If your coffee doesn’t wake you up, maybe this Hall of Meat from Jake Carmichael will. Looks like he has just about perfected the art of the scorpion.

Skate decks eventually see its life shortened by snapping, cracking and/or wearing out. Purchasing new decks is a never ending cycle and this was evident by the tower of old decks that were reaching to the ceiling of my room.
We can’t throw away these decks because they hold sentimental meanings to us. I looked at these unusable decks every day and thought there must be something I can make with these. I decided to make some accessories with the old decks and this was the birth of Harvest. The works of Harvest are through the perspectives of a skater and as an artist. As a skater, I want to take responsibility of reusing skateboards when they were no longer useable.
Also, as an artist I want to explore the possibilities of what can be done with skateboards. We see the care and effort that a skater can have for his/her deck and we also acknowledge the origins of a skateboard. We believe that if the small things we do can connect to sustainability then we’re doing something right. We’d be satisfied in our effort when people look at products and start thinking of ways to recycle.
Images and Text Courtesy Haroshi

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, skateboarding was almost dead. At this time, the title ‘professional skateboarder’ was little more than a formality, and not very many pro’s could make a living through the sport alone. Not surprisingly, all contests, demonstrations, videos, and companies were underground, and far from mainstream. Magazines throughout the 1970s and early 1980s were dominated by vert skating and to a lesser extent freestyle skateboarding. Here are some ads from the golden age of skateboarding.

Powell Peralta: Tony Hawk Face Ad

Sims: Christian Hosoi | Thrasher Mag August 1982

Gullwing Trucks – Mike Williams 1979

ACS Lite II Trucks

CSI Distribution H-Street CSI 1988

Vision Eric Nash – Thrasher Mag December 1988

Kryptonics Skateboarder Magazine Oct 1979

Kryptonics Rock n Roll April 1978

Powell Stacy Peralta Glow Skateboarder Mag March 1979

Sims Comp II Wheels – Sims Snakes March 1979

Energy Trucks: Sims Team; Skateboard Mag April 1978

Powerflex April 1978: Skateboarder Magazine

Tracker Trucks: Rodney Jesse: Skateboarder Mag April 1978

Bennett Decks: Light Years Ahead, Skateboarder Mag April 1979

G & S Airbrush: Our Designs Ride The Spectrum | Skateboarder Mag April 1979

Hobie Gnarly Skate Pads: Skateboarder Mag April 1979

360 Oasis Skate Classic: $10,000 Cash and Prizes : Skateboarder Mag April 1979

Dogtown Skates: Shogo Airbeam, Muir Triplane, Duane Peters Wavelength Skateboarder Mag Dec 1979

Bahne: 1st Unitized All-Steel skateboard trucks : Skateboarder Mag Vol2 Num2

Hang Ten Sportboards: We’re always on top of it. Skateboarder Mag Vol2 Num2

All Images & Text Courtesy calstreets.com

In the 1920’s they made these three wheeled stamped metal devices with pedal car like wheels. Usually sold in pairs with a pair of poles to mimic cross country skiing. They feature a heel cup and some kind of adjustable metal toe clip deal. This thing had no way of steering so it looked like a hill bomber. Not sure how the poles played into the whole deal but they probably sucked for brakes. As far as we can tell this is basically the first skateboard.

Aaron “Jaws” Homoki – Birdhouse Skateboards