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Knucklehead
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On 10/30/2001
psYch0Lloyd
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SSS: If it's alright, I'll answer your question in the Organizations forum.
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Knucklehead
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On 10/30/2001 SSS
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Sorry to be really English, everyone, but wots a knucklehead?
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Hugh's Bennetts
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On 10/29/2001
BoBo
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Oh Hugh. MO for the Bennetts is in the mail in the AM ["yeah right" H says]. I'm also leaving feedback for ya. Feel free to leave it at your convenience as well. Looking forward to them.
And thanks for the well wishes guys. I know it all seems mushy, but happiness is better shared.
And Hugh. I won't bug you for the trucks. They're in good hands now.
BoBo
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Bobo's booboo's and boo hoo's
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On 10/29/2001
hugh r
wrote in from
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Bobo,
That's all nice and all... and you tell a very sweet story... but there's no way your getting those trucks back... HR
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BoBo's gear
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On 10/29/2001
psYch0Lloyd
wrote in from
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Nice score Lora! You know your a Knucklehead...
...just for being w/BoBo.
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Can You Feel The Love?
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On 10/29/2001
BoBo
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This is how you heal my friends. Love has a way of taking the sharpest pain and making it feel like a soft touch.
Thank you Lora, for thinking enough of me to buy this skater. To say I am happy would unserstate how I truly feel.
If you guys have ever read some of our previous posts, you know Lora and I are going to be married next year. This lady is special to me for many reasons, and taking an interest in my skating is one reason she is so special.
Even after I took my crash 3 weeks ago and said I was out, she said that I shouldn't be hasty. That I should think it through before I make a big decision.
She was scared that I was hurt bad. I was hurt bad, and yet she still buys me this skater as a way of saying she understands how I love this sport and all the people who love it with me.
I hope you guys have someone as special in your lives. If you do, grab her tonight and tell her so. Never let the little shit make you think any less of each other. Always make up.
And most importantly.
If you're single. She's out there. I found her.
Thank you Lora. I love you.
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BoBo's gear
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On 10/29/2001 Lora
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Duane, LOL, I can probably find some pants in a vintage clothing store, but I don't know about those shoes... size could be a real issue.
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Bobo's gear
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On 10/29/2001 Duane
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Lora, now you need to find the chuck taylors and the pants...
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Black Knight skater
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On 10/29/2001
Lora (BoBo's honey)
wrote in from
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This pic on the left is BoBo with his very first skater, the "Black Knight"... long ago worn out and discarded. |
In one of BoBo's posts 10/23 on the Trucks Review board, I saw this... "I will never break my Knucklehead again, honey, I swear". Thinking he could use a little cheering up after his accident, I found a "Black Knight" skater on eBay, and last night... I WON IT!!!
Don't you think this makes the perfect "Get Well" gift for BoBo (who is practically perfect again)?
Lora (BoBo's honey)
Skater details...
|  The vintage "Black Knight" skater was a 60's production item. It featured Black Knight graphics on its multi-layered, laminated wood deck with clay type wheels: |
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Specifications... + or - Length: | 22" | Width: | 5 3/4" | Deck Thickness: | 5/8" | Clay Wheels with open type ball bearings: | 2" O.D. x 1 1/8" wide | Height from pavement to top of deck: | 3 1/2" | Wheelbase from axle center to axle center: | 15 3/4" | Track from outside to outside of wheels: | 4 1/8" | Wood Deck Construction: | 12 laminated layers |
(Click the following link to check out BoBo's Skateboarding Page .)
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K's
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On 10/29/2001
Solid State of Sheffield
wrote in from
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Cheers, B Man!Got the ad!
Ok, next q has to be...What's the date for this ad and Who has the black n white ad to forward?
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Sorry, folks...
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On 10/29/2001 Lora
wrote in from
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Sorry... that didn't turn out right. This board apparently acts differently than eBay boards.
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Black Knight skater
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On 10/29/2001
Lora (BoBo's honey)
wrote in from
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This pic on the left is BoBo with his very first skater, the "Black Knight"... long ago worn out and discarded.
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In one of BoBo's posts 10/23 on the Trucks Review board, I saw this... "I will never break my Knucklehead again, honey, I swear". Thinking he could use a little cheering up after his accident, I found a "Black Knight" skater on eBay, and last night... I WON IT!!!
Don't you think this makes the perfect "Get Well" gift for BoBo (who is practically perfect again)?
Lora (BoBo's honey)
Skater details...
