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Vert rippers on plastic..
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On 8/14/2002 Iowa Jeff
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Down at Louisville 2 months ago, there was some guy tearing it up riding some tiny plastic piece o' chit. Dropping in the 11ft side of the pipe and busting air on the other side. He was wearing a milk carton on his head for safety gear. ;-)
True Story!
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RSI Proline
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On 8/14/2002 scabs
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Trye story...
I had an alomost mint purple/pink lexan Priline and put it up on eBay with a reserve of $100. Highest nid was about $50.
Two months later I decide to donate the board to Kona skatepark in Jacksonville (since that`s where the board was made). As I was walking around trying to find Marty, the owner of Kona, to give hime the board, I end up with a bunch of oldschoolers surrounding me and next thing you know, a bidding war starts. I keep saying the deck is already promised but the bids kept coming and I was looking at hands full of cash trying to pry this deck from me. Last bid I heard before I tucked my head down and busted through this huddle was $350.
Ya just never know what these old plastic decks might be worth to someone...especially in near mint condition.
And did anyone else see that kid busting air at the Hangar Bowl on a swallow tail Freeformer at that session after Folly Bch 02?
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Vintage grudges
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On 8/14/2002
W. Tucker
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. . . and if you want a grudge match, just get in line. It's starting to head out the door and out into the street!
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Value is subjective
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On 8/14/2002
W. Tucker
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Hey, Bobo,
I wonder what a Team Sims Turner Summer Ski Special with original Independent offsets and mint NOS Hester Road Riders would be worth . . . with you riding it?
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Geez..................................
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On 8/14/2002
BoBo
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I'm wondering what my Sport Fun Black Knight is worth now!
Worthless I guess. The memories however.....
They are free.
B
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starter boards
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On 8/14/2002
GBJ
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To my good fortune, my father's ski buddies would ONLY have bought him "state of the art" equipment, when they purchased that '66 Hobie v-lam for his summertime birthday gag gift. As I'm sure I've mentioned before, both my father and my older brother were riding slalom courses on that board before I was even old enough to stand on the board and ride. So, my first rides were on a nice, big Hobie. However, my first "modern" (i.e. urethane wheeled) board was a yellow, Freeformer swallowtail; and that board changed my world. After years of struggling, mostly alone, running slalom courses on clay wheels (and meticulously flicking pebbles out of the way), urethane was a quantum leap. The fact that those wheels were on a toy-grade board didn't occur to me until months later. I did upgrade the small, stock Freeformer wheels for Roller Sport Stokers within six months. Geezer X, remember the Sunset Skateboards van? Anyway, as I was saying, that Freeformer changed my whole world, so when one came up for sale on EBay, I snatched it up. I didn't pay much. It's just a toy grade board to everyone else, but for me, it holds a prominent place on my wall. Now all I need is two Roller Sport Stokers to augment the two I already have, and I'll set the board up the way I had my old one.
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free former
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On 8/14/2002 loneskater
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who can forget, was it "Jack" on the continental? wearing running shorts? the free former kicktail. the see thru plastic proline with R/S Stokers, Ampul and a bunch of other crap many of us started on. after reading the last post i actually hid them as to not de-value my quiver.
which doesn't mean that Banzai or some of the other stuff wasn't crap too...i became a wiz at cleaning loose ball bearings, i hated those things and was one of the first to pick up some R/R 2's, what a great day that was. would that some thing could be as memorable today as that. george
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nash smash
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On 8/14/2002 snoball
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>> They actually reduce the overall value of your quiver.
oh now you're just being ridiculous.
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Nash
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On 8/14/2002
Geezer X
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September 1069. Nash goofy foot. Carl Sandburg elementary school lower playground, getting towed by Chris Hornberger on his Schwinn stingray with a piece of rope tied to the sissy bar. Tiny microscopic rock. Screeeeeeeeeeet. My first full body wilson off a skateboard, fractured metacarpel in my right hand. To which to this very day I owe the fact that I'm largely ambidextrous. Anyone has a nice goofy foot they don't want? send it my way...
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Nash Rules!
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On 8/14/2002 K-LEE
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I resent that, I have fond memories of my hot pink Nash Kona model. The trucks (hangers AND bases) were even a hot pink plastic! Of course, it rode so much better once I put on the 70's Power Paw's and Japanese bearings. And it wasn't my first board, it was my second! But I agree, even a Nash lover like myself wouldn't give you a nickel for a mint Nash from any year. They actually reduce the overall value of your quiver.
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GT Mouse
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On 8/14/2002
hugh r
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Are any of you familiar with the GT Mouse skateboard? HR
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Nash/Toy Boards
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On 8/14/2002 msk
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GBJ wrote:
"Who knows how many of us actually started on a Nash and either don't remember or won't admit it? Nash must be doing alright. To my knowledge, they are one of very few companies that has been consistently, non-stop producing and selling skateboards from the mid-1960s to present."
My very first board was a Nash Shark, around '68. Funny, some of the scars on my knees go back to '68 as well...
