Sunday Skate Session Pics from Coonskin

It was a great day at Coonskin. Jeff showed up and we skated with the regular skaters that come to the park. It started getting crowded but it was still a good day of skateboarding.

Pawnshop Skateboards Hosting Go Skateboarding day

Pawnshop Skateboards is hosting Go Skateboarding Day on Saturday June 21st in Marmet. This is going to be a great event with food, refreshments , and a great day of skateboarding. This year will be a new event ** Team Demos*** . If you have a skateboard team, please register your team with Pawnshop Skateboards in Marmet 949-5000 . The best team will be rewarded with a prize or maybe a trophy if we get enough teams registered. The new flyer is cool!! Thanks to Pawnshop Skateboards for the flyer. http://www.marcsboardshop.com/ will also be sponsoring the event so come out for a great day of fun and bring your family and friends

Santa Cruz Keith Meek Slasher Anniversary Deck

This is the new Santa Cruz Keith Meek Slasher Anniversary Skateboard Deck. The deck says Thirty to life, Keith Meek Model , 1978-2008. The Slasher graphics are too cool and I will give thumbs up to Santa Cruz for producing this re issue . Check out this deck and lots of other cool old school stuff at http://www.marcsboardshop.com/

Mini Cruiser's are too much fun

What are Mini Cruisers? Most Mini Cruisers are skateboards that are between 7" and 7.5" wide and 24" to 29" long . I have 4 different Mini Cruisers and I always let everyone try them out at the sk8park and everyone always has a smile on their face when they ride the board. There are a few companies who are selling Mini Cruisers and here are I few that I have skated.

The Zip Zinger will really carve. Get a Zip Zinger and surf some concrete

Pawn Shop Skateboards Hosting Go Skateboarding day

Pawnshop Skateboards in Marmet will be hosting Go Skateboarding Day on June 21st. There will be food, team demos, and a game of skate. There will also be the 2nd annual Marcsboardshop.com Boardercross race. A Slalom course will also be set up and loaner boards will be provided to try your luck at slalom. Pawnshop Skateboards will have ramps and rails for all the skaters to ride. Food and drinks will be provided by Pawnshop Skateboards and the money will go towards the new skatepark in Marmet. Come out for a great day of skateboarding.

Concrete Wave 2008 Buyers Guide

The new Concrete Wave Buyers Guide is out and looks great. It features all the best old school, downhill, and longboarding companies. All the companies are in alphabetical order which makes it easy to find your favorite products. It also comes with 4 different front covers. This is the one that arrived in my mailbox, too cool!!

Skateboard Bushings make all the difference

When setting up a quiver of skateboards, bushings make a huge difference in the ride of each board. The old guys usually like to ride loose trucks , and most of the groms like the trucks tight for the street. Since I ride multiple boards, my bushings in each board have a different hardness. These are a few examples of my setups

1. Freestyle board--- (Tracker Trucks only) Tracker green hard bushings-- my freestyle boards all have tight trucks


2. New school deck--- (Indy's and Trackers) hard bushings in the rear and soft in front


3. Old School deck--- (Indy's)hard black Indy bushing in rear and soft blue doh- doh in front


4. 27" Mini Cruiser( Bennett Trucks) -- new clear soft Bennett Bushings in both trucks


5. Longboard-- (Tracker Trucks only)--- Tracker black hour glass bushings , front and rear


6. Downhill board-- Randal Trucks-- Randal stock bushings front and rear


7. Slalom board--- Tracker Race Tracks only)--- Tracker black hour glass bushing front and rear, loose up front and slightly tight in the rear for stability (this deck also uses wedge risers)

Pic from 1988 demo From Jeff's skateboard page

Jeff sent me this classic pic of me and Ernie at the Dunbar WV in 1988. I don't remember being at this demo but as you can see in the pic of me doing the one wheeler, I was there. I was sporting my "Bono power mullett" hairstyle and riding my Tony Mag "Hell Concave" deck. (it will make your feet hurt). Thanks to Jeff at http://jeffsskateboardpage.blogspot.com/ for the classic pic

10 yr old Salih Muhammad in Skateboarder Magazine

10 yr old Salih Muhammad from Charleston WV is featured in the March issue of Skateboarder Magazine. I have always said Salih will be picked up by a big skateboard company someday and go pro. That someday may coming very soon. Great photo of Salih at Area 51 sk8park

Ty Page Websight featuring Old School Freestyle

Ty Page was one of the best freestyle skateboarders in the 1970's and was nicknamed Mr Incredible. From his signature trick (the Ty Slide* see pic) to handstands, nose wheelies ,to jumping over MG's and Triumph sports cars, Ty did it all. Check out his sight at http://www.ty-page.com/ or his myspacepage at www.myspace.com/mrincredibletypage . The double board kickflip shown in the pic is a trick I have not seen done since the 70's. Check it out. Pics courtesy of http://www.ty-page.com/

Just a taste of things to come

The new "Mini Cruisers" are getting hot and this is the Zip Zinger Zoo York 29" long and 7" wide deck with Bennett Vectors 4.3 trucks in black with Pink Sick Sicks wheels. The Pink 66mm wheels are designed for girls but look cool on my Zip Zinger. The Mini Cruisers are too much fun so check out marcsboardshop.com in the near future or "catch the van if you can"

Marc's Board Shop.com is going Retro

http://www.marcsboardshop.com/ is going Retro all the way!! Tons of new stuff ordered. Marc's Mobile Board Shop will also be carrying the old school stuff. As Jeff says "Catch the van if you can". Pick is of new Tony Mag, H -street deck with a 16" wheelbase. Now that is what I'm talking about

1. H -street Tony Mag "Hell Concave" it will make your feet hurt


2. Randal Trucks


3. Bennett Trucks


4. Tunnel wheels and decks


5. Z Flex Jay Adams Decks


6. Retro wheels


7. Black Label black rails


8. Oust bearings


9. Alva Tri Logo decks


10. Zip Zinger cruiser decks


11. Tracker Slalom trucks


12. Tracker Midtrack Freestyle Trucks


13. 3dm slalom wheels
14. Gravity Longboards
15. Powell Reissue decks
16. Rat Bones Wheels
17. Indy trucks
18. Bones bearings
19. Abec11 wheels

Salih Muhammad on front page of Charleston Newspaper

10 yr old Salih Muhammad is featured on the front page of the Charleston Gazette riding his skateboard at the grand opening of the Area 51 skateboard park owned by Greg (Frog) White. Frog had a day of free skateboarding, hot dogs and drinks. Salih is a talented skateboarder and with the support of his father James, Salih could possibly be a pro skateboarder in the near future.