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Introducing ULTRA NBD griptape for skateboards
May 26, 2021 - by - Leave a Comment
Jessup develops skateboard griptape using Nike Grind, recycled rubber scrap from Nike’s footwear manufacturing
We’re thrilled to bring this product to market…the brands share a common vision for developing technologically forward equipment for athletes and for reusing waste at its highest value.”
— Rob Jessup, president and third-generation owner of Jessup Manufacturing
MCHENRY, IL, UNITED STATES, May 26, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ — Jessup Manufacturing Company, the global leader in the skateboard griptape market, today announced the limited release of ULTRA NBD, the world’s first griptape made with Nike Grind, recycled rubber scrap from Nike’s footwear manufacturing.
“We’re thrilled to bring this product to market,” said Rob Jessup, president and third-generation owner of Jessup Manufacturing, adding that the brands share a common vision for developing technologically forward equipment for athletes and for reusing waste at its highest value.
Jessup, which has produced skateboard griptape since the 1970s and is the only griptape manufacturer in the U.S., is the official griptape partner for USA Skateboarding, the governing body responsible for Team USA in the upcoming Olympics, had to rethink the science behind its proprietary griptape manufacturing technology.
“We had engineers, chemists and quality technicians developing, testing and collaborating on this to get just the right mix that would deliver the Jessup ride that our skaters expect,” said Ian Deacon, manager of Jessup’s skate team. “And I believe we got it right.”
Deacon said ULTRA NBD will be available in retail skate shops in limited quantities for the next few weeks, but he expects stores will have full inventory by late June.
Even with ULTRA NBD being made in America, the “limited release” is tied directly to challenges caused by the pandemic. “Like everyone right now, we are working through the issues, Jessup said, adding, “I would encourage skaters to go to their favorite shop and reserve their sheets.”
The name NBD is taken from a common skateboard term used when a skater makes a new trick at a skate spot that has “Never Been Done” there. “It’s a very appropriate name,” said Deacon, “especially when you consider the unique use of recycled Nike Grind content…this is the only griptape of its kind in the world.”
Long known for its unique approach to printing designs on sheets of griptape, Jessup is also introducing a series of four, footwear-inspired Limited-Edition (For digital images, email the contact person listed below). “These are top-quality prints,” Jessup said, adding that these will be available in late June.
ABOUT JESSUP MANUFACTURING
Jessup Manufacturing (www.jessupmfg.com) was founded in 1956. The company is headquartered in McHenry, Illinois with manufacturing plants in Lake Bluff, IL and McHenry. Jessup’s first product was welts for baseball gloves; the company, which manufactures a wide range of anti-slip and safety products that make the world a safer place to work and play, has always had a relationship with sports. And tradition continues as Jessup was chosen as the Official Griptape Partner and sponsor of USA Skateboarding, the governing body responsible for Team USA skateboarders in the upcoming Olympics in Tokyo. In addition, Jessup sponsors more than 200 professional and amateur skaters from around the world, including nine skaters representing eight countries in the Olympics in Tokyo. In addition, Jessup provides a wide range of support to skaters getting started in the sport as well as adaptive skaters for whom skateboarding is as much fun as therapeutic.
ABOUT NIKE GRIND
NIKE Grind (www.nikegrind.com) materials are created from Nike’s recycled surplus manufacturing materials and athletic footwear. Rubber, foam, fiber, leather and textile blends are separated and ground into a wide range of granules. Different Nike Grind materials are incorporated into performance products ranging from new Nike footwear and apparel to sports and play surfaces.
Thoughts? Would you try a non standard griptape?
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I strictly skate core griptape. I make homemade glue and then drop sand on my board.
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So it's just normal griptape, but there's some nike waste in it.
I thought it was non-abrasive griptape or something actually new
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I'm guessing the point would be that the rubber would be less abrasive but still provide grip at the same time. I could be wrong though.
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So it's just normal griptape, but there's some nike waste in it.
I thought it was non-abrasive griptape or something actually new
This is how I read it also. Came in thinking DKL but I think they are just using recycled material and put out a press release.
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I could see it on (a) krooked
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So it's just normal griptape, but there's some nike waste in it.
I thought it was non-abrasive griptape or something actually new
I read it this way too, but why would Nike want to get in the business of less destructive grip? Doesn't seem to make business sense, but maybe it's a final troll to the industry before cutting most of their riders.
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I was psyched for a second, TBQH. If Jessup were to make a non-abrasive grip I would try it for sure.
http://ultranbd.jessupmfg.com (http://ultranbd.jessupmfg.com)
Appears to be Nike Grind combined with the standard Jessup grit. Maybe it is less abrasive?
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:'(sounds bizarre
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So it's just normal griptape, but there's some nike waste in it.
