Vintage 1975 Skateboard Handbook - Very Rare Find!

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Own an original piece of skateboarding history! This is the THE Skateboarding Handbook, from skateboarding's Golden Era! It should be in the Skateboard Museum! This magazine is a perfect snapshot of what was going on in the skateboarding world in 1975, the very beginning of the Golden Era of Skateboarding! 210 pages, lots in color. Waldo Autry at Mt. Baldy on the cover! Long Boarding, Let it Slide, Freestyle Tricks, Championship Skateboarding, Skateboard Gallery, Tandem, Guinness Records for High Jump and Barrel Jump, The Slalom Experience, Bullet Speedboards, Guinness Record for Speed at Signal Hill, Bank Riding, Flight from Ursa Major, Surfing on Wheels, Skater Kenny Means, Everybody into the Pool (this is one of the first documented articles on pool riding), The Skateboard Saga, Spillway, Popular Sites, Ice Boards, Pro Racing and very early Skateboard Parks. Lot's of Dogtowns early pioneers - Tony Alva (great color photo of him high jumping - see photos), Paul Constantineau, Peggi Oki, and Stacy Peralta. Many photos of the late, great Tom Sims (high jumping, long boarding), Russ Howell, Bruce Logan, Brian Logan, Lonnie Toft, Brian Beadsley, Desiree Von Essen, Skitch Hitchcock, Bob Jarvis, Robin Alaway, Waldo Autrey, Kenny Means, Ty Page, Guy Grundy in racing leathers going over 50 mph!, Chris Yandell, Mike Weed, Laura Thornhill. read more