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nosed
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On 9/15/2008
buddy rawls
wrote in from
United States
(128.158.nnn.nnn)
Nose bones are not bad, Maharajah produced the first that I remember. Next time I saw one was when I bought my double beamer. the nose bone (in a bag w/hardware) along with a tail bone was taped to my double beamer, for installation by the buyer or shop. the double beamer was very thin, the guards help them live longet. In addition, the tail bone evened up the tail, so elevator drops were not as sketchy on the beams.
But as far as one being made specifically for the taper kick, I dont think you will find such an animal (specifically). By the time the nose guards came on the scene the solid boards (as well as vertical laminates is maharajah, taperkick, etc etc) had dissappeared in favor of the now conventional ply lay-up.
But, most any nose guard should work well. If you could find one of the two blt style powell nosebones, in black, would work vey nicely, but then again any of them will work pretty well. The powells were more robust than the others that became commonplace in the 80's
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Nosed
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On 9/12/2008 PSR
wrote in from
United States
(75.68.nnn.nnn)
Shaun, kosher nose bits would include Powell Nosebones (Hey,they came with an early 80's Jay Smith I once had), and imho, Ugly Nose Rails, which were a late-70's Freestyle noseguard (4 T-nut, below-the-lip-grindable design), which are on my Hobie Parkrider (as I burnt off the original PowerPivots some 2+ decades ago). There's 'generic' noseguards at oldschoolskates.com as well that'll fit without putting a nametag/date/time on the 'fix' of that nose. BTW, my '93 Barfoot got smacked into a guardrail a few years back, hated to 'cut' it, but I re-cut the nose (sanded, not routered), and added a Nosebone (cuz they're timeless+work), and skate it as is today (Thanks, Chuck, damn nice Ride!), just an inch +- shorter than it was.. So, yeah, fix it, do it nice, tastefully, and RIDE IT without worrying too dang much. ;-)
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My Taperkick has no nose...
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On 9/12/2008
PaulW
wrote in from
United Kingdom
(82.24.nnn.nnn)
Well, nothing custom-made as I recall for the T'kick. Any generic noseguard would probably do the job.
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Sims Taperkick
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On 9/11/2008
Shaun
wrote in from
United Kingdom
(82.6.nnn.nnn)
Does anybody know if a nose protector/bone was ever made for sims taperkick.I have one that has severe nose damage that is beyond repair but would cover nicely if i could get hold of one. Or any sugestions of something that may fit.
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Megatrons Guess
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On 9/8/2008 Curt
wrote in from
United Kingdom
(91.111.nnn.nnn)
In the Hundreds and mostly all for U.K. Said Smokestack (At a guess.)
Rad interview John. Thank you!
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Mark Baker
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On 9/7/2008
John
wrote in from
United Kingdom
(81.105.nnn.nnn)
Mark Baker is now a partner in Mansion, the New York nightclub. Click here for link
There is an interview with him on this site Click here for link Click on the New York section.
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More Baker Stuff
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On 9/7/2008 Curt
wrote in from
United Kingdom
(91.109.nnn.nnn)
Hey Guys,
I dug up a Rad Baker Deck Advert at skatesnapsandybinns
Era 76 (On the Left) Then go to page 2
Below is a Megatron Picture as well.
Sunday mornig here so I will leave it a few Hours, but I will Text Smokestack
for his view on production.
The Kellner's (Also on Page 2) Are now:
The Bushman Brothers. (If you Dig music?)
Shaun,
I attemped to attach Baker Advert to you. It would not send. Sorry Amigo.
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Megatrons
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On 9/6/2008 Sk8trippin
wrote in from
United States
(72.67.nnn.nnn)
Steve Olson brought Mark Baker over to my house to pick me up to go skatin around 1978, I haven't seen Mark in years, but last I heard he lives in NYC and is a big time nighclub/concert/party promoter.
He gave me a couple sets of Megatrons, not his model ones but the others, I still got em, unused and MINT!
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Megatron
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On 9/6/2008 PSR
wrote in from
United States
(75.68.nnn.nnn)
Numbers of Baker Megatrons? Yikes, helluva question, that. I'd take a wild guess at less than 100? Still, to get a signature that consistent, I'd say it was either added to a mold, or stencilled-then-etched.
