UK Skateboard Ads – 1970s

This gallery showcases original UK skateboard adverts from the 1970s, taken from classic skate magazines and preserved as part of the Vintage Skateboard Magazines (VSM) collection. From early specialist shops and mail-order companies like Alpine Sports, Surrey Skateboards, Trade Winds, Bristol Skateboard Centre and Slick Willies, to UK skate brands such as Benjyboards, Flyer, Logos, Manx, Olympic, Pacer, Skuda, Fresh Air and Baker.

Whether you’re a collector, designer, historian or reliving your first board, this gallery offers a visual snapshot of how skateboarding was sold and celebrated across Britain in the seventies.

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