Companies that have changed the most and the least since their founding

[switchfrontshuv]

Hahaha Eric and Guy quickly left the dead corpse of Numbers behind like primitive homonids traversing the Earth before the agricultural revolution 

[Lowcalcium]

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World Industries, you can’t even call it a shell of its former self it is so far gone. They have a decent team but they still rely on Wet Willy and other McKee characters. I also saw they made some cheap skate shoes but I’m not sure if they still do.

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Reported.

I didn't even know World Industries still had a team. 

Stayed the Same
Anti-Hero
Real
Toy Machine
Powell
Zero
Enjoi
Girl
Chocolate
Creature


Changed Significantly

Element
Birdhouse
DGK

Changed the Most

Alien Workshop
Blind
World Industries

[Freelancevagrant]

18 hasn’t changed

Welcome changed a lot.

[dr.prestige]

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Numbers

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Did Numbers just fizzle out? It's obviously dunzo but I don't remember seeing any official announcement from Guy or Eric about closing up shop, but maybe it was mentioned in Thrasher or something.

Probably were so embarrassed they didn't think anyone would notice

I've got a lot of love and respect for Mark Gonzales but if I named my board company after an iPad screenshot that he doodled on and then texted to me I would have done the same thing

[keepthefunkalive]

DGK, from nothing to something to meh. Love em, but not feeling it at all. They need to get with it and put out some videos, and expand the roster. They're staying in their lane kinda, but on the same road to crail, zero, enjoi, etc.

[cucktard]

Great North County Skateboards

This is a deep cut

[Groondor the Orc]

Variflex

[newMe]

Andy Howell's Underworld Element -> Element today. Can't think of a brand that has changed more than that.

From hip-hop inspired graffiti graphics, sponsoring Julien Stranger, Chris Hall, Jeff Pang & Harold Hunter to look at what it is now: Star Wars collabs and Mall shops 

[MaXX_I-D]

Andy Howell's Underworld Element -> Element today. Can't think of a brand that has changed more than that.

From hip-hop inspired graffiti graphics, sponsoring Julien Stranger, Chris Hall, Jeff Pang & Harold Hunter to look at what it is now: Star Wars collabs and Mall shops 

Element has always been wack. Sick team w/ wack fools running it.

This is pure conjecture.

[DanCorteseFromMTVSports]

They found their stride shortly after but just to remind everyone this was the first Palace promo:

[jgonzalez]

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World Industries, you can’t even call it a shell of its former self it is so far gone. They have a decent team but they still rely on Wet Willy and other McKee characters. I also saw they made some cheap skate shoes but I’m not sure if they still do.

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Reported.

[Easy Slider]

Andy Howell's Underworld Element -> Element today. Can't think of a brand that has changed more than that.

From hip-hop inspired graffiti graphics, sponsoring Julien Stranger, Chris Hall, Jeff Pang & Harold Hunter to look at what it is now: Star Wars collabs and Mall shops 

Get my first gnar! I feel exactly the same. I was a huge fan of Underworld Element and had the Chris Hall everslick football in 1992, one of my favorite decks ever. I quit skating around the millennium and only came back in 2020. I didn't even know what Element had become in the meantime until I found out on Slap. As a matter of fact my brother who doesn't skate anymore still rocks Element gear just because we loved the brand back in the day. I didn't have the heart yet to tell him that it is a kook brand now.