Red Dog Design

photo by Zeke

Skate quiver addition # 2.........

This Dogtown Skates, Red Dog Design is the absolute first to be unloaded from the UPS truck at the Bike Pedlar back in the day. We were crazed whenever we got something from Dogtown. There were always new stickers, but the boards, well, the boards had a vibe like no other boards we carried. We would pull them carefully out of the box and handle them like glass and pass 'em around to each other so everyone could try and get some of that magic..........They were well made but there was never any type of cookie-cutter feel to them. No CNC (Computer Numeric Control) machines in those days.

Bike Pedlar guru Dave Miller put Sharpie marker to this one and made me feel like somebody by scripting my name above the cross in similar font, along with some other sweet detail work that any sharp-eyed Dogtown fan might notice. He was also a master grip tape artist/applicator.....

A great stick to skate, especially in ditches like the old Fatherland ditch, it has 29-1/2" x 9-1/16" dimensions with a 17" wheelbase. A sometime set-up would run Tracker Mid-tracks and YoYo's or Tunnel Rocks. Currently there's a pair of Full-tracks mounted on grey 9/16" Tracker risers, with a Tracker Coper and a multi-color set of Powerflex Fives housing German Speed Bearings. And finally, a Space Plate to protect what's left of the rear, because I think it started life as a 30" board, but just like all things, as we age we all get a little bit shorter.........

Skate Hard..........