Retroland | Skateboard: Memories

pardus remembers... I wanted a skateboard so badly in grades 5-6. My mom refused. I was a clumsy kid, and she was worried I would kill myself. Skateboards were also boys' toys... my mom was desparate to make me more feminine! I finally ... More »	kendra remembers... My brother had one.I wanted to try it,but anything with wheels I failed horribly with. More »
dachokie remembers... Skateboarding was one of my early compassions and it took me by storm in 1977/1978 ... it was one thing to just have a skateboard ... it was another thing to have a REAL skateboard (one that was assembled with ... More »	Mikey remembers... After my bike, then came the skateboard. Practically everywhere I went in my non-driving car days, I rode my board. More »
Prell remembers... I had an Alva board! I had more skinned knees and s&*!#ed elbows trying to master this thing......I finally gave up and realized I would never be a Jay Adams or Tony Alva! More »	funkman67 remembers... I remember getting my first skateboard from K-Mart, in a big bin piled high. They had different colors, blue, yellow, orange, red. I got an orange one. It was plastic, and very narrow I remember. Thats the one I learned ... More »