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Nuts and Bolts

By Tj Watt

On 5 November 2007

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This is my dad and most of his collection of more than 300 old school skateboards. He was Canada's skateboard champion in the early seventies and still skates today so its a huge part of his life. The boards span time from the late sixties to the end of the eighties and make up the largest collection of them in Canada. Having gathered this many in just over eight years from garage sales, friends, and the internet, I can only imagine what it will look like another five or ten. The rarest of boards can fetch a high price on E-bay aswell so its not just a cheap hobby.
It's always interesting flipping through them checking out the variety of detailed and interesting graphics to the ones with old scratches telling stories of people in the past.

24 Responses

On 5 November 2007 Tim Jones said:
Nice collection, nice pic
On 6 November 2007 Rick Andrews said:
wow! theres some crazy ass boards in there!! .. theres even a jailbird "gator" board in the bottom left of the frame
On 7 November 2007 Nicholas Hendrickx said:
That's insane! Sweet shot!
On 10 November 2007 Melody Parra said:
Amazing photo. It seems like you really thought it through. A different way of thinking the portrait.
On 13 November 2007 Mike Edwards said:
Skate have fun.
On 13 November 2007 Paul Lavallee gave props:
perfect for the theme!
On 21 November 2007 steven wade said:
wow. this is great. i see a few that i had.
it's awesome that your dad still skates!
On 24 November 2007 marcelo prieto moffat said:
Great portrait.
On 28 November 2007 Marissa Garcia gave props:
live fast, skate faster =] you got my vote
On 12 December 2007 Jason Seda gave props:
great job, my vote
On 12 December 2007 Jason DeFillippo said:
My god! I'm in love with that collection!
On 30 December 2007 Jan Hoffman gave props:
Thanks for sharing this; an insight into the love and compulsion of collecting. Excellent.
On 19 February 2008 Magda Beda said:
fuckin awsome buddy.
On 21 February 2008 Jason Clapp said:
nice collection! :)
On 22 February 2008 Hunaid H said:
Congratulations, very well done.
On 23 February 2008 Daphne Schlick gave props:
Gorgeous shot! so glad you got published!
On 4 March 2008 Trae Brown said:
Epic!
On 6 March 2008 sMaSh13 said:
dang, this is a sweet collection!! Awesome
On 6 March 2008 sMaSh13 gave props:
effin sweet
On 11 March 2008 Erik Peterson gave props:
Killer Collection
On 13 March 2008 David C. Kennedy said:
Hey TJ!
That shot of your Dad's 'board collection makes me drool. Awesome. I've own like 30 'boards myself, but I don't have the number or as many cool vintage boards like your Dad has. I'm 43, and I'd probably remember your father from back in the day. What's his name? Was he ever featured in any of the big skateboarding mags when he was younger?
Write back if ya feel like it -
Cheers,
Dave Kennedy dckennedy64@netscape.net
On 27 May 2008 Catherine Kurvink gave props:
Whoa! Too awesome for words!
On 10 June 2008 Cameron Allen said:
oh my god. Im about to have a heart attack...
On 10 June 2008 Cameron Allen said:
hey, i like the one right under your dad....its just a wood square