Comments on: Muswell Hills Finest Skateshop http://www.whenwewasrad.co.uk/index.php/2009/11/22/muswell-hills-finest-skateshop/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=muswell-hills-finest-skateshop History of Skateboarding (UK): Vintage R.a.D Magazine Official Archive Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:18:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Teo Surmanhttp://www.whenwewasrad.co.uk/index.php/2009/11/22/muswell-hills-finest-skateshop/comment-page-1/#comment-436295 Teo Surman Tue, 08 Dec 2009 07:39:36 +0000 http://www.whenwewasrad.co.uk/?p=459#comment-436295 Do you remember the earliest blanks were large rough cut rectangles with truckbolt holes and concave/tails. The idea was to get your blank half the price of another pro deck and get the guy at the shop to draw round your favourite shaped board then take it home and get the jig saw out! These were called 'cut yer own ' decks and they always had them at Southsea skatepark's shop but John Thurston would do the cutting for you for free! Do you remember the earliest blanks were large rough cut rectangles with truckbolt holes and concave/tails. The idea was to get your blank half the price of another pro deck and get the guy at the shop to draw round your favourite shaped board then take it home and get the jig saw out! These were called ‘cut yer own ‘ decks and they always had them at Southsea skatepark’s shop but John Thurston would do the cutting for you for free!

]]> By: Jonathanhttp://www.whenwewasrad.co.uk/index.php/2009/11/22/muswell-hills-finest-skateshop/comment-page-1/#comment-431873 Jonathan Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:02:36 +0000 http://www.whenwewasrad.co.uk/?p=459#comment-431873 Hills were a bike shop predominantly, but they also sold skateboards and rollerskates. I remember buying my first deck there, a Santa Cruz Rob Roskopp mini.I'm fairly sure they sold blanks too. Hills were a bike shop predominantly, but they also sold skateboards and rollerskates. I remember buying my first deck there, a Santa Cruz Rob Roskopp mini.

I’m fairly sure they sold blanks too.

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