80s Skateboard Setup & Guide: Matt Hensley Street Swinger H-Street Reissue
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- Опубликовано: 30 июл 2024
- 🛹 Take a nostalgic ride with me back to the 80s in this video, as we revisit the iconic Matt Hensley Street Swinger from H-Street, a true gem in skateboarding history. Discover the charm and legacy of this legendary board, a favorite among skaters.
🔧 Alongside, I bring you an in-depth Old School Skateboarding Setup Guide. Perfect for veteran skaters rediscovering their passion or newcomers captivated by the allure of 80s skateboarding culture. This overview offers important considerations when assembling a classic skateboard, featuring choices like truck styles and sizes for Independent Trucks & Tracker Trucks, riser pads, the best wheel size/shapes and urethane formulas form brands like Bones and Powell Peralta, the best value in bearings, and considerations for grip tape.
💭 I'll also share personal stories from my skateboarding days, provide tips for those diving back into old school skating, and give you a glimpse into my collection of vintage skateboards.
Channels mentioned in the video:
Joe / @morbidthrasher666
Jason at / @80slove
Damian at / @radoldrat
👀 Stay tuned till the end to see the Street Swinger in action at the skatepark, where I test its compatibility with modern skating challenges.
👇 I'm eager to connect with you! Share the story of your first skateboard or your favorite old school skate memories in the comments. If you enjoy this blend of nostalgia and practical skateboarding tips, please like, share, and subscribe for more content. Help us reach our next goal of two thousand subscribers and keep the skateboarding spirit thriving!
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:18 Revisiting My Old Skateboards
03:14 Why I Love the Hensley Street Swinger
04:30 Setting Up the Red Wall Hanger
06:24 Best Way to Hang Up a Complete Board
07:59 Setting Up the Orange/Yellow Skater
09:27 Tips and Considerations for Setting Up an Old School Board
10:14 Picking the Right Size Trucks
13:14 Riser Pads
14:09 Bushings
14:27 Rails
15:20 Wheels
19:38 Grip Tape
21:01 Testing at the Skatepark
22:06 Review and Closing Thoughts
Thanx for the shout out broski 👊🤟🤟 This is one of your best skateboard vids yet. Keep 'em coming. 🤙
Thanks Joe. 🙏 This was a fun one to make 👍
@@TheNostalgicNeighborhood I just got my tracking for my signed red, can't wait!
@@ProjectPhenix Right on. How exciting!!! 🤩
I’ve started getting a couple of decks. I’ve just turned 50. And use to rip all the time. The Matt Hensley was the last deck I had and snapped. Then retired. Hensley was the man.
That’s awesome. I turn 50 in a couple months, and I’m still having fun on my boards. Hensley is still rad!!! 🙌
My first "real" board was a green Joe Johnson Vision hieroglyphics. I sold it for $20 buck when I got my first car. Years ago I searched the web but could not find anything on that particular model. Recently I saw one pop up on a YT vid so the search was on again. Finally found one but not the exact color. I spent so much time with that board that just staring at the graphics brings up all sorts of emotions!
Joe Johnson hieroglyphics is a classic 🙌 Glad you found one. I have the same challenge… I’ve found many of the same boards I had back in the day, but only this red Hensley is the same color. I hear you about the graphics bringing up all sorts of feelings and emotions. I love that about these things 👍
@@TheNostalgicNeighborhood We had a skate shop here in Stockton CA in the 80s called California Skate. The smell inside was awesome. I was even aware of this at the time. The scent of wheels and fresh decks was the best! 😃
@@alexdelgadojr7718 Isn’t cool how smells are so tied to memories. ❤️
Rob Roskopp! Holy cow, I remember that board! I used to work in a surf shop back in HS and we ended up selling all sorts of skateboards and decks. I remember installing those plastic sliders underneath the board. I think I even had some sort of plastic protection that you snap onto the trucks to try and keep them from getting all scratched. I wondered how those decks were put up on the wall. Thanks for sharing how you did that. I really love what you did with your daughterʻs old room to turn that into your studio and workspace.
Right on Kevin. I didn’t know you worked in a surf shop back in the day. How cool! Yeah, those things on the trucks were copers. They don’t really make them anymore. As always, thanks for watching and commenting 🙏👊
1st board ever was a department store board, a green and red Valterra King Cobra. 1st pro board was the purple Sims Buck Smith sun and moon graphic.
