In no way does my past vitriol of Simple reflect upon their durability or skate-ability.
Just wasn't my bag. From all accounts, then, and now, they put out some decent product.
And I honestly can't hate on a brand like that for taking the mall shop chain money when it came along; they never fronted that they were a "core" brand.
At this point in life, it's all good. Enough serious things to be worried about that a brand rising from the ashes, or coming back from the shadows, is the least of our woes.