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I was lucky to find this Cosmic skateboard in my local 2nd hand shop. Cosmic, based in Penzance, were big producers of surf leashes throug... -
Gavin has sent some shots of his rare 60s Bilbo skateboard along with its original how to skate leaflet. Gavin got it from the original own... -
Here's a couple of early 70s Welsh nuggets, both made by well known figures in the Welsh surf scene , but at the same time rare board... -
Written by Mark Mayers ‘ ’In 1964 Larry Gordon and Floyd Smith began using a combination of maple wood and fibreglass reinforced epoxy to... -
Here's a beautiful mid 70s Piran shaped by Alan Macbride. Mac is a respected Newquay shaper with a long career mowing foam and has actu... -
It was another successful surf meet at MOBS on the 25 september. Perfect weather and lots of people turned up with a stunning array of bo... -
Bilbo longboards are still in high demand, no matter what the condition. Perhaps more than any other these boards are evocative of the ear... -
I bought this board from a guy near Port Talbot in Wales, his kids had been learning on it and he wanted to move it on as it was pretty hea...
Woolacombe lost its station in 1970 when the whole railway line from Barnstaple - Ilfracombe was closed down. The surf museum is on the site of the old Braunton station which disappeared the same time.
ReplyDeletesame with Perranporth and helston in Cornwall, quite a few lines closed down
ReplyDeleteDoctor Beeching, employed to make the railways pay by wiping out uneconomic branch lines, but destroying many small communities at the same time. The south-west was one of the most affected areas
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