I thought it was non-abrasive griptape or something actually new
I read it this way too, but why would Nike want to get in the business of less destructive grip? Doesn't seem to make business sense, but maybe it's a final troll to the industry before cutting most of their riders.
Gives them an easy way to profit off all their rubber scraps and Jessup is probably going to do most if not all of the work
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Graphic griptape is a non-starter for me.
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I appreciate that nike has branding and marketing for it's scrape by product
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Do you remember Duckle grip (the rubber griptape)?
https://www.instagram.com/p/COx7-WRl8rp/
https://dklskateboarding.com
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Nollie inward heel fly out in some slides is a certain vibe
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I am against non-abrasive griptape. How would you separate real skaters from hypebeasts if not for the mangled shoes?
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This is even bigger than seedless watermelon.
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(Realistic, not-too-distant-future scenario).... You're buying a deck at your local and your grip options are nike or gEt BuCk. What do you do?
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(Realistic, not-too-distant-future scenario).... You're buying a deck at your local and your grip options are nike or gEt BuCk. What do you do?
Is there a monster logo on one of them? That's the one
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It seems like its probably still abrasive, but less so. I'm kind of a hater of new skate technologies and think stuff like DKL or fancy board plies are stupid but I'm honestly kinda stoked to try some of this
Edit: Didn't realize only graphic versions are available...and they are disgusting. That's gonna make it a no go for me for sure unless they take off those atrocious graphics
Second edit: Seems as though there is plain black, the graphics are limited edition though i don't know what idiot would buy them anyways
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Man no. Just no. I want to like jessup. I really do. I don’t want to support NHS but damn jessup grip sucks. I even got the ultra and felt the same as reg and weirdly tore after a
While. Be better jessup. Team mob til something better comes along.
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Add me to the list of people disappointed to find out that Jessup isn't making a new non-abrasive griptape. Would be interesting to see a major player trying this out.
I was skeptical of it, since I've usually only seen it on Andy Anderson decks with Tensor mag trucks and whatever other weird shit you can think of, but there's a local ripper who skates it. He let my futz around on his board and honestly it was fine. I could ollie and flip it basically the same, even without taking the time to get used to it. For his part, he was working on and eventually landed a noseblunt on the ~10' extension of the quarter pipe.
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Yeah wack. Nike just trying to help someone else get the blame for their toxic waste. How does this help the environment in any way? What happens to all that rubber scrap that gets left all over the ground after wearing off or when it gets thrown in the trash. Nike should just go back to their jock roots and stop trying to turn skateboarding into basketball.
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I'm still lmfao at the dude in the Champion slides
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Yeah wack. Nike just trying to help someone else get the blame for their toxic waste. How does this help the environment in any way? What happens to all that rubber scrap that gets left all over the ground after wearing off or when it gets thrown in the trash. Nike should just go back to their jock roots and stop trying to turn skateboarding into basketball.
Coming in HOT there champ. Nike has been doing "regrind" programs for probably 20 years now.
They use the re-grind rubber and foam to use in some of their product, like that recent Flyleather Janoski had regrind content in its rubber, or they use it for soft playground surfaces or running track surfaces, usually provided as a donation or at cost. My high school got a Nike Regrind track when I was 16... the town couldn't have afforded one without that program.
They gather excess rubber that would be thrown away at the factory (mold fuck ups, cut off flashing, etc.) so that's better than throwing it away, and they also have bins at their stores to gather used shoes from all kinds of brands to grind those up and give them a second life as well. I don't see how that's a bad thing? The only bummer is they can't do anything with the uppers of the shoes when they gather used ones, they cut them off and just use the foam and rubber in track and such.
Anyways, back to the griptape... really not sure how it's going to be utilized. Maybe in the backer material, the black part with adhesive, that is usually like a vinyl? I can't tell from the pics included with the press release here, looks like normal carbide sparkly grip: https://s-k-a-t-e-r.com/introducing-ultra-nbd-griptape-for-skateboards/ (https://s-k-a-t-e-r.com/introducing-ultra-nbd-griptape-for-skateboards/)
Non graphic option though, so that's a plus I guess?
(https://d2c0db5b8fb27c1c9887-9b32efc83a6b298bb22e7a1df0837426.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com/748971-ultra-nbd-sheet-front-and-back-2400x3479.jpeg#2400x3479)
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Ultra No Big Deal grip.
I, too, would have liked to see a revolutionary new product and not just repurposed nike trash.
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I don't have a problem with recycling waste into something else, but I was hoping this would be a true rubber grip, which would not only reduce shoe waste, it would make shoes last 10x longer, making a very, very big reduction in show waste.
It’s just leftover shoe rubber made into regular grip tape.