Ooh!!! That Buck Smith is such a classic!!! I didn’t know much about him until I visited Kona in Florida last summer, as he was/is the local ripper there.
Holy crap!!! You bought back a memory I long forgot about: King Cobra!! That was my first skateboard too. Once I saw the name, all the memories flooded back to my now 47 year old brain 😂
@@NJGhost34 I’m also 47 👍🏻
I think people have forgotten how great 97a Slime Balls are. But my faves are my OJ Natas 95a/57mms. I reckon wheels are the make or break on a setup. Great video! Glad I found your channel.
I think you’re right on the slime balls. 👊 Thanks for watching and commenting! 🙏
Awesome video, and nice skating at the park - thank you! First board was a T&C Performer with Gullwing trucks, Sims multicolored wheels, and of course the plethora of accessories including the bird on the back truck hahah. Second board was a Powell Peralta Ray Rodriguez - Red with the blue sword and gold dragon on top with Indy trucks and various wheels for various stuff. Third classic board was a Rob Roskopp II, black with I think some neon colors in the target etc. Hard to remember now. I know I had the old copers on there for the trucks though lol - held on by zip ties! Building up a reissue sword and skull board now that will be close to my original.
Awesome! 🙌 You had a nice lineup of nice boards back on the day. Love that you’re building up a new one to be close to your original too. So rad!!!
I just recently purchased the Matt Hensley Special Edition Horn Blower deck and it takes me back to the 80's and my first board was the G&S Nicky Guerro psyclops deck..
Awesome!!! That Horn Blower deck is so rad!!!
My first pro model was a Mike Crescini "Fork Crew" deck from Vision in 1990. He was VA Beach local, part of the Fork Crew, along with Henry Gutierrez, Allen Midgette and Serge Ventura. I cant remember when you lived in VA, but they were tearing up Trashmore in the 80's and 90s so it was awesome to own a board from a local legend. Awesome side note they were also in a skate punk bank called Lostribe. Used to watch them play a VA Beach skatepark quite a bit.
Hey Tony, thanks for sharing. I was in VA from 88 to 90. I don’t recall Mike Crescini, but I remember those guys would brand themselves with forks. Windsor Woods. I remember seeing Sergei Ventura skate. I still have an old Gutierez deck, but it’s in terrible condition. But yeah, cool to support a local legend 👊 I love it. Thanks again for sharing 🙏 Good stuff!
Three of your first three boards were the same as my first three back in the 80s. Except I had the caballero and the magnusson with the melting lady.
Almost 50 now, and been back on a board only about 6 months.
How times have changed
How cool! I’ll be 50 this year too. Glad to see you back on a board again. 👊 Times have changed indeed. I miss the good old days, but the cool thing is there are so many more skateparks and brands/options these days, that it’s just as fun. I just wish my body was in better shape 🤣 What setup have you been riding?
@@TheNostalgicNeighborhood I agree. Except for a couple knee surgeries, I’m probably in better shape now than I was 35 years ago.
What have I been riding? Lol. That’s another bonus of being older and having a job. I’ve tried a lot of different boards and trucks and wheels.
I have an old school long wheelbase dog town deck with independent and big soft mini logo wheels for pump track and the rare occasion when I can ride a pool. Also a krooked ray barbee with ace and the 93a nano cubics.
I have a krooked gonz daschund for the diy park and curbs. It has ace trucks and nano cubics
I have Andy Anderson heron2 with ace and dragon wheels.
And I have a girl Sean malto twin tail with shorter 14” wheelbase and tensor trucks and 48mm spitfire for when I’m feeling like trying to work on flat ground tricks.
It’s a lot of fun for sure… maybe my skill level isn’t high but my enjoyment is off the charts
@@StephenShaunW Dang, all that in 6 months! 🤯 You ain’t messing around!!! Those are some nice setups.
Yeah, funding our hobbies is a lot easier with adult money! I don’t golf, drink much, smoke, gamble, etc… so I gotta spend my fun money somewhere. Might as well be on skateboards and BMX bikes 🤣
My favorite buard is my old Dogtown board. Great shape.
Then would be my Powell Peralta boards.
Awesome. 🙌 Some of those old Dogtown boards have such amazing artwork. Of course, VCJ’s graphics for Powell Peralta were awesome too 👊
My favourite was Frankie Hill 911 bulldog, another favourite was Santa Cruz ever slick.
Both of those are so rad. Especially the Frankie Hill 🙌
So dope for real. Matt yaaaaa matt
Right on!!! 🙌
I had the same Magnusson and Congelliere.
