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Skateboarding => USELESS WOODEN TOY BANTER => Topic started by: whoismiked on February 08, 2025, 06:46:10 AM
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Some weeks ago I noticed that their product pages were showing less and less product over time and got to a point where some sections had nothing listed anymore, and now their site domain looks to be expired and down completely.
https://www.stereosoundagency.com/ (https://www.stereosoundagency.com/)
Did I miss any news about them? I really liked stereo.
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A few months ago Chris Pastras posted something that seemed like he was beefing with Jason Lee on ig before editing it into a less crazy post. The now edited gist of it is "I'm a lifer. You can't take this shit away from me".
I wouldn't be surprised if the money from the penny board knockoffs finally dried and it was time to finally call it leading to Pastras being pissed
https://www.instagram.com/p/DFxo-tXpJnw/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
Maybe they didn’t call it, but I haven’t seen someone on a stereo board since Ollie Todd rode for them
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They haven't been ok since Tincan Folklore
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I rode at least two Danny Supa's and loved them. But I think the safe answer for this question asked anytime in the last ten years is,
"No. No they are not doing okay".
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My thought has always been that Stereo is just a write-off for Jason Lee. I have no idea how much he made as an actor or how much he makes in royalties today, but my uninformed guess was that Stereo was just a tax-write off/expensive hobby.
Which, if true, is actually pretty cool. I'd love to be rich enough to own a skate-shop and not have to worry about if it made money. Just a place to hang out and support the community.
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They haven't been ok since Tincan Folklore
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Dune doesn’t seem well these days
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They haven't been ok since Tincan Folklore
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Can we get some wiggle room on that and at least include this promo?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW-2UdAgYMs
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Bryce has them listed as a sponsor
https://www.instagram.com/brycewettstein/?hl=en
will she go somewhere or start a brand with her dad
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would you rather skate for stereo or dogtown in 2025
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I wonder if Jason Lee is doing much with stereo nowadays or even involved anymore? He seems more concerned with managing his new film/camera store in Eagle rock with Raymond Molinar. If any heads in LA are into film, you can usually spot either of those dudes at their shop Eagle Rock Camera and they’re both super friendly
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As long as they’re still putting out boards with Clint Peterson’s name on them, I’m in.
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Bryce has them listed as a sponsor
https://www.instagram.com/brycewettstein/?hl=en
will she go somewhere or start a brand with her dad
Her transphobe maga dad will probably make her ride for Boonies. then he can make more content leveraging her to make it about himself.
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Bryce has them listed as a sponsor
https://www.instagram.com/brycewettstein/?hl=en
will she go somewhere or start a brand with her dad
Her transphobe maga dad will probably make her ride for Boonies. then he can make more content leveraging her to make it about himself.
another L for the rich kids of skateboarding. shocked, shocked! that these contest families all fucking totally suck
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They haven't been ok since Tincan Folklore
This
https://youtu.be/JW-2UdAgYMs?si=8ZtyhLFS-4spatga
better quality one here. yeah i had high hopes for the reunion team (olly todd, shimizu, tony silva, dyson ramones. all great) and then they never actually released a full video with those dudes and most of them just left eventually. kind of a shame
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1Wd0kI2zws
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i think mike mcdermott summed it up well in his bunt interview in that they've just been stagnant for well over a decade
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A shop in my area is screening boards for them im assuming to quick fill orders but no one is coping them like that so i wonder
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I believe they still sponsor Yoshi Tanenbaum.
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A shop in my area is screening boards for them im assuming to quick fill orders but no one is coping them like that so i wonder
They might move a decent amount of decks, because they regularly are 50% off. I got a decent stockpile going.
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Not turning Benny Fairfax pro for 10 years was a skatecrime in my book.
Only thing that might save them now is a bucket brothers reunion
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they had so many abrupt team changes after the shimizu/olly todd era that i can't even remember. i think they had that flash-in-the-pan dude ben fisher, and ben gore at one point maybe?
some total randos also. they just couldn't stick to anything concrete. and that's been their m.o. ever since
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they had so many abrupt team changes after the shimizu/olly todd era that i can't even remember. i think they had that flash-in-the-pan dude ben fisher, and ben gore at one point maybe?
some total randos also. they just couldn't stick to anything concrete. and that's been their m.o. ever since
Fisher was really good at manuals. He never quite picked up steam.
Regarding sales they have them often in the last 2 years. Lee and Dune are both often dropping signed stuff and Dune has been selling personal boards recently. Hope that dude is doing okay, he just rubs me right.
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They haven't been ok since Tincan Folklore
This
https://youtu.be/JW-2UdAgYMs?si=8ZtyhLFS-4spatga
better quality one here. yeah i had high hopes for the reunion team (olly todd, shimizu, tony silva, dyson ramones. all great) and then they never actually released a full video with those dudes and most of them just left eventually. kind of a shame
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1Wd0kI2zws
That would have never happened simply because stereo didn’t pay the riders decently and didn’t have a travel budget. All those guys besides Clint & Ben G. were really lazy and always had excuses to not skate something. When they eventually stacked some clips they’d give them up to their better paying sponsors for obvious reasons. Then the cycle would continue, making a full length impossible. It’s a bummer because Benny, Raymond, Dyson, Supa, & Olly ripped but there’s a reason why there isn’t a lot of footage of them throughout their careers.
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Bryce has them listed as a sponsor
https://www.instagram.com/brycewettstein/?hl=en
will she go somewhere or start a brand with her dad
Her transphobe maga dad will probably make her ride for Boonies. then he can make more content leveraging her to make it about himself.
Bryce with boonies…
Her aesthetic would not fit at all
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Bryce has them listed as a sponsor
https://www.instagram.com/brycewettstein/?hl=en
will she go somewhere or start a brand with her dad
Her transphobe maga dad will probably make her ride for Boonies. then he can make more content leveraging her to make it about himself.
Bryce with boonies…
Her aesthetic would not fit at all
Because Richie Jackson's does? They'll take anyone who is on their side. Rumor has is roger is going to film for them and tim poole soon
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They haven't been ok since Tincan Folklore
This
https://youtu.be/JW-2UdAgYMs?si=8ZtyhLFS-4spatga
better quality one here. yeah i had high hopes for the reunion team (olly todd, shimizu, tony silva, dyson ramones. all great) and then they never actually released a full video with those dudes and most of them just left eventually. kind of a shame
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1Wd0kI2zws
That would have never happened simply because stereo didn’t pay the riders decently and didn’t have a travel budget. All those guys besides Clint & Ben G. were really lazy and always had excuses to not skate something. When they eventually stacked some clips they’d give them up to their better paying sponsors for obvious reasons. Then the cycle would continue, making a full length impossible. It’s a bummer because Benny, Raymond, Dyson, Supa, & Olly ripped but there’s a reason why there isn’t a lot of footage of them throughout their careers.
when they rebooted with clint and benny, benny had years of dope ads and photos for them, saying he didnt produce is not true.
