Hah, I remember a few locals back in the day getting hooked up by this bootleg snowboarding company that tried to dabble in skating. One of them even got like a pro board with their surname on it, it was pretty cringe as the graphics were literally like flames and skulls, plus the dude was no better than me and I'm fairly trash at street.
One of my mates that were on it tried talking me into joining them too, as much as I'd like free boards and hardware, I would have felt like a kook doing it.