Cassette Guardian

warlock · Backside 180 Joined: 20 Jan 2005 Posts: 1503 City: AC

i got 2 of the 5 decks in yesterday and i think the rest are to arrive today. i'm very pleased w/ the condition... they're in real good shape, not mint but... well worth the price. the orange one has cassette guardian on the big radio. the other one i got in was the blue micro cassette. i'll try to post some good pics of them this evening or tomorrow.

esnow... does the "GUARDIAN" ring a bell?

kc royals · Ollie Joined: 09 May 2005 Posts: 76 City: Bonita Springs

That skate looks "frickin sweet." I can't believe you bought all five of them. Def. collector's items.

stompin9s · Posted: Aug 10, 2005 1:34 pm Post subject:

those arent really cassette decks are they? i know u guys discussed this but i didnt pay attention? i think theyre imposters with cassette graphics...
warlock, u got a picture of the top side? im interested.

warlock · Backside 180 Joined: 20 Jan 2005 Posts: 1503 City: AC

they're supposed to be real cassettes

i'll get some pics asap, i'm not at home w/ them right now...... that pic is the one from her site.... the top only has one hole drilled for the fin and the bottom has 3 holes, middle drilled all the way through and other two just half way for the "mounts" on the fin.....

mikeskatesonwater · Guest

the first cassettes were basically the same as the flat decks....I dunno man I hope those are real...

2-Keys · Ollie Joined: 29 Jun 2005 Posts: 92 City: Kingsford, MI

man thats a sweet board! its probably the real thing. there wasnt much difference in wakeskates back then

SleuCrew · Posted: Aug 10, 2005 3:24 pm Post subject:

idk... i remember that graphic with the gold, but i swear all those flats had a squared tip and tail. But i could be totally wrong on this.. Where the HELL is ESNOW? If anybody will know its her.

Grouch · Kickflip Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 3146 City: The OC

senorbueno · Backside 180 Joined: 28 Sep 2004 Posts: 1593

I dont think Cassette was/or even is big enough of a company for someone to copy their designs and still make a profit Smash

Anyways, who knows, this could have been a prototype of some sort, best bet would to email Thomas if ESnow doesn't know.

warlock · Backside 180 Joined: 20 Jan 2005 Posts: 1503 City: AC

is esnow friends w/ thomas?

SleuCrew · Posted: Aug 10, 2005 4:43 pm Post subject:

warlock, To the best of my understanding she knows Thomas quite well... but she definitely knows about everything there is to know about boards and the wake industry.

Paul · Posted: Aug 10, 2005 4:55 pm Post subject:

The subject of jboss' original thread was "Cassette Swing".
And on Ebay, Momma Z didn't say that it's a Cassette deck, she just said that it's a deck with orange Cassette graphics:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7159831051&category=47363&ssPageName=WDVW&rd=1

I might be wrong but it's probably a Kampus Swing with well done old Cassette graphics.

warlock · Backside 180 Joined: 20 Jan 2005 Posts: 1503 City: AC

guruette

sleu, i shot you an email to info@omenwakeskates.com.. my pm is not working for some reason from this machine Mad

warlock · Backside 180 Joined: 20 Jan 2005 Posts: 1503 City: AC

i talked to her and she told me that she bought 2800 decks from millworks whatever... that cassette could make new boards w/ teh next years graphics cheaper than sanding off the old ones and repainting them... so they sold the bulk of them off and started from scratch w/ the new graphics... so i have no idea BUT it very well could be a kampus... could be a cassette too i guess Neutral

electricsnow · cassette Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 10756 City: Jefferton

Yeah, I'm definitely baffled at that orange cassette. The graphics and the orange are totally legit (I know that cassette series deck came in a few colors, with red and yellow being common (and based on year of release)). It also came out in an orange, but It might have been a "test" run or whatever. If you keep your eyes open, you'll see that a number of those cassettes came in a few color ways, with another example being that cassette 45. I have an early run from LF, which was the gray deck. The main 45 people would recognize would be bluish/violet type color.

Oh, and all of the ends were squared. That's why that orange one is so perplexing...wait...my ears are bleeding...shizzle....

Warlock, I'm sending you a PM....

warlock · Backside 180 Joined: 20 Jan 2005 Posts: 1503 City: AC

you got a pm back.....

also, i noticed that in the main part of the "player" in the middle part under the area where the cassette goes in there is a small area w/ scribbly writing that says ROUND and the next word is not made to be readable... round is pretty easy to read.

SamHill · Frontside 180 Joined: 17 Sep 2003 Posts: 420 City: Lacey

Maybe it was an original square tip cassette, then the person who owned it rounded the tips himself to make it look like the Kampus Swing.

nick · Posted: Aug 10, 2005 9:01 pm Post subject:

liquid · Posted: Aug 10, 2005 9:05 pm Post subject:

senorbueno, wow ...... just wow...

electricsnow · cassette Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 10756 City: Jefferton

warlock, I think that marking is independent of the shape becuase it says that on my square tipped series deck as well.