Right on. Great memories with both of those decks!!!! 💯👊
My first all pro setup was as follows
Pink Jason jessee Neptune deck
Manta fly tape
Red gullwing sidewinders 8.5
Green santa cruz slimeball wheels
White vision rails an tailsaver
Alva ripgrips.
Dang!!! That’s such a classic setup, every component is iconic. I loved the Neptune graphics. Sooo cool!!!
I have been buying reissue decks for a long time and have a ton of boards. I started skateboarding in 1985 and never quit so it will be impossible to get every deck i skated . First pro model deck was a Vision Mark Gonzalez. Favorite old school deck Blind Jason Lee American icons, I skated the grinch first and the shape is same on American icons deck, seriously I rode 30 Jason lee Icons deck!
Wow!!! That’s amazing! That Gonzales board is so classic and so is the grinch. 30 Jason Lee decks?!?? Just wow. It’s cool that you never quit. I skated regularly up until 91 or so. And then got my first popsicle deck around 96, but only rode it occasionally. I got back into it around 2003 and since then, I’ll be really into it for a few years, cool off for a couple years, start again… and so on. I’ve been having a lot of fun skating again this year 👍
I remember four of my earliest boards were a Tony Mag, a Jinx, a Ron Allen, and Matt Hensley! Looks like we had some of the same. I don't remember the order. I think the Ron Allen was my first (it was used). Good stuff, and I loved the intro!!
That’s such a great lineup. 🙌 Got a good portion of the OG H-Street crew. Thanks for watching and commenting 🙏👊
H-Street was a favorite, they seemed so anti-industry, edgy, new and cool. El Gato’s gummy cat was my favorite! My next favorite deck was my SMA Natas kitten. Love the No-comply tricks, one of my favorites. I can’t do them on popsicle decks, it always starts to flip. Can I ask your age? You like all the same stuff as me, haha, I’m 45
Hi Adam. I totally agree about how H-Street seemed so fresh and cool. I’m still a huge fan of El Gato. Got to meet him a few years back and he’s super cool! SMA Natas Kitten is such a classic too!!!! I’m 49, so in the same ballpark for liking similar stuff. Thanks for watching and commenting! 👊
This randomly popped up on my algorithm and it blew my mind seeing someone on here skating yap lol. Great vids man
Small world 👋 Thank for chiming in. I love YAP 😎
We didn't have much money growing up so my first deck was a Variflex. Not sure what model. But NOW I'm buying the pro boards I always wanted from back in the day.
Great content.
Keep it up....
And KEEP SKATING!!!!
Thanks for the encouragement 🙏🙏🙏I never owned a Variflex, but I spent a lot of time on my neighbor’s before I got that Gator. Before that, I rode around on my sister’s plastic banana board. But once I got into skateboarding, all my lawn mowing, allowances, birthdays/Christmas were about skateboarding. But I hear you about buying boards you wanted back in the day. So this Hensley was my favorite. What’s your favorite as a look back at the ones you always wanted?
@@TheNostalgicNeighborhood Tie between the skull Hawk and the Future Primitive Mountain. Memories of wanting those so bad back in the day. Funny story, I was skating at this church yard parking lot and 2 older kids came up on bikes carrying their Hawk decks and said there was a garage sale where they were selling a couple Hawk decks and I told them that I didn't have any money or I'd be there and they said that they would probably accept a trade for my board and they would be willing to ride back to the sale and trade them my deck and bring the Hawk board back to me.... Needless to say that never happened. I think I waited over an hour.... I was kind of dumb.
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@@NITE_SHIFTING Yeah, the Hawk is such a classic. ❤️ Dang! About those older kids… sorry that happened. Seems like we’ve all got a story or two about older jerks taking advantage of us younger kids. I wouldn’t be surprised if those guys are bummed and discontented with their lives, while we’re out here still having a blast with our skateboards 🤣 👊
@@TheNostalgicNeighborhood lol, so true. See, thats one if the reasons I like your channel....POSITIVITY!
😁👍
First actual skateboard was a nash executioner… first good skateboard was a vision psycho stick!…. Favorite board I had was a Powell tommy Guerrero mini street lime green with bonenite!
💯 Dang, that’s such a classic lineup! Guerrero mini with bonite, so rad!!! 👊
Great video again ! 👍🏼
The OG Vision Gator (a timeless graphic) on your wall is such in good condition for age, that’s crazy !
