A Tip o' the Hat to Stacy Peralta and Larry Gordon

A tip o' the hat must be given to Stacy Peralta and Larry Gordon for producing the G&S Warptail skateboard. This machine devised in the late l970's, equipped with vintage Tracker Midtrack re-issue trucks and Turner 3DM Cambrias is as close as you can get to "Old School" skating. This is the ULTIMATE carving machine. Who would know a 7 ply laminate maple board could carve concrete as well as a Jeff Ho surfboard could "carve" waves in the Pacific Ocean? I grew up on a Nash Goofy Foot, a Roller Sport Proline, and a G&S Fibreflex with Bennett Pro trucks and Roadrider 6 wheels. (I still have it) This re-issue board with a set of Tracker Midtracks (the real kind that cost $60.00), and Roadrider copies carves the cement like a Banshee. I have never had so much fun on a grocery store sidewalk. I have several other custom made "shapes" that have served me well.... but this M.F. "Old School Rocks!" Who knew a stick could provide such pleasure? I thought I was Stacy Peralta himself dragging my toes while spinning on that back truck. Forget the "New School" and teach the younger riders how to balance on that slalom board tearing up the banks of Bellagio Elementary School. Balance is what it is all about. Finding the "bead" of the "blade." Slalom man! I like the Z-Flex Jay Adams re-issue too. It's nose is the sweetest pocket for nose wheelies. There is something about the balance of that short little board by G&S... Good work and quality transcends.