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Back when TSM was around they were flowing Blessian and maybe Jeremy Holmes. I thought there was hope after Way Out East and I liked the graphics when they first came back.
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Their relaunch was pretty good. They had some traction. Wasn't that through Giant originally? They stumbled there for a minute and I found it odd they were doing stuff through Syndrome and Prime at the same time. These legacy companies aren't aging well. Zero, Plan B, Element, and Stereo were on the feet of a lot folks in the 90s. DLX was the heyday for Stereo, but never forget the dumpster fire it became after Lee retired.
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Just wanna give a shout out to Dune for currently working on getting outstanding orders sorted. That backlog gotta be quite the pile up!
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Just wanna give a shout out to Dune for currently working on getting outstanding orders sorted. That backlog gotta be quite the pile up!
At least 3
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I don’t want to sound like a hater because I actually like Stereo, I like Dune, they always had cool videos and I liked the graphics.
With that being said, I’ve been skating in California for 30 years and I have literally never seen a Stereo board in the wild. If they aren’t fully backed by Jason Lee’s Hollywood money, I don’t know how they’re still a company.
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I worked at a shop when I was younger and regularly communicated with reps while I was there. The rep for stereo would call all the time. I believe his name was Ish? Suuuuper friendly dude, was always down to talk skating for 45-60 mins every call. Obviously he was trying to sell but I always felt bad because he seemed so genuine. Owner told me he was never going to buy stereo. Nobody in my area knew what stereo was and nobody was buying a shirt retailing for $30 in the days of Altamont and omit clothing popularity.
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Whoa whoa whoa! You just said Omit was popular?
That's not a thing I've ever heard before.
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Whoa whoa whoa! You just said Omit was popular?
That's not a thing I've ever heard before.
In my east coast small town 2 hours from Philly, yes it caught on lol. Every kid had that fucking bass with a 6 pack shirt. And the chino pants.
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BUT I NEED TO GET MY GAZELLE FLIP
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I wonder if Jason Lee is doing much with stereo nowadays or even involved anymore? He seems more concerned with managing his new film/camera store in Eagle rock with Raymond Molinar. If any heads in LA are into film, you can usually spot either of those dudes at their shop Eagle Rock Camera and they’re both super friendly
I miss molinar footage so much. he bowed out way too soon.
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The last few years they were really leaning into the Tincan days and I thought about buying some stuff. Seemed like Lee was super involved with Pastras. Obviously things have changed.
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It seemed like Jason was signing a bunch of Stereo decks and dvds a few years ago. I just figured he was trying to help Dune out but seeing some of the comments here, they had a falling out?
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Not since Jason Lee joined Scientology
Than left Scientology
Than moved to Denton.Tx
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molinar seems like he's pretty good homies with jason lee judging from his instagram stories. i think they both work at a camera store together? (or j. lee owns it and he's an employee there)
edit: oh i see someone mentioned that already
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100 percent conjecture, but it looks like Jason maybe was fine with letting it end again due to lack of profit/ interest. Dune not so much. He is not alone in this but it seems many companies are started/ continued as a personal need, not a market need. This is fine but the amount of people doing this probably hurts the industry as a whole.
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Not since Jason Lee joined Scientology
Than left Scientology
Than moved to Denton.Tx
then moved back to california
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They haven't been ok since Tincan Folklore
This
https://youtu.be/JW-2UdAgYMs?si=8ZtyhLFS-4spatga
better quality one here. yeah i had high hopes for the reunion team (olly todd, shimizu, tony silva, dyson ramones. all great) and then they never actually released a full video with those dudes and most of them just left eventually. kind of a shame
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1Wd0kI2zws
That would have never happened simply because stereo didn’t pay the riders decently and didn’t have a travel budget. All those guys besides Clint & Ben G. were really lazy and always had excuses to not skate something. When they eventually stacked some clips they’d give them up to their better paying sponsors for obvious reasons. Then the cycle would continue, making a full length impossible. It’s a bummer because Benny, Raymond, Dyson, Supa, & Olly ripped but there’s a reason why there isn’t a lot of footage of them throughout their careers.
when they rebooted with clint and benny, benny had years of dope ads and photos for them, saying he didnt produce is not true.
I said footage but I’d love to see evidence of these ads you speak of.
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i'd agree tony silva was definitely on the last gasp of his career when he was on stereo. don't remember much coverage
though him and olly (and dyson too i think) all had some 411 parts around that time. i think there was an entire 411 themed stereo issue? maybe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l18fWZRSILs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdIdJUAm2kw
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Stereo had a time and place, I loved the Visual Sound and Tincan Folklore era’s and maybe after that the brand should have died. The version that came after with Dollin, JR Nieves and Danny Gonzales tarnished the legacy.
I had high hopes when they relaunched with Giant but felt more like a 60’s dad vacationing in Hawaii vibe.
I respect that brands have era’s and evolve but every new generation was seriously decayed after the next in every way(team, graphics, energy)
That said after seeing Chris post an old photo with Ethan Fowler wearing a Stereo Sounds hoodie I would rock one of those. I still have a pile of stickers.
There is something about that sense of arrogance you have when you are young and doing something cool and knowing it. Maybe it was that time from 93-97 but they made cool boards, ads and videos.
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Haven’t seen J Lee in anything in a minute, and it makes sense that he’d be in asset-protection mode. “Celebrity” isn’t a never ending money tree. It would be horribly short sighted to go actually broke over your tax write off passion project albatross. Stereo has been bargain bin dogshit for at least 15 years now, I think it’s safe to say it’s run its course.
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Haven’t seen J Lee in anything in a minute, and it makes sense that he’d be in asset-protection mode. “Celebrity” isn’t a never ending money tree. It would be horribly short sighted to go actually broke over your tax write off passion project albatross. Stereo has been bargain bin dogshit for at least 15 years now, I think it’s safe to say it’s run its course.
I think there’s still interest in the legacy aspect tough. I really dig everything Blockhead, and it’s fantastic that they’re active and actually going through a revival, but everything doesn’t need to be THAT. There’s space for companies to put out old graphics and products that people are interested in buying, without actually having a team or putting out videos. At least so long as there are still original individuals involved in the company.
Stereo still sells a lot of signed boards, and some artsier designs. I’d rather Stereo continue to exist than most new companies popping up.
