The Story Behind the Photo....

The above picture was printed in the Hampton Union on October 27th, 1976.

The article is titled All It Takes Is Balance: Caution Skateboard Ahead and it's features the brothers O'hara.

"AWHHH THE 70'S SOOO RAD.. Tube socks, loose ball bearings, and no helmets. This is either the first or second contest ever held on the seacoast. It was on Cusak rd in Hampton sponsored by The Hampton Recreation Department and The Ski Shed. I was eleven and my brother Paul was 5 and we lived for skateboarding. Sun up till bed time we couldn't get enough. We barely went to the beach that summer because we couldn't get enough of our new toy aka (the skateboard) I still have Paul's runner up trophy kicking around in the attic." Steve

From my eyes not much has changed. Both the brothers still rip on whatever they pick up and while they hardly ever compete anymore, when they do you'll probably see one of them on the podium.