe we use to ride and skate on in Newton Center,MA, About 17 years plus ago and hung out with him at anti 4th of july concert with D.O.A. and the Dickies

first deck powell rat bones
favorite board hosi hammerhead.

Yeah that Gator documentary was crazy. That guy was messed up.

i've seen spin-offs for tv shows, but this is just... ok, this is sweet.

first: tiny yellow & blue nash, without griptape, so i put duct tape on it. (i still have it.)
favorite: any/all old school powell-peralta
http://www.jumblestore.com/blog/kashiwa/powell.jpg

i think he was referring more to the trendiness of the company. i actually think alien workshop decks feel pretty nice. lotsa pop.

I guess I should have clarified. Everyone made fun of people with aliens.

I was never super into them, but I have to say, when Don Pendelton was rocking the art direction, some of the graphics were really nice. IMO, he's being waisted at element.

Man a few years ago, my friend hit up this thrift store and got me an original, nearly new version of that jacket. I still bust it out for special occastions. It made me bummed that I got rid of my rat bones one.

Skate TV shows on Nickalodean sometimes. lol

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/4209/stickem4.jpg
My old vert stick... once it got a little soggy it became a street stick hence the indy's on it.

As soon as the masses are offered easy entry into what was an exclusive subculture there's a backlash. Happens all the time.

http://www2.arnes.si/~soddbaro/jaz/shb9.jpg the series in this one was in were some of my fav graphics, probably because it straight up ripped off breakfast cereals.

and then I've always love toy machine.

http://artofskateboarding.com/Pg/Dec...vsbear1998.jpg

first was like this:

http://8712.teacup.com/straight/img/.sh-vs0003d.jpg

one of my favorites:

http://www.skateboardcollector.com/p...y/blender1.jpg

one of the best i ever had:

http://cikasskateteam.tripod.com/sit...s/zooyork2.jpg

Hmm, my very first deck was a Kamikaze from cotco or somethin'.
Hmm, ive had (in no order) psycho stick, a rob roskopp, tony hawk, lance mountain, tommy guerrero, mark gonzalez, mini cab, Natas Kapas, and some others I cant recall.

I think my favorites were the TG and MG decks.

First deck - G&S Billy Ruff "Joker/Puppetmaster" [?] with Tracker trucks and Kryptonics wheels. I think I still have it...
It's also my last deck. I sucked so bad at skating, I rode my bike instead.

aww damn, now I'm going to dust off the old deck and go kill the streets!

first deck: maple matchhead (CANT FIND A PICTURE ANYWHERE??? ANY HELP??)

this was also my favorite deck. i believe i rode it until there was about an inch or 2 missing from the tail and nose.

also, any baker deck has always satisfied me.

mooooooove

First Board:
Powell Blank.

Favorite Board(s):
Riot Victor Timofeev Guest Artist Series
http://riotskateboards.com/products/burningcitydeck.jpghttp://riotskateboards.com/products/jump-deck.jpg
Any Consolidated Graphic. Krooked has awesome graphics, but I've never ridden a board.

Oh, and Krudco Boards are awesome.
http://myspace-702.vo.llnwd.net/0106...63810702_l.jpghttp://myspace-139.vo.llnwd.net/0125...55581139_l.jpg

First real deck:
http://skateboardgraphics.com/img/image32.jpg

Favorite deck : none, really, once I realized bikes were faster and could go uphill I never really looked back.

Black label power beam... hands down... skated it for a year before i finally broke it.

lol...actually sr. old man when I was skating, boards would get torn up relatively quickly. In my day, they were lighter and more destructable, especially how we slid on the graphics....

I was a bit torn when i realized that I would have to start scratching up my first board to do certain ****, but you get over that. I wasn't as much into my favorite board graphics as I was my favorite sneakers or even my favorite trucks

Yeah, but I'm sure you had a favorite company.
You can't say they are all the same.
Different wood, different concave, different shape.

The graphics are just a bonus.

New Skool "Dork" slick w/tracker B-52 trucks and, I believe, 46mm wheels.

favourite: Zoo York, when they had the really angular sides.
(Skates on Haaight 8ply, a close second)

1st deck......

1987 schmitt stix ripsaw red varnish. wavy sides. pre-kicknose.

booya

1st deck was a generic deck that came with my first complete. My first real deck was an Element Featherlight circa 2000.

My favorite deck was the Krooked Sweatpants deck I used to have, but I've really been into the 7.75" Real Pricepoint I've been riding.

Never skated.

http://www.oldschoolnews.com/archive...kates_logo.gif
Good old skull skates blank

next

http://www.geocities.com/h_streetfre...ecialIssue.jpg

etc...etc...etc... for like 20years or something.

current

http://emagenetwork.com/product_phot.../waykiller.jpg

tru