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My suspicions too, but I also wonder if a pre production sample? The seller listing as rare although doesn’t elaborate……
Has Adrian any thoughts on this deck ?

it definately looks a benjy shape but as its an unknown entity would it be worth the money? like you say,hopefully somebody will know,when you read the history of benjy though on the net he says the first 3 decks were made of oak but broke so he went onto make one from one solid piece and the one on ebay has a seperate piece added on top of the kicktail,like the white lightenings were made

ideally we need to see pics of another to confirm its a genuine product,even if it was some sort of prototype/test mule there would have been more than one made, or even a pic of one? id stick my neck out and say its legit though as there was also the speed deck that appeared last yr with laminated underside that nobody had heard of and this ones a very early deck due to the benjy script,place your bets please.....

Comes with a ropey set of OJ’s (maybe just very dusty)

Does anyone know if the guy that made the Benjy decks, Tom Sims, made exclusively for Benjy or made for other companies too. I have a very vague memory of ordering 3 White lightening decks possibly from shiner or the Skate Shop Poole and them being listed as Benjyboard / Lotus when they turned up they were all the same deck but in 3 different sizes when Benjy only made two?

Itsonlymoney!!! wrote: Wed Sep 16, 2026 9:41 pm

There was even an og Benjy sticker on the bay that would have suited it

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/206545884759

I’d have thought it would have went for more

looks like the seller was hoping for more too as its back up for sale again, must have got someone to bid it up last time

He was maybe trying to get close to a previous sale he made

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/206583634755 ... R_Lx8fObaA

what the?? i bet none of them were useable any longer

Wow……those sold very quickly (possibly a best offer)
Amazingly how these often still stick, someone’s going to be busy finishing of a few boards

It appears the singular sticker was re listed as part of the group of 3! So the seller obviously had quite a few, maybe the first single listed did sell

Wonder if the guy selling had connections to Benjyboard as got to be very rare items.

Bugsyb wrote: Sun Sep 27, 2026 8:25 am It appears the singular sticker was re listed as part of the group of 3! So the seller obviously had quite a few, maybe the first single listed did sell

the single one was a different one,i checked them all out he obviously had a load of them

I see the oddball benjyboard sold ok right as a bank that one just an early one that's all when they were trying different stuff out , the shape is the benjyboard freestyle basic shape without the wood risers and with the early graphic , nice thing really and looks all OG to me

I thought it was a good enough buy at that money, rare and nice

anyone here buy it?