The title of this thread is misleading
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I don't have a problem with recycling waste into something else, but I was hoping this would be a true rubber grip, which would not only reduce shoe waste, it would make shoes last 10x longer, making a very, very big reduction in show waste.
It’s just leftover shoe rubber made into regular grip tape.
The title of this thread is misleading
When I posted the article, the jessup site hadn't been updated yet, so I was only going on what I thought based on what I read.
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No harm, no foul.
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I fuck with it
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Nike grind
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I think theses guys do the non abrasive griptape thing, but never tried it myself tho
https://www.creamprime.com/
https://www.instagram.com/p/COQel9FqsuE/
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Yeah wack. Nike just trying to help someone else get the blame for their toxic waste. How does this help the environment in any way? What happens to all that rubber scrap that gets left all over the ground after wearing off or when it gets thrown in the trash. Nike should just go back to their jock roots and stop trying to turn skateboarding into basketball.
"Coming in HOT there champ. Nike has been doing "regrind" programs for probably 20 years now."
Yeah maybe. I knew about the shoes but not that the griptape had been a thing, guess thats why I always preferred Mob lol
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Was rubber being used in griptape before?
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Ahh the boneite of griptape! lol
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Skateboarding really is getting soft
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I have too many shoes to destroy for this shit.
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Ian Deacon, owner of Flip, is the TM for Jessup?
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Ian Deacon, owner of Flip, is the TM for Jessup?
Yeah, I saw that. Co-owner with Jeremy Fox in actuality. And it's stated on the Death Box (basically Flip when they were in the UK) Facebook page (rumours, probably not true) that Jeremy Fox is moving back to the UK.
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The real play is Nike reusing their industrial byproducts to churn out even more shoes and tchotchkes - every last bit eventually destined for the landfill - more efficiently, allowing them to spend less on buying new resources and even selling their literal nike-branded garbage for other companies to use, and then marketing this cost saving measure as having any sort of tangible environmental benefit. It's not like skateboarding makes up a negligible amount of Nike and Jessup's revenues and they have no intent of implementing any of these technologies in their lineups outside of greenwashed demo products, right?
Going off of the Getty Images grip graphics I think the target market for this is yuppies who read press releases.
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NBD really?? hello DKL
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Lol creampie griptape
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I didn't know jessup was made in the USA, that's cool. I already ride it but all the more reason to continue w/ it.
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I didn't know there were other brands of grip tape
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3550bf0l5q4
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You guys are anti innovation!!!
Remember in the early 2000s when some vert skaters started skating decks made from all carbon instead of wood – and everyone laughed about it? Who's laughing now?! ;D
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It beats the rubber being dumped in some landfill.
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I think theses guys do the non abrasive griptape thing, but never tried it myself tho
https://www.creamprime.com/
https://www.instagram.com/p/COQel9FqsuE/
nobody's got a "creamprime" joke?
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I think theses guys do the non abrasive griptape thing, but never tried it myself tho
https://www.creamprime.com/
https://www.instagram.com/p/COQel9FqsuE/
nobody's got a "creamprime" joke?
https://youtu.be/KSXJfqkT36M
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if it held up to standard griptape i might try it.
kinda over blowing through shoes I like too quickly
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(Realistic, not-too-distant-future scenario).... You're buying a deck at your local and your grip options are nike or gEt BuCk. What do you do?
You GeT fucking BuCK is what you do!
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It just seems like they mix the rubber waste to the base rubber layer of the griptape (the one with the adhesive). That means you don’t need as much virgin material to produce a sheet of griptape. How is that bad?! I also don’t think it will affect grip in any sense because that comes from the sand which is applied on top...
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Why would you want condom griptape?
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It beats the rubber being dumped in some landfill.
The best case scenario here is that the rubber is deferred from the landfill for a few months or years. Worst case is that it's scraped off during skateboarding and washed into waterways.
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Wonder if Tech Deck will switch to Nike grip
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It beats the rubber being dumped in some landfill.
The best case scenario here is that the rubber is deferred from the landfill for a few months or years. Worst case is that it's scraped off during skateboarding and washed into waterways.
It’s not only delaying waste, dafuq.
The best case scenario (and only case scenario) is that the waste rubber is not going straight to a landfill now, it’s repurposed for something else, like griptape. So you don’t need to produce as much new virgin material to make new griptape = less waste.
It’s like patchwork clothing or something like that. If you can make new clothes with old clothes you don’t need to make new textile = less waste. Is it that hard to understand?