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Baker Megatrons
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On 9/6/2008 Curt
wrote in from
United Kingdom
(91.109.nnn.nnn)
Hey Guys,
I would summarize that any batch would of been in small Numbers. To skate at that time was against the Tide. (Of fashion.)
U.S. Imports were quite expensive and sale items began to flood the market.
On advice I turned down Split Gullwings, Lime Kryps, Various Sims and even a Lonnie Toft Eight Wheeler!
A Rad little scar still remains until my journey to Heaven on my thigh.
..From The Cage Skate Park. Brighton.
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re. psr
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On 9/6/2008 herbn
wrote in from
United States
(71.127.nnn.nnn)
specificly, i don't think the loop on the B would open up. do you think there were thousands of mark baker sigature trucks? hundred(s) maybe ,dozen(s) more likely.
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signatures
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On 9/6/2008 herbn
wrote in from
United States
(71.127.nnn.nnn)
apparently there are at least a few pairs of these trucks.They're obviously the same,though there is a range of differences that are understandable, especially if they're done relatively slowly with a etching tool not carefully signed with a pen. The angle of the vice is a good (an a bit humourous) point as well. But i think the sig is perhaps a bit to accurate to be entirely by hand and eye, i mean the distances to the perimeter of the hanger it's centered and consistantly too,but still a the variances(not entirely production,cast in) reminds me of when i first started making rails,particularly my tapered rails(thin in the front double wide in back) i drilled the holes one at a time with a combination drill and countersink that my dad showed me how to make,but i had a pattern with endstops to locate the holes but side to side could float a bit,especialy if one of my crew drilled them. So i'm thinking there was a template wooden perhaps that the hanger fits into,located by the axles, and it gives a precise area that the signature needs to fill. Oh yeah prescratched? i think the engraving looks a bit deep for a basic engraver they were probabely gone over a few times.
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Mad Mark Baker
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On 9/6/2008 Curt
wrote in from
United Kingdom
(91.109.nnn.nnn)
Hey Guys,
Smokestack Levene touts the story that Baker ripped Alva out the Pool!
He (Alva) was somewhat gnarly at the idea!
Baker's Girlfriend still lives in Brighton. Still Foxy and single!
I am old and married...
I met Steve Kellner last winter, who was a close to Baker.
You could spin a Coin as to who was the best style. (Kellner way smoother)
The Megaton Advert appears in Skateboard! Magazine. (From memory)
Just a phone number and cash. (Assumed) They had a pretty tight group thing
that as a Grom I was not ever part of. I was hardly going to threaten Baker
if my Deck did not turn up!
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Mark Baker
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On 9/6/2008 mad-rat
wrote in from
United Kingdom
(92.233.nnn.nnn)
Mark Baker at Harrow 1980.
I took this pic at some sort of ESA competition.
Mark had just got back from living in Dog Town for a while, which explains his bleached hair and tan!
Oh, and are those his signature Megatrons on that setup?
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signed and sealed
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On 9/5/2008 PSR
wrote in from
United States
(75.68.nnn.nnn)
Et al, with the 'Mark Baker' signature Megatrons, remember that casting in metal will always loose some detailing in the course of repeated use, ie, production... The basics of the signature are retained in every photo posted here(and pretty much what I recall from long-ish ago).
Those are all 'production' trucks (a good friend of mine once owned a pair, back-in-the-day on a Caster w/Powerflex 9's on it; lost in the mists of time..), but know this; Megatrons were pretty rare, signature Baker's are rarer. Maybe not as rare as Energy ParkRacers or Proccers, but hard-to-find nonetheless. It funny how those fairly unique items eventually surface.
BTW, anyone see a HeavyStick deck around recently?
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power paw super grips?
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On 9/5/2008
Kai salam
wrote in from
United States
(71.162.nnn.nnn)
does anyone know where i could get ahold of some 70mm powerpaw super grips? i had them on my first longboard and i wanted to get another set.
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Mark Baker, confusion stuff???
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On 9/5/2008 Vintage Man
wrote in from
United States
(66.245.nnn.nnn)
Hope the attached picture works... If does not
I went to the Google Search Engine, typed in
"mark baker" skateboarding, enter, then hit in upper
area of your screen IMAGES.... This picture if comes out
is from www.tonyhallamskateboarding.com.au Its titled
UK signature trucks... Looks like the original-real deal???
