Unpopular opinions
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Well, if we’re ruining this thread by talking about skating count me in. Beats the diets and handbags conversation a few months back (I might have made up the handbags but).
I started with a Gator board (what a loon he turned out to be), then a Santa Cruz Rob Roskop first of the double kick boards. After that I went to H Street and pretty much stayed there, the Eddie Elguera Scarecrow and El Goto boards were my go to for many years.
When I had a brief foray back into skating a few years back I found a company in Canada which makes plain decks to the shape of old classics, so I got the Scarecrow (minus graphics) back again and kitted it out with Gull Wings and G Bones.
True story time…
Back when I was about 11 or 12 the Bones Brigade toured the UK and amazingly did a demo in a place called Forest Town, which is a two street village next to where I live. I always loved ramp skating and went to see Hawk, Caballero and Mountain etc..... but after I saw Rodney Mullen, and had the pleasure of meeting him, I never looked at a ramp again. -
I also never heard of Supreme until I got into the denim niche. And after I started thinking about it, I realized skating just didn't exist for us. I mean, sure, there were maybe a couple of kids that had boards, but it was about the same level as the dudes that played hackysack at lunch. Nobody considered it a lifestyle or anything. For us, the aspirational outsider-ish thing was surfing, which is utterly moronic, considering I grew up three hours from the ocean, and NC beaches aren't exactly world renowned for their waves.
So the cool brands of my teen years were Ocean Pacific, Quiksilver, Body Glove, O'Neill, and Town & Country. God, I loved T&C t-shirts.
Oh, and everyone, I mean everyone, had to have a Mr. Zog's Sex Wax sticker. Cause, you know, it's "the best for your stick!"
I used to own a T&C tee or two. Surf stuff was semi popular when I skated, even though none of us surfed. JimmyZ’s was also a thing.
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I definitely remember T and C and JimmyZ's…damn now we are getting nostalgic. They actually made a T and C video game for Nintendo back in the day. Loved the little Tiki men..
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I started with a Gator board (what a loon he turned out to be),
Currently locked up for murder right?
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I started with a Gator board (what a loon he turned out to be),
Currently locked up for murder right?
Yes
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And I think Christian Hosoi did a stint in prison for drug possession or trafficking or some such thing
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I skated Powell Peralta with Indy trucks and Santa Cruz Slimeballs in the 80’s. There was a crossover between skatewear and surf wear at the time, mostly because this was Wales and then Liverpool so any stores catered to both. I wore a lot of Hot Tuna for a while as a 13-year old [emoji23]
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Although I am a balding father in my (gasp) 30s, I still consider my formative years from 13-19 to be who I am today.
I still always have 3-4 skateboards laying around, and a guitar or two ready to lay down some Anti-Flag power chords.
I still have multiple pairs of “Bapestas” stashed away at my parents, and I wore the heck out of them, to the street wear wannabes dismay. I wore evisu jeans and hi-top ALife sneakers with Hedi Slimane Tees while blasting the Casualties in my Lancer. God I was cool (not haha)
I was probably also the only kid wearing Prada stacked jeans to warped tour in 2005 lol [emoji23]
I still live my life one quarter mile at a time (mainly because I can’t schedule anything further than 3 days in advance), and am thankful for the many subcultures I have always been able to insert myself Into.
I think we would all be cooler if we stayed 16. F*ck what anyone else thinks [emoji41]
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When we went to Hawaii a couple of years ago, I actually hunted down a T&C surf shop in the Pearl City mall and bought a half dozen t-shirts for myself and the kids. Picked up a small stack of the stickers, too.
It made me feel so old.
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When we went to Hawaii a couple of years ago, I actually hunted down a T&C surf shop in the Pearl City mall and bought a half dozen t-shirts for myself and the kids. Picked up a small stack of the stickers, too.
It made me feel so old.
Nab any Thrilla Gorilla stuff?
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Amazing how many of us are ex skaters.
I too saw the Bones Brigade tour in the UK.. southsea and Bracknell.
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Cool pic [emoji41]
Always loved this classic Gonz graphic
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Contrary to public believe, Mobile Alabama is actually quite behind on social and community initiates (stunned, I know). But three years ago, the city finally agreed to allow a public skatepark to be built.
In an effort to raise money for water fountains, I did some graphic (poor quality of course) work and made some gear for sale to show the young kids who paved the way.
