Appreciation thread for the sovereign sect. I see a lot of haters on here and on the internet in general, in particular on the "new alien workshop". Strange, as in real life I see Alien, Habitat boards alot (haven't seen any Metal boards in the wild) and they have a solid team. Are folks just mad Alien isn't the exact same as it was in the 90s and still printing the same graphics? If you look at the Sovereign Sect distribution in the aggregate, dont they have a pretty stacked team? I wasn't following skating as closely in the Rob Dyrdek MTV years or the years where Alien/Habitat weren't together. But overall, which legacy brand is more legit? They aren't trying to live off of hype from riders in the 90s, giving pro boards to 90s riders, running podcasts. Again, talking about the current state. Always good BBS wood, Suciu just won SOTY, pros and ams still skating street. I just dont get it- seems pretty relevant. Maybe a geographic thing or the fact that they dont seem to force riders to wear the same outfits and hang out together/pretend to be menacing tough guys? Or is it that they just aren't as edgy as in the 90s and there are other new things? Or that the wheels still flat spot pretty quickly like board wheels from the 90s (your problem for buying wheels from a board co IMO). Anyway, this thread is an appreciation thread for the sovereign sect new and old.