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The vintage "Black Knight" skater was a 60's production item. It featured Black Knight graphics on its multi-layered, laminated wood deck with clay type wheels:
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Specifications... + or -
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22" |
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5 3/4" |
Deck Thickness:
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5/8" |
Clay Wheels with open type ball bearings:
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2" O.D. x 1 1/8" wide |
Height from pavement to top of deck:
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3 1/2" |
Wheelbase from axle center to axle center:
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15 3/4" |
Track from outside to outside of wheels:
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4 1/8" |
Wood Deck Construction:
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12 laminated layers |
(Click the following link to check out BoBo's Skateboarding Page .)
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K's
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On 10/29/2001 Solid
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Thanks Mad Rat, not sure if your scan is same as B-Man's; we'll see. If not I'll email bm's to you!
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KKKKK's
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On 10/29/2001
Solid State of Sheffield
wrote in from
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Thanks Boardman... You can email that scan on solidstate@hotmail.com (and any other snippets you come by in the course of research!)
Looks like K's werent really happening pre 76.
Last call for anyone to debunk this theory...
Good efforts everyone!
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re: ACS 651
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On 10/28/2001 msk
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The 651s were a lighter, more responsive version of the 650s, and roughly the same width as a Fulltrack. They came out in the mid 70s ('76?). I don't know if they're considered collectable or valuable now, but back in the 70s they went for about half the price that Trackers did. I used them on a few boards back then, but mainly for vert (but they didn't hold up too well for that, and I switched to Trackers). From my foggy recollections, I would think they'd make a good slalom truck (lightweight and responsive). I never really tried them for slalom, but I've just acquired a set on eBay, and they'll be getting some test runs on my new Comet...
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ACS 651
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On 10/28/2001
Dave
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What years where these made? Value? Do they turn/
carve well?
Thanks Dave
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Krypto Scan
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On 10/27/2001
Boardman
wrote in from
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SS of S. I think I have a scan someone sent me. Reply and i will e-mail Star Trac ad to you.
Glen - e-mail me. I have Line on a ditch in So.OC if you're interested and there are no serpentine Security guards like the one in Burbank. I agree - It's be nice to find some bowls /wo coping to get some REAL lipsliding in. I am looking for my Krypto reds right now.
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Lipslide Kryp's
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On 10/26/2001 B-man
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No hands on those lipslides PLEASE!
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Krypto's
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On 10/26/2001
B-man
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Ok gang
Just an observation and pulling this out of my rear from memory:
1st gen: 5 flavors / 3 sizes / raised lettering
2nd gen: 3 flavors / 3 sizes 70mm no change in shape / Indented lettering
3rd gen: C- Series 3 flavors
4th gen: CX-6x and CS-xx (bowl and slalom) flavors anyone? anyone?
My brain hurts
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Greg Weaver
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On 10/26/2001 Glen
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That cover shot of Greg's lipslide was the best.
The stuff the new school calls lipslides should be called frontside board slides. Of course all the ramps and skateparks have coping which makes a non-ollie lipslide impossible, but it is still one of the most stylish tricks.
I vote for some mini ramps and bowls to have no coping.
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MORE K's
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On 10/26/2001 B-man
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OK now you're gettin pushy...My fogged skate memory can't quite pin down these dates. I do remember riding raised letter kryp's in spring '76 as the Krypto guys were doling them out at the local contests. I don't think they were marketed or very popular outside of Colorado until late '76 and then boomed onto the scene in '77 with all the slalom racing. Then the Greg Weaver shot on the cover of Skateboarder of him doing lipslides on 70 reds at the Buena Park halfpipe was the boom for Krypto. I will investigate further.....
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Kryptonics
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On 10/26/2001 Herbn
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Here's an interesting dilemma ,between 68 or so and 74 there were no Skateboarder Mags ,i remember seeing Val Surf ads in Surfer Mag' maybe in 74 and i got my Rollersports cataloge out of an ad i saw in "Boys Life" that was part of my extremely short Boy Scout membership going back to 73 (i think) i don't know if ther were any rollerskate mags were you might find Kryptonic ads from the real early 70's even the 60's as they claim,rollerskate wheels were skateboard wheels so no skateboard specific wheels would have been made before 75, When the second volume of "Skateboarders" started,small black and white ads.
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K's still
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On 10/26/2001 Solid State of Sheffield
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ok,Boardman 75-76... think I'm gettin nearer to findin out what I asked all those posts ago...ie when Kryptonics emerged as skateboard wheels (as opposed to rollerskate wheels)
Anyone got a date they would stick their neck out with?
Mad Rat?(Hi there!) Whats the date on the star trac ad?
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Wide Tracs
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On 10/25/2001 B-man
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Yup there were more than just one set of those green 60mm wide tracs. in fact they were fairly popular in Colorado around 75 / 76.
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Wide trac
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On 10/25/2001 Herbn
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Did they exist? did you see them? just trivia(l).wow thats the back this is the front(Y)he he
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