As someone who grew up flipping through CCS catalogs, news like this is as exciting as it is humbling.
It's exciting to know a new issue of California Cheap Skates will be arriving in my mailbox soon, and it's humbling because...I'm old. Ha! But that same stoke is still inside of me. Grab your Sharpie and get ready. This 40 year anniversary issue is loaded.
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"The cover features CONS pro & CCS team rider @louielopez paying homage to Drake Jones, framed by iconic past covers with CCS legends Cairo Foster, Bob Burnquist, and Mark Gonzales. And yep… that's BA is holding down the back cover!" the Instagram caption reads.
"Inside you’ll find 99 pages of the latest gear from your favorite brands, plus an interview with @realskateboards pro & CCS rider @masonsilva, and an essay by former Slap Mag editor Mark Whiteley. The whole squad turned up for this one."
Nostalgia is a funny thing. The good old days won’t ever return, but little surprises like this can shoot you back to a special time—at least for me. And sometimes, that quick flash of memory is all we need to remember why we fell in love with this stuff in the first place.
Hell, I might just have to order something for old time's sake. Tis the season! Whether you’re thumbing through it for some shopping of your own, or simply soaking up the nostalgia, this issue is one you’ll want to hang onto.
