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Skateboarding => USELESS WOODEN TOY BANTER => Topic started by: 144p on March 09, 2017, 02:53:09 PM
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Interesting...
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there's that mysterious matt berger guy again
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Can't they just end it already? They had a good run. Just let it go.
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Peace
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i had a flip appleyard deck with grind kings years ago some kid stole it... it was just chillin on the lawn.. bought a pair of ventures after that and never looked back
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i had a flip appleyard deck with grind kings years ago some kid stole it... it was just chillin on the lawn.. bought a pair of ventures after that and never looked back
You only bought Ventures? Did you not replace the actual deck, wheels, etc?
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5$ to who ever knows what distribution they're going to.
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Dwindle
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Dwindle
This. As discussed on slap before flip has become a walmart type of brand and they will fit perfectly next to darkstar and blind in walmart.
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That makes sense. I was hoping they would be trying to get their old image back a little.
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5$ to who ever knows what distribution they're going to.
Blitz
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How long till dudes jump ship? Luan can't hang around forever
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Im still just waiting to see what Rowley's plans are. I remeber Berger and some people said a while back that Rowley took them all to lunch to chat about what was going down with him and flip, I just wanna know whats going on.
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How long till dudes jump ship? Luan can't hang around forever
I could see Luan going to Primitive.
They could benefit pretty highly from one another.
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How long till dudes jump ship? Luan can't hang around forever
They could benefit pretty highly from one another.
Id laugh if this happens. Luan vrs Shane video haha
We will know soon, tom penny is abit of a chatterbox
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can louie lopez just ride for chocolate already? he deserves much more than current flip
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How long till dudes jump ship? Luan can't hang around forever
They could benefit pretty highly from one another.
Id laugh if this happens. Luan vrs Shane video haha
We will know soon, tom penny is abit of a chatterbox
Shiiiiit. I didn't think about that. I'd watch that just for the ridiculous tricks that they'd put out.
Tom's a chatterbox, but can anyone really understand him?
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How long till dudes jump ship? Luan can't hang around forever
They could benefit pretty highly from one another.
If i had to make a guess i'd say that'd be where he ends up. Flip is a shadow of its self much the same AWS / Crail brands are now, i understand the loyalty aspect but at some point you've gotta look down at those emoji graphics and wonder what the hell is happening
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The VS. video thing would be sick!
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Only good thing under NHS is Independent
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Louie Lopez is going to Real. I'll put 20 on it.
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Nhs essentially saying they couldn't be more stoked. They probably limbo'd it for their name
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just let it die - if they go to dwindle there fucken idiots, zero should go to nhs!!
penny - palace
rune - done
caples - element
lopes - where ever he wants
berger - almost or sovrn sadly
luan - numbers
burnquist - birdhouse
arto - ???
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I could see it on krooked.
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this whole situation
Boo Hoo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o18tHdBpMeY#)
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I am the eggman
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I don't see this in my ShredLines feed so not sure how true it is. Would makes sense though.
I used to distro Flip until the guy in the UK told NHS to stop supplying us and only supply our local Quiksilver distro. I bet they tried that with other territories too.
Then Rowley left a couple months later.
If NHS is paying for all the guys to get to comps and do trips, royalties etc but being dictated to from UK as to who they can sell too, then yeah, I'd tell them to jump too.
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From 1-solid their pretty solid with a good mix of old & new riders. They don't suck by far
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penny - palace
(http://i66.tinypic.com/j981tz.png)
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5$ to who ever knows what distribution they're going to.
Blitz
This
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Spirit of the Blitz?
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the penny bout to get pinched like it's still the thatcher years
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flip have an incredibly marketable team (minus that berger guy) it's a shame they weren't able to turn it around.
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flip have an incredibly marketable team (minus that berger guy) it's a shame they weren't able to turn it around.
Had to go back and watch some of his footage to really remember what he's like.
It's a shame he's so forgettable because he's really talented and there's a lot of great footage in here, just doesn't have that 'it' factor.
