Bill Eppridge of Life magazine captured some of awesome vintage photos of the dawn of New York City skating in the early 1960s. Here they are:
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| A group of boys skate down a street that probably hasn't been paved since |
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| Skaters pose for a photo in Central Park while the boy on the right stifles his vomit |
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| A kid wipes out on a homemade board and take his friend down with him |
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| A woman positions her dog on a skateboard while a turnt-up young boy body-boards past her |
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| The raddest dude to ever live bombs a hill in Central Park |
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| A young boy butt-boards, looking ashamed that he can't hang with the big dogs |
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| A barefooted skater shows off some fresh road rash |
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| A girl wearing a shirt I wish I owned practices pushing in Central Park |
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| A group of friends configure a human skate throne in Central Park |
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| A well-dressed man cruises down the streets of New York, breaking hearts as he goes |
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| A group of friends gets creative in the streets while ladies throw shade in the background |
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| A ridiculously photogenic skater steals the spotlight in the streets of NYC |
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| A girl in the most awesome jacket ever cruises down an NYC side street |
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| A group of kids practice a new trick called the three-headed monster that onlookers flee in terror |
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| Spectators gawk at the highest pants in history |
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| The world's coolest couple bombs a hill in Central Park |
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| The two best friends there ever were skate arm-in-arm in the Park |
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| A skater offers his friend up as a sacrifice to the skate gods |
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| A young boy challenges a pigeon (not pictured) to a game of Skate Or Die |
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| A body-boarder makes a nearby bike rider seem exponentially cooler by comparison |
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| A girl smiles at her sweater's futile attempts to strangle her |
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| A human pyramid of awesomeness makes its way through Central Park |
