60s Skate , NYC Skateboard by Bill Eppridge

60s Skate , NYC Skateboard

Did you know that from 1960 to 1963, over fifty million skateboards were sold in the US? Life Magazine. These images, snapped by staff photographer Bill Eppridge in New York City, are as stylish and timeless as they were over 50 years ago. Wouldn’t you love to see more New Yorkers on skateboards these days like in California?

Skateboarding was clearly becoming a growing sport and eventually in May of 1965, this fun-loving street activity landed on the cover of









My most cherished possessions are my grandma’s letters and my vintage skateboard.