I started skateboarding when I was around 10. That was in the mid 80’s. Decks were pretty different than now. A lot wider and nose tails were not not standard. My first board was a shitty off the shelf complete toy board that our parents got us. We loved it although it was crap. None the less, it got us into skateboarding, me and my kid brother.
My first real skateboard was a Rob Roskopp. I loved it, but it probably wasn’t the best trick board. Very wide as I recall. (google image)
My kid bro was more active on buying and selling boards. He was into T Hawk and got this deck
I’ve had a lot of decks growing up. One’s i remember the most were The Hosoi Hammerhead, a mark Gonzalez vision deck and a whole bunch of different Santa Cruz drcks.
My analog board is still an older Santa Cruz shape with a more modern concave.
My first board was a Variflex Ramp Rat (Pro sponsorship by my mum), then a Dogtown Street, loved that board, skated that poor thing till it’s last breath, Tommy Guerrero flames, tombstone shape, flat as a pancake, Steve Caballero bonite (in pic), then lots of Alva and Zorlac, because they were the cool tough guys and i wanna be cool and tough (mom can i have some bus fare to go skate?)
