http://squirl.info/collection/show/422 This is a growing collection of my vintage skate and surf stuff. For the purpose of this collection, I'm defining vintage as anything that is more than twenty years old. Truth be told, some of the t-shirts in this collection are my wife's, and she has generously allowed me to include them here. Perhaps she'll let me put some of her vintage shoes in a collection, too. Thanks Imelda, I love you. Copyright 2008 Squirl LLC Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:23:59 +0000 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:23:59 UTC http://squirl.info http://squirl.info/images/header_squirllogo.gif http://squirl.info/collection/show/422 http://squirl.info/asset/show/907?c=Book&cid=422 <div style="clear:both"><img alt="A Pictorial History of Surfing, inside" height="133" src="http://squirl.info/users/s/e/steve/images/2006/9/pictorialinternal_19966.jpg" style="padding-right:5px; padding-bottom:5px;clear:both" width="100" />A great shot of Butch Van Artsdalen riding a hollow wave at Nankai, Hawaii, from page 209 of A Pictorial History of Surfing.<div> Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:37:42 +0000 http://squirl.info/asset/show/907?c=Book&cid=422 http://squirl.info/asset/show/906?c=Book&cid=422 <div style="clear:both"><img alt="A Pictorial History of Surfing" height="133" src="http://squirl.info/users/s/e/steve/images/2006/9/pictorialhistory_19963.jpg" style="padding-right:5px; padding-bottom:5px;clear:both" width="100" />Published in 1970 in Dee Why West, NSW Austalia (Sydney's Northern beaches), this is a rare and interesting book. It is Australia-centric, with extended pictorials and pieces on surfers like Midget Farrelly, Bob McTavish, Wayne Lynch, Terry Fitzgerald, and Nat Young. Check out this, from the Appendix: "<i>stoked:</i> excited or jazzed, usually about the surf."<div> Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:37:42 +0000 http://squirl.info/asset/show/906?c=Book&cid=422 http://squirl.info/asset/show/63?c=ClothingAndAccessory&cid=422 <div style="clear:both"><img alt="Life's a Beach skull shirt" height="133" src="http://squirl.info/users/s/e/steve/images/2006/9/skully_19960.jpg" style="padding-right:5px; padding-bottom:5px;clear:both" width="100" />Duuuudddde. Where's my shirt?<div> Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:38:02 +0000 http://squirl.info/asset/show/63?c=ClothingAndAccessory&cid=422 http://squirl.info/asset/show/62?c=ClothingAndAccessory&cid=422 <div style="clear:both"><img alt="1978 Powell Peralta t-shirt" height="133" src="http://squirl.info/users/s/e/steve/images/2006/9/powellperalta_19957.jpg" style="padding-right:5px; padding-bottom:5px;clear:both" width="100" />This shirt has had a long, vigorous life. It is seriously frayed, the threads have gone bare in many places, the collar is falling off. You will get looks of approval from those in the know if you strut down the Venice boardwalk in this sucker ;)<div> Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:38:02 +0000 http://squirl.info/asset/show/62?c=ClothingAndAccessory&cid=422 http://squirl.info/asset/show/60?c=ClothingAndAccessory&cid=422 <div style="clear:both"><img alt="1978 Powell Peralta t-shirt, reverse" height="133" src="http://squirl.info/users/s/e/steve/images/2006/9/powellcloseup_19951.jpg" style="padding-right:5px; padding-bottom:5px;clear:both" width="100" />A close up of the print on the back side. Appropriately grim and stylized.<div> Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:38:02 +0000 http://squirl.info/asset/show/60?c=ClothingAndAccessory&cid=422 http://squirl.info/asset/show/61?c=ClothingAndAccessory&cid=422 <div style="clear:both"><img alt="1986 Powell Peralta &quot;Guerrero&quot; t-shirt" height="133" src="http://squirl.info/users/s/e/steve/images/2006/9/powelldagger_19954.jpg" style="padding-right:5px; padding-bottom:5px;clear:both" width="100" />Front side says "Guerrero". This shirt is in surpisingly good condition, given its long life. The print on the back has some crackling, but overall it's holding up.