Flip and NHS part ways

[pabloalvarado]

5$ to who ever knows what distribution they're going to.

Baker Boys. 

[Krooked antihero]

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OR an interview series with lost Flip riders a la Andrew Gordon, Andy Scott, Eric Brockman, Fletcher... there's gotta be more, yeah?

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There's definitely more. At least 6, maybe 12.

[Dontfearthereefer]

Y'all remember the flip ripple cut boards? I thought they were the shit when I was 12

[Ghost Face]

Flip isn't in the Fall dropship order on the B2B. Looks like it's true then.

And Chaz is getting a colourway on Krux.

[somethingmustbreaknow]

And Chaz is getting a colourway on Krux.

NO FUCKING WAY! best news ever. incredible.

[pointandclick]

Flip isn't in the Fall dropship order on the B2B. Looks like it's true then.

And Chaz is getting a colourway on Krux.

link to the dropship?

[Gray Imp Sausage Metal]

And Chaz is getting a colourway on Krux.

fuck, now we're really getting into that juicy industry goss.
does brink even know the whole story behind this one?

[Allen.]

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OR an interview series with lost Flip riders a la Andrew Gordon, Andy Scott, Eric Brockman, Fletcher... there's gotta be more, yeah?

[close]

There's definitely more. At least 6, maybe 12.

[close]

Shit! Yeah. Chalmers too. He used to post here all the time. I'd love to hear why Flip didn't want his or Rune's footage in the Really Sorry era.

[mynameisnotjeff]

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And Chaz is getting a colourway on Krux.

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fuck, now we're really getting into that juicy industry goss.
does brink even know the whole story behind this one?

Ortiz? Wasn't he on Silver?

[StabMasterArson]

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And Chaz is getting a colourway on Krux.

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fuck, now we're really getting into that juicy industry goss.
does brink even know the whole story behind this one?

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Ortiz? Wasn't he on Silver?

Bono

[Ghost Face]

Ortiz. He has Krux and MOB on his FB profile http://www.facebook.com/ChazOrtiz/

[Nanda Zinger]

Y'all remember the flip ripple cut boards? I thought they were the shit when I was 12

yeah, it was called "new wave" construction. Slid fast and was durable. Gimmicky, yes, but i was young so i enjoyed it.

[Deucifer]

Kids under 17 used to make up 90% of skating.....now I'd say it makes up 30%....maybe some kids like it but that's not enough....

so so wrong

[IHOP]

Besides Baker and DLX,  are there any board brands that have been around 15+ years and dont suck.

[poowizard]

Besides Baker and DLX,  are there any board brands that have been around 15+ years and dont suck.

Alien

[shit_for_brains]

I don't think Toy Machine has ever ever sucked. Ebbs and flows, gutters and strikes, but they've never sucked.

[Paco Supreme]

Black Label has been around for a long time and i don't think it's ever fallen into the suck category, they've had ups and downs but overall the boards and john's artwork have kept pace

[DannyDee]

I don't think Toy Machine has ever ever sucked. Ebbs and flows, gutters and strikes, but they've never sucked.

They never sucked, but they definitely had dark times where they really had no marquee names outside of Ed (The Caswell Berry/Austin Stephens era post BA leaving). Toy Machine is probably the best example of a company able to rebuild. The one thing is, Toy Machine never really cheapened themselves in regards to graphics. Flip never really had good graphics but always had an amazing team. Now, they've lost a lot of the people skaters liked and cheapened their graphics even further. Claymation was their version of jumping the shark.

[pointandclick]

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I don't think Toy Machine has ever ever sucked. Ebbs and flows, gutters and strikes, but they've never sucked.

[close]

They never sucked, but they definitely had dark times where they really had no marquee names outside of Ed (The Caswell Berry/Austin Stephens era post BA leaving). Toy Machine is probably the best example of a company able to rebuild. The one thing is, Toy Machine never really cheapened themselves in regards to graphics. Flip never really had good graphics but always had an amazing team. Now, they've lost a lot of the people skaters liked and cheapened their graphics even further. Claymation was their version of jumping the shark.

isn't it called "toy machine bloodsucking skateboard co" so it has to suck a bit...

[IHOP]

I don't think Toy Machine has ever ever sucked. Ebbs and flows, gutters and strikes, but they've never sucked.

Dont want to  bash toy, but I cant say that cj collins,  blake carpenter, or half their team are doing anything anyones interested in.  Long Beach sucks.

As for Black Label, its good that they scaled back when necessary and kept the direction on point but having auby taylor as your lead pro is not a good look.

[Pigeon]

Dont want to  bash toy, but I cant say that cj collins,  blake carpenter, or half their team are doing anything anyones interested in.

I look forward to footage from Billy Marks and Josh Harmony.

[KronLaFlare]

Besides Baker and DLX,  are there any board brands that have been around 15+ years and dont suck.

Creature

[commander jameson]

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I don't think Toy Machine has ever ever sucked. Ebbs and flows, gutters and strikes, but they've never sucked.

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They never sucked, but they definitely had dark times where they really had no marquee names outside of Ed (The Caswell Berry/Austin Stephens era post BA leaving). Toy Machine is probably the best example of a company able to rebuild. The one thing is, Toy Machine never really cheapened themselves in regards to graphics. Flip never really had good graphics but always had an amazing team. Now, they've lost a lot of the people skaters liked and cheapened their graphics even further. Claymation was their version of jumping the shark.

In my opinion they have.
They started having generic "Toy Machine style" graphic series for some time now.
Ed himself admitted jumping the shark sort of.

[Sarcasm]

Where's my money?

[rawbacon]

OR an interview series with lost Flip riders a la Andrew Gordon, Andy Scott, Eric Brockman, Fletcher... there's gotta be more, yeah?

i used to hang out with brockman's older brother and hed tell me stories about how they took eric to the gnarliest spots and say shit like, "see this 12 stair? youre going to nollie flip, alright?" french fred even talked about how brockman was fed up with the pressure of doing crazy shit and quit after the trip to penny's in 99 (i think?). i still trip out on the fact that he was the first american to ride for flip.

[Grind King Rims]

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OR an interview series with lost Flip riders a la Andrew Gordon, Andy Scott, Eric Brockman, Fletcher... there's gotta be more, yeah?

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i used to hang out with brockman's older brother and hed tell me stories about how they took eric to the gnarliest spots and say shit like, "see this 12 stair? youre going to nollie flip, alright?" french fred even talked about how brockman was fed up with the pressure of doing crazy shit and quit after the trip to penny's in 99 (i think?). i still trip out on the fact that he was the first american to ride for flip.

Isn't that the exact reason why Bastien said he left Flip? That they'd bring him to 18 stairs and say, "Yeah you got the kickflip back lip, no problem" and really put the pressure on him to do it.

[Kombuch-A-Holic]

Since this topic is back up floating around.. Who is distributing Flip now in the US? They have the fastest shipping ever!