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board0a.jpgboard0b.jpg The Roller Derby skateboard was the first mass-produced skateboard. It was first introduced in 1959.( I was born in 1962) They had no kicktails or deck traction and the first ones featured steel wheels…SCARRRRRY

Roller Derby #10, red 19” long, steel wheels, rubber block style trucks

Roller Derby Deluxe #20, natural wood, 22 ¼ inches long , Roller Derby hard plastic wheels, king pin style trucks

Roller Derby Mustang #15—21 inches long, powder blue, Roller Derby clay wheel rubber block style truck. Kick tails were introduced on boards in early 70’s

board1a.jpgboard1b.jpg Early 1970’s Continental made of molded fiberglass , 27 inches long and 5 ¾ inch at widest point with a 4 inch wide flat tail, Chicago trucks and Loose bearing urethane roller sports wheels
board2a.jpgboard2b.jpg Banzai mid 70’s, 3” x-caliber trucks, 3”urethane Targa wheels with precision bearings, kick on nose and tail , aluminum construction, 28” long, 6 ½ inches widest point
board3a.jpgboard3b.jpg Mid 70’s unknown brand aluminum construction with built in traction pressed or formed into the top, 23 ½ inches long, 6 inches at the widest point, 3 inch silver fox trucks, kick on nose and tail

Peggy Turner