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title: "Button Makers and Skateboards"
description: "The last couple of days there has been increased activity in my brain, in particular on the crafty side. Cunning and creative. Yesterday I was thinking buttons. Now more on the board: Take the..."
url: https://somisguided.com/2005/08/13/button-makers-and-skateboards/
date: 2005-08-13
modified: 2005-08-13
author: "Monique"
type: post
lang: en
---

# Button Makers and Skateboards

The last couple of days there has been increased activity in my brain, in particular on the crafty side. Cunning and creative.

Yesterday I was thinking (http://buttonmakers.net/).

Now more on the board:

Take the virtual tour of the (http://www.skullskates.com/museum/intro.html)

The new banner for So Misguided is of a rare 1930s scooter skateboard hybrid. Begone butterfly from the template.

I like the skateboard because it is red and I don’t have to change the template colours yet. I like that it is a rare skateboard, everyone knows the Roller Derby. There’s a social misfit or cultural icon element to skateboarding that I find interesting. If you could say “so misguided” about anything skateboarding is definitely it. I don’t skateboard but I’m drawn like a magnet to the logos and board designs.

Now if you’re going to link buttons to skateboards, here’s my segway. Check out (http://www.skullskates.com/pd24.htm) on 4th Ave. in Vancouver. Or go to the website.

Quote: open at noon cep’n fer sundays closed or

we might be around but check first.

prices subject to change according to

customer’s attitude.

For sure there is a button quote there. Check out the whole site. “We are anti-technology which means no credit carrds, no interwack or debit shit.”

More on the board:

Quote: Thirties – Scooter Skate

The rare 1930’s scooter skate was a skateboard / scooter hybrid which was designed with a quick change single bolt adjustment allowing the user to roll it as a scotter with the handle or as a skate without it. This was a three-wheel design with steel roller skate style wheels and no turning or steering mechanism. The bulbous rocket ship style 6 1/2″ x 13″ deck was stamped out of metal and finished in a vibrant red. This particular design showed patent pending makr, although it’s unclear whether the final patent was granted. Skating then involved pushing down a hill and hoping that you made it to the bottom … this must have been a noisy, adrenaline stirring, rough ride.

(http://www.skullskates.com/museum/rollerderby10-3.jpg)