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Early Kryptonics Wheels
On 6/30/2008 laurie18 wrote in from United Kingdom  (213.105.nnn.nnn)

Thanks herbn,
Are you talking about Skateboarder magazine? I guess the search goes on.
Anyone got pictures?
Thanks
laurie

 
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kryptonics 1975
On 6/30/2008 herbn wrote in from United States  (67.83.nnn.nnn)

i've owned one 75 issue since 75 it's a core and a bunch of loose rounded pages,bruce logan interview ,pool riding symposium ect ect. I have another one i bought from ted terrebone that has the skitch hitchcock fiberglass wave thing in it,that one has a kryptonics ad , that doesn't have a picture just a rendering of two wheel shapes i think they're like 57 and 65 mm and only one formula, 85a i know they're blue grey from pics that someone has posted here,i think.

 
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More Sims -Thanks Bara!
On 6/30/2008 hike4it wrote in from United States  (66.205.nnn.nnn)

Oh and how could I leave out the spice up on the Brad Bowman. I put Team mix color Sims Snakes Single conicals MAN I LOVE THAT THING

 
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my old Sims boards!
On 6/30/2008 BARA wrote in from United States  (204.78.nnn.nnn)

NICE!!!....and so much better than in my basement...I feel allot better about letting them go now...thanks for the pic!

 
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some vintage stuff to look at
On 6/30/2008 hike4it wrote in from United States  (66.205.nnn.nnn)



Something to look at
Hey Bara do you recognize the Phase 3 I put yellow sims snakes conicals on it

Sims experimental

 
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Star-Trac Kryptonics
On 6/30/2008 laurie18 wrote in from United Kingdom  (86.16.nnn.nnn)

Here are the Wide-Tracs again, and another pic of the clear red Kryps, do any NOS ones still exist?
laurie



 
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Star-Trac Kryptonics
On 6/30/2008 laurie18 wrote in from United Kingdom  (194.223.nnn.nnn)

herbn,
God, no!!! not more. What is this 'day one, blue/gray' wheel you speak of? Tell me more. I guess this pre-dates the mainstraem production. Are they raised letter like the production 1st gen. what are the chances of me finding any or even one. Anyone got pics. The 'browned' orange wheel rock hard, like the amber very different to the bright red orange. I have a set of old used 60mm amber Kryps that have gone the other way with age, a sort of yellow/gold. Will post Wide-Trac pics when I can get on Tinypic this evening. laurie

 
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clear red
On 6/29/2008 herbn wrote in from United States  (71.255.nnn.nnn)

i see regular red gen 1 clear orange which was a harder version of yellow an extra grippy less resilient wheel for working your way down very steep fast hills. The odd one is the very shiney looking non transparent orange,is that a very glossy "browned" orange, i've only seen pics of well worn browned orange krypto's.,nice.How about the original "day one" blue/gray?

 
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Krypto's
On 6/29/2008 bman wrote in from United States  (68.231.nnn.nnn)

BTW.....nice collection, I think you have all colors. Post a pic of those wide tracks you have!

 
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Clear red Krypto
On 6/29/2008 bman wrote in from United States  (68.231.nnn.nnn)

Clear red krypto? I don't recall a clear red formula. Maybe the clear orange changing color like the Bottle greens turning brown........

 
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Nice shelves
On 6/29/2008 John wrote in from United Kingdom  (86.27.nnn.nnn)

Vintage Man. I do like the way you display your wheels; on a shelf, 3 stacked and 1 in front. Mine are stuck in a drawer, but I think some shelf erection is in order.

 
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1st series Kryps
On 6/29/2008 Vintage Man wrote in from United States  (66.245.nnn.nnn)

Not proud to admit this, but gotta admit that picture by
Laurie is almost a beautiful as a Playboy photo shoot...
Again I said almost!!!
Thanks for sharing that cool picture.... 1st series right
My attached kryps picture is not nearly as spectacular as yours :----)
Green is 2nd series and Blue is 3rd per my info....

 
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Star-Trac Kryptonics
On 6/29/2008 laurie18 wrote in from United Kingdom  (213.105.nnn.nnn)

Here is a picture I took a while ago showing all of the colors I knew of. Now looking for a clear red one as I have seen a few example recently. Let me know if you can hook me up with one. Trades or cash.
Thanks
laurie


 
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Sims Taperkick
On 6/29/2008 Shaun wrote in from United Kingdom  (82.6.nnn.nnn)

There has been some aggresive sanding going on. Tell me if i am wrong but these decks had metal bars running through them for strength or have i discovered some nails holding it all together???????? More pics of my toes on request.

