Vintage 1970s skateboard forum

Black diamond trucks one of the few trucks which cost more than gullwings anybody got any or decent pics of them or had them back in the day or any additional info on them , they look nice quality

Malibu dog bowl Nottingham

Old advert

Another Ben Liddell signature deck made by logos this was the connoisseur , made and distributed by logos of elsworthy road London ,

Love it

It’s like the skateboarding industry spawned a load of cottage industries in the U.K. I wonder what happened when the bubble burst to most of these small firms

Sky of Macclesfield , all the wheels started with sky skygrip skysonic etc , I wonder what happened to all these small English firm when skateboarding went out

Advert for looner fireballs , these were sold by looner skates of stephendale road London , very cool wheels

Ulon not a name I remember

Sims

Welcome on , get some pics up

I didn’t even know who at all made them only what they looked like them wide center bearing ones would look cool on the right setup , I used to see them on eBay and stuff but not seen any for sale for years

Here are some cracking example of apex metal hubbed wheels first couple of pics are newporter ones

These are in my opinion one of the cooler looking 70s skateboard wheels

Apex and newporter mag wheels