Color "Skateboarding Thorny" and Win a Toy

Thorny hanging ten!

Skateboarding was very popular back in the mid 1970s, not unlike today. Skateboards and skateboard accessories and gear were popular selling items and Thornbury's was the leading local skateboard retailer. We believe the image above was for a coloring contest, another one of Uncle Jim's promotional ideas.

Thornbury's participated in a variety of skateboard-related promotions and activities, including competitions and demonstrations. At least once a professional skateboarder from California, who appeared frequently in popular skateboarding magazines of the day, traveled to Kentucky on behalf of Thornbury's for various store appearances and performances. Competitions held in mall parking lots, like the one shown in the video here, were common too. The video depicts those scenes well but it's not one of the Thornbury's stores or malls. If you have any Thornbury's-skateboarding-related photos, videos, or merchandise (we recall a t-shirt with a color version of the above image), contact us as we'd like to publish it here. Keep on truckin'.