Show off your Custom Skateboards!
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I love the eyes....those came out sweet!
The first longboard I ever bought was a Vision Street wear, 50" long.
Their longboards were just awful.
I paid 50 bucks for it (on sale because it had a ding in the grip tape,) just for the awesome trucks and wheels.
Which turned out to be pretty good but not that awesome.
The deck was flat and sooo flexy I couldn't ride it, so got chopped, and repainted until it became the Deadly Trilobite. That's it on the left.
Basically a wall hanger now, but when we get new interns at work I drag it out and tell them that they have to skate with us, and if they really want to be one of us they have to ride the Deadly Trilobite.
Those black wheels came off of a Samsonite rolling luggage container it's simply awful to skate on.
Their longboards were just awful.
I paid 50 bucks for it (on sale because it had a ding in the grip tape,) just for the awesome trucks and wheels.
Which turned out to be pretty good but not that awesome.
The deck was flat and sooo flexy I couldn't ride it, so got chopped, and repainted until it became the Deadly Trilobite. That's it on the left.
Basically a wall hanger now, but when we get new interns at work I drag it out and tell them that they have to skate with us, and if they really want to be one of us they have to ride the Deadly Trilobite.
Those black wheels came off of a Samsonite rolling luggage container it's simply awful to skate on.
Bobster
.30-06
Hrrrrumph! Those pesky kids on their skateboards! 
Just Kidding! Skateboarding is NOT a Crime!
I had a couple Flite (Newport, RI) boards probably 35 years ago? (I'm dating myself JUST a little bit...) Friend of mine worked there and rode for them "professionally" which gave him "free" boards he could sell.
I got my daughter a "cheapy" wood Walmart board that I modified with aluminum skid plates. She rode it for a little bit but balked at my demand to wear protective gear. There is a town skateboard/BMX park about 10 minutes away. We also have Ripstiks and scooters, both of which I can ride.
Just Kidding! Skateboarding is NOT a Crime! I had a couple Flite (Newport, RI) boards probably 35 years ago? (I'm dating myself JUST a little bit...
) Friend of mine worked there and rode for them "professionally" which gave him "free" boards he could sell.I got my daughter a "cheapy" wood Walmart board that I modified with aluminum skid plates. She rode it for a little bit but balked at my demand to wear protective gear. There is a town skateboard/BMX park about 10 minutes away. We also have Ripstiks and scooters, both of which I can ride.
The Soda Factory is in RI, and they build some killer downhill decks. I Must own 10 of theirs.
Except for the Deadly Trilobite, the other boards in my last photo were all pressed and shaped there.
Oh, the shame! Those awful things are made from wood fiber byproducts. My granddaughters came over with one that their father had brought them, and the trucks had plastic baseplates,
These are the new skateboards that I built for my youngest granddaughters Daphne and Delilah, for Christmas.
These were built from much larger boards which I cut down to suit a smaller child, but still rideable for a limber adult.
They are essentially modeled after the board that I typically ride.
Making the template.
Cutting the drop through with my dad's old coping saw.
My gun bench also doubles as a woodworking bench.
I scanned my pencil sketch into the computer and traced over it, then plotted it to make a nice paper pattern.
Rocket Penguin comes to life through the magic of acrylic paint and a brush.
Rocket Penguin art is finished and the Surf Cat board is shaped and sanded.
I sketched this directly on the board with a pencil and painted it.
All assembled & the grip tape is cut, applied, and trimmed.
This is my board in comparison to one of the small ones.
This was a mock-up and does not show the trucks that I eventually used
These were built from much larger boards which I cut down to suit a smaller child, but still rideable for a limber adult.
They are essentially modeled after the board that I typically ride.
Making the template.
Cutting the drop through with my dad's old coping saw.
My gun bench also doubles as a woodworking bench.
I scanned my pencil sketch into the computer and traced over it, then plotted it to make a nice paper pattern.
Rocket Penguin comes to life through the magic of acrylic paint and a brush.
Rocket Penguin art is finished and the Surf Cat board is shaped and sanded.
I sketched this directly on the board with a pencil and painted it.
All assembled & the grip tape is cut, applied, and trimmed.This is my board in comparison to one of the small ones.
This was a mock-up and does not show the trucks that I eventually used
JRExplorer3
.270 WIN
Not a custom board but this is what I have in the backroom.
Picked up at a thrift store. Tunnel Comp, Tunnel Tarantula Wheels, Independent Trucks.
Picked up at a thrift store. Tunnel Comp, Tunnel Tarantula Wheels, Independent Trucks.
That"s pretty rad for a thrift shop board.
Nobody got to ride on Christmas Eve, as it was too dark by the time presents were opened. The kids are all coming today to go skate, so perhaps there will be some actual video later.
Nobody got to ride on Christmas Eve, as it was too dark by the time presents were opened. The kids are all coming today to go skate, so perhaps there will be some actual video later.