Matt Berger's Pro Part (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iM1ZqnQkPuQ#)
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just let it die - if they go to dwindle there fucken idiots, zero should go to nhs!!
penny - palace
rune - done
caples - element
lopes - where ever he wants
berger - almost or sovrn sadly
luan - numbers
burnquist - birdhouse
arto - ???
lance - ?????
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Oh man... I just started to love their shapes/concaves/wood...
FML.
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I'd go on a vaseline spiel about how I hope they get their shit together, about how great the team is, but frankly, I just wish Flip is over and that everyone just moves on. For some reason, I'm scared that Luan might end up on Numbers...
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Who said flip was done ? Their changing distro, not closing up shop (yet ?).
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This kind of scared me so Im stocking up on Tom Penny decks . Need some cheech and chong for the wall and for skating and if I could find the alice in wonderland one that would be perfect
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Im still just waiting to see what Rowley's plans are. I remember Berger and some people said a while back that Rowley took them all to lunch to chat about what was going down with him and flip, I just wanna know whats going on.
Maybe Rowley wants to grab up all the Street League guys and use his Street League announcer position to promote them and a new board company. He's sounded biased towards the Flip guys at previous contests. I remember him calling Louie Lopez "the guy to watch today" at last year's Barcelona contest while Lopez was in like 10th place.
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Im still just waiting to see what Rowley's plans are. I remember Berger and some people said a while back that Rowley took them all to lunch to chat about what was going down with him and flip, I just wanna know whats going on.
Maybe Rowley wants to grab up all the Street League guys and use his Street League announcer position to promote them and a new board company. He's sounded biased towards the Flip guys at previous contests. I remember him calling Louie Lopez "the guy to watch today" at last year's Barcelona contest while Lopez was in like 10th place.
I might be in the minority here but I feel like Rowley has waited way too long for many people to give a shit about what he's going to do.
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Im still just waiting to see what Rowley's plans are. I remember Berger and some people said a while back that Rowley took them all to lunch to chat about what was going down with him and flip, I just wanna know whats going on.
Maybe Rowley wants to grab up all the Street League guys and use his Street League announcer position to promote them and a new board company. He's sounded biased towards the Flip guys at previous contests. I remember him calling Louie Lopez "the guy to watch today" at last year's Barcelona contest while Lopez was in like 10th place.
I might be in the minority here but I feel like Rowley has waited way too long for many people to give a shit about what he's going to do.
I feel the same, but I'm a Rowley fan and could easily be persuaded
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Who said flip was done ? Their changing distro, not closing up shop (yet ?).
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Im still just waiting to see what Rowley's plans are. I remember Berger and some people said a while back that Rowley took them all to lunch to chat about what was going down with him and flip, I just wanna know whats going on.
Maybe Rowley wants to grab up all the Street League guys and use his Street League announcer position to promote them and a new board company. He's sounded biased towards the Flip guys at previous contests. I remember him calling Louie Lopez "the guy to watch today" at last year's Barcelona contest while Lopez was in like 10th place.
I might be in the minority here but I feel like Rowley has waited way too long for many people to give a shit about what he's going to do.
I feel the same, but I'm a Rowley fan and could easily be persuaded
Has he said anything to imply he was going to do something else? Maybe he's just retiring?
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Im still just waiting to see what Rowley's plans are. I remember Berger and some people said a while back that Rowley took them all to lunch to chat about what was going down with him and flip, I just wanna know whats going on.
Maybe Rowley wants to grab up all the Street League guys and use his Street League announcer position to promote them and a new board company. He's sounded biased towards the Flip guys at previous contests. I remember him calling Louie Lopez "the guy to watch today" at last year's Barcelona contest while Lopez was in like 10th place.
I might be in the minority here but I feel like Rowley has waited way too long for many people to give a shit about what he's going to do.
I feel the same, but I'm a Rowley fan and could easily be persuaded
Has he said anything to imply he was going to do something else? Maybe he's just retiring?
I think he's just retired. He's done well financially and now spends most his time guiding hunting trips.
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It was all inevitably downhill post Really Sorry.
Obviously a company will not fold directly after their absolute zenith, but it's quite sad what some of these legendary companies end up becoming. Just a sustained mediocre entity riding the coattails of the past.
Sorry/Really Sorry era is entirely untouchable.