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Locals only you fucken grommet
Stay off my beach
Just off eastbound and down haha boomer started it
Edit for link
https://youtu.be/x4e53wnInX4
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Nike pressuring another company to recycle their garbage
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Nike has been doing the 'turning leftover shoes into a rubbery material' thing for a little while. In Portland there are a bunch of public basketball courts that are made from the stuff donated by Nike. And you can drop your old shoes off at Niketown stores. Not sure how it is in other places. Obviously Nike has a HUGE presence here in Portland
Good for Nike for trying to recycle old sneakers. Especially when it likely isn't a profitable process (not factoring in the good PR). Not that it will make a dent in all the waste are burying the planet in, but still.
Not sure if this grip will preform any different.
Either way, I don't blame Jessup for trying something. Other than graphic grip (which everyone is doing, including most board brands now), what other innovations are there to be had with grip?
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Skateboarding really is getting soft
Nike rebranding Jessup NBD into Jessup Limpies. Make a mint in soft goods
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highly concerning for darksliders on lithe wood
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Strange that they used only one skate shoe bottom for this graphic print. Come on, at least get a Dunk bottom mixed in there amongst the mostly running shoes...
(https://www.jessupmfg.com/media/catalog/product/cache/75c2d1fd31c9f90abdd8eb331bd566ba/n/b/nbd4.jpg)
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wierd. i remember shitty rubber griptape in shops in the 90's. horrible stuff.
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Skateboarding really is getting soft
And rubbery
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Why would you want condom griptape?
creamprime is the only truly condom-free griptape solution.
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Strange that they used only one skate shoe bottom for this graphic print. Come on, at least get a Dunk bottom mixed in there amongst the mostly running shoes...
(https://www.jessupmfg.com/media/catalog/product/cache/75c2d1fd31c9f90abdd8eb331bd566ba/n/b/nbd4.jpg)
the red on upper left that is half cut off is a dunk
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Strange that they used only one skate shoe bottom for this graphic print. Come on, at least get a Dunk bottom mixed in there amongst the mostly running shoes...
(https://www.jessupmfg.com/media/catalog/product/cache/75c2d1fd31c9f90abdd8eb331bd566ba/n/b/nbd4.jpg)
Stets got dunked on.
just kidding
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Hope Adidas counters this with some latex grip
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I just got some of this grip and it looks like shit. Crazy light though for you weight weenies. I like the concept but I can't see it being that durable. I'll likely put regular jessup on the high use/wear area of a deck and keep the rubber stuff for elsewhere...
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no ones buying this. maybe for a rain deck but i wouldnt even put it on a freshie or remove the grip from a used board
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When 2 corporations that aren't rooted in skateboarding put their melons together this is the brilliance they come up with.
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TLDR
Thread title should’ve said jessup on Nike confirmed
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Wait, so this is real? Jessup is really making grip using old rubber from old pairs of Nike’s? That wasn’t just some joke article?
Because that’s like, the worst idea ever.
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Any of the regs tried this shit out yet?
What’s the verdict?
For me… I’m not paying extra to help Nike off-load their waste product in order to bump a carbon based tax cut for themselves. Fuck that noise when the perfectly fine “standard” jessup be comin’ free with the deck purchase anyway.
Fools are tripping.
Liberate Maxamillion Bigavelli.
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👎🏻
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This will never be a thing. There is an impending shortage of rubber coming and this shit won’t make the cut
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This will never be a thing. There is an impending shortage of rubber coming and this shit won’t make the cut
If there's an impending rubber shortage then wouldn't using scraps of rubber from a product you're already making make a lot of sense?
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Strange that they used only one skate shoe bottom for this graphic print. Come on, at least get a Dunk bottom mixed in there amongst the mostly running shoes...
(https://www.jessupmfg.com/media/catalog/product/cache/75c2d1fd31c9f90abdd8eb331bd566ba/n/b/nbd4.jpg)
Thats a sportswear dunk, or an AJ1, not even dunk SB
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This will never be a thing. There is an impending shortage of rubber coming and this shit won’t make the cut
If there's an impending rubber shortage then wouldn't using scraps of rubber from a product you're already making make a lot of sense?
Maybe!
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Do you remember Duckle grip (the rubber griptape)?
https://www.instagram.com/p/COx7-WRl8rp/
https://dklskateboarding.com
How can skateboarding be so damn rad and so damn corny at the same time?
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This will never be a thing. There is an impending shortage of rubber coming and this shit won’t make the cut
If there's an impending rubber shortage then wouldn't using scraps of rubber from a product you're already making make a lot of sense?
They could just use scraps of rubber from all the monster condoms I use for my magnum dong.
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Damn I was looking for grip made by slaves
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When 2 corporations that aren't rooted in skateboarding put their melons together this is the brilliance they come up with.
Well spoken sir
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This will never be a thing. There is an impending shortage of rubber coming and this shit won’t make the cut
If there's an impending rubber shortage then wouldn't using scraps of rubber from a product you're already making make a lot of sense?
Gnarred for big dick reference