I rediscovered my old 70s Fibreglass Sk8 Deck in my attic, does anyone remember Pacer as a make?
Pacer was a brand here (UK) in the 80s - they produced budget completes and pro boards for Dan-Z (Neil Danns) and Gary Lee.
I donāt think the above is the same brand though.
The pacer maniac was the first board I really lusted after. Never got one, sadly.
I have a feeling that Pacer was the same company from the late 70ās through to the late 80ās.
The 70ās wooden decks were pretty decent quality but, as you said, by the 80ās they were budget, market/Argos/ sports shop complete efforts.
Donāt forget Davross also had a pro model on them too. Although a vague memory from somewhere tells me that those guys had to actually pay Pacer for their pro models - donāt recall the exact machinations of how that did or didnāt work.
And they also made absolutely stinking shoes.
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I had a Pacer Transplant which was the same just a different graphic. You didnāt miss much it was pretty poor
Iād say pacer were one small rung above market/turbo 2 level. They had urethane wheels at least.
The Hogs were hands down the worst shoes I ever had. I remember the soles went through in about a week so had to get some of those glue-on Woolworths sole jobbies
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Yeah it was def better than a market board, lasted a while so I guess it fulfilled its purpose
Yeah, they werenāt Mad Skull but they were budget as fuck. Sort of like the UKās equivalent of Nash. Acid Drop wheels were urethane, (not the washing up bowl material wheels used on Ā£10 completes), but they still werenāt great. I will concede that their rails that were sold separately in sports shops at Ā£1 per rail were alright and were very, very slidey. Wore out really fast but slid like the clappers.
Thank you for your reply, I couldnāt find anything on the webā¦ I canāt remember where I got it, used when there was no surf.
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I nearly bought a yellow fibreglass board off gumtree which was doing a very good impression of a G&S fibreflex, but on close inspection was a cheap board with a well placed G&S sticker
My first āProperā wheels were old used acid drops.
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Anyone heard of a brand called āHoly Sportā? My first deck (from hamleys) was a 70s style fibreglass board with big red urethane wheels on. Seem to remember a palm tree in the logo. No bottom graphic.
Yep, my first board was a Holy Sport too, this was mid-80ās though. They still exist, itās been an Italian company since 89 but I think they might have been French owned before that.
No way! Iāve never known anyone else who had one, or heard of them. Canāt find a trace of them online, either.
Mine was mid-80s, I think maybe 1984-ish? 85?
Edit: And of course I do a google search and thereās loads (I last checked maybe 5 years ago?). Going to have a snoop around for it now, I want my JR Hartley moment
No way, thereās a catalogue online, this was my 2nd ever skateboard
What a pile of shit
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I remember variations on that graphic, bootlegs of bootlegsā¦
Next question after what was your first skateboard - how many boards have you gone through in the years youāve been skating? Iām guessing maybe 50.
Easily add a 0 to that for me. Although in the past 10 years itās probably been maybe 10-15 boards and that was more out of boredom that wear and tear.
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