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Ripstick
Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 10:30 pm Reply with quote
Joined: 04 May 2006 Posts: 197 Location: Kidnapped from Long Beach, CA
Okay boys... who remembers this one?




Flashback to 1998...

I had just gotten back into skateboarding after about a seven year hiatus, when I stopped off at my local skate shop, Offshore Surf Shop. There hanging on the back wall was this oh so familiar deck from only a couple years before I started falling out of the skating scene around 1991.

It was the classic Corey O'Brien Reaper graphics ripped directly from the Santa Cruz screen-shop itself. These graphics were DEAD-ON! I had to have this deck, so I asked the shop owner how much it was -- only $44.95. I must have been low on cash that day because I had to wait until the following week before I went back.

It was gone.

That was his only one, and from the sound of it, it was already an older release that had been on his wall for quite some time. His explanation at the time was that current skaters didn't appreciate the retro stuff, so it didn't sell -- until now.

My timing couldn't have been better, but it also couldn't have been worse.

Anyhow, I finally located another one in either 2000 or 2001. But it was the third most expensive deck I've ever purchased. It didn't matter... I had to have it.

So then, I'd like to try and find out some more specifics about this deck. Does anyone remember exactly what year this deck was released, how long Sonic was in business, if this was the only colorway, and what this deck might be worth today?

Thanks in advance!

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Ripstick
Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 5:56 pm Reply with quote
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[ 4 months of nothing but cricket noises pass by ]

No one? Anything?

Well, at least I won't run out of colorful firewood to keep me warm this winter.

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Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 12:13 am Reply with quote
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sonic - san jose, ca local.

i will buy that from you.

pls let me know.

yes, i know this should have been a pm



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skinny
Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 12:20 am Reply with quote
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Yeah this was simon woodstocks company.
Nhs had just stopped making sma
The graphic was on purpose.
An attempt to sell another popcicle in a time when skateboards were dipping under 8 inches wide.

Should be fairly common. I am not up on what it is worth.
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Ripstick
Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 1:42 am Reply with quote
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lloyd.park wrote:
sonic - san jose, ca local.

i will buy that from you.

pls let me know.

yes, i know this should have been a pm



lpark


Lloyd buddy, you crack me up. What do I have that you don't want? :lol

The name Simon Woodstock doesn't ring a bell -- does he / did he skate? So how long did his company last -- from when to when? Are there any good write-ups on them or their decks on the web? I'm coming across too much fluff and something to do with a hedgehog.

Thus far, I've been able to deduce that Sonic Skateboards started producing skateboards no later than 1993, and stopped around 1998 -- with about 40 decks under their belt. My "Reaper" deck was apparently a 'team' deck produced in 1995.

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Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 3:26 am Reply with quote
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skinny wrote:

Should be fairly common.


I beg to differ. That thing is rare. Only ever seen them in white btw. As far as value goes, I could see this fetching anywhere from $300 to $600 on ebay.

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Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 5:15 am Reply with quote
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skinny wrote:
Yeah this was simon woodstocks company


He may have had something to do with the company, but I believe the majority owners were the Obrien's (Gavin & Corey).



You're welcome

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Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 3:19 pm Reply with quote
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Yeah I thought the O'Briens were the owners of Sonic Skateboards, Woodstock was their main skater, they had a video called 'One Louder'. Charlie Wilkins was on the team.

The deck is rare but suffers from what happens when old school graphics are put on a popsicle ie. they look bad cropped
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Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 7:00 am Reply with quote
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chall5 wrote:


The deck is rare but suffers from what happens when old school graphics are put on a popsicle ie. they look bad cropped


true, but the fact that it's white makes it look pretty awesome, the background graphic really pops.

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i'm thinking later than '95. there was a slick too
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