Btw, dust accumulates on the Hutch !!! 😉😂
And thanks so much for watching and commenting again 🙏 Yeah, I definitely feel lucky to still have that Gator. The tail is worn razor thin with a big chip out of the top side, but the rest of it is indeed in remarkable condition. I
hear you on the bike. I spoke to John at Hutch a couple days ago and he wouldn’t promise dates, but it sounds like the stem I need will be available in January. In the meantime, I gotta say the frame makes a nice decoration in my office 🤣
I noticed in the photo of your original red Hensley, you had the g&s trucks.
💯 Yes, I had hot pink ones. I loved them and never had issues with them, but gave the board and trucks to a friend in high school because he lost his setup. It’s good to share with a friend in need, but I still sorta regret that one 🤣
Matt Hensley was the best. Greetings from Germany my crew loved only H -Street
💯 Totally agreed! Thanks for watching and commenting 👊
Excellent content man. I really like your channel and look forward to new uploads especially anything skate related. My first pro board was a Powell Caballero (80's pig shape) with indy's and bones wheels. I had several after, but that one always remained special. Years later when my son was old enough I took him to get his first set up and low and behold my Cab was there as a reissue. I was able to mirror my 80's setup and we both walked out with new pro boards that day. I still skate to this day and use that reissue as a cruiser now. My skatepark setup is a Lucero cross with Ace trucks and bones spf. Keep up the great work!
-Brad (49) Houston TX
Hi Brad. I’m 49 too 👋 Thanks so much for the kind words. Steve Caballero is an absolute legend, and so cool that he’s the one guy who kept riding for Powell Peralta his entire career. My son is 20 and his first board was a Cab mini. Awesome that you’re still skating with the Lucero. Coincidentally, my modern park setup is a Cab flight deck with SPF’s too. Cheers 🍻
Your videos are great. High Quality content and great editing and presentation. Cheers
Right on! Thanks so much for the feedback. I love the content on your channel too ❤️👊
Thanks! :)
First skateboard was a G&S Stacey Peralta 2. Done my best skating on Jason Lee’s Cat in the Hat deck. Riding a Santa Cruz Erick Winkowski at present which is perfect for me cause it’s a old school deck but all the modern concave and rockers.
Oh, that Jason Lee is a classic! I wasn’t familiar with that Erick Winkowski deck. That looks sick!!! 🙌
@@TheNostalgicNeighborhood try a Winkowski deck. You won’t be disappointed. All his graphics look amazing as well.
@@marcelboogaard3809 Thanks for the tip on that one. I’ll have to keep an eye out for it.
@@TheNostalgicNeighborhood I just wanted to comment on the heated exchange you had with you know who. Don’t get sucked into a slanging match. Next time say your piece and let it ride. Some people are not worth a reply and he’s one of them. Rise above it. Keep up the good work.
@@marcelboogaard3809 Thanks Marcel. You’re right. I know better, and I should have let it drop after it became clear that it was going nowhere. 🤣 Thanks for the reminder and for the support 👊
Schmitt Stix - Chris Miller:1989 "Faces" / "Dog" 10.0"
Chris Miller is RAD!!! 👊
Awesome brother. Always putting out fun videos and dang it I need to get my butt to kinetic park!! Lol. Stay rad🤙
Right on. Thanks so much! Yeah, Kinetic is a lot of fun. Are you familiar with the St. Louis Old Man Skate Cartel Facebook group? If not, it’s worth checking out. It’s not as active as it used to be, but it’s a good way to connect with local old guy skaters, and in the warmer months, there’s frequently a “who’s skating where?” conversation for the upcoming weekends.
Thank you for this! I’m home sick today and this really made my day. I started in 88 so most of my time skating has been on popsicles, but I’m constantly daydreaming about those first few years of skating when every board was like an amazing painted sculpture that you actually got to touch. I would always only have enough money for a sticker, but my friends and I would still go to the skate shop and ask to see every deck behind the counter. I still remember exactly where I was the first time I saw a kid with that Hensley deck. These days I tap into the nostalgia by setting up shaped boards (along with my boring but functional 8.5s) by brands like Polar but I still haven’t bought a reissue. I really should’ve gotten that Julien Stranger Syringe when it came out a few years ago. Anyway Thanks again!
