RIP Darkroom

[Coastal Fever]

Grinding big rails with wacky waving inflatable arm flailing tube man style doesn’t make you the best skater on a company. 

Fine, put him on Madness or Techne or some other b-list company where looking good on a skateboard doesn’t matter.

I hate to be so harsh but god damn I wish we could go back to the days where you had to be somewhat special to be somebody in skating.  If this was 2006 he’d be in the back pages of TWS in an NSS shoes ad.

[rocklobster]

Perfect time for him and AWS start working together again. Current AWS graphic are bland and have zero identity, Don's graphics are good but enough to carry an entire brand.

[gub]

kind of agree

[caiiro]

shit, i kinda wanted the cut_copy_paste board

[IpathCats]

This was another one of those brands that was never real to me.

@Ignatius J Reilly

[fineslime]

Grinding big rails with wacky waving inflatable arm flailing tube man style doesn’t make you the best skater on a company. 

Fine, put him on Madness or Techne or some other b-list company where looking good on a skateboard doesn’t matter.

I hate to be so harsh but god damn I wish we could go back to the days where you had to be somewhat special to be somebody in skating.  If this was 2006 he’d be in the back pages of TWS in an NSS shoes ad.

To be fair, those were some nice skate shoes.

[The real veganshawn]

Bummer

[MOE SYZLAK]

Are We all just buying this hook, line, and sinker?
OP has an 18 post count...
No links, No evidence? just a thread?
No announcement from Don P.
can the demise of a company be cause by rumors?
I'd really hate for that to happen.

[IpathCats]

Are We all just buying this hook, line, and sinker?
OP has an 18 post count...
No links, No evidence? just a thread?
No announcement from Don P.
can the demise of a company be cause by rumors?
I'd really hate for that to happen.

V true moe, good point.

gnar'd for being a healthy dose of skepticism

[Mr. Kamikazi]

It’s over. Done. Quasi & Habitat will absorb some of them.

[Whowants_pennies]

Are We all just buying this hook, line, and sinker?
OP has an 18 post count...
No links, No evidence? just a thread?
No announcement from Don P.
can the demise of a company be cause by rumors?
I'd really hate for that to happen.

I know this is slap but Darkroom is a random company to start a rumor about.  I heard Don is just over the skate industry and that Darkroom is dunzo by June. Being partners with Kevin must be tough?

[shouldn't]

Are We all just buying this hook, line, and sinker?
OP has an 18 post count...
No links, No evidence? just a thread?
No announcement from Don P.
can the demise of a company be cause by rumors?
I'd really hate for that to happen.

i said the same thing at first until i heard both rumors were true from a reputable source.

[frontsideNECKTIE]

Perfect time for him and AWS start working together again. Current AWS graphic are bland and have zero identity, Don's graphics are good but enough to carry an entire brand.

Can someone inform me why there's a Danny Way AWS board? I'm a bit young for the hey-day of AWS, MindField was the video of my era.

[Atiba Applebum]

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Perfect time for him and AWS start working together again. Current AWS graphic are bland and have zero identity, Don's graphics are good but enough to carry an entire brand.

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Can someone inform me why there's a Danny Way AWS board? I'm a bit young for the hey-day of AWS, MindField was the video of my era.

You can’t deduce that he might have been on the team?    I know it seems weird…but c’mon

[GAY]

Seems funny that the D. Way graphic is all about slaying, hunty.

[Alan]

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Perfect time for him and AWS start working together again. Current AWS graphic are bland and have zero identity, Don's graphics are good but enough to carry an entire brand.

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Can someone inform me why there's a Danny Way AWS board? I'm a bit young for the hey-day of AWS, MindField was the video of my era.

They gave him a spot after Plan B folded in 98(99?). I guess you could call it skate social welfare. Same with Colin McKay and Girl.

[Lookwhoswalking]

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Are We all just buying this hook, line, and sinker?
OP has an 18 post count...
No links, No evidence? just a thread?
No announcement from Don P.
can the demise of a company be cause by rumors?
I'd really hate for that to happen.

[close]

V true moe, good point.

gnar'd for being a healthy dose of skepticism

Sadly it’s true I saw Cotie at Louisville park riding a bacon board

[MexicanSpaniard]

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Perfect time for him and AWS start working together again. Current AWS graphic are bland and have zero identity, Don's graphics are good but enough to carry an entire brand.

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Can someone inform me why there's a Danny Way AWS board? I'm a bit young for the hey-day of AWS, MindField was the video of my era.

[close]

You can’t deduce that he might have been on the team?    I know it seems weird…but c’mon

Bro he has one clip in the credits of photo

[Murge]

Seems funny that the D. Way graphic is all about slaying, hunty.

D way character is also kinda blocky. Kinda brick ish.

[funeral_tuxedo]

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Perfect time for him and AWS start working together again. Current AWS graphic are bland and have zero identity, Don's graphics are good but enough to carry an entire brand.

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Can someone inform me why there's a Danny Way AWS board? I'm a bit young for the hey-day of AWS, MindField was the video of my era.

Danny Way clips in the Alien section (starts at 18:02)
Aaaaaand now I've got to watch Mosaic...

