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A Radical Collection of Vintage Skateboard Advertisements

odeus.com — Skateboarding first came into prominence in the late 1970s, as was portrayed in the 200 film Lords of Dogtown. However, it was not until the 1980s that skateboarding would begin to become the sport that it is recognized as today. This decade was the coming of age era for many of its legendary personalities as well - Hosoi, Hawk, Vallely and more.

Who dugg this? Made popular Apr 3, 2009

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  • vinblackham, on 04/02/2009, -0/+12Anyone here still remember when Tony Hawk had long hair?
  • VelvetHammar, on 04/02/2009, -0/+10Ah, brings back such fond memories.
  • ChuckDees, on 04/03/2009, -2/+7My favorite skateboard company was "page wont load" skates.
    Their HTTP 404 model was awesome. You never could seem to find one though?
  • identityxcrysis, on 04/03/2009, -0/+4Dugg for saying radical.
  • BrettFromTibet, on 04/03/2009, -0/+4I remember half of these. Skateboarding sure has come a long way since 'grinding a curb' was hot action for a magazine ad.
  • moriarty23, on 04/03/2009, -0/+4Hosted on a calecovision?
  • eled, on 04/03/2009, -0/+3GDMFSOB! I can't get it to load.

    Let's see who remembers that.
  • aceinhibitor, on 04/03/2009, -0/+3"Raddy Daddy don't you take my skateboard too..."
  • kellyut, on 04/03/2009, -0/+3Great collection! Vision Street Wear... wow, that takes me back!
  • wats1, on 04/07/2009, -0/+3Recommended: Blast some Dead Kennedys while reading that post to get the full effect :)
  • Victory33, on 04/03/2009, -0/+2I've skated over half my life...but I still can't resist the urge to drive by skaters and yell "Skate or Die!" every chance I get...just because I had to put up with it back when I was their age.

    These pics are sick...
  • mheyk, on 04/03/2009, -0/+2Bitchin' and Rad.
  • Freezingmoose, on 04/03/2009, -0/+2You can find some on eBay if you look hard enough. Probably craigslist too.
  • JCEEZ, on 04/03/2009, -0/+2lol, Kaleocovision was the ***** (and *****)
  • one504, on 04/03/2009, -0/+2No Yellow Banana or Makaha? Dang, now I feel old.
  • jankind, on 04/03/2009, -0/+2Don't forget "Skate and Destroy" ! AH the memories....
  • WiretapStudios, on 04/09/2009, -0/+2My little brother won a Vision Street Wear skateboard from a department store that didn't even sell skate stuff. I remember the guy told us it was the 'Cadillac' of skateboards.
  • jankind, on 04/03/2009, -0/+2Your comment reminds me of the Lance Mountain part at the beginning of either Bones 1 or Future Primitive video. (Can't remember which it was) But it was like... Slappy - Boneless - Acid drop - power slide - slappy.
    He did have a nice vert part though. I love those old videos.
  • inactive, on 04/09/2009, -0/+2VISION
  • jankind, on 04/03/2009, -0/+2Yup. Him and Ray Underhill were among the few longhairs in the skate world.
  • jankind, on 04/03/2009, -0/+2When I was in junior high and high school, my entire bedroom was wallpapered from Thrasher and Transworld. There are so many that are coming back to me now. I still have the "By all means necessary" Sean Sheffey one in a box of old *****.
  • theetoecutter, on 04/03/2009, -2/+2How about a collection of lame ***** servers
  • pleeker, on 04/03/2009, -2/+2Ha! Tony Hawk looks like an emo douche in that 1989 ad.
  • candlestickjack, on 04/03/2009, -3/+2http://www.rorr.im/

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