Vintage 1970s skateboard forum

1978 and for superpro

Old Val surf advert some good stuff on here wide lites trucks never seen any of them in the wild

Yes it's a clever way to scupper the last second sniper bidder as anyone watching something end has a minute to think whether to bid again and the sniper bidder has only there maximum bid on

You know your onions I didn't realise different colours were different hardness never too old to learn something new

I never new that I thought they'd be a softer profile

Yeh that's hard I think kryps are high 70s , so maybe

Yeh shame that Steve , lucky they were cheap enough makes you think whether to leave them in boiling water prior to whacking the bearing in , no good saying now but for future maybe , you don't think about the rubber hardening with age but I suppose some are bound to

Yeh it's certainly had its share of tail skids in its time , it's a testament to how well these comp 2s were made and how tough they were as it's still in good shape and with the laminate construction even though it's quite a thin board they hold up well

Here it is , pleased with it , peeled the grip off with hot hair dryer , half an hour of a job pleased to see the OG finish underneath so grips been on since new , I'll tidy it a bit but I like it with the yellowed yoyos sort of suit it
Last 2 pics with grip tape still on as I got it

This would be a good thing if on better nick, even the conical Sims wheels on it one looks like it's been glued , shame

https://ebay.io/m/lDS4pQ

Another great priced listing

https://ebay.io/m/RWie8H

Yes I bought it as said I don’t think it was dear , I like the og condition of it , I’m going to take off the grip off the top , maybe tidy the edges a bit clean up the trucks and yo-yos and fit some better condition old bushings to the trucks , it’s first Benjyboard I’ve actually bought for a few ...

Yep another thing I've never heard of , very cool but like you say no one's going to pay a lot for something no one's hardly heard of it would have to be strokers or something, sometimes rare doesn't mean it's worth much , like there's a lot of obscure UK brands which they can't be hardly any like ...

bargain :lol:

heres a new one on me,ive only ever seen red fireballs ,looks like a rodents had a good nibble on one of them :lol:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/158177751580


Yikes these may have a new owner 😭

I’ll let you know how bad they are when they arrive 😂

At least they are rare, in ...

And they haven't got the guards , I used to buy BMX stuff first and you used to be able to buy stuff from USA even with the shipping customs etc it was still really cheap as I don't think they were interested in it till years later , I bought a Sims taperkick once with gullwings and Sims wheels a ...