no more board brands please.

[Yummyummy]

too much saturation in the industry with EVERYTHING but dill said it best, your board company is your identity. name some companies that need to fuck right off.

[Mobkickflipper]

Revive.

[C. R. E. A. M]

⬆⬆⬆

[oroku1983]

I want nothing to change just get Andy Schrock out of my recommended youtube videos the guy looks like he smells like a tray of cold cuts.

[CHONGO]

I want nothing to change just get Andy Schrock out of my recommended youtube videos the guy looks like he smells like a tray of cold cuts.

dude is absolutely hands down the worst

[honey island]

will evan smiths new board company be better than revive?

[Jacob Gary]

Wow congratulations, you've done it.

You have single-handledly prevented anyone from creating a new brand by posting this thread on SLAP.

You reward is the opportunity to create your own board company.

[schralp pal]

So many shit board brands these days - it might be a better exercise to decide what board brands actually have an identity and then toss the rest.

[SneakySecrets]

will evan smiths new board company be better than revive?

He’s doing one?  Kind of interested to see what he cooks up.  I kind of like all the board companies.  Could you imagine if there was only Plan B, Element and Blind to choose from?

 I like that there are companies like Scumco, Evisen and Heroin that can pretty much put out whatever the fuck they want without having to worry about alienating the mom that goes into the skate shop to buy a complete for their kid’s Christmas present.

[Technique]

All the fucking 3rd wave independent board companies started by old pros should gtfo. They will probably die off in the next 3-5 years anyways, if not less. Just sad to see some of my favorite pros kooking themselves like this.
By these companies I mean:
Thank you
Business and company
Madness
Numbers (even though the team, the graphics and everything is great imo)
The new J Lee company
Maxallure
Lovesick
Visual
Etc, etc, etc, you know what I’m talking about. I believe that of all things in a brand that skateboarding needs and prefers most is authenticity. None of these companies have it and some of the older brands just lost it when they started getting bigger.

[guest1]

Numbers.  Just put Konston and Mariano back on Girl where they belong.

[SneakySecrets]

All the fucking 3rd wave independent board companies started by old pros should gtfo. They will probably die off in the next 3-5 years anyways, if not less. Just sad to see some of my favorite pros kooking themselves like this.
By these companies I mean:
Thank you
Business and company
Madness
Numbers (even though the team, the graphics and everything is great imo)
The new J Lee company
Maxallure
Lovesick
Visual
Etc, etc, etc, you know what I’m talking about. I believe that of all things in a brand that skateboarding needs and prefers most is authenticity. None of these companies have it and some of the older brands just lost it when they started getting bigger.

What makes these inauthentic in comparison to other brands?  I’m not saying that you’re wrong.

[Swithflip]

Cant wait for Shane Oneill New one.

[feedmeseymour]

Yeah I hate having a wide variety of options when it comes to buying boards.

Shalom

[Pigeon]

How am I supposed to play Skate 3?

[Surf-goth]

All the fucking 3rd wave independent board companies started by old pros should gtfo. They will probably die off in the next 3-5 years anyways, if not less. Just sad to see some of my favorite pros kooking themselves like this.
By these companies I mean:
Thank you
Business and company
Madness
Numbers (even though the team, the graphics and everything is great imo)
The new J Lee company
Maxallure
Lovesick
Visual
Etc, etc, etc, you know what I’m talking about. I believe that of all things in a brand that skateboarding needs and prefers most is authenticity. None of these companies have it and some of the older brands just lost it when they started getting bigger.




Basically my list except lovesick. I dig them.

[Madam, I'm Adam]

I don't understand why Auby Taylor is starting his own company instead of continuing to ride for Black Label.

[TheLurper]

I'm hyped that the old guard of companies are finally collapsing under their own weight, and we are seeing new companies springing up.

There have been soo many young dudes who were awesome that weren't able to work their way up the ranks because there were too many old dudes who just wouldn't fucking leave or give up control. (I think of Jonathan Pierce losing his window to come up, because he was stuck waiting for Blackbox to do something with him.)

The older skaters with established companies should have followed Rocco's model: find a charismatic talented younger dude, fund his new company while maintaining a large percent of the company, promote it via a media outlet owned by the distribution company, repeat, and see what sticks.

They either needed to invest heavily in market research or allow young people who know what is cool run the show. Sadly, they all believed that they were awesome and everyone (young and old) should love them because "they know what is cool."

[Trickflip]

will evan smiths new board company be better than revive?

Wait Evan didn't leave element for revive?

[window]

Fuck everyone just make your own company but not lame like this corny california ashit

[Fred Savage]

Thank god I only ride antihero that I get at the zoomies shop at the spectrum mall and I don’t  care about any pros except Julian stranger and Andy roy and Shane Pablo

[Dooky-shoes]

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will evan smiths new board company be better than revive?

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He’s doing one?  Kind of interested to see what he cooks up.  I kind of like all the board companies.  Could you imagine if there was only Plan B, Element and BLIND to choose from?

 I like that there are companies like Scumco, Evisen and Heroin that can pretty much put out whatever the fuck they want without having to worry about alienating the mom that goes into the skate shop to buy a complete for their kid’s Christmas present.

Blind?

[Dooky-shoes]

Funny you mention Dill. First on my list would be FA camp.
AVE is gnarly, Dill has history and a strong skate personality. If Dylan was still around, they might have someone i care about.
Just a bunch of supreme clones that really haven’t produced anything.
SOTY? Some dude that put out one part this year. Ok, i’m sure he’s good. Wouldn’t know. Too busy watching all these other dudes produce non-stop footage of them killing all terrains but that dude did nollie flip a trash can.
Theres that.

[Allen.]

Sorry you have garbage taste guy

[iwishilivedinfinla]

no more board *truck *wheel *bearing *hardware companies please.

[Allen.]

Remember when destructo launched destroyer trucks with like mike v

[iwishilivedinfinla]

Remember when destructo launched destroyer trucks with like mike v

"indy is racist dude"

[ZEBRA]

Am I the only one who wants to see more bandana companies?? Or does Sinner have that market cornered??

[fulfillthedream]

All the fucking 3rd wave independent board companies started by old pros should gtfo. They will probably die off in the next 3-5 years anyways, if not less. Just sad to see some of my favorite pros kooking themselves like this.
By these companies I mean:
Thank you
Business and company
Madness
Numbers (even though the team, the graphics and everything is great imo)
The new J Lee company
Maxallure
Lovesick
Visual
Etc, etc, etc, you know what I’m talking about. I believe that of all things in a brand that skateboarding needs and prefers most is authenticity. None of these companies have it and some of the older brands just lost it when they started getting bigger.

the only one that (in my view) had a dope thing going for them in terms of image, video, team was madness

[Owen]

Passport are pretty sick. They put out good videos and have nice looking clothes. They represent Melbourne and Sydney culture really well.