Help in the mystery??? I am thinking the Megaton Trucks were
owned by Mark Baker and he used his etching signiture tool...
Wadda I knows... ANYWAY cheers... And safe tidings to all our
www.ncdsa.com family in the Hurricane Gustav, Hanna and Ike landing areas
of the USA...
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Megatrons
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On 9/5/2008
shaun
wrote in from
United Kingdom
(82.6.nnn.nnn)
Hey Guys
I have taken a really close look at these and i think you are right. There is a loop missing off the K in Baker on one of the trucks. When i hold them to the sunlight i can see what maybe where the signature was scratched on before the engraving was done ??. But they look so similar... I have never looked that close before allways thought they were production models.
Maybe they did belong to Baker. Would love to find out
Curt
A copy of the disc would be cool
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Mark Baker handwriting analysis
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On 9/5/2008 Vintage Man
wrote in from
United States
(66.245.nnn.nnn)
Personally I thought the K was missing a loop...
Based on past reading of my book;
Handwriting Analysis; Making It Work For You...
In the Personal Signiture Section... A person that
signs their name in a upward motion, is a positive
and looking forward to the future type of signiture...
But then again it could have been simply the vice grip
angle... So nothing is concrete as they say in the book :----)
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzoring. But interesting book it is!!
Nothing to compare to such a fabled truck.... But recent addition
to my collection of never to be skated by me anyway; a yery early
seriesissue of a HalfTrack Tracker Truck... Pre black bushings or
more common issues... Continue on with Mark Baker... Any knowledge as
to my trucks, series/issue, past use compared to other vintage
skateboard trucks feel free to comment!!
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Megatrons
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On 9/5/2008 Curt
wrote in from
United Kingdom
(91.109.nnn.nnn)
Hey Shaun and Herbn,
Man. You are correct! The B Does differ.
A Baker Deck and trackers did appear on a well known Auction site here (U.K.)
About Four Years ago.
Andybinns has a Rad photography site that features Baker perpedicular to
the Glass Fibre Bowl and cross stepping! This was about 1976
Skateboard Magazine (U.K) Features Baker quite a lot as well.
I am happy to send you Guys a Disc.
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love it
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On 9/5/2008 herbn
wrote in from
United States
(67.83.nnn.nnn)
i'm sittin here cross referencing different parts of the signature ,they look so handsigned but they are SO identical, i'm looking at the gaps between letters,distance to the edges,ect ect very close,i began to think they may have had baker sign on of the masters,but if you look at the capitol B one definitely more closed at the bottom and the shape is different. So they were hand signed,i'm guessing they were on marks personal board,great history i wonder if he signed a bunch, i'm guessing probabely not.
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Bakers Megatrons
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On 9/5/2008
Shaun
wrote in from
United Kingdom
(82.6.nnn.nnn)
Hey Herbn and Curt
Here's a pic of both Megatrons together
Shaun
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Baker Megatrons
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On 9/5/2008 Curt
wrote in from
United Kingdom
(91.109.nnn.nnn)
Hey Shaun and Herbn,
Rad shots of The Holy Grail. Shaun!
A fascinating account that answers much. (Herbn)
I remember Baker running a small batch of signature Decks from The Cage
Skate Park in Brighton. (Pig City) He said that they intended more however were having trouble cutting a production run grip tape. Alva style.
A passing media person told me that a documentary was made about him (Baker)
for Airline flight viewing. It has never surfaced for me!
Smokestack Levene. Tells a rad story about getting Red Carpet reception in
his New York Club.
He hosted the Dog Town premier in London. Paul Price said.
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truck model ?
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On 9/5/2008 herbn
wrote in from
United States
(71.255.nnn.nnn)
could you show the signature part of both trucks in the same pic. i don't doubt their authenticity,but the "model" may have been a bit tougue in cheek,baker rode for megatron,he got a hold of an engraving tool,and he signed his truck....they ran an ad.....it's a part of history but i'm just wondering if technicly it was a production item. I've seen tools and schwinns with signatures in them it was sort of a seventies thing to do.
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Mark Baker Megatron Signature Trucks
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On 9/3/2008
shaun
wrote in from
United Kingdom
(82.6.nnn.nnn)
Curt
Thought you might like to see these.
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