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Im still just waiting to see what Rowley's plans are. I remember Berger and some people said a while back that Rowley took them all to lunch to chat about what was going down with him and flip, I just wanna know whats going on.
Maybe Rowley wants to grab up all the Street League guys and use his Street League announcer position to promote them and a new board company. He's sounded biased towards the Flip guys at previous contests. I remember him calling Louie Lopez "the guy to watch today" at last year's Barcelona contest while Lopez was in like 10th place.
I might be in the minority here but I feel like Rowley has waited way too long for many people to give a shit about what he's going to do.
I feel the same, but I'm a Rowley fan and could easily be persuaded
Has he said anything to imply he was going to do something else? Maybe he's just retiring?
I think he's just retired. He's done well financially and now spends most his time guiding hunting trips.
Way to go out with a whimper then
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highly doubt Rowley is going to have another board sponsor.
i'm sure Vans does him well along with the hunt guiding gigs and Civilware.
i bet Jeremy Fox is the biggest fucking kook
Spirit of the Blitz?
i think i'm the only one that gets this. if anyone has a copy... PM me.
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Sorry still is my favourite video of all time. Obviously, the current brand isn't my cup of tea anymore. Which is fine. Things change.
However, is Flip really unpopular with kids? I've always been under the impression that they're doing well financially, even though no skater older than 17 gives a shit about them.
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Kids under 17 used to make up 90% of skating.....now I'd say it makes up 30%....maybe some kids like it but that's not enough....
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highly doubt Rowley is going to have another board sponsor.
i'm sure Vans does him well along with the hunt guiding gigs and Civilware.
I agree. Judging by his instagram, it looks like he's just skating for fun now and enjoying the family life and hunting trips.
EDIT: Also, I noticed that he sometimes posts never before seen footage of him from like the mid 2000's, which I highly appreciate.
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Sorry still is my favourite video of all time. Obviously, the current brand isn't my cup of tea anymore. Which is fine. Things change.
However, is Flip really unpopular with kids? I've always been under the impression that they're doing well financially, even though no skater older than 17 gives a shit about them.
Only flip boards that I've seen past years have been mostly older guys, for nostalgia's sake I guess.
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Sorry still is my favourite video of all time.
best video of all time. team back then was unfuckwithable.
sorry is just the perfect skatevideo for me. it includes the
best filming, edit, footage, music, spots, intros, the perfect
amount of antics/hijinx, diverse parts (none is skip-worthy)
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the penny bout to get pinched like it's still the thatcher years
it already is with T May
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Jenkem please do a Jeremy Fox interview!!!!!!!!
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OR an interview series with lost Flip riders a la Andrew Gordon, Andy Scott, Eric Brockman, Fletcher... there's gotta be more, yeah?
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OR an interview series with lost Flip riders a la Andrew Gordon, Andy Scott, Eric Brockman, Fletcher... there's gotta be more, yeah?
There's definitely more. At least 6, maybe 12.
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(http://i66.tinypic.com/j981tz.png)
so good :D
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OR an interview series with lost Flip riders a la Andrew Gordon, Andy Scott, Eric Brockman, Fletcher... there's gotta be more, yeah?
Dave Tyson, Alex moul would have some secrets
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Baker Boys.
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OR an interview series with lost Flip riders a la Andrew Gordon, Andy Scott, Eric Brockman, Fletcher... there's gotta be more, yeah?
There's definitely more. At least 6, maybe 12.
;D :D :D
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Y'all remember the flip ripple cut boards? I thought they were the shit when I was 12
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Flip isn't in the Fall dropship order on the B2B. Looks like it's true then.
And Chaz is getting a colourway on Krux.
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And Chaz is getting a colourway on Krux.
NO FUCKING WAY! best news ever. incredible.
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Flip isn't in the Fall dropship order on the B2B. Looks like it's true then.
And Chaz is getting a colourway on Krux.
link to the dropship?
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And Chaz is getting a colourway on Krux.
fuck, now we're really getting into that juicy industry goss.
does brink even know the whole story behind this one?
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OR an interview series with lost Flip riders a la Andrew Gordon, Andy Scott, Eric Brockman, Fletcher... there's gotta be more, yeah?