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Whoa whoa whoa! You just said Omit was popular?
That's not a thing I've ever heard before.
Incredible. I remember that shirt. I still have a patch of king Tut wearing some Elvis glasses, or something.
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Obvs it can't match visual sound but comeback stereo was pretty decent for a bit. I even liked Ben fisher and Joe Pease as new guys but Yoshi, hoffart, Tommy Flynn? Prob should have called it a day there.
They also used to sell pretty good price point boards for $50 Aus which was ridiculous. But not long after is when it started to just feel like a company for people on theeve
Might as well post these
https://youtu.be/QfjRKrI7GA4
https://youtu.be/sb5ickrqZZo
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Let sleeping dogs lie
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I think there’s still interest in the legacy aspect tough.
Yeah I've been tempted to get some reissue boards because Stereo was my favourite company as a kid, but I never pulled the trigger.
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I only ever owned 1 deck of there’s but I always enjoyed all the Stereo videos. It always came off as more of a “passion project/love for skating” vibe.
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i thought CP and JL took over Prime Wood or was that just JL and he no longer wants to keep doing Stereo?
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Whoa whoa whoa! You just said Omit was popular?
That's not a thing I've ever heard before.
Incredible. I remember that shirt. I still have a patch of king Tut wearing some Elvis glasses, or something.
That was another company that had an awesome rep. I’m about to check the Mercari app for shits and giggles to see if there’s any omit shit for sale on there. I looked on there last night and there was a hilarious amount of AYC for sale on there haha.
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man, i didn't know about the hoffart thing. is that the most non-stereo like skater to ever ride for stereo?
i remember they were pushing this one kid pretty hard at one point, this was after dyson ramones left or right before. i can't remember his name but he kinda looked like angel ramirez or something (this might be totally wrong). just a total blank right now.
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he might of been from florida but it wasn't ben gore
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tony karr... that's who i was thinking of
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I honestly had no idea they were still around. Have they been visible in any way in the past 15 years?
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Also I remember Jack Sabback left Traffic because Stereo was a better paycheck. Which seems crazy to think now.
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Also I remember Jack Sabback left Traffic because Stereo was a better paycheck. Which seems crazy to think now.
Traffic paid people?
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Also I remember Jack Sabback left Traffic because Stereo was a better paycheck. Which seems crazy to think now.
and there's like zero evidence of him even being on stereo now besides an an introduction video or something. kinda crazy. they just shed riders left and right
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i guess he had some boards because he was pro then but still. seems like it was brief
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Dune not so much. He is not alone in this but it seems many companies are started/ continued as a personal need, not a market need. This is fine but the amount of people doing this probably hurts the industry as a whole.
IMO one of the big problems with the “industry” is that there are sooooooo many old dorks like Dune hanging around trying to avoid getting a real job. I mean this is a huge problem everywhere, you see it with Andrew Tate’s “Hustler’s University” and myriad dropshipping scams, etc. I don’t know why it’s so prevalent in skateboarding except to speculate that immaturity and a fairly low barrier to entry fuels endless delusion.
The idea that Stereo Skateboards should exist to sell anything other than Jason Lee merchandise is laughable.
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Dune not so much. He is not alone in this but it seems many companies are started/ continued as a personal need, not a market need. This is fine but the amount of people doing this probably hurts the industry as a whole.
IMO one of the big problems with the “industry” is that there are sooooooo many old dorks like Dune hanging around trying to avoid getting a real job. I mean this is a huge problem everywhere, you see it with Andrew Tate’s “Hustler’s University” and myriad dropshipping scams, etc. I don’t know why it’s so prevalent in skateboarding except to speculate that immaturity and a fairly low barrier to entry fuels endless delusion.
The idea that Stereo Skateboards should exist to sell anything other than Jason Lee merchandise is laughable.
Some people just prefer to hustle and be self sufficient I guess. Maybe he’s making money, maybe he’s in a load of debt (I hope not). As long as he’s not ripping people off and providing seriously low quality product then it’s whatever really - how’s it much different from people having etsy stores for their art or clothes etc?
I guess you could argue so many of these legacy type of companies with no team or unpaid pros could be detracting from other current pros board sales but I think that’s a stretch considering the market for legacy brands would be pretty different anyway
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Haven’t seen a Stero deck in the wild since like 1996
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I just remembered that Josiah Gatlyn was on the team for a couple years. I’m pretty sure that was his the last stop before leaving pro skateboarding once and for all.
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I just remembered that Josiah Gatlyn was on the team for a couple years. I’m pretty sure that was his the last stop before leaving pro skateboarding once and for all.
Think he was on Zero for a sec before hanging it up. Or at least was flow
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Not since Jason Lee joined Scientology
Than left Scientology
Than moved to Denton.Tx
then moved back to california
Apparently he goes back and forth from Texas to California, probably for tax purposes
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I just remembered that Josiah Gatlyn was on the team for a couple years. I’m pretty sure that was his the last stop before leaving pro skateboarding once and for all.
Think he was on Zero for a sec before hanging it up. Or at least was flow
He was on zeros baby sister company, threat I believe with Forrest and garret
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I can honestly say ive never seen a Stereo board in real life.
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i've had a couple and they pop up from time to time. they're 1/3 of the price of a normal usa deck and decent quality, so that's probably the reason. i had a jason lee aviator reissue and it's one of my favorite skateboards i've ever had graphic wise. wish i didn't skate it. when i was 14-15 i remember loving their berrics public notice edit, minus the jordan hoffart part. that section where they skate to clash's mustapha dance is sick and i like that version of that song more than og rock the casbah because of that video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U18nYMSKoOo
it ain't no visual sound, but i only saw that video way, way later, so this here was my stereo and i liked it for what it was. also stereo was my first sponsor in tony hawk's project 8 and i used to play that game a whole lot when i was beginning to skate so there's some nostalgia too. the first skate companies i've learned about were the brands they had in that game so i thought stereo was as legit as it gets, along with wahoo's fish tacos, horiboards and black plague wheels.
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i've had a couple and they pop up from time to time. they're 1/3 of the price of a normal usa deck and decent quality, so that's probably the reason. i had a jason lee aviator reissue and it's one of my favorite skateboards i've ever had graphic wise. wish i didn't skate it. when i was 14-15 i remember loving their berrics public notice edit, minus the jordan hoffart part. that section where they skate to clash's mustapha dance is sick and i like that version of that song more than og rock the casbah because of that video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U18nYMSKoOo
it ain't no visual sound, but i only saw that video way, way later, so this here was my stereo and i liked it for what it was. also stereo was my first sponsor in tony hawk's project 8 and i used to play that game a whole lot when i was beginning to skate so there's some nostalgia too. the first skate companies i've learned about were the brands they had in that game so i thought stereo was as legit as it gets, along with wahoo's fish tacos, horiboards and black plague wheels.
