Since 1987 there has been a search going on for the quasi-mythological godfather of skating, Won Ton 'Animal' Chin. It has become the stuff of skateboarding legend and inside jokes. As for Animal Chin himself, we are only given brief views of the shadowy figure of t…
Showing posts with label 1980s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1980s. Show all posts
Animal Chin Has Finally Been Found (and it's Craig Stecyk)
Since 1987 there has been a search going on for the quasi-mythological godfather of skating, Won Ton 'Animal' Chin. It has become the stuff of skateboarding legend and inside jokes. As for Animal Chin himself, we are only given brief views of the shadowy figure of t…
Converse Chucks -- An Iconic Skate Shoe of the Eighties
For whatever reason I have been thinking a lot about Converse Chucks lately. Now everyone knows the place that Vans and its shoes have in skate culture; it is uncontested and goes back to skateboarding's roots. (Certainly, when I was a kid, the iconic Vans logo was bur…
The Most Culturally Important Skateboards of the 70's, 80's and early 90's
In a previous article on the subject of the Most Iconic Skateboards of the 1980's , I tried to come up with a rationale and list of those boards that had the widest popular familiarity and thus could be considered iconic. As noted then, this wasn't to say that these …
Pushead and Zorlac
When I was in the seventh or eighth grade I used to draw this graphic over and over and over. It must have appeared in every binder I had and also some of my friends lockers. I was always interested in drawing and art from a young age, and I think the way it got started i…
Vintage 80's Roskopp
One of the aspects I used to really appreciate on a number of older online skate sites was their "eBay watch" feature. I'm not even sure anyone is doing these anymore. Maybe things have moved far enough along beyond the initial collecting craze -- when these …
Most Iconic Skateboards of the 1980's?
There have been others who have created lists (always a risky business) of the most iconic skateboards of the 1980's of course, but let's face it, these things are rather subjective -- and I am going to put it out there right from the get-go: my list will be no dif…
Denny Riordon: Bridging the 70's and 80's
Early on in my skateboarding life, I fell in love with the Denny Riordon "People in My Head" graphic as advertised in TWS in 1988. I still consider it one of the great bits of skate art, though -- regrettably -- I have no idea who actually did the graphic. Here wa…
More Jay Adams
Just a couple of more Jay Adams items I wanted to share. The first is a home video, recorded in 1989, which shows Jay Adams skating at one of the area skate spots. I find this particular video particularly fun to watch, precisely because it is so authentic, so "raw&quo…
Iconic Jimmy'z Skateboarder Ads
Skate related ads have always been a source of immense interest to me. I remember when I picked up my first skate magazines back in the 1980's; the creativity of the various advertisements in those magazines particularly caught my attention and imagination. Aside from …
