bosstiki
Registered: 07/30/08
Posts: 220
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| Posted 09/06/09 at 09:34 AM | Reply with quote #91 |
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Methodair1,
I've said it before, you are the ultimate walking skateboard encyclopedia and a down right epic Bro. I see that blue one and kick myself for letting an opportunity go by!
Did they do any others that were transitional? I've seen some Variflex decks with the foil tail logo and wasn't sure if they were of the same time frame.
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methodair1
Registered: 06/23/08
Posts: 2,107
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| Posted 09/06/09 at 10:57 AM | Reply with quote #92 |
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HaHa! Thanks Bosstiki! But nah I'm no walking encyclopedia~ I just remember what I had interest in and what I want to remember but I forget the rest...like I don't think I remember the quadratic equation...haha! Nah but seriously there are guys that are waaay more informative than I am~
Oh and to answer your question, as I remember, at that period, there weren't any others as most of the riders went to ride for other teams except Losi as it was his family's company~ A little later after his last Variskin deck made by boulder, his version of the first NON-Variskin deck was the stinger/wing shaped deck that came in either wood stain, white, black and a couple other colors but the most common was the wood stain model and some of those decks still had the little square Variflex stickers at the bottom~ And also some of the cheesey Variflexes that came out around 85-86 had the chrome square stickers on the bottom also~
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hike4it
Registered: 02/29/08
Posts: 3,457
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| Posted 10/05/09 at 02:54 PM | Reply with quote #93 |
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Newest addition and got it from THE MAN HIMSELF ( George Orton )
here it is in an ad in the SEPT 79 Skateboarder
and BAM 30 years later
at home and happy
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opsboss
Registered: 01/02/07
Posts: 1,820
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| Posted 10/05/09 at 02:55 PM | Reply with quote #94 |
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Thats noice. Still in the shrink to. |
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WeededWade
Registered: 08/05/05
Posts: 4,682
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| Posted 10/05/09 at 03:13 PM | Reply with quote #95 |
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another "never seen it" very cool |
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methodair1
Registered: 06/23/08
Posts: 2,107
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| Posted 10/05/09 at 03:33 PM | Reply with quote #96 |
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NIIICE Hike4it! Glad you finally posted that puppy up! I TOTALLY remember that board and when I saw it hangin on George's wall at his shop, I was like WHOA!!! Another trip down memory lane!!!
Not as nice as your's but here are some more Variflex's I recently unearthed!
1st generation Hirsch Variflex Team model(needs some cleaning up), NOS 2nd generation HIRSCH, and LOSI Concave~ ALL Boulder Design Creations!!!
And all the other ones again from before just to show all the variations of the Losi's and Hirsch's
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Parkrider79
Registered: 03/20/08
Posts: 1,102
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| Posted 10/05/09 at 03:54 PM | Reply with quote #97 |
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F#*k'n unreal, Hike4it! That's the most kick ass Variflex on the planet for sure.
And the pictures with Orton past & present top it off, F*ing KILLER, dude!!
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WeededWade
Registered: 08/05/05
Posts: 4,682
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| Posted 10/05/09 at 04:37 PM | Reply with quote #98 |
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nice batch of decks you never see, unreal |
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Parkrider79
Registered: 03/20/08
Posts: 1,102
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| Posted 10/05/09 at 04:47 PM | Reply with quote #99 |
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Hey Hike4it, can you post a close up picture of the wheel-wells?
Oh and your Variflex are pretty cool too, methodair.
Now back to the Orton wheel-wells,... Love to see that Verti-Lam wood work up close.
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MillCity
Registered: 05/06/08
Posts: 1,781
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| Posted 10/05/09 at 05:15 PM | Reply with quote #100 |
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Wow !! Pretty sweet score !!
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HUPHLUNGPU
Registered: 12/17/03
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| Posted 10/05/09 at 05:37 PM | Reply with quote #101 |
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| Wow still in shrink no less,very cool !! Was that deck made by Boulder? Looks just like the cross section of a K-Beam. |
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methodair1
Registered: 06/23/08
Posts: 2,107
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| Posted 10/05/09 at 05:44 PM | Reply with quote #102 |
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HaHa no worries Parkrider! Indeed that Orton is SUWEETT!!!!
And HUPHLUNGPU yes, the Orton model was made my Boulder also with the same Variskin/"TUFSKIN" Bottoms as with all the Variflexes, Kryptonics, and DT's of that era! The orton model has the same color skin as the red Shogo's did!
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hike4it
Registered: 02/29/08
Posts: 3,457
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| Posted 10/05/09 at 07:02 PM | Reply with quote #103 |
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Here ya go parkrider sorry for the cell phone quality pic
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NoShit
Registered: 05/26/09
Posts: 845
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| Posted 10/05/09 at 08:09 PM | Reply with quote #104 |
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Quote: Originally Posted by hike4itNewest addition and got it from THE MAN HIMSELF ( George Orton ) here it is in an ad in the SEPT 79 Skateboarder and BAM 30 years later at home and happy With decks like this being made in the early 80's, how did we end up in the dime a dozen Popsicle deck shit hole? |
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VonWolf
Registered: 01/10/07
Posts: 1,188
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| Posted 10/05/09 at 09:21 PM | Reply with quote #105 |
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Jeff, cool you got that deck from the wildman.
So sad he had to sell it though.
Please take good care of it. |
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