1996 K2 Fatty Pro's - For Sale

[tommysk8]

ebay link: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1996-K2-Fatty-Pro-Size-10-UK-Cozmo-Scott-Crawford-Wheels-/120938524856?pt=UK_Sporting_Goods_Skateboarding_Sk ating_ET&hash=item1c287f70b8

[big billy 13]

really wished they were the red and black ones :(

[wil747]

fatty pros?

[tommysk8]

Yes, Fatty Pros.

[fast eddie]

In Europe/UK, those are Fatty Pros. Everywhere else, it was these bad mammajammas i have in my basement:

http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n153/dangerzone949/fatty-close.jpg

http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n153/dangerzone949/1996-Fatty-Pro.jpg

[wil747]

what he said ^

[sbchugo]

If i remember correctly K2 produce some Bing air in red too.

[fast eddie]

If i remember correctly K2 produce some Bing air in red too.

Yes, they were available outside of the US.

[big billy 13]

If i remember correctly K2 produce some Bing air in red too.

so they made the exact same skate have 2 different names

[Keith Courage]

My memory is hazy that far back. I thought the red ones were Fattys and the black ones were Fatty pros. I definitely remember thinking they are the same damn skate for sure.

[tommysk8]

The Original '95 FATTY was Black & Gray then in '96 through to the start on '97 they made 3 versions of the Fatty Pros in Red/Yellow/Gray color variations.

[fast eddie]

so they made the exact same skate have 2 different names

The red Bing Airs weren't available in the US, and they weren't the exact same skates as the US Fatty Pros of the mid-late 90s. Some differences include:

Fatty Pro: Solid locking aluminum buckle, non-replaceable cuff (rivets), soul from the arch of the foot forward to the toe actually curved upward.

Bing Air: Replaceable cuff (cotter pin), plastic buckle, flattened out soul from the arch of the foot forward to the toe.

Here they are:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trksid=p4340.l2557&rt=nc&nma=true&item=260904098485&si=RScaczD8P1F8pNM6FOvEU2XePMA%253D&viewitem=&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc



My memory is hazy that far back. I thought the red ones were Fattys and the black ones were Fatty pros. I definitely remember thinking they are the same damn skate for sure.

Nope, the red ones were the Fatty pros

http://imgc.classistatic.com/cps/blnc/120603/334r1/2620mh3_20.jpeg


the dark grey ones were Fattys

http://www.skatesetup.com/images/skate/large/a22079f317fa883e03db0925b92c46dd.jpg


the green and tan ones were the Backyards.

http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/7017/dsc00242p.jpg


Here's a site that has them listed by year, US models only: http://coolsk8ing.cafe24.com/coolsk8ing/02/inlineweb/data/ns/K2_Skate.htm#


The Original '95 FATTY was Black & Gray then in '96 through to the start on '97 they made 3 versions of the Fatty Pros in Red/Yellow/Gray color variations.

not in the US ;)

[tommysk8]

The year listed for the original FATTY is definitely wrong, I've got NISS '95 footage of Andy Kruse wearing the FATTY (Though I think they were prototypes at that point) I've got the original FATTY with the original Box and the date on the box reads: 02/96.

[Keith Courage]

Vince jogged my memory. I remember before I had aggressive skates thinking that spending more on Fatty Pros was dumb because Fattys looked cooler. I got my first job specifically to buy skates. I managed to champ that place out another week after finally getting my 1.1s.