Video: Jim Muir and Jeff Ho

Jeff Ho interviews Dogtown's Jim Muir.

Vintage Skate Stuff: : Val-Surf 1988 Fall/Winter Catalog

Part 5 of a look into a collection of various skateboarding memorabilia from the late 1980s and early 1990s.



This is a mail order catalog that Val-Surf sent out sometime in the fall of 1988. Val-Surf is the first Mail Order Service in the Industry, sending out catalogs since 1963.








That comic book "Road Rash" (listed above for $2) will be scanned soon.


There were coupons on the back cover that were cut out and used.


Previous entries:
Part 1: Vintage Skate Magazines, Catalogs, & Newsletters Overview
Part 2: California Cheap Skates Catalog
Part 3: H-Street Newsletters
Part 4: 1987 Hosoi Autograph

Dogtown Rumble

The Odd Squad Car Club held their third Dogtown Rumble car show this past Sunday at Venice Beach. Officially called "Dogtown Rumble 3", the prvious show was Dogtown Rumble Duece held back in May. It took place in the beach parking lot off North Venice Boulevard and was open to pretty much all types of classic vehicles. No judging taking place, it was more of a laid back car meet for clubs and individuals to show off their vehicles.

This is just a portion of the photos taken, there are many more. Over 200 photos from this month and the Dogtown Rumble Duece, including shots of engines and interiors. Visit the Dogtown Rumble Photo Gallery to see all the photos.



Don't forget the Ocean Park Classic Car Nights. The next one is Tuesday, July 21. :

Skateboarding Scenes From Old Movies: Custodio De Señoras

A really horrible skateboarding scene from a 1979 Argentine comedy called Custodio De Señoras. Even though the poster for for film featured the two main characters riding this custom (silly) skateboard that has 36 wheels on 18 trucks, there is only this one skateboarding scene in the whole movie.



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Vintage Skate Magazines, Catalogs, Newsletters & More...

Part 1 of a in depth look at a collection of various skateboarding memorabilia from the late 1980s and early 1990s. Every week (or so), we will pick a couple items to go over and give them high-resolution scans.


The late 80's and early 90's, back before EVERYTHING was on the internet, skaters had to rely on magazines to see what was going on in the skate universe. While there were skate videos, every few months or so one of the big companies would release their team video, on VHS tape, it was the magazines that kept you up to date. Luckily, there was no shortage of magazines. There was the two main ones, Transworld and Thrasher. Then you had Poweredge, WARP, Big Brother, and a couple others, as well as a variety of free zines. These skate zines ranged from regional scene zines, to the skate company produced zines, to the home-made photo-copied DIY zines.

Here we have a magazine from Europe called R.A.D. This was the UK's main skate magazine, the initials stood for Read And Destroy. Next to it is a couple issues of Poweredge Skateboard Magazine, which was created by Makaha Skateboard's founder Larry Stevenson.

Strange Notes was a free 'zine by Santa Cruz Skateboards that showcased their products and team. Strange Notes was also a video magazine, the first skate video magazine. It launched in 1987 and they are still making videos today releasing them on the Strange Notes Youtube Channel

That is the first issue of LowLIFE Magazine. It was Powell's answer to World Industries infamous Big Brother Magazine. It came out in 1993, right after Stacy Peralta had left the company and it re-branded itself from Powell-Peralta to the Powell Corporation. Unlike Big Brother, this mag was free. Also in the photo above is the first issue of Kor Magazine. Based out of San Diego, Kor was a free skate/surf/snowboard/music mag.
There's Jay Adams on the January 1989 issue of Thrasher Magazine. Next to the magazine are a pair of Thrasher Calenders.

Another thing skaters would look forward to was the mail order catalogs, just like the kids used to do with those Sears' Christmas Toy Catalogs, you'd get these catalogs and drool over all the stuff you wanted. In the photo above is one of the California Cheap Skates mail order catalogs. That's Tony Magnusson on the cover. Also in the photo above are some random flyers and letters, including a sponsorship letter from G&S, several H-Street newsletters, a Powell-Peralta Intelligence Report, and other various letters from Skull Skates, Swatch, and Acme. Also a couple contest flyers, one is for joining a shop team for a Los Angeles, CA shop that was called Rail Slide. We'll be scanning all these items (plus a ton more) and putting them in upcoming posts.

To be continued...