Confirmed. Wahoo’s fish tacos are in fact as legit as it gets.
Haven’t searched the thread and hopefully Matt Rodriguez got some love on here. His loose trucks are also as legit as it gets.
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I just remembered that Josiah Gatlyn was on the team for a couple years. I’m pretty sure that was his the last stop before leaving pro skateboarding once and for all.
Think he was on Zero for a sec before hanging it up. Or at least was flow
pretty sure he was filming for cold war
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did they ever hire that creative director???
https://www.slapmagazine.com/index.php?topic=130763.0 (https://www.slapmagazine.com/index.php?topic=130763.0)
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I just remembered that Josiah Gatlyn was on the team for a couple years. I’m pretty sure that was his the last stop before leaving pro skateboarding once and for all.
Think he was on Zero for a sec before hanging it up. Or at least was flow
I think he was but then got sick of jumping though the Jamie Thomas hoops.
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did they ever hire that creative director???
https://www.slapmagazine.com/index.php?topic=130763.0 (https://www.slapmagazine.com/index.php?topic=130763.0)
Speaking of Jamie Thomas, did Zero ever hire that art director that was going to be paid in decks & free rent in the warehouse bunks?
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i've had a couple and they pop up from time to time. they're 1/3 of the price of a normal usa deck and decent quality, so that's probably the reason. i had a jason lee aviator reissue and it's one of my favorite skateboards i've ever had graphic wise. wish i didn't skate it. when i was 14-15 i remember loving their berrics public notice edit, minus the jordan hoffart part. that section where they skate to clash's mustapha dance is sick and i like that version of that song more than og rock the casbah because of that video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U18nYMSKoOo
it ain't no visual sound, but i only saw that video way, way later, so this here was my stereo and i liked it for what it was. also stereo was my first sponsor in tony hawk's project 8 and i used to play that game a whole lot when i was beginning to skate so there's some nostalgia too. the first skate companies i've learned about were the brands they had in that game so i thought stereo was as legit as it gets, along with wahoo's fish tacos, horiboards and black plague wheels.
Confirmed. Wahoo’s fish tacos are in fact as legit as it gets.
Haven’t searched the thread and hopefully Matt Rodriguez got some love on here. His loose trucks are also as legit as it gets.
Their Mr Lee’s scream’n chicken burrito is awesome, just be prepared for multiple toilet trips the day after.
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i've had a couple and they pop up from time to time. they're 1/3 of the price of a normal usa deck and decent quality, so that's probably the reason. i had a jason lee aviator reissue and it's one of my favorite skateboards i've ever had graphic wise. wish i didn't skate it. when i was 14-15 i remember loving their berrics public notice edit, minus the jordan hoffart part. that section where they skate to clash's mustapha dance is sick and i like that version of that song more than og rock the casbah because of that video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U18nYMSKoOo
it ain't no visual sound, but i only saw that video way, way later, so this here was my stereo and i liked it for what it was. also stereo was my first sponsor in tony hawk's project 8 and i used to play that game a whole lot when i was beginning to skate so there's some nostalgia too. the first skate companies i've learned about were the brands they had in that game so i thought stereo was as legit as it gets, along with wahoo's fish tacos, horiboards and black plague wheels.
Confirmed. Wahoo’s fish tacos are in fact as legit as it gets.
Haven’t searched the thread and hopefully Matt Rodriguez got some love on here. His loose trucks are also as legit as it gets.
There IS a reason why it’s called scream’n chicken after all; but from the sound of things, it appears you’ve already figured out why.
Thank you, Mr. Lee.
I’m as regular as a pocket watch now!
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I'm honestly surprised they are still a company in 2025 (and that SLAP is worried about them)
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There was a picture of a kid skating a stereo board in the back of my 6th grade science text book, maybe those residuals haven't run out yet
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I believe they still sponsor Yoshi Tanenbaum.
Sad that gazelle flip never quite became a slap meme
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Is wahoos doing okay?
man I love wahoos
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i know they were recently looking for an art director, maybe they're trying to revamp their situation? There's definitely a pathway for it but do they have skaters in mind and how much are they even willing to spend? Kinda dicey if Chris and Jason are at each others necks.
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According to the Stereo Instagram, they are "closed for renovations" and multiple posts have been made about no access to the site. Commenters asking for refunds and Stereo (Chris) responding that he won't have access for another week or possibly two weeks to give those refunds. Their shop is run through Shopify, and you should be able to access orders simply by logging in. Even if you take down the shop for one reason or another, you still have access to the account and can restore the site at any time. It's not like a professional website with a server and dedicated webmaster. It's very easy to get everything back up and running.
As far as not having products to fulfill orders due to the holiday rush going back to mid November, Stereo mostly gets their boards through Prime. These aren't the same in-house boards that are for the 90s reissues; these are all China boards that the Prime owner imports and distributes through his secondary brand to shops and skateboard brands. He usually has 10s of thousands of blanks on hand at any given time. For Stereo to be struggling to get boards to fulfill orders seems very unlikely. Prime is partly funded by Jason Lee, yes, so there must be some sort of disagreement between the three guys.
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According to the Stereo Instagram, they are "closed for renovations" and multiple posts have been made about no access to the site. Commenters asking for refunds and Stereo (Chris) responding that he won't have access for another week or possibly two weeks to give those refunds. Their shop is run through Shopify, and you should be able to access orders simply by logging in. Even if you take down the shop for one reason or another, you still have access to the account and can restore the site at any time. It's not like a professional website with a server and dedicated webmaster. It's very easy to get everything back up and running.
As far as not having products to fulfill orders due to the holiday rush going back to mid November, Stereo mostly gets their boards through Prime. These aren't the same in-house boards that are for the 90s reissues; these are all China boards that the Prime owner imports and distributes through his secondary brand to shops and skateboard brands. He usually has 10s of thousands of blanks on hand at any given time. For Stereo to be struggling to get boards to fulfill orders seems very unlikely. Prime is partly funded by Jason Lee, yes, so there must be some sort of disagreement between the three guys.
Wild first post my guy
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Yoshi still busy tryin get that big gazelle flip for stereo
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According to the Stereo Instagram, they are "closed for renovations" and multiple posts have been made about no access to the site. Commenters asking for refunds and Stereo (Chris) responding that he won't have access for another week or possibly two weeks to give those refunds. Their shop is run through Shopify, and you should be able to access orders simply by logging in. Even if you take down the shop for one reason or another, you still have access to the account and can restore the site at any time. It's not like a professional website with a server and dedicated webmaster. It's very easy to get everything back up and running.
