This is my dad and most of his collection of more than 300 old school skateboards. He was Canada's skateboard champion in the early seventies and still skates today so its a huge part of his life. The boards span time from the late sixties to the end of the eighties and make up the largest collection of them in Canada. Having gathered this many in just over eight years from garage sales, friends, and the internet, I can only imagine what it will look like another five or ten. The rarest of boards can fetch a high price on E-bay aswell so its not just a cheap hobby.
It's always interesting flipping through them checking out the variety of detailed and interesting graphics to the ones with old scratches telling stories of people in the past.
28 responses
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Tim Jones said (5 November 2007):
Nice collection, nice pic
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Rick Andrews said (6 November 2007):
wow! theres some crazy ass boards in there!! .. theres even a jailbird "gator" board in the bottom left of the frame
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Nicholas Hendrickx said (7 November 2007):
That's insane! Sweet shot!
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Melody Parra said (10 November 2007):
Amazing photo. It seems like you really thought it through. A different way of thinking the portrait.
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Mike Edwards said (13 November 2007):
Skate have fun.
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Paul Lavallee gave props (13 November 2007):
perfect for the theme!
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steven wade said (21 November 2007):
wow. this is great. i see a few that i had.
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Marcelo said (24 November 2007):
Great portrait.
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Marissa Garcia gave props (28 November 2007):
live fast, skate faster =] you got my vote
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Jason Seda gave props (12 December 2007):
great job, my vote
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Jason DeFillippo said (12 December 2007):
My god! I'm in love with that collection!
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Jan Hoffman gave props (30 December 2007):
Thanks for sharing this; an insight into the love and compulsion of collecting. Excellent.
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Magda Beda said (19 February 2008):
fuckin awsome buddy.
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Jason Clapp said (21 February 2008):
nice collection! :)
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Hunaid H said (22 February 2008):
Congratulations, very well done.
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Daphne Schlick gave props (23 February 2008):
Gorgeous shot! so glad you got published!
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Trae Brown said (4 March 2008):
Epic!
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Erik Peterson gave props (11 March 2008):
Killer Collection
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David C. Kennedy said (13 March 2008):
Hey TJ!
That shot of your Dad's 'board collection makes me drool. Awesome. I've own like 30 'boards myself, but I don't have the number or as many cool vintage boards like your Dad has. I'm 43, and I'd probably remember your father from back in the day. What's his name? Was he ever featured in any of the big skateboarding mags when he was younger?
Write back if ya feel like it -
Cheers,
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Catherine Kurvink gave props (27 May 2008):
Whoa! Too awesome for words!
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Cameron Allen said (10 June 2008):
oh my god. Im about to have a heart attack...
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Cameron Allen said (10 June 2008):
hey, i like the one right under your dad....its just a wood square
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Alexandraahh Szydelska said (18 August 2008):
i wish this was my room
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! !!Zachary Ritter!! ! gave props (3 September 2008):
thats awesome who is your dad?
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Lill-Veronica Skoglund said (13 December 2008):
Awesome shot!
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James Blucher said (11 February 2009):
soooo cool. i wish i had your dad. haha and remember....HAVE FUN WITH IT
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Mark Oldhead said (23 April 2009):
Sweet collection of old school boards! Your dad is a true Oldhead!
Mark
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Chad Petroff gave props (27 June 2009):
I had a few of those,.... the Gator was my first real board. Nice shot.