<div> Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:38:02 +0000 http://squirl.info/asset/show/61?c=ClothingAndAccessory&cid=422 http://squirl.info/asset/show/59?c=ClothingAndAccessory&cid=422 <div style="clear:both"><img alt="Life's a Beach boardshorts" height="133" src="http://squirl.info/users/s/e/steve/images/2006/9/lifesabeachboardies_19948.jpg" style="padding-right:5px; padding-bottom:5px;clear:both" width="100" />Classic. The label on the rear waist says "100% Cotton, Machine Wash Warm, Hang Dry, Don't Bleach, No Drugs". Made in Carlsbad, CA.<div> Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:38:02 +0000 http://squirl.info/asset/show/59?c=ClothingAndAccessory&cid=422 http://squirl.info/asset/show/58?c=ClothingAndAccessory&cid=422 <div style="clear:both"><img alt="Crazy Shirts, reverse" height="133" src="http://squirl.info/users/s/e/steve/images/2006/9/crazyback_19945.jpg" style="padding-right:5px; padding-bottom:5px;clear:both" width="100" />A detail of the screenprint on the back of this favorite of mine.<div> Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:38:02 +0000 http://squirl.info/asset/show/58?c=ClothingAndAccessory&cid=422 http://squirl.info/asset/show/57?c=ClothingAndAccessory&cid=422 <div style="clear:both"><img alt="Bones twist t-shirt" height="133" src="http://squirl.info/users/s/e/steve/images/2006/9/bonetwist_19942.jpg" style="padding-right:5px; padding-bottom:5px;clear:both" width="100" />It's important to remember that all of these shirts were made before the multi-billion dollar boom in surfwear manufacturing. These shirts were purchased by a small group of coastal inhabitants, and an even smaller group of inland kids who were plugged in.<div> Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:38:02 +0000 http://squirl.info/asset/show/57?c=ClothingAndAccessory&cid=422 http://squirl.info/asset/show/56?c=ClothingAndAccessory&cid=422 <div style="clear:both"><img alt="Bones t-shirt" height="133" src="http://squirl.info/users/s/e/steve/images/2006/9/bones_19939.jpg" style="padding-right:5px; padding-bottom:5px;clear:both" width="100" />The screenprint is pretty decayed on this one, but what a great example of a singular design. <div> Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:38:02 +0000 http://squirl.info/asset/show/56?c=ClothingAndAccessory&cid=422 http://squirl.info/asset/show/55?c=ClothingAndAccessory&cid=422 <div style="clear:both"><img alt="Aleeda neoprene vest" height="133" src="http://squirl.info/users/s/e/steve/images/2006/9/aleeda_19936.jpg" style="padding-right:5px; padding-bottom:5px;clear:both" width="100" />C'mon now. Wouldn't you love to rock this out to your local surf spot? This was probably made at the very beginning of the neon craze, when wetsuits were pink and white and all sorts of garish colors. This is understated in comparison.<div> Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:38:02 +0000 http://squirl.info/asset/show/55?c=ClothingAndAccessory&cid=422 http://squirl.info/asset/show/54?c=ClothingAndAccessory&cid=422 <div style="clear:both"><img alt="1979 Crazy Shirts Hawaii" height="133" src="http://squirl.info/users/s/e/steve/images/2006/9/crazyshirt1_19859.jpg" style="padding-right:5px; padding-bottom:5px;clear:both" width="100" />This is my favorite vintage shirt, and it shows. I think I've worn it too much. It's got a great fit, and I love the small sewn-on label on the front of the shirt, on the hem. Did you know that you can ski in Hawaii?<div> Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:38:02 +0000 http://squirl.info/asset/show/54?c=ClothingAndAccessory&cid=422