The line was called OGs - which stood for “Old Guys Skating”
This was my logo:
And I made hats, shirts and some decks with “Mobile” written in Japanese - technically this translated to “Mobile” like a “Mobile Phone” instead of Mobile this city, but I didn’t like how the correct version looked, so artistic license and all that lol
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Interesting. There are a few mini public skate parks here, one of which is located next to an elementary school. It’s pretty basic but has a couple of mini ramps and slide rails.
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Nab any Thrilla Gorilla stuff?
Nah; from what I pieced together on the internet, there was some sort of falling out between T&C and the rights owner for all that artwork and the characters, so it's like it never existed when you go in the store. Kinda disappointing.
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Nab any Thrilla Gorilla stuff?
Nah; from what I pieced together on the internet, there was some sort of falling out between T&C and the rights owner for all that artwork and the characters, so it's like it never existed when you go in the store. Kinda disappointing.
Thrilla Gorilla stuff can be found here: https://thrillakrewgear.com
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Quite a few Skate parks in the Phoenix area…have been for a while as well...at least since the 80's. Used to be a Thrasherland out here but it closed....the Vans inside one of the malls in the West Valley was huge and had a skate park inside of it as well for a period of time but they closed the park section down.
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Reading through the last posts made me smile.
Most unpopular opinion: "It made me feel old!"
Reference pic from today.
Sims Jeff Phillips 1985
Jimmy 'z 1984
Town & Country bought 1986 Biarritz ((France)
Conklin Powell 1991
BodyGlove T from 1995
IH Duck 2018
No SupremeLots of nostalgia happening in that pic.
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Interesting. There are a few mini public skate parks here, one of which is located next to an elementary school. It’s pretty basic but has a couple of mini ramps and slide rails.
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The Twin Cities has enviable amentities that are years away from most southern towns that I'm familiar with. Paved, lit commuter bicycle trails were one of my favorites. Being able to ride in to work on the LRT and not dealing with sharing the road with motorized vehicles until I got downtown was amazing. Great parks too. I wish more cities were more like Minneapolis, even if it's a bit behind of my ideal on the light rail.
Buena Vista CO is a tiny town out here that is basically a mining town with a river tourism industry on the Arkansas River. They have a pretty nice little skate park, which impresses me for a town that size that is fairly conservative.
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Although I am a balding father in my (gasp) 30s, I still consider my formative years from 13-19 to be who I am today.
I still always have 3-4 skateboards laying around, and a guitar or two ready to lay down some Anti-Flag power chords.
I still have multiple pairs of “Bapestas” stashed away at my parents, and I wore the heck out of them, to the street wear wannabes dismay. I wore evisu jeans and hi-top ALife sneakers with Hedi Slimane Tees while blasting the Casualties in my Lancer. God I was cool (not haha)
I was probably also the only kid wearing Prada stacked jeans to warped tour in 2005 lol [emoji23]
I still live my life one quarter mile at a time (mainly because I can’t schedule anything further than 3 days in advance), and am thankful for the many subcultures I have always been able to insert myself Into.
I think we would all be cooler if we stayed 16. F*ck what anyone else thinks [emoji41]
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@Appfaff and @neph93 oh dudes I'm with you. The late 80s and early 90s were a great time. I knew the guys from Sick of it all, Murphy's Law, and H2O and sold merch for them when they came to the UK, and on one tri-state tour in the US. I've never skated, but Toby Morse from H2O tried to teach me once I Amsterdam . He gave me up as a lost cause.
As far as skate brands I knew some Japanese guys in London at the time. They were big on the brands X Large (as was I. Visited the store in NYC once and met the Beasties working a shift) Bathing Ape was big, and Supreme was coming through. Carhartt was big in the hardcore scene because back then (before 'work in progress') it was bomb proof and cheap. I remember loading an empty suitcase Iup with clothes I bought at Dave's in NYC (anyone remember that place?) And dragging it through UK customs.t's that era that got me into work wear and vintage denim when you could still find 50s selvedge xx levis for not too much money.
It's crazy that I only discovered the modern crop of US and Japanese companies a few years ago. So many wasted years.
Pay the bills, take care of business, care for family and friends (and society). Do that as an adult, then be that 18 kid for the rest, that's what I reckon. FTW….arghhhhh. ok calm down now due and do the dishes...
