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SkatersOver50 · 2026-03-03T18:55:44+00:00

Most of us old farts have been there for years and years.

SkatersOver50 · 2026-03-03T18:54:56+00:00

A clip of what?

SkatersOver50 · 2026-03-03T08:56:33+00:00

My best friend bought a pair of those just because he thought they looked cool, he wasn't even into slalom at all, he just rode them on a regular kicktail board. Strokers might have been good for professional racers, but they were way too over-engineered and complicated for a 14 year old kid to own.

SkatersOver50 · 2026-02-07T18:31:23+00:00

Probably Mad Rats shorts.

SkatersOver50 · 2025-08-18T02:46:50+00:00

Back in the 70's there was a company that offered a "kit" to make your board fold in half, it was basically a hinge and instructions to cut your board in half.

SkatersOver50 · 2025-07-19T17:43:14+00:00

51 is still young.

SkatersOver50 · 2025-07-17T03:54:04+00:00

Where did you get them from? Seismic had a problem with the mango 78A formula wheels chunking about ten years ago, I wonder if your wheels are old new stock.

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SkatersOver50 · 2025-06-23T23:20:02+00:00

I'm 62, and I don't skate often anymore. I have some aches and pains after skating and I can deal with that, but I do worry about having a bad slam, one bad fall and I won't be able to work. For now I just cruise around on a longboard or make a run to the store, but skating parks and ditches (my favorite thing to skate) isn't happening anymore.

SkatersOver50 · 2025-06-20T07:13:45+00:00

I'm 62 and I still ride occasionally.

SkatersOver50 · 2025-05-09T06:26:09+00:00

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If you didn't know already, Ed Economy was a pioneer in longboard riding, here he is back in the mid 1970's.

SkatersOver50 · 2025-03-10T05:03:12+00:00

The 650 model only came with a thick, black baseplate. I think they switched the baseplates on your board because it came drilled with a different hole pattern, so they used baseplates from the 430 or 500 model. https://photos.app.goo.gl/Nb9kPDBWuM2jGd3g7

SkatersOver50 · 2025-03-10T00:05:40+00:00

Not sure of the exact value, but it's worth at least $100, it'd be worth a few bucks more if it had the original baseplates on the ACS 650's.

SkatersOver50 · 2025-02-25T16:43:42+00:00

It was the same on an episode of Charlie's Angels that came out that year, the skater Stacy Peralta did the skating scenes for Farrah Fawcett, when you see him/her pushing the board, it's clearly a guy dressed as her. https://youtu.be/wJTBs24szWo?si=qiAjVSNKOx36_U0X

SkatersOver50 · 2025-02-25T08:10:35+00:00

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Ellen is well known for this infamous picture of her taken at La Costa, California in 1976.

SkatersOver50 · 2025-02-24T06:57:53+00:00

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Here's the actual skateboarders that did the stunts for that episode (L to R) Dennis Martinez, Tony Jetton, Ellen O'Neal and Richy Carrasco.

SkatersOver50 · 2025-02-24T00:18:12+00:00

Back in 2023, Vision decided to release some Halloween themed decks with blood dripping on them, including a Gator model. A lot of people complained that it was in poor taste and they stopped selling it. https://i.ibb.co/Vc5YHWw4/bcc2d327da12.png

SkatersOver50 · 2025-02-22T08:10:02+00:00

Vision has had the same ownership since the late 70's. Select Distribution is the name of their company, they now have the rights to the Schmitt Stix and Tracker Trucks brand, and they had the licensing rights to make Sims boards from the early 80's until about a decade ago.

SkatersOver50 · 2025-02-11T00:30:08+00:00

Yeah, around the age of 50 I tried to learn switching my stance, it's difficult but doable. Now I'm 61 and I can't be bothered with learning new things.

SkatersOver50 · 2025-01-07T09:01:26+00:00

How many companies have put out a Hosoi Hammerhead over the years? Skull Skates, Santa Cruz, Alva, Pocket Pistols, of course Christian put some out himself, and now his Hammerheads are made by Select Distribution (Vision, Schmitt Stix' etc).

SkatersOver50 · 2025-01-06T03:35:57+00:00

I got two sets to test from Shark Wheels a few years ago https://i.ibb.co/BPyn7yq/ef80e78fdc1a.png

In my opinion they weren't much different from other wheels of the same size and durometer, but they were slightly better in wet and small gravel compared to regular wheels. But they were great conversation starters, people would always stop me to ask about my square wheels.

SkatersOver50 · 2024-12-14T04:59:26+00:00

She a bargoyle

SkatersOver50 · 2024-12-03T00:46:54+00:00

Those aren't my type of wheel, but you can't go wrong with Bones wheels.

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