As far as not having products to fulfill orders due to the holiday rush going back to mid November, Stereo mostly gets their boards through Prime. These aren't the same in-house boards that are for the 90s reissues; these are all China boards that the Prime owner imports and distributes through his secondary brand to shops and skateboard brands. He usually has 10s of thousands of blanks on hand at any given time. For Stereo to be struggling to get boards to fulfill orders seems very unlikely. Prime is partly funded by Jason Lee, yes, so there must be some sort of disagreement between the three guys.
Personal, anecdotal experience = ✔️
Plausible hypothesizing = ✔️
Esoteric industry knowledge = ✔️
Conjectural conclusions = ✔️
This post slaps hard af
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Last time I remember seeing anything Stereo related is when they turned John Lupfer pro years after he'd put out any footage
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They really fumbled Dyson ramones entire career. He was killing it whenever he popped out like 08/09.
Nothing new though. Dune been doing that shit to people since 92.
Free max b
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They really had an amazing team at one point. Supa, Renaud, Olly Todd, Fairfax, Clint, Shimizu I think, Raymond, apparently Jack Sabback, Tony Karr, Tony Silva… was Keegan Sauder on too? Imagining a full length with those guys is amazing.
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I remember Keegan being pretty bummed on Stereo by the time he left. I think Dune was not great at communicating and organizing at the time, and Zero had a pretty serious 'program', if you had a gnarly trick in mind, you'd get a plane ticket. It seemed like Stereo then had the distribution and therefore money to market and pay pros, it just never seemed to go anywhere...
One can only imagine a 50 year old dude still trying to make a living in an industry that is considerably worse than how he experienced it decades ago, no shit he's mad....
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They really fumbled Dyson ramones entire career. He was killing it whenever he popped out like 08/09.
Nothing new though. Dune been doing that shit to people since 92.
Free max b
Dyson Ramones - Fucking underrated!
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Hopefully a revamp. I thought stereo was the coolest when I was a kid in the 90’s. And their art direction is still great. Maybe a couple legacy pros and some reissues, keep us old heads happy.
Jason lees cowboy retirement board was one of the best boards I ever had. Loved that board. One day it’ll pop up on eBay and I’ll pay an embarrassing amount of money for it.
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Dune not so much. He is not alone in this but it seems many companies are started/ continued as a personal need, not a market need. This is fine but the amount of people doing this probably hurts the industry as a whole.
IMO one of the big problems with the “industry” is that there are sooooooo many old dorks like Dune hanging around trying to avoid getting a real job. I mean this is a huge problem everywhere, you see it with Andrew Tate’s “Hustler’s University” and myriad dropshipping scams, etc. I don’t know why it’s so prevalent in skateboarding except to speculate that immaturity and a fairly low barrier to entry fuels endless delusion.
The idea that Stereo Skateboards should exist to sell anything other than Jason Lee merchandise is laughable.
Facts
It's over Dune, pack Stereo up.. you had a good run.. at this point I don't even know why he's wasting time and money. Who is buying a Stereo anything in 2025.
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Hot take- stereo is not hurting anyone. Don’t be so critical :*
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Jason is getting into podcasting. Ed Templeton is going to be on.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DGV9mX8vBI0/
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Further evidence of a falling out- non dune cohost and no repost from Stereo. I’d think if no J Lee and Dune than no Stereo, but who knows. The perpetual half off sale is usually not a good omen for a brand.
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“comments have been limited”
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Further evidence of a falling out- non dune cohost and no repost from Stereo. I’d think if no J Lee and Dune than no Stereo, but who knows. The perpetual half off sale is usually not a good omen for a brand.
Goes hand in hand with half-off Stereo podcast hosting, then.
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mine is only playing out of one speaker at the moment, super annoying. it's like mono
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Jason is getting into podcasting. Ed Templeton is going to be on.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DGV9mX8vBI0/
looks like he's doing the podcast with Raymond Molinar. had no idea they owned that camera store together.
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Pastras airing out his relationship problems with Jason Lee on Instagram is both embarrassing and entertaining
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They really fumbled Dyson ramones entire career. He was killing it whenever he popped out like 08/09.
Nothing new though. Dune been doing that shit to people since 92.
Free max b
Dyson Ramones - Fucking underrated!
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dude had a serious flick
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLKmboF41v0
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https://www.instagram.com/p/DGbxeYMSdIY/?hl=en
they'll be back
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Dune posted this on Saturday to his IG story and then deleted it shortly after.
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Jason is getting into podcasting. Ed Templeton is going to be on.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DGV9mX8vBI0/
I’ll watch the ED episode, shit I’d prolly rather watch Jason Lee trying to figure out who guests are rather than crobs blatant non research, a skateboarding camera podcast with dope photogs would be pretty cool, consider me interested
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So now that J Lee and Dune have split up, Stereo gonna come back with just Dune, Bryce Wettstein and John Lupfer boards?
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Dune posted this on Saturday to his IG story and then deleted it shortly after.
I mean it was up for at least 19 hours
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Wonder if those boards got shipped or refunds happened. Their site is still down. Think dune took the 50 bucks and ran.
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Wonder if those boards got shipped or refunds happened. Their site is still down. Think dune took the 50 bucks and ran.
Nah, he’s working on fulfilling the orders, he’s just traveling at the moment.
I’ve had a little bit of contact with him a couple weeks back.
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dude had a serious flick
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLKmboF41v0
And one of the coolest names around.
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And one of the coolest names around.
Vacuum Punk band.
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Dune posted this on Saturday to his IG story and then deleted it shortly after.
If this is about Jason Lee, that's a pretty incredible thing to claim about the movie star best friend who stuck by you for thirty years.
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Wonder if those boards got shipped or refunds happened. Their site is still down. Think dune took the 50 bucks and ran.
Maybe it was Marc Johnson's ex girlfriend?
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Yo a stereo sound agent started following me
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Dune posted this on Saturday to his IG story and then deleted it shortly after.
I mean it was up for at least 19 hours
What did he post? Not showing for me.
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dude had a serious flick
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLKmboF41v0
And one of the coolest names around.
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he never made much of a splash before disappearing but zach wagner was pretty sick, too. nice cruisey style, skating cali spots like he was from the east coast. definitely seemed like he was emulating pappalardo a bit (his stuff is at 5:00)
dyson and him have good parts in this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfjRKrI7GA4
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Bumping this just to try to get an answer, as things have gone cold since I was vouching for Dune.
