🏁 WHERE IT ALL BEGAN — 11 LONSDALE AVE 🏁
#calstreets #skateboarding #skateshop #skateboardhistory 🛹✨ This is where it all began — the very first CalStreets store at 11 Lonsdale Ave, North Vancouver. That unmistakable California-meets-BC energy that helped shape local skate culture from day one.
FREE FORMER FLASHBACK 🌈🛹
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Solid oak deck. Adjustable aluminum trucks. Slick urethane wheels. This Free Former ad screams pure ‘70s skate tech! From slalom to freestyle, these boards were built for serious riders chasing podium spots and style points.
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SUPERPRO SPEED & STYLE 🚀🛹
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This vintage Gull Wing SuperPro ad is peak ‘80s stoke! Featuring Doug "Pineapple" Saladino riding a Sims Taperkick deck and Gull Wing’s Splitaxle trucks💥
Wrote a behind-the-cover article about the book! Cover is pretty sweet though... #skaterlibrarian #skateboardhistory
WHEN TRUCKS WENT FULL MAD SCIENTIST 🧪🛹
#calstreets #reissuedept #skateboards #SkateboardHistory Before surfskates, before reverse kingpins—there were STROKERS. 🤖 Designed for ultra-smooth carves and wild articulation, they were high-maintenance, expensive, and absolutely legendary.
🔥 GT SKATEBOARDS THROWBACK 🔥
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Straight outta Burbank and into skate history — here's a vintage blast from the golden age of urethane dreams and aluminum speed demons 🛹💨
📍Seen at CalStreets Archives — preserving skate heritage since ’78.
HOBIE PARK MACHINE — ROCK ‘N ROLL DECK RIFFS 🎸🛹⚡
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This vintage Hobie Skateboards ad shreds! 💥 Featuring legendary Kevin Moore mid-riff and mid-lift, armed with a Hobie Park Machine deck AND custom-matching shred guitar, this is peak skate glam.
MAD RAT-ICAL STYLE SINCE '79 🐭🛹
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Before tech pants and baggy cargos, there were Mad Rats—the OG heavy-duty nylon warriors with ½" pads, front pockets deep enough to lose your whole wax stash, and seams tougher than your stepdad’s opinions.
BENNETT SINCE ‘75 🛹🐊
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From the dawn of sidewalk surfing to this 35th anniversary drop, Bennett’s still carving circles around the rest. 4.3 Vector™ trucks, Alligator™ wheels, and the legendary “Noseshole” deck cut.
AMAZING PSYCHIC POWER… AT YOUR FINGERTIPS?! 🐄📞😼
#calstreets #reissuedept #SkateboardHistory #spikethecat This brilliantly bizarre vintage CalStreets ad is pure 1980s chaos: cows complaining, cats commanding and some kind of 1-800 order line being psychically broadcast from Spike the Shop Cat 🛹📻💥
I've added many 1980's and 1990's skateparks over the years but a few months ago I really jammed a bunch into CD's database. Names, Places, photos, videos you might have on Youtube of the old skatepark treasures.
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EXTREME DREAMS & NIGHTMARES 🛹🔥
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Skate Geezer dives headfirst into the chaos of the X Games—where legends rise, egos crash, and dreams get served with a side of road rash.
New chapter just dropped:
Skate Geezer Chapter 11 →
SPIN TO WIN 🌀🛹 RICHIE CARRASCO STYLE
#calstreets #stickeroftheday #SkateboardHistory This Hobie Spinners sticker isn’t just vintage — it’s iconic. Designed for the king of 360s himself, Richie Carrasco, these wheels were engineered for one thing only: unreal rotation 💫
HOT LIPS, HOTTER HISTORY 💋🔥
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Straight from the golden era of urethane — this sticker is pure '70s skate heat! 💥 Before these wheels, sidewalk surfing was a bone-rattling nightmare — but Cadillac changed the game with smoother rides and way more grip.
FREESTYLE ROYALTY 👑🛹
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The legend himself, Russ Howell — chillin’ with a wall of trophies like it’s no big deal 🏆🌀 From headstands to handstands to redefining what's possible on a board, Russ didn’t just skate… he sculpted freestyle into an art form.
I mostly do research and write skateboarding bios, but sometimes I don't... #skateboardhistory #skaterlibrarian womxnskatehistory.ca/2025/01/21/r...
