Hey everyone,
Im sorry I never explained why i abandoned this thread, so i will try to do that now and maybe we could even figure out a way to revamp the idea and make it work. First off, I would like to say that in the beginning I started this thread to get people to talk about and skate some lesser known but still quality skateboard companies. I wanted people to realize there were quality boards out there and maybe get people to support some cool companies that are truly by skateboarders for us. I started to see some problems with my idea not to long after the scumco "round" had finished. People really supported scumco in this thread when they won and with it being winter and not to many people really going through boards like they would during the other seasons, i saw hope for the thread. But after the scumco round i started to see more involvement in the voting process and less and less involvement in the actual purchasing and reviewing of the winning companies. I realized that people from different countries probably had no shot at getting their hands on the boards and also that a lot of peoples home skate shops might not even stock the companies boards and those are two big problems. Also i started feeling less freedom when i was buying new boards and that was really annoying to me, to not have the freedom to ride whatever i wanted was a hard thing to overcome. Also and maybe the deciding nail in the coffin for me and this thread was that bigger companies i really respect that are also skaterowned have been hanging on by a thread and going broke over the recent influx of new skateboard brands. So i had to ask myself what would i miss more, brands like habitat or brands like magenta or scumco and to me magentas videos are cool but they do not have the same impact on me that habitat or aws or black labels have had on me and for that im having a hard time letting the recent influx of new companies take over the companies i grew up loving and wanting around forever.
Anyways if anyone has any ideas on how to revamp this idea and make it work better than it has been i am all for it. Maybe we could pick a couple of winners, like two lesser known companies one thats more easily accessible in europe and one that might not be and a bigger company that might need our support now more than ever such as an organika or a habitat or a label. let me know and thanks!
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Topic: Slap's Board Buyer Club: VOTE OR DON'T (Read 45596 times)