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Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 1054 Berlin, Germany 
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Posted on Oct 19 2020 07:35 AM
remora1 wrote:
Never had an Alva deck, but I fondly remember my Alva Speed Skin wheels. —The Exotic Guitar of Kahuna Kawentzmann You can get the boy out of the Keynes era, but you can’t get the Keynes era out of the boy. |
Joined: Jan 22, 2008 Posts: 33 Tehachapi 
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Posted on Oct 19 2020 09:17 AM
Thanks for posting this. A breath of fresh air. |
Joined: Jan 04, 2008 Posts: 1267 San Pedro, CA
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Posted on Oct 19 2020 05:10 PM
Kawentzmann wrote:
Wow, what a great doc! Sure brings back memories. I was skating amateur with the Tunnel Wheels team at the time. Skated regularly with Waldo, Blackhart, Ayres, Salba, Schnieder. Did a couple sessions with TA and Jay at Fruit Bowl. Crazy times! Fun fact: In the Go For It movie poster at about 8:30, that's me doing the frontside carve over Tony's head.
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Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 1054 Berlin, Germany
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Posted on Oct 20 2020 04:52 AM
remora1 wrote:
Wow, now THIS is cool! —The Exotic Guitar of Kahuna Kawentzmann You can get the boy out of the Keynes era, but you can’t get the Keynes era out of the boy. |
Joined: Apr 16, 2012 Posts: 90 Biot 
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Posted on Oct 20 2020 07:52 AM
Kawentzmann wrote:
That's rad remora1! —Paul |
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Joined: Jan 22, 2008 Posts: 33 Tehachapi
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Posted on Oct 20 2020 09:38 AM
That is really cool. Skated the Fruit Bowl several times before injuries set in. I still ride a re-issue Tunnel board today. I watched Alva skate the Fruit Bowl a few times and like he said in Stacey Peralta's movie "Dogtown and Z-Boys", he never told anyone to leave, he let his skating do the talking. I wouldn't even drop my board in the pool when he or his posse were there. |
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Joined: Jan 04, 2008 Posts: 1267 San Pedro, CA
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Posted on Oct 20 2020 09:55 AM
My avatar is me at Fruit Bowl on the plywood extension. That place was amazing! I was lucky that I was part of the South Bay Tunnel/E.T. Surfboards crew (Waldo Autry,Doug Schnieder, Greg "Queever" Ayres, Kevin "Worm" Anderson.) Skated all the SoCal spots and made several runs to the Arizona pipes. Then I shattered my hip at the Upland Pipeline skatepark and I was done. Bill S._______ |
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Joined: Jan 04, 2008 Posts: 1267 San Pedro, CA
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Posted on Oct 20 2020 10:25 AM
I found this image of the Fruit Bowl years ago online. This was before the plywood extension was added. That's Zephyr/Dogtown rider Wally Inoyue dropping in, I'm the one waiting on deck next to Doug Schnieder in the blue shorts and the original skate superstar Gregg Weaver in the red. Wouldn't trade those days for anything. —Bill S._______ |
Joined: Dec 12, 2006 Posts: 2675 Ventura, CA
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Posted on Oct 20 2020 11:16 AM
This 1965 short film was shot in the South Bay, Belairs country: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRIt3aDX7-k
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Posted on Oct 20 2020 11:44 AM
Davie Allan & The Arrows perform on the Skaterdater soundtrack. |
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Joined: Jan 22, 2008 Posts: 33 Tehachapi
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Posted on Oct 21 2020 08:09 AM
Remora1, in the website photo, is that you on the wood extension at the Fruit Bowl? If so, I'm very impressed. I managed to get away with only breaking my wrist at the Concrete Wave in Anaheim. Skated on and off until I was 55. Skateparks started re-emerging in the 90's and I couldn't resist. 7 trips to the hospital in 7 years made me realize cruising is a little safer. |
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Joined: Jan 04, 2008 Posts: 1267 San Pedro, CA
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Posted on Oct 21 2020 09:13 AM
