Category: 1970s
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Mystery Skaters – Sweden
Can you help identify these skateboarders? The photographer is Ingmar Jernberg from Gothenburg, Sweden. I know that it’s 1979 and the photo says Stjärnhusen, which I assume refers to the housing complex in the photo series. The neighbourhood is called Frölunda. Apparently, Tony Alva might have met them on his first European Tour. I think…
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Debbie McAdoo
The “Ramp Ranch” began as a quarter-pipe in 1978 in Debbie McAdoo’s driveway, near Atlanta, Georgia. McAdoo wrote an article about its evolution and demise in the October 1981 issue of Thrasher. The photos accompanying the article were taken by Mike Folmer. Photo c/o Chuck Holts (Georgia Spillway, 1979). The local crew called themselves the Rancheros…
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Desiree Von Essen
Desiree Von Essen-Harrington of Ventura, CA began skateboarding in 1968 at age 10 and became a regular at skateboard contests – she was also a whistleblower when it came to gender inequity. Brian Gillogly featured Desiree in a “Who’s Hot” profile for the June 1976 issue of Skateboarder where it was noted that in the…
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Jennifer Dimon (Coppa)
On September 26, 1975, Jennifer Dimon (Coppa) at age 7 was in the limelight for a feature article by Jim Hart within the San Pedro News Pilot. Hart wrote that, she “already has a closetful of trophies for her exploits on a board with rollerskates. Just last week Jennifer won a first place and two…
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