Skateboard Badges

Badges have been mass-produced since the 12th century, when they were worn as souvenirs by pilgrims. 'Button' badges, so named because they were made with button-making machinery, became popular towards the end of the 19th century.

Badges were big in the 1970's both in demand and size. These badges are mainly just over 2" in diameter. The style was to wear as many as possible. There were badges directly skateboard themed and there were ones that capitalised on skateboarding to promote their own products such as The Stamp Bug Club which was set up by the Post Office in the early 1980s in a bid to lure school kids into stamp collecting and first day covers.


Get Hot


Alva Action


Up Over And Out


Down The Drain


Peralta Power


Front Up And Endo


Gate Crasher


Ramp Ride


Easy Glider


Gorrila Grip


180 Endover


Kryptonics


Stamp Bug Club


Hot Wheels


Walkin' the Dog


Skateboard


Downhill Racer


Giant Slalom


I'm Into The Handstand Habit


Oops


Skatcat


Scatcat 360


Skatcat Says Skateboards Are Fun!


Snoopy


Skuda Skateboards


Bristol Skateboard Centre


Morris Vulcan

Skateboard Special Club Badge


2 Board Daffy


Happy Eater


Sidewalk Surfin


I'd Sooner Be Skateboarding


Down The Hill



Rocky Board and Polly Propylene Badges (UK) 1977
















Skate Muties from the 5th Dimension (or SM5D as it was known) was an A5 sized skaters fanzine with a Bristol slant from the 1980s, but it covered so much more - gigs, music, reviews and comic strips.

"SKATE, SKATE
SKATE LIKE FUCK
INTO THE SIDE
OF A TEN TON TRUCK"

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