Old product that absolutely sucked

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Phantom trucks.. A decal and plastic baseplates, who's fucking idea was this?


Helium inside a skateboard, woo lets charge 80$ because we trapped air inside wood.


Just off the top of my head, anyone have other examples?

[JB]

New wave boards. I know flip was big on them. I had a toy machine one and it was garbage. One of the only boards I've broken skating flat ground and I only had it a few weeks. Even when I went through boards faster, I'd always get more than a month out of one.

[Baron Samedi]

The kevlar boards Santa Cruz put out were pretty dirt in my opinion. If you chipped the nose or tail the kevlar threads would start to fray and it would look like your board was shitting out yarn. And really, most any kind of board that has something besides wood in it is almost invariably going to be complete trash. But the kids love that stuff so I can understand why companies do it.

[gaunting]

Phantom trucks.. A decal and plastic baseplates, who's fucking idea was this?


Helium inside a skateboard, woo lets charge 80$ because we trapped air inside wood.


Just off the top of my head, anyone have other examples?

Forgot all phantom trucks (As well as kreper trucks, i mentioned earlier in another thread). Never actually saw anyone with a pair of these, had no idea the baseplates were plastic! Lmao. As far as my personal experience/ memory of shitty skate products....

Titan trucks, enough said.

Used to be on a big ricta kick when they first came out 12 years ago. I remember i won some nhs internet contest, and got a pair of ricta wheels that were hollow, cracked in half after an hour of skating.

P2, i know some people dig them, but the zero board i had that was p2, was complete shit, nothing compares to traditional 7 ply wood.

Duffs, one of the worst skate shoe brands ever, cant believe cooper wilt still skates for them, nor can i believe they are still in business! Horrible shoes!

Actually, just about any skate shoe i owned between 2000-2005, was god awful, minus a few.

The OG tensor trucks with the slider piece.

Doh Doh Bushings

Not technically "skate products" but.... Light blue, pre faded blind jeans.
And
Flexfit hats.

[@thewilleasley]

P2, i know some people dig them, but the zero board i had that was p2, was complete shit, nothing compares to traditional 7 ply wood.

Havent skated any p2's in minute but ive skated like 5-6 and the only shitty one was a zero board as well. The Toy Machine, Habitat, & skate mental ones I had all served me very well.

[Conan]

Bridge bolts, cutter trucks - I'm sure more will come to me.

[TwisT]

Phantom trucks.. A decal and plastic baseplates, who's fucking idea was this?

bruh, i remember i wanted phantom 2's soooo fucking bad, i eventually bought them off some fuckboy who couldn't/quit skating, only to break them on some stairs that same week...

also SLIP TAPE! which i cant say sucked for sure... but the concept i don't agree with



and to add one more, i remember when i use to post on skateboard.com (like 2001-2006) someone posted this product that was essentially plastic angle iron, you take to the spot so you wouldnt damage it.

[paraquat]

FTC cargo pants would rip if you sat on a curb.

[vegan*shawn]

7.5" boards
Wheels under 50MM (hell I think anything under 54mm is to small)
plastic baseplates
Any Indy after stage 8 has been crap in one way or another
low trucks
any product that uses half naked women to sell it, that is a sign of a crappy product!

[fulfillthedream]

the older kingpins that were standard on all the trucks.
tensor trucks
any skatetool that isn't the unit/t-tool
royal trucks
anyboard that uses carbon fiber. like TFUCKINA said nothing beats a 7-ply maple deck.

[Rusty_Berrings]

any skatetool that isn't the unit/t-tool

I disagree on this one, the World street survival tool had a weed pipe in it and you could buy it if you were under 18. Just remove the screwdriver and voila, a weed pipe.

[Julz]

Paying for stickers is a pretty funny gimmick.

[fulfillthedream]

Paying for stickers is a pretty funny gimmick.

i haven't seen stickers for sale in ages! do shops still sell stickers?

[drunk guy]

7.5" boards
Wheels under 50MM (hell I think anything under 54mm is to small)
plastic baseplates
Any Indy after stage 8 has been crap in one way or another
low trucks
any product that uses half naked women to sell it, that is a sign of a crappy product!

I had a rasa libre reese forbes deck with a naked woman riding a giant bird?? i don't think anyone can really talk shit on this

[pinche gringo]

Everslick wasn't that awesome.

[Joust Ostrich]

Phantom trucks had metal baseplates.  So did phantom 2's, and they both sucked, but not as bad as z-rollers.  G&S trucks had  reinforced plastic baseplates, they sucked too, but I liked them.  Trackers were plastic and garbage.  The Glow in the dark Kreepers were hilarious, but I don't know anyone that actually rode them.

Helium boards didn't trap air, and they weren't $80, well maybe they were in Canada.