It seems as though the website is back up and appears functional, and there is new and updated inventory. I tried again reaching out to Dune (personal email) a month ago, and again just recently in regards to 2 orders placed in November and January (respectably). I have heard nothing since early February. I’m not sure precisely what is happening with the company, but the issues haven’t been resolved.
If Dune is running the show as a solo venture at this point, I have all the patience in the world so long as I’m supported with some reassurance. However, I’m not so sure exactly what the deal is and felt that I was best being responded to when this thread was visibly active.
So does Stereo wanna let the people know what’s up?
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Damn that sucks. Hope you get your stuff.
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Bumping this just to try to get an answer, as things have gone cold since I was vouching for Dune.
It seems as though the website is back up and appears functional, and there is new and updated inventory. I tried again reaching out to Dune (personal email) a month ago, and again just recently in regards to 2 orders placed in November and January (respectably). I have heard nothing since early February. I’m not sure precisely what is happening with the company, but the issues haven’t been resolved.
If Dune is running the show as a solo venture at this point, I have all the patience in the world so long as I’m supported with some reassurance. However, I’m not so sure exactly what the deal is and felt that I was best being responded to when this thread was visibly active.
So does Stereo wanna let the people know what’s up?
Just checked their instagram page, looks like they're shipping new and old orders as of a day ago. Maybe check to see if you can see your order in that post from a day ago? Sucks they haven't reached out, though.
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Thanks for the heads up! I don’t have social media, which further complicates matters.
Dune is a good dude dealing with a lot, so I don’t have any ill feelings or put this on him. I just simply wanna know what’s up.
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if you buy a current Stereo board you deserve pain
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if you buy a current Stereo board you deserve pain
Go back to trolling Xen’s feet! ;D
Nah, I like some of the reissues, and for a minute they were doing half off sales.
A lot of my favorite skaters have had a place in Stereo’s history.
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if you buy a current Stereo board you deserve pain
Go back to trolling Xen’s feet! ;D
Nah, I like some of the reissues, and for a minute they were doing half off sales.
A lot of my favorite skaters have had a place in Stereo’s history.
Are you out money or haven't yet paid?
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I’m out over $150.
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he never made much of a splash before disappearing but zach wagner was pretty sick, too. nice cruisey style, skating cali spots like he was from the east coast. definitely seemed like he was emulating pappalardo a bit (his stuff is at 5:00)
dyson and him have good parts in this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfjRKrI7GA4
I'll never forget seeing dyson at tampa am one year back 3 the pyramid. i think to flat. he had a beautiful back 3 and his entire chest was tattooed with the ramones logo
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I’m out over $150.
What decks did you buy? If it was anything Jason Lee related then you aren't getting it
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I’m down 10 grand, still waiting for that email dune…
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I tried again reaching out to Dune (personal email) a month ago, and again just recently in regards to 2 orders placed in November and January.
So you placed an order, didn’t receive anything for 3 months and thought, “hmm, I should probably order some more”?
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I wonder if anyone who had a similar experience with unfulfilled orders saw him at Tampa and kindly asked him what the fuck is up with that
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see, you gotta dm dune like a man would
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Stereo has been whooped for the better part of 10 years. Shout out Benny Fairfax though, humble legend.
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I tried again reaching out to Dune (personal email) a month ago, and again just recently in regards to 2 orders placed in November and January.
So you placed an order, didn’t receive anything for 3 months and thought, “hmm, I should probably order some more”?
They’ve always been hella slow getting orders out, but they always eventually arrive. So at the time it wasn’t that much of a risk (or so I thought, based on past orders).
To answer the previous question, no, no Jason Lee related items.
I should also say that I even suggested to Dune via email that if he wanted to swap my order items for current items showing in inventory, that I’d be happy to make that compromise. I’m not picky so long as the sizes of everything are compatible.
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Damn dude! That sucks to hear! I hate when we take a risk on our favs (esp if it seems like they need it) and they don't come through lol.
This might seem crazy, but I actually have a bunch of backstock of Stereo rereleases (they didn't sell, go figure) so if dimensions are your only issue I'd be more than happy to send it your way for an extra $150 plus shipping- DM me homie, I take every method of payment and I ship faster than Dune apparently lol
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I think it might be time to stop buying from Stereo.
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Is it really Stereo without Jason Lee involved? The current team doesn't exactly scream the Stereo aesthetic that the brand was built on.
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Is it really Stereo without Jason Lee involved? The current team doesn't exactly scream the Stereo aesthetic that the brand was built on.
No. Dune should just hang it up.. Its wierd though, still using a lot of J.Lee content, still on the team page as well. Whole thing is wierd.
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Safe to say Stereo is NOT doing okay.
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Got a shipping notice! We good! 8)
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(https://i.postimg.cc/Nfygq01r/IMG-4458.jpg)
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(https://i.postimg.cc/Nfygq01r/IMG-4458.jpg)
Ew
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(https://i.postimg.cc/Nfygq01r/IMG-4458.jpg)
Kader on stereo or something?
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Huh
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Seems to be that stereo is back to an extent, on their Instagram page they said they’re now on their third distributor as of recent. J Lee seems to still be involved as well, they just dropped a limited run of a J Lee pro model
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for the fans of Stereo
What do you guys want to see from the brand in 2026?
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To shit or get off the pot
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for the fans of Stereo
What do you guys want to see from the brand in 2026?
Well, I’d like to see those shirts I ordered nearly a year ago. That would be pretty cool.
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https://www.stereosoundagency.com/pages/matt-rodriguez
I can only appreciate that they still have this guy on the team
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for the fans of Stereo
What do you guys want to see from the brand in 2026?
Nothing! This is a perfect example of how cool shit should just pack it in earlier instead of dragging it out when things get rough. Imagine if Nirvana was still touring.
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for the fans of Stereo
What do you guys want to see from the brand in 2026?
Publicly and viciously denounce Yoshi Tanenbaum
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for the fans of Stereo
What do you guys want to see from the brand in 2026?
dun dun dun
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Re-release some 90s graphics. Put Quim Cardona on the team maybe? Collab with some shoe brand to remake the Jason Lee Airwalk.
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I overpaid for the signed Way Out East board last year. I'm happy to have it. I really liked that video.
I met Jason, Dune, Benny, and the dude who rode for Consolidated (why can't I remember his name) at ASR the year they restarted under Giant.
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I overpaid for the signed Way Out East board last year. I'm happy to have it. I really liked that video.
I met Jason, Dune, Benny, and the dude who rode for Consolidated (why can't I remember his name) at ASR the year they restarted under Giant.
Clint Peterson...
Way Out East was a great video too, Keegan Sauder ruled in that period...
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Still waiting on an order from July.