 
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Sims deck
On 6/26/2008 munchh wrote in from United Kingdom  (86.149.nnn.nnn)



not cheap in 78'

 
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Nice one
On 6/26/2008 munchh wrote in from United Kingdom  (193.113.nnn.nnn)

Mad-Rat,

how i missed that i dont know, i went through the lot, but also on my CD ROM, i was looking for a colour AD, so mabie thats how, very cool though.

Shaun, i just missed that one, but it defo looks like its been used as a shelf....

Vintage man, was it you!!

 
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Bara's comment
On 6/26/2008 Vintage Man wrote in from United States  (66.245.nnn.nnn)

Bara that was most funny posting!! Nice Toes :----)
Enjoy the finally completed Road Rider Wheels Collection;
RR2s, RR4s, RR6s and the Piece of Resistance :---)
Henry Hesters, that just arrived...
All C8 to NOS condition.
Love to get my hands on that Sims to bring it back to
life or original.

 
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Sims Taperkick
On 6/25/2008 John wrote in from United Kingdom  (86.27.nnn.nnn)

There's a NOS one on ebay.co.uk at the moment. It has a different logo design to yours, but some nice photographs.

Click here for link

 
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photogenic
On 6/25/2008 BARA wrote in from United States  (204.78.nnn.nnn)

i find it interesting that in that one photo you managed to fit in the board, the patio, the lawn, your left foot, the dog food and the little empty wrapper you kept the weed in....

 
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Tapershelf
On 6/25/2008 mad-rat wrote in from United Kingdom  (92.233.nnn.nnn)

Oh my!

It looks like someone has been using that Sims Taperkick as a shelf!

Look at those shelf support marking on the underside and the corresponding screw holes.
Oh dear, what a sad end for such a nice board.

I'll post some pics of my mint one on Photobucket soon and put the link here so you can restore it back to its former beauty.

 
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Sims Taperkick
On 6/25/2008 Shaun wrote in from United Kingdom  (82.6.nnn.nnn)

I have recently aquired this Sims Taperkick which as you can see needs some real TLC to bring it back to life. After scouring my UK mags can not find a descent advert to give me some inspiration. Can anyone help.

 
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munchh board - Got It! (more)
On 6/25/2008 buddy rawls wrote in from United States  (128.158.nnn.nnn)

Munchh wrote "Looks to be some generic fibreglass crap put out by an engineering company, as so many were, just to make a quick buck. Like Buddy said, it seems everyone who knew how to lay fibreglass got in on the act."

thats true, but many of them have the right idea, but the wrong vehicle or where-with-all to push the product. That was my example with Mac-Track. Look at the set-up, a fiberglass board with additional strengthening, multiple shapes, etc etc. It cannot be helped that the UK lagged the US with market availability. In the UK, Skateboard Mag was it. And they atleast got their product into there.

 
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munchh board - Got It!
On 6/25/2008 buddy rawls wrote in from United States  (128.158.nnn.nnn)

thats awesome. I looked at the first 3 issues of skateboard (from my cd), but I did not go any further, becasue I KNEW it had to be too late. Oh well, guess not. Yep there it is in issue 5. I checked in Issue 6 and they have a sweet color ad, but the boards do not have the grip themes, just nice looking fiberform logos.

 
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munchh board - Got It!
On 6/25/2008 mad-rat wrote in from United Kingdom  (92.233.nnn.nnn)

Ok, found it!
I knew I'd seen it in the old mag, and I remember seeing them for sale when I lived in Uxbridge London in 1977. They were stocked in a sports shop in the highstreet.
Looks to be some generic fibreglass crap put out by an engineering company, as so many were, just to make a quick buck. Like Buddy said, it seems everyone who knew how to lay fibreglass got in on the act.

UK Skateboard! Mag Issue No.5 January 1978 page 21




 
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munchh board
On 6/25/2008 buddy rawls wrote in from United States  (128.158.nnn.nnn)

Its not going to be in SKateboard Mag. It started too late (aug 77). a board like this is going to have be in an advertisement in a 76 vintage mag, and it may not even be a skateboard magazine. Many times I saw skateboard ads in car mags. For example the hooker skateboard.

Is thing aluminum or glass. If it is a aluminum, there was a company that offered their boards with the center beam and in a variety of shapes. If it is glass, then I just dont know. Also, it does not have to be a popular company.

Case in point, a company called Mac-Track offered a bennett geometry truck with a tracker style base, about 1.5 years before Indy, and even looked quite similar to what Indy put out. But without a large following and heavy marketing focus, they went under.

 
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