Hi Craig. Thanks for the kind words. I hope you get well soon 🙏 I hear you about going to the skate shop just to look at the boards… and get stickers. Great memories! ❤️ Up until this spring, I’ve been skating modern shaped boards too. But I’ve been having fun with these old school boards, it makes it interesting again since it feels so different to have a short nose again. Thanks again, and feel better 👊
Thanks! The other day I pop shove-ited off the smaller nose of one of my setups and realized I was getting to experience something I hadn’t felt in over 30 years which is pretty special. Anyway keep up the good work and I’m loving the channel.
@@craigh.5116 Right on, and thanks again 👊
Wow!! What a great channel. It takes me right down memory lane. I stopped riding vert ramps in my 30s at Hickam AFB while it's was in the Army. I still ride my board in the driveway from time to time. This makes me want to go out and get a Steadham deck.
I love it ❤️ Thanks so much for watching and commenting. And thanks for your service 🙏 Steadham is such a rad skater. It’s cool that Powell Peralta still makes his OG decks, but also super cool that Steve has his own company with all sorts of cool merch and modern decks.
I think Indy 159(8.75”) and above are 6-hole. but only the standard plates, not the forged. The older Powell reissues were the newer/smaller bolt pattern, not sure when they changed back exactly (or why they would want to) but I have a McGill skull/snake reissue from 2012ish and it’s the new school pattern. I have stage V or VI 149s on it and drilled the baseplates rather than the board
I think you’re right about the Indy trucks. I didn’t know that the older Powell reissues had new school bolt patterns. I bought a Staab Pirate reissue around the same time and it has new school bolt patterns too.
@@TheNostalgicNeighborhood i guess it's good for people who want period correct 'wall hangers', but the reason they switched the bolt pattern in the first place was to fix the issue of hardware getting ground off from noseslides. my cousin had an og staab, either the pirate or mad scientist, w/ red/white trackers and green/red oj2 wheels. i have the wheels from it on my mcgill
Dude...amazing video. Such an iconic deck...love the set up and the Hosoi trucks are fire. Appreciate the shoutout, our conversations and all your support. It's so rad that you have so many pics from your youth capturing those amazing moments.
Thanks Jason! Yeah, I love those Hosoi trucks too, definitely a classic! Agreed on the support, I appreciate all your input over here too. 🙏 Happy Holidays 👊
@@TheNostalgicNeighborhood Thanks Brother 👊🏼 Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you as well. 🎄
New H-street wood thick
Do you know If the regular ones are so thick too, or if it’s just these reissues?
Cool video, check out landshark wheels for old school they are cool
Right on. Thanks!!!! 🙏
@@TheNostalgicNeighborhood yea bro np, last ones I had where landshark HxC danforth 61mm 97a but they had 92a at the time
How did you get those wheels. They just came out 7 months after this dropped!
These are the 80s Rat Bones shape in the original Dragons formula, which is a bit different than Han those new Nano Rats 👍
@@TheNostalgicNeighborhood gotcha…how do you like the, compared to the Rat Bones?
@@braystar1782 I haven’t tried the nano rats, they are a modern shaped, smaller wheel and I’ve been riding old school board with bigger, fatter wheels lately. I still love the Dragons formula Rat Bones shape though!
@@TheNostalgicNeighborhood that’s what I meant. How do you like the Dragon Formula in the Rat Bones shape compared to the actual Rat Bones?
@@braystar1782 They’re great. Softer like an old school street wheel, but performs like a harder wheel. I’m happy 90% of the time on speed, but they are a tad slow on the super smooth wide open sections of my local park. On the regular street or tighter sections of the park, the are absolutely amazing
Kinetic
Yap! 🤣
A Gator board? Awkward
Yes, awkward indeed
This guy is having a midlife crisis.
No crisis here. More like a mid-life revival 🤣
Typical response from the average person who has been trained to think like everyone else. This guy can be an inspiration to older people looking to do something different. Why not do what you enjoyed as a youngster? Most ppl his age can only dream about being able to skate that well.
@@douglaswilliams639 🙌 Well said! Thanks for the support 👊👊👊
Same here lol
@@TheNostalgicNeighborhood
So you see a middle aged guy having fun, doing what he wants, what he loves, what he grew up doing as a kid (bmx and skating) and all you take from this is he’s in a crisis? So you didn’t Pick up on the fact he can now afford to buy all the cool stuff he probably couldn’t as a kid. That physically, he could still BMX and skate when most men his age can’t, his great attitude and the smile on his face while he’s making these videos for us. And you see a crisis here?