Shortest lived board company ever?

[stringsnthings]

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Not sure if it was the shortest lived, but Seek came out with a top tier team then disappeared.

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Seek was a weird one. Lack of art direction killed that brand, which is weird considering that they were out of Alien who had some of the sickest design ever. They had a good team. All they needed was a guy to say no to painting all of the boards fucking chrome.

I always felt like the graphics from seek were just alien workshop graphic left over series but they were like fuck it lets just make em all silver that'll do it.

[my english is bad]

Kris Markovich Hellrose skateboard
Feliz Argüelles and Manny Santiago AMMO skateboards

[dirtywork81]

60/40 skateboards

[Soft Boiled]

Taken was pretty sick, the decks were tight and those shoes were fire, if you had shit for brains. I thought Markovich finally struck gold with this brand and his “one trick pony” style of art.

[xandeo]

Selfish skateboards? Seems like it just got old enough for W to get the tattoo and then it was out.

[honey island]

Selfish skateboards? Seems like it just got old enough for W to get the tattoo and then it was out.

started in 2010, and was around until 2015ish.

[GOKU]

Wasn't there a Michael Sieben brand after Bueno & Roger, but before the recent Roger revival?

p.s. we miss you, Nate Broussard

[Coco Santiagos Kitten]

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Not sure if it was the shortest lived, but Seek came out with a top tier team then disappeared.

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Seek was a weird one. Lack of art direction killed that brand, which is weird considering that they were out of Alien who had some of the sickest design ever. They had a good team. All they needed was a guy to say no to painting all of the boards fucking chrome.

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I always felt like the graphics from seek were just alien workshop graphic left over series but they were like fuck it lets just make em all silver that'll do it.

It was like Alien let an intern do the design, but Dyrdek was the art director or something. "I want my boards SHINY!" *rides off on mini horse*

[tedkootz]

probably those dudes that tried printing shalom boards

[honey island]

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Not sure if it was the shortest lived, but Seek came out with a top tier team then disappeared.

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Seek was a weird one. Lack of art direction killed that brand, which is weird considering that they were out of Alien who had some of the sickest design ever. They had a good team. All they needed was a guy to say no to painting all of the boards fucking chrome.

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I always felt like the graphics from seek were just alien workshop graphic left over series but they were like fuck it lets just make em all silver that'll do it.

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It was like Alien let an intern do the design, but Dyrdek was the art director or something. "I want my boards SHINY!" *rides off on mini horse*

seek had a bigger team than i remember

kalis, rob, flo, carolina, mikey, greg myers, bjorn johnston, ted degros

[Mr. Fink]

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TV Skateboards.

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I'll call your TV and raise you a By the Sword.

I think By the Sword is the correct answer.

[gnarly_as_hell]

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TV Skateboards.

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I'll call your TV and raise you a By the Sword.

Wow I forgot all about By the Sword. I knew there was a Mike V one before or after Elephant Brand but for the life of me couldn't remember it. Shame it died, perfect opportunity for some real power metal role-playing graphics.

'Through the years I've had people say it to me. I'd hear, "You know Mike, you live by the sword, you're gonna die by the sword," with a really negative connotation attached to that.' Well I guess that explains the name...

[tension]

probably those dudes that tried printing shalom boards

[AlwaysSkater420]

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TV Skateboards.

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I'll call your TV and raise you a By the Sword.

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Wow I forgot all about By the Sword. I knew there was a Mike V one before or after Elephant Brand but for the life of me couldn't remember it.

Vallely Skateboards

[Crack Whore]

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Not sure if it was the shortest lived, but Seek came out with a top tier team then disappeared.

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Seek was a weird one. Lack of art direction killed that brand, which is weird considering that they were out of Alien who had some of the sickest design ever. They had a good team. All they needed was a guy to say no to painting all of the boards fucking chrome.

i think don pendleton did their art, hes from the same town as me and his sister was a teacher at my middle school, he used to come to our school and give out stickers and workshop decks around 02-03.hes good friends with my dad. i still have some seek stickers

[rosemaryBB]

Wasn't there a Michael Sieben brand after Bueno & Roger, but before the recent Roger revival?

p.s. we miss you, Nate Broussard

I think that was the one that was called Program, maybe made it close to twoish years before going back to Roger.

[behavioralguide]

3d?

[rosemaryBB]

I remember thinking Artafact was cool when it came out (I was 14 at the time) and my friend got one of their decks around the same time he got a Seek (he was cursed). Imagine an alternate reality where we had a long term Artafact team with Daewon on it and Mullen on, I guess still Enjoi or something? As corny as they are in retrospect it's weird to think of a world without Almost.

