USA Skateboard Ads – 1970s

This gallery showcases original USA skateboard adverts from the 1970s, scanned from classic American skate magazines and preserved as part of the Vintage Skateboard Magazines (VSM) collection.

From early wheel and truck companies to iconic board brands and mail-order shops, these ads capture the look and language of the first big skate boom in the States.

Tracker Trucks, Rector, Bones, Gullwing Trucks and Wheels, Dogtown Skates, Cadillac Wheels, Hobie, Stroker Trucks, Fibreflex Skateboards, Sims Skateboards, Road Rider Wheels, Bennett Trucks, Powell Peralta, Z-Flex, Val Surf, Kryptonics, Alva Skateboards, G&S Skateboards, OJ Wheels, Santa Cruz Skateboards and Power Paw.

Click any image to view a larger version of the advert.