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Re-release some 90s graphics.
This would be my suggestion too. I'd be happy to buy one or two as wall hangers, especially if they're screen printed.
EDIT: I should say, release more 90s graphics.
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i need some new speakers
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i need some new speakers
The right channel on my receiver is out, so I'm of Stereo, on Mono
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they just added a new guy, check the insta, I don't feel like linking it.
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(https://i.ibb.co/0yjs6P7y/IMG-2814.jpg) (https://ibb.co/0yjs6P7y)
I have nothing to add other than I saw this board series in a shop once and thought it was awesome
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Id like to see Stereo stick around. Im happy with reissues, guest boards and random artist collabs.
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The right channel on my receiver is out, so I'm of Stereo, on Mono
From Vison to BLind
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Get the old gang back together for some shit.
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Jason and Chris should just pull the plug. Stereo had it's time in the 90s.. let it go.. when's the last time you've seen a Stereo out in the wild? When is the last time you've seen one in a shop? There's no space for irrelevant companies anymore.
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http://youtu.be/IVf3SnzrCco
Making moves in Q4 of '25...
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I don't think Pastras was doing okay last night. He went on some racist rant about George Powell but has since removed the 2 posts. Seemed like he hit the bottle too hard and vented how he wasn't welcomed in Goleta or something along those lines.
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I don't think Pastras was doing okay last night. He went on some racist rant about George Powell but has since removed the 2 posts. Seemed like he hit the bottle too hard and vented how he wasn't welcomed in Goleta or something along those lines.
Came here to see if anyone else posted about this. Wtf was that lol, bro said “yall honky ass motherfuckers” complaining about (checks notes) how Animal Chin is racist? Dude got in his feelings about a skate video that came out 38 years ago.
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It was definitely a spectacle. At one point 1010 responded saying "Vern just stoked me out with a box of bearings" hahaha
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http://youtu.be/IVf3SnzrCco
Making moves in Q4 of '25...
Ollie over the hydrant to tailslide was pretty sick
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Pastas is a dummy. He still reposts Ethan Fowler and he’s an actual known racist.
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I don't think Pastras was doing okay last night. He went on some racist rant about George Powell but has since removed the 2 posts. Seemed like he hit the bottle too hard and vented how he wasn't welcomed in Goleta or something along those lines.
Came here to see if anyone else posted about this. Wtf was that lol, bro said “yall honky ass motherfuckers” complaining about (checks notes) how Animal Chin is racist? Dude got in his feelings about a skate video that came out 38 years ago.
Was waiting for someone to bring it up. Yeah it was fucking bizarre. Hope no one ever shows him tropic thunder.
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Saw that post and it was a bummer
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Pack it up, close the doors, turn off the lights, take a vacation.
Open back up, something new, something different, but call it Mono or Lostless or something and go from there.
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I don't think Pastras was doing okay last night. He went on some racist rant about George Powell but has since removed the 2 posts. Seemed like he hit the bottle too hard and vented how he wasn't welcomed in Goleta or something along those lines.
Came here to see if anyone else posted about this. Wtf was that lol, bro said “yall honky ass motherfuckers” complaining about (checks notes) how Animal Chin is racist? Dude got in his feelings about a skate video that came out 38 years ago.
https://youtu.be/dxpS9N1Xcbc
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way out east era giant dist drops where nice to see at autumn. never copped but they looked cool in person. i was in my consolidated phase. ... remember the rental board
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I saw those ttwo posts last night and first thought Dune got hacked but more likely he got blackout drunk and let it rip.
I wonder if he still talks to Ethan Fowler, I’m too chicken to DM him like a man and there’s a small part of me that believes he has no idea about the Benny Fairfax thing but that got to be impossible, right?
Weirder shit has happened.
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Pastas is a dummy. He still reposts Ethan Fowler and he’s an actual known racist.
I used to really like Dune but now I just think he’s a dummy too.
His whole super positive vibes shtick doesn’t really match up with the fact that he’s basically been ripping people off.
I know for a fact that he hasn’t fulfilled all of the outstanding Stereo orders.
Pure wack.
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I wonder if he still talks to Ethan Fowler, I’m too chicken to DM him like a man and there’s a small part of me that believes he has no idea about the Benny Fairfax thing but that got to be impossible, right?
Weirder shit has happened.
he went on the nine club several months after the benny/ethan stuff came to light and didn't make any mention of it as far as i can remember
also ethan fowler lives in kansas and probably hasn't skateboarded in years now. or maybe he does. who knows. he deleted all of his socials after the benny article
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Pastas is a dummy. He still reposts Ethan Fowler and he’s an actual known racist.
I used to really like Dune but now I just think he’s a dummy too.
His whole super positive vibes shtick doesn’t really match up with the fact that he’s basically been ripping people off.
I know for a fact that he hasn’t fulfilled all of the outstanding Stereo orders.
Pure wack.
Yeah, I got one approaching a full calendar year now. Nothing major, but I decided to stop pursuing it.
Atleast I eventually got all my decks I ordered.
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I wonder if Dune was trying to get Drake Johnson a box
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Stereo feels like one of those brands in modern day where the riders had a good thing going on with their board brand but decided to quit and start their own thing that will only last a couple of years. Stereo should have stayed dead in the late 90's/ early 00s.
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Stereo were doing good things while at Giant and even in the first few years that they were independent (before they linked up with Theeve for distribution).
The problem is they never capitalized on the great team they had by putting out a video. They were notorious for running "Full Length Video Coming Soon" for years. The team of Clint Peterson, Benny Fairfax, Olly Todd, Daniel Shimizu, Danny Supa, Danny Renaud, Dyson Ramones and a bit later with Ben Gore could have put out a killer video with that talent. Unfortunately since J Lee left Stereo in the Deluxe days, it seems like Stereo has been mismanaged and not able to live up to it's full potential. I think a major issue is they love to look to their 90's glory days and in Dune's mind nothing can compare to that for him. If he stopped putting his name on a pro board and let the Stereo team shine away from the shadow of the 90's, it would help the brand. But it's too far gone now and honestly just needs to die.
In an alternate reality, Stereo would have become a Tum Yeto distributed brand in 2010 but they stupidly turned down that deal to go with Theeve who made unpopular trucks and belt buckles. Sad to see a brand you used to love die a long slow death but that's how it's been for a few decades now.
