Deck Collection

CGA PFD · Posted: Nov 10, 2009 2:15 am Post subject:

electricsnow, can you tell us a little more about "the cassette lady" please?

miller · Backside 180 Joined: 08 Aug 2004 Posts: 2394 City: Regina

electricsnow, I am just tossing this out there but do you think that deck might have something to do with Kampus?
From the pictures it looks alot like a Swing and if I am not mistaken, Dwayne (I could be wrong there) was rather respected within the industry.

I could be way off.

electricsnow · cassette Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 10735 City: Jefferton

Miller, I've always thought the board looked similar to the swing (that was people's initial reaction on here when the auction listing was first posted). The boards are similar, yet different. Ultimately, it's hard to say. With everything that's going on graphically, that board should pre-date kampus by a number of years. However, I know thomas worked with duane when those dudes were a part of mutiny (and I think duane kind of helped to hook up the DVS deal). Some day I'll find out what the story is. I guess in my mind, cassette testing out that board shape always made sense to me because of the skateboarding influence, and possibly scott jobe (but that's just my mind at work).

CGA PFD, the cassette lady was just this professional ebayer who was selling boards for this manufacturer. They had a bunch of old cassettes and I think at one point they were supposed to be re-surfaced or something like that. I'm not sure at what point they fit into cassette's history, but I assume early on. I don't know if this factory had anything to do with media skateboards or not, but the boards they had were on the earlier end of things, obviously with the round cassette and then a couple of boombox versions, and then with all of the test color ways they had from the 01 line. A few years ago that factory actually blew up, thereby sending cassette wakeskate values sky high. hahahaha...just kidding.

RUSSIAN · Posted: Nov 10, 2009 9:45 pm Post subject:

electricsnow, I believe 2 perserverances is 1 too many when an old friend from Cali is in need of one Wink

daniel · Back Big Joined: 26 Apr 2004 Posts: 3669 City: Duncan

I would do almost anything for one of those 04 grey cassettes.

favorite board of all time.

amazing collection electricsnow!

chriscut · Backside 180 Joined: 28 Jun 2004 Posts: 2000

electricsnow, wow. that is all I can say. Shocked

warlock · Backside 180 Joined: 20 Jan 2005 Posts: 1503 City: AC

the cassette lady Cool

she bought all of the boards the manufacturer had stacked up. it was cheaper to make new boards w/ new graphics than try to sand and re-screen graphics on them.. so they sold them all off.. some of them had sand marks where they had screwed around w/ trying.. but gave up. it was a long time ago.. so i don't remember the details of the conversation, but she had a bunch of the boards, all sizes, colors of the same graphic etc.. i.e. i have 2 micro cassettes identical, but one is red, one is blue. the round deck is different from the swing i have on a few different aspects, the cassette is flat, top and bottom, the swing has concave and has a "bevel" on the bottom. the cassette lady Laughing

sent me an email later on a fire at the manufacturer's where the boards came from.

of the few boards i have ever parted with, the two boards i have been happiest with, the round one for your collection esnow and the 46'' to letchworth. i couldn't believe he didn't have one of his own boards.. and i happen to have one that had never even been gripped...

Slapdown · Kickflip Joined: 20 Apr 2005 Posts: 4240 City: Austin

warlock, The swing has concave?

warlock · Backside 180 Joined: 20 Jan 2005 Posts: 1503 City: AC

it's not flat. the bottom of the board sitting on the floor has an gap on either side from teh "bevel" the top seems to have some concave, it is not anything like boards today.. and may have been a oversite on my part due to the bevel.. it's on the wall, so i will have to pull it down and look now..

electricsnow · cassette Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 10735 City: Jefferton

thanks for filling in the gaps, warlock!

Yeah, I don't know if I'd call the swing a full-on concave wakeskate, but part of the base presses out...it's not completely flat.

CGA PFD · Posted: Nov 12, 2009 2:38 am Post subject:

-=AlexXx=- · Posted: Nov 18, 2009 3:19 pm Post subject:

Le Jalapeno, i like the graphic!

Raven, sure is! and that bored is gunna be therapeutic on the water!

electricsnow · cassette Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 10735 City: Jefferton

since this was kicked back up, here's a cool board posted on the obscura blahg from danny hampson: http://obscura09.com/uncategorized/dance-nostaligia.html

caprice150 · Backside 180 Joined: 22 May 2008 Posts: 593

electricsnow, that board is sick, and i believe it is the one he rode in sfumato isn't it? i know in some parts he is riding a black board... i guess i'll watch it again for the 100th time to make sure

you know what else is sweet, the newest post with the obscura shirt. that dude just wears it so well Cool

electricsnow · cassette Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 10735 City: Jefferton

caprice150, so is that you in the obscura t?

That vehicle looks familiar, or at least that cassette sticker is jogging my memory.

caprice150 · Backside 180 Joined: 22 May 2008 Posts: 593

yea that's me Laughing

and that's brett leadleys car

electricsnow · cassette Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 10735 City: Jefferton

Nice! Congrats!

And I figured it was either brett or raven. It had to be one of them because of the cassette logo and the jersey plates. Laughing

labellethrasher · Posted: Dec 09, 2009 3:43 am Post subject:

electricsnow holy moly, I knew but I had no idea...

Cool

coricluster · Backside 180 Joined: 23 Apr 2007 Posts: 1826 City: berlin

figured that i would bring this thread back out of the closet with a little pic of my quiver....

David_Roehm · Backside 180 Joined: 14 Jul 2007 Posts: 911 City: Austin

I will add to this thread. Way to bring it back! Very Happy