Sell to Us · Skateboards
Sell the skateboard that survived the seventies.
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Skateboarding was born here, and its artifacts never left: the urethane revolution boards of the seventies, the Dogtown era decks that defined a culture, and the eighties graphics that became a global art form. Boards that cost twenty dollars at a SoCal shop now sell for hundreds to thousands, and the rare ones make auction news.
The boards hide in garages exactly where they were leaned in 1979. We buy them in any honest condition: ridden, thrashed, or miraculously preserved, along with the wheels, trucks, magazines, and shop ephemera that complete the story.
What the garage might hold
1970s boards
Early urethane era completes, fiberglass and wood decks, and the brands of the first boom.
Dogtown era pieces
Z-Flex, Dogtown, and the boards and ephemera of the style’s founding years.
1980s decks
Powell, Santa Cruz, Vision era graphics, ridden or new old stock, the brighter the better.
Parts and accessories
Wheels, trucks, rails, and the shoebox of small parts every skater kept.
Paper and shop history
Magazines, stickers, shop displays, and contest material from the early scenes.
Original condition wins, even thrashed
The collector market splits boards in two: survivors in original condition, even heavily ridden, and restorations, which lose value the moment new grip tape touches old wood. Do not clean, repaint, or re-grip anything. A thrashed original Dogtown deck beats a restored one every time. Southern California garages are the world’s primary source for this material, and we check every rafters-stash with genuine excitement.
How We Work
We evaluate everything in front of you, explain what we’re seeing, and pay cash before we leave. No consignment, no waiting on a sale.
How it works
Call or text photos.
A real conversation about what you have, no pressure to sell.
We come to you.
We look at everything, at your pace. We know what we're seeing.
Cash offer, same visit.
A fair price on the spot, or a full estate sale run for you.
Common questions
How do I identify what board we have?
Shape, graphics, truck and wheel brands, and any shop stickers date a board quickly. Photograph both sides and the trucks, and we can usually identify it the same day.
Are 90s and 2000s decks worth anything yet?
The collectible wave is arriving: certain 90s graphics and limited decks already sell strongly, especially unridden. Worth showing us before assuming not.
Do you buy BMX and other wheeled vintage alongside?
Yes: old BMX, roller skates from the rink era, and anything wheels-and-culture from the same garages. One visit, every wheel.
The grip tape is curling off the deck. Should I put new grip on before selling?
No, and do not pull the old grip off either. New grip tape on old wood turns a survivor into a restoration, and a peeled sheet of original grip often lifts the top ply or a shop sticker with it. Leave the curl, leave the dirt, and leave the wheel bite. A thrashed original reads honestly to a collector in a way a tidied board never does.
The board was in the rafters with loose wheels and a pile of old magazines. Does the rest of it matter?
It matters a great deal, so keep the pile together. Period trucks and wheels that match the deck’s era, shop stickers, catalogs, contest flyers, and the magazines of the same years all help date the board and document where it came from. Do not sort the box into keep and toss piles, and do not mount the loose trucks back onto the deck. Bring it as it was found.
One call. We’ll take it
from there.
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