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The Kriptonics composite board was top $ in 1979.

It’s funny when autism guys have long hair.

Love that Soviet board

The Jay Leno of skateboard collecting

I have a Landyachtz R5 from 2013 I’ve traveled thousands of miles on. They don’t make the decks anymore and you’ll be lucky to find a single beat up one on eBay. Mine looks nearly brand new still after 12 years because it’s my pride and joy

Rad collection, bud. Thanks for the info

NASH... Now that's a name I haven't heard in a long, long time.

Gordon and Smith Scircle slalom board.

I recently came across a super flexible board with aluminum hooks that you slide your shoes under... most interesting skateboard-ey thing I've ever come across. Thanks for the video!

When I noticed the video I wondered if the boards were weird enough to include one that I saw when I was in grade school,...I'm 68, and I was attending Pine Elementary in Redding California. The school would have activities like bicycle contests with races etc. One time it was skateboards and one kid had a board similar to the one you have with springs. It was red and seemed really hard for the kid to ride, I thought I remembered more springs, as if independent suspension,...seemed too complicated, too high and wrong all together. My memory might have embellished more springs, memories do that, but at least I don't have to wonder if I could ever prove that I saw one. Geez,..metal wheels, and something resembling clay or brick wheels,...terrible, I had wooden wheels on skates that I had for the rink,...they were fine,...any way thanks, I can check that mystery off of my list. The oddball stuff is fun,...but 8 wheels??? I want to see somebody ride it, ha.

My first board was a wierd board.. it was wood, very thick wood and it was quite narrow for a 1978-79 board.. I did buy some aftermarket urethane wider wheels for it. The biggest trick I learned to do was ollie up and down curbs.. I was in the 10th grade at that time.

“So this is a leg” K

That place is so nice and has one of the most impressive collections in the world. I hope he's able to keep it open for a long time!

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I had a board in the mid 80s called a Fish Stick but it wasn't like the Fish Sticks sold now. It had the reputation of being unbreakable.I cant find anything On line about it. Anybody ? I started skating during the Dog Town days in Orange county and Downey California. gave it up during the Bones Brigade years when I joined the Marine Corps but my son picked up the slack.

Fav fem !

Danforth 8 wheeler. 👀

Sometimes I get depressed. Sometimes videos like this helps.

Super stoked to see Jon Comers’ peg leg. I feel so lucky to be in that man’s orbit. Sk8 4 Fun!

Does he have the graphite board with the beam down the center they used to sell at Toys R Us for like $50. Or was it $100 at the time?

Weird

I remember I had a Vans product magazine in the mid 90s that had John Comer teaching you how to “kickflip your leg off”

Ha. Thought it was Jeremy Kline. Still good though.

This dude rules

100% pure cinematic black and white perfection! Spellbinding. Bravo!!

Exceptional collection of art. Wild interwoven history threads. This vid is a gold nugget.

The subject matter, production value and music is outstanding!! F**king masterful!!! This vid should have 1M views.

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Awesome video! Anyone know the name of the song playing in the background?

man i'm so glad skateboards turned out the way they did. imagine if they never evolved towards performance, but remained something casual & leisurely. skateboarding wouldn't even be a thing today, we wouldn't even be here, this video wouldn't even exist. some alternate timeline where the most a skateboard ever became was maybe something like a plastic wal-mart penny board every 7 year old would have and plays with once; ubiquitously thought of as a child's toy, the "skateboard" . a single flat wide shaped plank of finished & polished wood that rides upon some strangely adapted yoke & suspension system; a fun novelty & exercise, the "skateboard". it could have gone down so many paths. no popsicles, no concave, no kicktails. trucks that weren't built to grind, un-optimized geometry. wheels too large, too small, too wide that could have ended up being made of rubber instead of urethane. griptape could have been a completely foreign idea we never saw. ludicrous wheelbases, proportions, mounting patterns, asymmetries & balance issues, etc. no ollies, no airs, no slides, no grinds, none of that. and somehow, out of all the people using them, it was the collective that decided to do rad things with them that won out and here we are today.

Skate history/stories are the greatest. I could listen to much more of this.

Todd ROCKS!!!!!

Nice to know that I’m not the only one who knows what skateboards taste like. I wish I still had my first Nash board. Got it as a birthday present when I was about 3 or 4, back in the mid eighties. It wasn’t high quality, but it was definitely better than the Wal Mart boards today. One of the older neighborhood kids got on it and did an ollie, and it blew my mind. It was on from there.

so sick

Man Todd is a legend . I grew up listening to him and looking at this collection for countless hours at SKATELAB in simi valley California

3:00 biblically accurate skateboard

Absolutely fenomenal. We got a long way from these first boards

This man is out here doing the Lord's work, would absolutely love to see this place. Keep rippin man!

anyone know what the name of that camera? is on @1:10

awesome vid!!

Wow, sick video montage! My space bar almost broke from pausing the video and looking at those amazing pics. I wish i could visit the show. But im glad i found your video. Thanks! If this is really you Mr.Ballard, thanks for all those memories! Some guy from the other side of the planet. one love.

I just find it crazy they press their boards in China now