There's definitely more. At least 6, maybe 12.
Shit! Yeah. Chalmers too. He used to post here all the time. I'd love to hear why Flip didn't want his or Rune's footage in the Really Sorry era.
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And Chaz is getting a colourway on Krux.
does brink even know the whole story behind this one?
Ortiz? Wasn't he on Silver?
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And Chaz is getting a colourway on Krux.
does brink even know the whole story behind this one?
Ortiz? Wasn't he on Silver?
Bono
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Ortiz. He has Krux and MOB on his FB profile http://www.facebook.com/ChazOrtiz/ (http://www.facebook.com/ChazOrtiz/)
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Y'all remember the flip ripple cut boards? I thought they were the shit when I was 12
yeah, it was called "new wave" construction. Slid fast and was durable. Gimmicky, yes, but i was young so i enjoyed it.
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Kids under 17 used to make up 90% of skating.....now I'd say it makes up 30%....maybe some kids like it but that's not enough....
so so wrong
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Besides Baker and DLX, are there any board brands that have been around 15+ years and dont suck.
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Besides Baker and DLX, are there any board brands that have been around 15+ years and dont suck.
Alien
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I don't think Toy Machine has ever ever sucked. Ebbs and flows, gutters and strikes, but they've never sucked.
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Black Label has been around for a long time and i don't think it's ever fallen into the suck category, they've had ups and downs but overall the boards and john's artwork have kept pace
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I don't think Toy Machine has ever ever sucked. Ebbs and flows, gutters and strikes, but they've never sucked.
They never sucked, but they definitely had dark times where they really had no marquee names outside of Ed (The Caswell Berry/Austin Stephens era post BA leaving). Toy Machine is probably the best example of a company able to rebuild. The one thing is, Toy Machine never really cheapened themselves in regards to graphics. Flip never really had good graphics but always had an amazing team. Now, they've lost a lot of the people skaters liked and cheapened their graphics even further. Claymation was their version of jumping the shark.
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I don't think Toy Machine has ever ever sucked. Ebbs and flows, gutters and strikes, but they've never sucked.
isn't it called "toy machine bloodsucking skateboard co" so it has to suck a bit...
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I don't think Toy Machine has ever ever sucked. Ebbs and flows, gutters and strikes, but they've never sucked.
Dont want to bash toy, but I cant say that cj collins, blake carpenter, or half their team are doing anything anyones interested in. Long Beach sucks.
As for Black Label, its good that they scaled back when necessary and kept the direction on point but having auby taylor as your lead pro is not a good look.
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Dont want to bash toy, but I cant say that cj collins, blake carpenter, or half their team are doing anything anyones interested in.
I look forward to footage from Billy Marks and Josh Harmony.
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Besides Baker and DLX, are there any board brands that have been around 15+ years and dont suck.
Creature
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I don't think Toy Machine has ever ever sucked. Ebbs and flows, gutters and strikes, but they've never sucked.
In my opinion they have.
They started having generic "Toy Machine style" graphic series for some time now.
Ed himself admitted jumping the shark sort of.
(http://www.bwskateshop.com/media/4d5fe87f794cf0ba14639afa556fca33.jpg)
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Where's my money?
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OR an interview series with lost Flip riders a la Andrew Gordon, Andy Scott, Eric Brockman, Fletcher... there's gotta be more, yeah?
i used to hang out with brockman's older brother and hed tell me stories about how they took eric to the gnarliest spots and say shit like, "see this 12 stair? youre going to nollie flip, alright?" french fred even talked about how brockman was fed up with the pressure of doing crazy shit and quit after the trip to penny's in 99 (i think?). i still trip out on the fact that he was the first american to ride for flip.
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OR an interview series with lost Flip riders a la Andrew Gordon, Andy Scott, Eric Brockman, Fletcher... there's gotta be more, yeah?
Isn't that the exact reason why Bastien said he left Flip? That they'd bring him to 18 stairs and say, "Yeah you got the kickflip back lip, no problem" and really put the pressure on him to do it.
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Since this topic is back up floating around.. Who is distributing Flip now in the US? They have the fastest shipping ever!