Lakewood Center Skateboard World 1978 Vintage Kid’s T-Shirt

Lakewood Center Skateboard World opened in 1978 at Lakewood Center shopping mall and may be one of the most ’80s skateparks ever as it brought skate and mall culture together in Lakewood, California. The park featured a snake run, banked slalom run, banked freestyle area, half-pipe, twin keyhole pools with tile and coping, a banked three-leaf clover pool, and the 17-foot deep “monster bowl” pool with tile & coping. The entrance to the monster bowl consisted of a very rideable/fun “mini-bowl” that could be ridden independently of the monster bowl. The monster bowl was eventually destroyed to make way for a roller hockey rink not long before the park closed in 1982.

Like all our designs, this one is treated with our signature ‘relic-ing’ process which includes our own secret recipe of hand-painted chipping, cracking, fading, and just the right touch of yellowing to ensure that it looks the part of a true vintage imprint.** We lay these works of art down on premium Gildan 5000B tees, one of the best-wearing kid’s t-shirts available today, via state of the art direct to garment (DTG) printing which allows us to create a vintage effect that simply can’t be accomplished with other printing methods. In short, this youth pro weight tee is perfect for every kid who wants a comfortable shirt to play, relax, or romp around in and our durable, high-quality prints will survive many adventures.

Not sure what size is your best fit? We recommend taking one of your current t-shirts, laying it flat and measuring it. The measurements in the chart below are taken with the shirt laying on a flat surface. To get the length, measure from the high shoulder point down to the bottom of the shirt. To get the width, measure approximately 1-inch below the armhole, across the chest, from seam to seam. While our tees are all made using premium, pre-shrunk, ring-spun cotton, there can be some shrinkage depending on your personal wash and dry cycles. With that said, if you’re on the fence, we always suggest going up a size.

*Sport Grey is 90/10 cotton/polyester and Ash Grey: 99/1 cotton/polyester. **Due to the nature of the printing process and different sizes of shirts offered, imprint position and scale may vary slightly from the product images, but we do our best to be as accurate as possible.