[Style Police]

populis

[rosemaryBB]

Oh shit yall, remember Oyola's wacky board co from the 90's with the conspiracy theory theme? I think it was straight up called Illuminati even

[Far from relevant]

Popwar - really liked what they had going, great boards but I guess it never really panned out.

[Dooky-shoes]

Oh shit yall, remember Oyola's wacky board co from the 90's with the conspiracy theory theme? I think it was straight up called Illuminati even

Wasn’t silverstar attached?
I had an illuminati board with a big fat nose and it was great for two weeks until it delaminated.

[Coco Santiagos Kitten]

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Oh shit yall, remember Oyola's wacky board co from the 90's with the conspiracy theory theme? I think it was straight up called Illuminati even

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Wasn’t silverstar attached?
I had an illuminati board with a big fat nose and it was great for two weeks until it delaminated.

I think Illuminati became Silverstar. It was supposed to kinda be a Zoo York Philly squad, but Zoo pulled funding and they did it somewhere else I think? I had a Silverstar Sergei Trudnowski board. It was gigantic.

[rosemaryBB]

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Oh shit yall, remember Oyola's wacky board co from the 90's with the conspiracy theory theme? I think it was straight up called Illuminati even

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Wasn’t silverstar attached?
I had an illuminati board with a big fat nose and it was great for two weeks until it delaminated.

Think it evolved into Silverstar which lasted slightly longer but still not that long - looking back on google right now and the art direction for both was fucking sick actually, not really anything you see in the skate world before or since too much.

[versacekid420]

Stove

[cosmicgypsies]

tfw Lockdown somehow still exists

[oyolar]

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Not sure if it was the shortest lived, but Seek came out with a top tier team then disappeared.

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Seek was a weird one. Lack of art direction killed that brand, which is weird considering that they were out of Alien who had some of the sickest design ever. They had a good team. All they needed was a guy to say no to painting all of the boards fucking chrome.

[close]

I always felt like the graphics from seek were just alien workshop graphic left over series but they were like fuck it lets just make em all silver that'll do it.

[close]

It was like Alien let an intern do the design, but Dyrdek was the art director or something. "I want my boards SHINY!" *rides off on mini horse*

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seek had a bigger team than i remember

kalis, rob, flo, carolina, mikey, greg myers, bjorn johnston, ted degros

Ted Degros wasn’t on Seek. He was on Alien, then Santa Cruz, then left skating.

Popwar - really liked what they had going, great boards but I guess it never really panned out.

Popwar was around for years but I agree with people who mentioned Populis. I think they had one series that only got sent to a few shops, one ad, and then it became Popwar.

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Oh shit yall, remember Oyola's wacky board co from the 90's with the conspiracy theory theme? I think it was straight up called Illuminati even

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Wasn’t silverstar attached?
I had an illuminati board with a big fat nose and it was great for two weeks until it delaminated.

Illuminati became Silverstar because of a C&D order/trademark claim I believe. Ricky explained it in his Epicly Later’d.

[Bobby Peru]

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TV Skateboards.

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I'll call your TV and raise you a By the Sword.

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I think By the Sword is the correct answer.

This sounds about right. I believe they died literally the week before their first drop, leaving Svitak with a stack of effectively worthless product.

Also:

bloards

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Not sure if it was the shortest lived, but Seek came out with a top tier team then disappeared.

[close]

Seek was a weird one. Lack of art direction killed that brand, which is weird considering that they were out of Alien who had some of the sickest design ever. They had a good team. All they needed was a guy to say no to painting all of the boards fucking chrome.

[close]

I always felt like the graphics from seek were just alien workshop graphic left over series but they were like fuck it lets just make em all silver that'll do it.

[close]

It was like Alien let an intern do the design, but Dyrdek was the art director or something. "I want my boards SHINY!" *rides off on mini horse*

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seek had a bigger team than i remember

kalis, rob, flo, carolina, mikey, greg myers, bjorn johnston, ted degros

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Ted Degros wasn’t on Seek. He was on Alien, then Santa Cruz, then left skating.

Almost positive Ted got switched to Seek from Alien when that got started up, then back to Alien when it folded

[fs overkrook]

Ronnie Creager's attempt at a board brand, "High school dropout". Jeff won dong was on the team lol.

Pretty sure that shit is still distributed out of surplus...got a tour of the warehouse once and saw those boards. Awful graphics