J - yeah that's me. I managed to get in Skateboarder Mag a handful of times. The shot in the movie poster was my first full page pic - the movie company used an "artists rendering" of it for the poster, consequently the photographer never got a nickel. The Tunnel Skateboards website has some great vintage pictures, I'm in a few. Here's a link if you feel like checking 'em out - http://www.tunnelskateboards.com/ —Bill S._______ |
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Joined: Jan 22, 2008 Posts: 33 Tehachapi
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Posted on Oct 22 2020 08:33 AM
Great website! How long were you on the team and where are you in the photos. The '70's were the best days for skating, the color ads first in Surfer and Surfing magazines, then Skateboarder, followed up by a few other skate mags. Then, at least for me, all of the skateparks showed up. Urethane wheels changed everything and not knowing limits pushed kids beyond what was thought possible and almost 50 years later they're still not finished. Anyway, I could go on, but I won't. Maybe sometime we can get together and reminisce and share a couple of glasses of Geritol. |
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Joined: Jan 04, 2008 Posts: 1267 San Pedro, CA
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Posted on Oct 22 2020 11:31 AM
Here's my shots from Tunnel site-
I was only on the amateur team for a few months before I went down. My friend Doug Schnieder went all the way pro and skated tons of awesome spots all over the U.S. I never got farther than Arizona - here's me watching Doug ripping the AZ pipes-
Like I said before, I wouldn't trade those days for anything! Bill S._______ |
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Joined: Jan 22, 2008 Posts: 33 Tehachapi
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Posted on Oct 22 2020 05:37 PM
That's an awesome shot! Since you're from San Pedro you must have attended the SG 101 conventions that were in Alpine Village. I believe I attended all of them there. If so, we may have crossed paths a few times. I'm definitely for the Rum if we can get together next year. I hope Jeff can find something in the area for 2021. |
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Joined: Jan 04, 2008 Posts: 1267 San Pedro, CA
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Posted on Jul 04 2021 02:43 PM
My sister just sent me this doc- pretty epic account of the influence Skateboarder Magazine had back in the day! Bonus discovery- you can find every issue scanned and free to view at skateboarder mag com Bill S._______ Last edited: Jul 04, 2021 14:44:30 |
Joined: Jan 02, 2009 Posts: 1298 The original Plymouth, UK. 
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Posted on Jul 04 2021 03:52 PM
remora1 wrote:
I discovered that movie a couple of weeks ago. I'm not sure we ever had Skateboarder here in the UK - we had Skateboard! Magazine instead. UK skateboarding seems a world away from the USA variant! I've recently put a slalom board together to learn some cone dodging. A whole different deal to transition skating. Bennett trucks, big wheels and soft bushings. Been enjoying it so far, would be good to try a proper race. I found I was able to do less and less in a skatepark at 54 years old and it wasn't a pleasant feeling, so I thought I would learn something new. It's sort of less demanding but I'd say the slams are worse - no warning, one moment you're riding cones, then next moment you aren't.
I also got a LDP that you can get up to a pretty good speed just by pumping. —http://thewaterboarders.bandcamp.com/ Last edited: Jul 04, 2021 15:53:43 |
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Joined: Jan 22, 2008 Posts: 33 Tehachapi
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Posted on Jul 06 2021 11:23 AM
Lookin' good R1. da-ron, I'm 64 and slalom 2-4x a week. I'm old school and ride G&S Fibreflex boards. They're small, but very controllable. On the one deck with the big (65mm) wheels are Moska slalom wheels and they stick like glue. If you can still find a set I highly recommended them. If possible, use regulation skater cones, they fly away versus stopping the board. |
Joined: Oct 28, 2018 Posts: 149 Quimper Peninsula, WA
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Posted on Jul 11 2021 09:39 PM
I skated in the 80s as a kid, when Powell-Peralta were dominating and ramps started getting huge. Hit a pebble going down a huge hill on my Santa Crush Slasher and probably still have some road rash scars from that. I dabbled a tiny bit into the 90s but gave it up for mountain biking. I'm almost 50, perhaps time to pick it up again? |
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