Santa Cruz Foam core decks were junk.  Pretty much any slick too.  
Every wheel that was translucent, and 90% of any colored wheels.
Copers, lapers, and as mentioned, Bridge bolts and whatever came before them.

 

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Phantom trucks.. A decal and plastic baseplates, who's fucking idea was this?


Helium inside a skateboard, woo lets charge 80$ because we trapped air inside wood.


Just off the top of my head, anyone have other examples?

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Forgot all phantom trucks (As well as kreper trucks, i mentioned earlier in another thread). Never actually saw anyone with a pair of these, had no idea the baseplates were plastic! Lmao. As far as my personal experience/ memory of shitty skate products....

Titan trucks, enough said.

Used to be on a big ricta kick when they first came out 12 years ago. I remember i won some nhs internet contest, and got a pair of ricta wheels that were hollow, cracked in half after an hour of skating.

P2, i know some people dig them, but the zero board i had that was p2, was complete shit, nothing compares to traditional 7 ply wood.

Duffs, one of the worst skate shoe brands ever, cant believe cooper wilt still skates for them, nor can i believe they are still in business! Horrible shoes!

Actually, just about any skate shoe i owned between 2000-2005, was god awful, minus a few.

The OG tensor trucks with the slider piece.

Doh Doh Bushings

Not technically "skate products" but.... Light blue, pre faded blind jeans.
And
Flexfit hats.

The P2 weave boards served a purpose, my buddy had one it was only weird on the bottom so you can't really notice it. They were stronger than normal decks

[Dr Steve Brule]

I have about ten sets of those Tensor Slider pieces sitting in my basement if anyones interested.  pm me

[j....soy.....]

Threads gone full circle.....

Bonite.....

Uh....the slap classic....paradox....

[Joe Pesci]

kreper trucks, never had them but dont think i need to

[MOE SYZLAK]

Grind King AXL.
that baseplate snapped like a twig

[gaunting]

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any skatetool that isn't the unit/t-tool

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I disagree on this one, the World street survival tool had a weed pipe in it and you could buy it if you were under 18. Just remove the screwdriver and voila, a weed pipe.

Hollow kingpins also serve as a great one hitter.

[pinche gringo]

Threads gone full circle.....

Bonite.....

Uh....the slap classic....paradox....

BONITE! How could I forget?

[gaunting]

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Paying for stickers is a pretty funny gimmick.

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i haven't seen stickers for sale in ages! do shops still sell stickers?

Fuck yea, skate warehouse and a few others have a nice selection. My sticker game is always on point, i got to have at least one on every board i get, but every now and then, if i really like the graphic, ill run it with no stickers, very rarely though. I couldnt speak on sticker selection of local core shops however, because there are none in my area.

[gaunting]

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Threads gone full circle.....

Bonite.....

Uh....the slap classic....paradox....

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BONITE! How could I forget?

Speaking of paradox, reminds me of paradox griptape. I couldnt give a fuck less about grip, but paradox is actually a worse version of mob or jessup. Complete gimmick.

[pinche gringo]

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Paying for stickers is a pretty funny gimmick.

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i haven't seen stickers for sale in ages! do shops still sell stickers?

[close]

Fuck yea, skate warehouse and a few others have a nice selection. My sticker game is always on point, i got to have at least one on every board i get, but every now and then, if i really like the graphic, ill run it with no stickers, very rarely though. I couldnt speak on sticker selection of local core shops however, because there are none in my area.

I'm pretty nerdy about stickers. I have a modest collection that totally stokes me out.

[gaunting]

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Paying for stickers is a pretty funny gimmick.

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i haven't seen stickers for sale in ages! do shops still sell stickers?

[close]

Fuck yea, skate warehouse and a few others have a nice selection. My sticker game is always on point, i got to have at least one on every board i get, but every now and then, if i really like the graphic, ill run it with no stickers, very rarely though. I couldnt speak on sticker selection of local core shops however, because there are none in my area.

[close]

I'm pretty nerdy about stickers. I have a modest collection that totally stokes me out.

[pekkaaa]

[Filip]

the older kingpins that were standard on all the trucks.
tensor trucks
any skatetool that isn't the unit/t-tool
royal trucks
anyboard that uses carbon fiber. like TFUCKINA said nothing beats a 7-ply maple deck.

This. I remember breaking kingpins almost once every weeek. As a 13 year old kid without money, I was not stoked.

[Candygirl]

Once i met a guy at the skatepark who had a really flexy board. The edges looked like he taped some weed on the deck.

I asked him about it and he told me that the board he rode was from the brand "Cannaboards" - boards made out of cannabis.
I don't know if they still exist and if they shipped to other countries than Germany. It seemed pretty weird to me. The flexibility of the board was like a 7ply with 2 broken plies in the middle and on nose and tail.