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that promo and team were so good.
but to give the brand a little credit, right after this
Danny fell off a building
Tony quit and was a chef
Dyson quit to take care of his family
Zach quit to be a yogi
Shimizu quit to skate for bummer high
Ollie quit to be a TM (not fully sure on this one)
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Yes mismanagement was a huge issue but it was also having no money (J. Lee did not filter his personal $$$ like people would imagine into the brand). The team riders were barely getting paid and almost all of the footage they did get was given to other sponsors that paid their bills. Motivation also played a major role during that time. The whole team primarily lived in LA and with the type of spots they all preferred to film on they needed to be on constant trips to accumulate enough footage for parts. No money, no trips, no footage, no video.
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Yes mismanagement was a huge issue but it was also having no money (J. Lee did not filter his personal $$$ like people would imagine into the brand). The team riders were barely getting paid and almost all of the footage they did get was given to other sponsors that paid their bills. Motivation also played a major role during that time. The whole team primarily lived in LA and with the type of spots they all preferred to film on they needed to be on constant trips to accumulate enough footage for parts. No money, no trips, no footage, no video.
wasted money on fedoras and investing in the church of scientology
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that promo and team were so good.
but to give the brand a little credit, right after this
Danny fell off a building
Tony quit and was a chef
Dyson quit to take care of his family
Zach quit to be a yogi
Shimizu quit to skate for bummer high
Ollie quit to be a TM (not fully sure on this one)
olly went to palace
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At Stereo’s peak they had the machine of deluxe which handled money, art and team riders.
Then with everyone being younger you can expect everything they wanna be about is progressive, plus the skating to back it up.
And in a time when you could literally fuck off for 3 years and no one would know if you had a few photos for ads and some clips sprinkled around in 411, montages from brand related videos etc.
In a short time the team changed drastically meaning Mike York, Puleo, Lavar, Paulo etc all got on and off quick and that theme never stopped, it’s a laundry list of pissed ex team riders and burned distributors and people never getting paid. It’s a bummer 2 of my favorite videos are by someone who appears to have screwed so many people over. Some people are not meant to run a company, it’s obvious this applies to Chris. Just hang it up and leave it to people who take the time to pay people and support team riders instead of blowing up your own ego up by repeatedly posting old pics and videos of yourself.
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Apparently Pastras and Sammy Baptista are starting a podcast together out of Santa Barbara. Probably not going to listen.
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that promo and team were so good.
but to give the brand a little credit, right after this
Danny fell off a building
Tony quit and was a chef
Dyson quit to take care of his family
Zach quit to be a yogi
Shimizu quit to skate for bummer high
Ollie quit to be a TM (not fully sure on this one)
After stereo, Olly Todd was one of the original 3 dudes on palace and in that first promo that came out in 2009-2010. It was him, Charlie Young and Lucien. They just retired his board in more recent years and now he’s a published poet which makes sense because he skated Krux trucks. You got to romanticize shit if you’re skating krux trucks. He had a lot of sick stuff/small parts in palace edits. Olly Todd and his static 3 part ruled - such a good part and worthy of multiple watches
I feel like not many people saw this part because it was a weird time in 411, but Olly had a part in 411 volume 14 issue 2. It’s a good part (obviously static 3 is better but definitely worth the watch). That weird ass era of like 14.2. It came out in 2006 but I didn’t watch it until 2007 when I found it for a dollar still in the plastic at this used bookstore that used to exist in wildwood nj.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pdIdJUAm2kw&list=RDpdIdJUAm2kw&start_radio=1&pp=oAcB
This was like a stereo themed 411 with a stereo montage in it with Danny Supa and stuff. The whole video is on YouTube and that era of skating is wild. So many insane tricks in the intro that are so bizarrely heavy.
Edit: @roba already handled this and did it more concise. I start posting stuff but I usually have a kid on me so I don’t post till 24 hours later
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Proud to say I have actually owned an Olly Todd pro model. Stereo not Palace. Was stoked on dude from the mags and this Red Bull promo with him and Benny. Olly is an original. I bought brown fucking cords and half cabs to skate in cause of Olly not Bobby. That line he did at that school in Miami is so dope that's what sold me on him. No one skated in slim boot cut pants, football club jerseys, and penguin polos in 06. Dude dressed so British, rad.
@18:45
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=N7D2fDivRh4&pp=0gcJCR4Bo7VqN5tD
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that promo and team were so good.
but to give the brand a little credit, right after this
Danny fell off a building
Tony quit and was a chef
Dyson quit to take care of his family
Zach quit to be a yogi
Shimizu quit to skate for bummer high
Ollie quit to be a TM (not fully sure on this one)
After stereo, Olly Todd was one of the original 3 dudes on palace and in that first promo that came out in 2009-2010. It was him, Charlie Young and Lucien. They just retired his board in more recent years and now he’s a published poet which makes sense because he skated Krux trucks. You got to romanticize shit if you’re skating krux trucks. He had a lot of sick stuff/small parts in palace edits. Olly Todd and his static 3 part ruled - such a good part and worthy of multiple watches
I feel like not many people saw this part because it was a weird time in 411, but Olly had a part in 411 volume 14 issue 2. It’s a good part (obviously static 3 is better but definitely worth the watch). That weird ass era of like 14.2. It came out in 2006 but I didn’t watch it until 2007 when I found it for a dollar still in the plastic at this used bookstore that used to exist in wildwood nj.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pdIdJUAm2kw&list=RDpdIdJUAm2kw&start_radio=1&pp=oAcB
This was like a stereo themed 411 with a stereo montage in it with Danny Supa and stuff. The whole video is on YouTube and that era of skating is wild. So many insane tricks in the intro that are so bizarrely heavy.
Edit: @roba already handled this and did it more concise. I start posting stuff but I usually have a kid on me so I don’t post till 24 hours later
This part is great today, wouldn’t look out of place at all.
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I feel like, at this juncture, based on my cursory review of relationships and recent posts of all pertinent parties regarding Stereo skateboards, they may not be ok. And that makes me sad.
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seeing stereo 2.0 at autumn was refreshing even with knowing it was under giant dist. the aesthetic was cool pre-instagram. there was crownfarmer, stacks, verte, i keep saying it but, the instant winner, vehicle. art direction was good for it's time. seeing supernaut boards with tony cox art. the generic blueprint team board. even death skateboards skull. ozawa heroin boards. way out east, the anti-social video and north 2 were good. i bring those up because of keegan sauder. a clint peterson stereo board with indys, autobahns, reflex bearings abec 7, black magic grip, shorty's silverado 7/8", blue doh dohs. i wonder if blessian didn't get hurt he'd have been am on stereo. his tsm interview was cool. jeremy holmes as well.
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Still waiting on an order from July.
To update on this, it finally came in January 2026...
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Stereo is cooked and dune needs to have his phone taken away from him.
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Dune’s teeth aren't doing ok
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Ok imma bite
Sup with yoshi haha