"To be perfectly honest, although they were all in the "toy board" market, I even held companies like Grentec (GT), Freeformer, and even Newporter, as being somehow more acceptable than Nash. It's a bias for which I can determine no real, justifiable cause."
It might be because GT and Freeformer had guys like Howell, Page, and Bowden representing them. You never saw *anybody* on a Nash, but Freeformer was all over the pages of SkateBoarder for a while...
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Toy Boards
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On 8/14/2002 GBJ
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To be perfectly honest, although they were all in the "toy board" market, I even held companies like Grentec (GT), Freeformer, and even Newporter, as being somehow more acceptable than Nash. It's a bias for which I can determine no real, justifiable cause. I've just always held Nash as being the lowest, cheapest and most avoidable skateboard on the planet.
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Cheapo boards, eg Nash
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On 8/14/2002 SSofS
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I was always more of a GT man, myself...
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Nash
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On 8/14/2002
GBJ
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I got one of them blue Nash boards sitting in a closet somewhere. It was a very well-intended gift from someone who thought it might be a contribution to my collection. I'll admit that I, like the majority of "serious" skaters, react to Nash boards with a general disdain. However, I will say this on behalf of Nash, the permanant purveyor of toy-grade skateboards to the world: they've always been there. Like Variflex' and Hobie's current position in the market, there will probably always be a need for low cost, toy-grade equipment to sell in the "Summer DEALS!" aisle at the supermarket. Who knows how many of us actually started on a Nash and either don't remember or won't admit it? Nash must be doing alright. To my knowledge, they are one of very few companies that has been consistently, non-stop producing and selling skateboards from the mid-1960s to present.
Having said all that... The collectible value of ANY Nash skateboard? Zero Dollars and Zero cents.
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the nash
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On 8/13/2002
snoball
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I wasn't curious so much about vintage as just the board
itself really. I'm not a collector, I'm a rider ;-)
Thank you for the link. And yes, it looks similar though I don't think it's even that long! Thanks for the link to that picture. It's also not in near as good a shape ha ha. I found it laying in the back of a thrift store and felt sorry for it. I kinda figured it was pushed as a campus cruiser. The wheels and bearings are for crap of course. A friend wants to restore it a little so now I'll have two mini's. A gravity mini-carve at 42" and this nash mini at 15. Will the real mini please stand up?
As for not discussing certain types of boards, I'll keep that in mind just for tweaking purposes. ;-)
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No-Nash Zone
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On 8/13/2002
Emerson Fittipaldi
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I find that discussing a NASH on the NCDSA website is akin to striking up a conversation about the Trebant's high performance characterisitcs while trackside at the Monte Carlo Grand Prix.
In a word: ridiculous. In two words: really embarassing!
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Wallmart looking Nash
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On 8/13/2002 fj
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PSR/Snoball, Is this the deck in question? 18" Probably not but interesting nonetheless. Certainly not vintage.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1756752549
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Nash Mini
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On 8/13/2002 PSR
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Snoball,these were aimed at the Jr.High/High School market as a commuter skate that would easily fit in your locker at school.I think I first saw one in '82,early 80's anyway.They weren't a commercial sucess,and pretty much used the Wal-mart quality parts Nash had in the day(not that they've gotten any better).Could be that the decks themselves were cut-off pieces that some marketing guy though he could sell? I don't know,pretty odd board.I'd put it in a museum as an oddball/vintage item.
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Nash was way ahead of times
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On 8/13/2002 farmer juan
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Snobal: Nash was producing advanced slalom racing boards in the early 70's. Here is a good example as to why Nash was so advanced. By using clear Plexiglas with 4 high-tech beams, they achieved a flex pattern that was unmatched by any of their compeditors. Enjoy your board. I will be racing mine at da' farm August 24th. See you there.
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Nash Rules
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On 8/13/2002 farmer juan
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Snoball: Don't listen to TK, he's still bitter 'cause I beat him on my NASH while he was riding his brand new ROE.
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Nash wins Morro Bay
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On 8/13/2002 TK
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Snoball, The nash's are pure rubbish. TK
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Mini by Nash
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On 8/13/2002
snoball
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Looking for help. Can anyone point out to me where I might
be able to dig up a little info on a deck I found? The top of the board says Mini's by Nash. There's a nose guard on the front that says Nash Red Line. The trucks are black 150mm XR-2 with 1/2" risers, 7 ply at 15" and has these hard yellow wheels that just say 15-10 on them and the bearings are 608AB. Whoever had this had no interest in cleaning the bearings, ever. I typed "Mini's by Nash" and couldn't find anything that resembled this board. I just bought it because it's cute and want to find a little mo' info if possible.
Thank you.
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Slip n Slide
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On 8/13/2002 TK
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Keep it up and I swear I will bust out the nash tender foot.
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Broken Bones
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On 8/13/2002 GBJ
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Duane, It's somehow comforting to know that there's someone else out there who shares a "broken bones at Crofton experience". Mine was a broken navicular bone in my right wrist, which came from riding the (left-hand) kidney too soon after a rain storm.
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