[JonathonDerek]

No disrespect to Don, and the works he has contributed to skateboarding in the past, and guess in the present with DRKRM.... but...


The harsh reality is that it's a brand like many others that rose in the peak of Covid, due to the main fact of having boards ready to go when other companies couldnt because they were moving units pre-covid... supply and demand generated some hype, and obviously there's old head sweaters out there caught up on the AWS and Habitat era Don stuff... (no one seems to be mentioning any Element Don?!)

there's been a few right place, right time brands around world that have already, if not soon will just fade away into nothing leaving good riders with no home, Clemmons on Quasi would be dope though.

[Atiba Applebum]

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Perfect time for him and AWS start working together again. Current AWS graphic are bland and have zero identity, Don's graphics are good but enough to carry an entire brand.

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Can someone inform me why there's a Danny Way AWS board? I'm a bit young for the hey-day of AWS, MindField was the video of my era.

[close]

You can’t deduce that he might have been on the team?    I know it seems weird…but c’mon

[close]

Bro he has one clip in the credits of photo

Sure but they see a team series graphic with a skaters name and they couldn’t figure out why his name was there.   Sorry if I’m being too cranky about this

[Aquatic Dinosaur]

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Perfect time for him and AWS start working together again. Current AWS graphic are bland and have zero identity, Don's graphics are good but enough to carry an entire brand.

[close]

Can someone inform me why there's a Danny Way AWS board? I'm a bit young for the hey-day of AWS, MindField was the video of my era.

[close]

You can’t deduce that he might have been on the team?    I know it seems weird…but c’mon

[close]

Bro he has one clip in the credits of photo

[close]

Sure but they see a team series graphic with a skaters name and they couldn’t figure out why his name was there.   Sorry if I’m being too cranky about this

I think Necktie’s body and mind just fully rejected the idea of Dway on Alien as a possibility haha.  Kinda like Lutzka on Krooked.

[shouldn't]

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Perfect time for him and AWS start working together again. Current AWS graphic are bland and have zero identity, Don's graphics are good but enough to carry an entire brand.

[close]

Can someone inform me why there's a Danny Way AWS board? I'm a bit young for the hey-day of AWS, MindField was the video of my era.

[close]

You can’t deduce that he might have been on the team?    I know it seems weird…but c’mon

[close]

Bro he has one clip in the credits of photo

[close]

Sure but they see a team series graphic with a skaters name and they couldn’t figure out why his name was there.   Sorry if I’m being too cranky about this

[close]

I think Necktie’s body and mind just fully rejected the idea of Dway on Alien as a possibility haha.  Kinda like Lutzka on Krooked.

collin mckay never had a part with girl either.

[rocklobster]

Also did stuff with Primitive and Stereo, in addition to Element:







https://www.thrashermagazine.com/articles/wax-the-coping-don-pendleton-interview/

Even won a Grammy for designing a Pearl Jam album cover:

[MOE SYZLAK]

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Perfect time for him and AWS start working together again. Current AWS graphic are bland and have zero identity, Don's graphics are good but enough to carry an entire brand.

[close]

Can someone inform me why there's a Danny Way AWS board? I'm a bit young for the hey-day of AWS, MindField was the video of my era.

[close]

You can’t deduce that he might have been on the team?    I know it seems weird…but c’mon

[close]

Bro he has one clip in the credits of photo

[close]

Sure but they see a team series graphic with a skaters name and they couldn’t figure out why his name was there.   Sorry if I’m being too cranky about this

[close]

I think Necktie’s body and mind just fully rejected the idea of Dway on Alien as a possibility haha.  Kinda like Lutzka on Krooked.

[close]

collin mckay never had a part with girl either.

Has Danny ever had a part with the new Plan B?

[funeral_tuxedo]

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Perfect time for him and AWS start working together again. Current AWS graphic are bland and have zero identity, Don's graphics are good but enough to carry an entire brand.

[close]

Can someone inform me why there's a Danny Way AWS board? I'm a bit young for the hey-day of AWS, MindField was the video of my era.

[close]

You can’t deduce that he might have been on the team?    I know it seems weird…but c’mon

[close]

Bro he has one clip in the credits of photo

[close]

Sure but they see a team series graphic with a skaters name and they couldn’t figure out why his name was there.   Sorry if I’m being too cranky about this

[close]

I think Necktie’s body and mind just fully rejected the idea of Dway on Alien as a possibility haha.  Kinda like Lutzka on Krooked.

[close]

collin mckay never had a part with girl either.

[close]

Has Danny ever had a part with the new Plan B?

starts at around 4:30

[Big Baby Jesus]

Also did stuff with Primitive and Stereo, in addition to Element:







https://www.thrashermagazine.com/articles/wax-the-coping-don-pendleton-interview/

Even won a Grammy for designing a Pearl Jam album cover:

God damn, what a shame that era of stereo didn’t leave a lasting impression.

[TwisT]

That stereo collection was is peak. I'd love to own one of those.

The Pendleton Element era was weird because it felt like Element was just doing AWS, and AWS lost its identity.

[doublesteveburger]

that primitive series would've been great if it weren't for that sponge bob big boys font