Vintage Skateboards Are Sometimes New and Sometimes Old
Skateboarding is old game in the past century. Old people perfectly know about this. They play the skateboards when they were young age. They do skateboarding for a hobby or maybe for sport activity in weekend. Vintage skateboards are what you called about their skateboards in this modern era. Of course, the skateboards look old and old fashioned. Do not compare this skateboard with the modern skateboards, which have modern parts and accessories to do skateboarding.
Different from modern skateboards, vintage skateboards decks is made from plastic, solid wood or metal materials, it shaped like a surfboards without the wheels. Nowadays, skateboards are made from maple plywood, fiberglass, polypropylene, and other modern material; and the length is eligible for skateboarding. Vintage wheels are made from clay or metal. Its designs are originally for roller-skating, so this wheel is no longer use. The most encourage about the skateboard in the past era is using pads, clothes, and helmets for safety, same with modern skateboards. The skateboards used by people for all generations so the skateboard is popular.
Even the skateboard is vintage style, people still looking for this skateboard, not only for its basic function but also for another purpose. You will hard to find skateboards made from the past era because vintage skateboards are unique, ever reach the popularity in the past time. However, for its base function, for skateboarding, this skateboard is not appropriate because of its powerless to fulfill what the skater do to skate and do some tricks. The parts are also old, used for vintage only. If some parts are broken, you will confuse to fix it because of its limited parts is hardly to find. Some people also say that this old skateboards only collecting dust and consume amount space in storage. They may have the skateboards only for collection, but the designs are valuable as collections.
Skateboards are full of history and not many people still take care about this old model of the skateboard. Some people maybe say that the vintage does not have function anymore but with simple cool tips, you can repurpose the skateboard to have the new function. Art designer take challenge for this. Too many skateboard no longer use because of the broken and cannot be fixed. About the result, they have skateboard with other function not for skateboarding anymore. You can make a swing from this skateboard. The skateboards can be your stool and for your shelf to put the books. Designer also make skateboard clock and skateboard table. Moreover, this vintage skateboard remains popular for the pastime and present time.
