RIP Darkroom

[FirstTimeCaller411]

hope Alex Lobasyuk lands somewhere decent, that kid’s got the juice

That kids the best

[streetmeat]

devastating news for people who love over the top grip jobs

[Atiba Applebum]

devastating news for people who love over the top grip jobs

Sounds less like a comment about a skateboard company and more about competitive arm wrestling/zany mutual masturbation

[Septa Bus]

i wish they had more guest art boards, pendleton's stuff all runs together visually

[UnPinchedFrontCrook]

damn this is sad to hear. absolutely love the graphics, the videos, and the Cotie Robinson 8.4 shape became my favorite shape to ride in recent months.

[Democratic Republic Of Mongo]

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devastating news for people who love over the top grip jobs

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Sounds less like a comment about a skateboard company and more about competitive arm wrestling/zany mutual masturbation

Manos: The Hands of ‘bate

[DISTANT RUMOURS]

Ok this sucks ... I absolutely LOVED the graphics and I have currently three darkroom 7.75's on ice

I wonder where the riders will end up, but what will Don P be doing next? Is he struggling. I saw him selling a bunch of paintings as well.

That guy deserves the world imo and I hope somehow he'll end up working for alien again. Don't get me wrong, he's a great designer, but everyone has to admit that was by FAR the best match for him.

[TwisT]

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Ok this sucks ... I absolutely LOVED the graphics and I have currently three darkroom 7.75's on ice

I wonder where the riders will end up, but what will Don P be doing next? Is he struggling. I saw him selling a bunch of paintings as well.

That guy deserves the world imo and I hope somehow he'll end up working for alien again. Don't get me wrong, he's a great designer, but everyone has to admit that was by FAR the best match for him.

Selling a bunch of paintings is his job

[GnarAlarm]

Bummer. I really liked Darkroom.
I couldn't skate their boards anymore though, I brutally dislocated my left kneecap while riding a Darkroom, took almost two years to fully recover. I'm really not superstitious...except when it comes to stupid skate shit.

[rocklobster]

Bummer. I really liked Darkroom.
I couldn't skate their boards anymore though, I brutally dislocated my left kneecap while riding a Darkroom, took almost two years to fully recover. I'm really not superstitious...except when it comes to stupid skate shit.

Fuck that I'd swear off that deck / truck / wheel / griptape / hardware / bearing brand if that happened to me too

[Cindaykook]

This one hurts. Just bought a painting off Don at his art show this past weekend. Would have asked about it if I had known and maybe got my Darkroom wall hangers signed.

[YeoWhattup]

damn this is sad to hear. absolutely love the graphics, the videos, and the Cotie Robinson 8.4 shape became my favorite shape to ride in recent months.

Baker makes a board with the exact same dimensions, might even be the same board with a different graphic since they are both from BBS

[Francis Xavier]

[LebowskisRug]

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damn this is sad to hear. absolutely love the graphics, the videos, and the Cotie Robinson 8.4 shape became my favorite shape to ride in recent months.

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Baker makes a board with the exact same dimensions, might even be the same board with a different graphic since they are both from BBS

It's not as pointy as the Baker and sorta similar to the BBS Nik Stain Hockey shape.

[coldbrew]

[cherrybomb]

Source? Couldn't find anything on their socials. Big bummer if true.

[CHONGO]

Unfortunately didn’t last long.

[Darryl_Blueberry]

Super bummer, was loving the (aws) nostalgia. Hope Don keeps busy

[sfa]

seems their top two guys have been burning through sponsors.

[mj23]

Man I’m surprised to see so much love for pendletons graphics. I thought they all looked the same 10 years ago when AWS and Habitat were getting long in the tooth. And I say this as someone who was super hyped on AWS as a kid. The look just hasn’t evolved much.

[oyolar]

Source? Couldn't find anything on their socials. Big bummer if true.

Same. I also wasn’t aware Darkroom was considered any bigger than a local company and I follow Pendleton’s work pretty closely and have some of his prints and a painting at my parents’ place.

[EdLawndale]

Fwiw, in terms of the company's reach, I bought a Darkroom deck on sale for $25 at a Vans store in a Los Angeles mall not too long ago.

[Kook Me Amadeus]

Fwiw, in terms of the company's reach, I bought a Darkroom deck on sale for $25 at a Vans store in a Los Angeles mall not too long ago.

Sounds like a fun afternoon 

[Streebo]

damn, why can't it be Alien workshop instead

[slobburnquist]

How many people in this thread actually bought a darkroom deck/gear at full price though? Feel like their stuff has been discounted since 2021.

[GoneWithTheSchwinn]

I got one a few months back. Seems like they’re a lot of deals for decks these days. From famine to glut.

[sexualhelon]

Thought those rooms that people go to fuck in clubs were closing worldwide.

[ziggy]

i wish they had more guest art boards, pendleton's stuff all runs together visually

it’s just doodles, I never got it personally

[RossDailey]

Kick Frankie off AWS, put Jon and Cotie on, Jake Braun on nothing.

So put Darkroom's best rider on nothing?

You're a smart one

[Lou Strux]

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Kick Frankie off AWS, put Jon and Cotie on, Jake Braun on nothing.

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So put Darkroom's best rider on nothing?

Jake Braun on Zero: confirmed.