Recreating a Skateboard From My Childhood (Powell Peralta McGill Series 15 Reissue)
2024 ж. 24 Мам.
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My perspective on skateboarding changed forever in 1988 when I got my hands on my buddy's Powell Peralta McGill. Some 36 years later, I recreated his setup and skated it, coming full circle and finally getting to skate it in the way that I always dreamed.
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0:00 Introduction
0:42 Back Story
4:40 Examining the Setup
7:50 The Build
8:36 The Reveal
11:27 Skate Session
13:53 Final Thoughts
I gotta admit that grip looks so awesome. I love riding 80s boards now a days as a aging skater. The McGill graphic is an all time favorite of mine along with the ripper.
Thanks! A ripper is on my want list for sure. I feel the same - I’ve got some more modern performance-ish boards but there’s a certain lo-fi enjoyment that I get from riding 80s boards. Almost like no pressure, just go out and cruise and have fun.
Oh, and I went to Busch Gardens - Williamsburg last weekend, which brought back band trip memories. Loch Ness Monster has been rehabbed, if you didn't already hear. They reprofiled the loops and drops.
Very nice. How did it feel? More fine tuned? I never noticed a problem with how it rides but then again it’s been 15 years
@@robbeaton2178 It's definitely held up well, regardless. The drops were profiled to have lots of airtime, and it really surprised me to get flung out of my seat. I even hit my knee on the bucket car rim. It demonstrates that the park will continue to invest in that coaster.
@@dougronald561 I think the takeaway is that they’re willing to keep and renovate it instead of just removing and replacing. And for that I am thankful!
@@robbeaton2178 It’s become a sentimental ride not just for you and me but obviously for many others. Glad the park recognizes it.
Secret tip for installing rails: drill pilot holes first! Use a smaller bit than the screws’ width. Mark the bit with a small piece of tape, paint or nail polish so that you don’t drill through. Halfway is perfect. The wood screws will drop right in and will never come out.
Good tip! That probably helps prevent the wood from cracking too.
All of a sudden, Timmy's Halfpipe Havoc at Nickelodeon Universe makes a lot more sense.
Ha ha - that’s it! I find that a lot of non-skateboard themed coasters actually mimic the feeling of cruising around skate bowls. Nitro and Jersey Devil Coaster especially. Getting up on the wall where your body is horizontal, pulling some pretty high Gs, it’s a very similar sensation
@@robbeaton2178 Hence, that's why you like both. Pipeline, the Surf Coaster, at Seaworld Orlando, is meant to mimic surfing. Did we talk about that already? You'd like it.
Nice!!!
Thanks! 😁
Good job recreating the board. I could never building anything myself lol. The wheels would not stay on lol.
Ha ha - thanks!
i have a mcgill skull/snake reissue from 2012ish, the background is black/purple. i'm not sure what year the shape is from, it's 10" wide and has a short, upturned nose. it has stage 5(or 6?) indy 149s with grindking kingpins and santa cruz oj2 60mm 97a wheels, original from '80s. one of my favorite ones to skate.
Nice! Great setup. How do those vintage wheels feel? Mine were kind of soft and squishy feeling but not sure what the durometer was.
@@robbeaton2178 they feel fine. i have kept most of my gear that wasn't thrashed through the years, so i have several sets of trucks and wheels from '90s-'00s. nothing seems to have been negatively affected by age, other than some bushings/pivot cups. some of the wheels have the usual browning, but they all skate fine.
@@diplenski That’s awesome! I wish I kept more of my old gear.
Cool story, now is the ramp still there???
Nah, I wish. Get this though: a friend of mine has a backyard mini ramp right across the street. Standing on the deck of his ramp, you can actually see that patch of woods where the big ramp used to be. I get the weirdest/coolest full circle feeling anytime I skate there
@@robbeaton2178 I get you. I am from the UK and managed 3 trips to SoCAL as an older skater in the 2000's. It was like a pilgrimage for me visiting the towns that had been in the mags back in the day. I even got to skate Baldy pipe, many famous parks, spot for pools in a plane, drain and skate one as well as a few other pools. That was also like completing the circle for me. Having a taste of the life I had dreamed about from those glossy pics. Good times.
@@cakebabyman5090 That is awesome! I’m jealous!!! I have a similar list of spots that I’d hit if I were in California. Baldy pipe is on the top of the list as a lifelong skate dream. I recently managed to find my first two pools to skate here in New Jersey over the past year - skateable ones are exceedingly rare here - and now that I have a taste for it hope to fly out there sometime soon and see if I can make it happen.
@@robbeaton2178 Don't give up on that dream, you can make it happen. I'm living in Indiana now and back on my board at 62 after 11 yrs, pretty sketchy but it's coming back. Skater for life! lol
@@cakebabyman5090 Sweet! I’ve got a couple of skate buddies in their 60s. Having just turned 46, it gives me hope that there’s a long skate journey still ahead of me! By the way, how was Baldy?
how did you get that skate the foundry t shirt? are you in Philadelphia? if you are near here, where is that park?
I am located in NJ (Jersey Shore area) but venture out to PA once in while. I took a ride out to Philly one night to check out the Foundry’s open skate night and buy some stuff from their shop. If you’ve never been. 8 highly recommend it - they’ve got a really fun mini bowl, a street section, and a fairly big half pipe in the back. Right around the corner from the Philly Zoo. The address is 888 N 40th St, Philadelphia, PA 19104.
Is your old friend Ryan around still?
Yep - I haven’t talked to him in a few decades but he’s alive and well living somewhere out of state. I’ll have to track him down and send him this. He’d get a kick out of the tribute setup.
Is that the Brigantine Acme? I can't tell. The facade looks different.
That’s North Wildwood. The scene with the abandoned warehouse shortly after that coincidentally has a very vintage looking closed Acme across the street as well (Egg Harbor City)
@@robbeaton2178 oh man, there's a blog I used to follow where he actually went into the ruins of the abandoned Egg Harbor City location. That makes sense that it's N. Wildwood.
@@dougronald561 I should have known that you’d spot the Acme in the background though 😆
@@robbeaton2178 you know me
I’m pretty sure there’s a reissue of this board lol