Author Topic: Why did Axion and Kastel shoes die? (Read 13953 times)

scuzzo84 · « **on:** September 21, 2007, 02:14:42 PM »

Does anyone got the story about these past companies, as far as why they went out of business? Also is Droors still around?

noodles · « **Reply #1 on:** September 21, 2007, 02:24:36 PM »

-droors got bought out by rocco and then whent under a few years ago.

-Im not too sure about Kastel, but they were one of the first skate shoes i know of that you could buy at a sports store...that might have had something to do with it. Ronnie Bertinos shoe was nice.

-As for Axion, i remember Kareem talking about its demise in an interview....i remember him saying something about there being way to many people on the team and it was hard to manage, plus i think he was doing it on his own at the end, sans rocco's money.

wuust · « **Reply #2 on:** September 21, 2007, 04:10:15 PM »

bring back the mariano's and the daredevils

picklesickshuv-it · « **Reply #3 on:** September 21, 2007, 04:50:30 PM »

the officials were tight

magnet · « **Reply #4 on:** September 21, 2007, 05:01:59 PM »

Axions were sick up until 2000 or so and then the designs fell off hard.

poocrusher · « **Reply #5 on:** September 21, 2007, 05:16:56 PM »

Well when a shoe company has diminishing returns on their investments, there comes a time to shut it down. Sometimes this is due to poor shoe manufacturing (Kastel) or poor management (Axion).

four eyes · « **Reply #6 on:** September 21, 2007, 05:24:43 PM »

Let us not forget Vita with Reese, Tim O and Dill. Run by Mark Oblow. Puffy track shoes for skateboarders.

MikeyPioggia · « **Reply #7 on:** September 21, 2007, 06:45:17 PM »

bring back deca.

PAWL · « **Reply #8 on:** September 21, 2007, 09:16:40 PM »

Quote from: MikeyPioggia on September 21, 2007, 06:45:17 PM

bring back deca.

not a shoe company?

NickDagger · « **Reply #9 on:** September 21, 2007, 09:19:23 PM »

Hmm why did they die, thats a tough one.

Perhaps because they made ugly, stupid shoes that no one liked or bought?

Just a guess.

miff · « **Reply #10 on:** September 21, 2007, 09:24:23 PM »

Quote from: picksickleshovel on September 21, 2007, 04:50:30 PM

the officials were tight

Had a pair... I don't remember being amazed by the way they skated, but still one of my fav's from the early tech'd shoe era. The Elite's were really cool too, but I think the

first Kareem's in that hard blue suede were the best. my 2¢

iriemon · « **Reply #11 on:** September 21, 2007, 09:39:30 PM »

the original mariano's were great chillin shoes, terrible skating shoes...non skateboarders used to bug out on the tongues on those shits. kck 2's were pretty epic as well, again though the quality standards were nothing compared to say the og duffs kck....

kuman · « **Reply #12 on:** September 21, 2007, 10:01:10 PM »

Quote from: four eyes on September 21, 2007, 05:24:43 PM

Let us not forget Vita with Reese, Tim O and Dill. Run by Mark Oblow. Puffy track shoes for skateboarders.

Shit, they top my list... the Dills were perfect for skateboarding IMHO.

fuckingvegan · « **Reply #13 on:** September 21, 2007, 10:20:59 PM »

Kastel's backer bailed out on them. I had a pair of Ricky Oyola's shoes and really liked them.

truthbetold · « **Reply #14 on:** September 21, 2007, 10:40:36 PM »

Quote from: n0torious on September 21, 2007, 06:34:16 PM

Those first two Mariano shoes were all time classics.

This conversation made me dig these out of the closet...

Bender · « **Reply #15 on:** September 21, 2007, 11:27:36 PM »

Quote from: n0torious on September 21, 2007, 11:14:54 PM

Quote from: truthbetold on September 21, 2007, 10:40:36 PM
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This conversation made me dig these out of the closet...

[close]

Dude...so jealous. I wanted that color soooo bad. The only time I saw them in person was on a visit to Supreme in 2000.

Fresh dude.

I had the white ones. All the gangster looking dudes at the junior college were really stoked on them.

toque · « **Reply #16 on:** September 22, 2007, 12:00:24 AM »

i never saw a pair of kastel shoes but I remember JP jadeed said he rode for them in some old 411...........he also thanked richard mulder and for the longest time I thought he said "richard motor" as in "motor-mouth" wich is weird.....thats off topic though.

I wish vita was still around

phillip dominguez · « **Reply #17 on:** September 22, 2007, 10:03:32 AM »

at the end axions looked like payless reject shoes, and kastels always looked horrid, but i remember alot of people wearing the olsons around here.

mick swagger · « **Reply #18 on:** September 22, 2007, 10:04:18 AM »

if droors and axion made a comeback i would be super stoked. droors cargo pants were the illest.

thebeautysupply · « **Reply #19 on:** September 22, 2007, 10:16:52 AM »

Droors is now DC, which is what "DC" stands for---Droors Clothing. As for Vita, their financial backer also bailed on them. Kastel had some pretty weird designs, like the Ronnie Bertino Pro model with the crazy rubber piece. As for Axion, they definately had the hot shit back in the day. Everything from their riders, designs and art direction were on point for a couple years. It seems like there is a huge disconnect between the people that create the companies (skaters) and the people that finance the companies (dudes with money). When the dudes with money start trying to run the show, that is when most companies turn to shat...

oh well, the 1st Kareem's on Axion were dope....

pressdown · « **Reply #20 on:** September 22, 2007, 10:39:35 AM »

what about recs?

wuust · « **Reply #21 on:** September 22, 2007, 11:00:10 AM »

seen these on ebay, dc starting to bring back old shoes with a new taste
syntax two
how great was the dc ad with the syntax and moses tailsliding down

Joshewuhh · « **Reply #22 on:** September 22, 2007, 11:03:53 AM »

One of the best demo's i had ever been to was an Axion demo in 2001 at Central Skatepark in Largo, FL.
Kareem and Caine Gayle were both killing it.

brent · « **Reply #23 on:** September 22, 2007, 11:50:30 AM »

I went to an Axion demo in early 2004. the MC kept saying 'hey guys Kareem just called! they'll be here in 20 minutes!!" Kareem was nowhere to be found.

j....soy..... · « **Reply #24 on:** September 22, 2007, 01:21:44 PM »

Quote from: thebeautysupply on September 22, 2007, 10:16:52 AM

Droors is now DC, which is what "DC" stands for---Droors Clothing. As for Vita, their financial backer also bailed on them. Kastel had some pretty weird designs, like the Ronnie Bertino Pro model with the crazy rubber piece. As for Axion, they definately had the hot shit back in the day. Everything from their riders, designs and art direction were on point for a couple years. It seems like there is a huge disconnect between the people that create the companies (skaters) and the people that finance the companies (dudes with money). When the dudes with money start trying to run the show, that is when most companies turn to shat...

oh well, the 1st Kareem's on Axion were dope....

you sure about that droors dc stuff?

Duffy · « **Reply #25 on:** September 22, 2007, 03:07:05 PM »

Yeah, he's right.
DC Shoes started out of Droors as either Droors Casual Shoes or Droors Clothing Shoes, and the first pair looked like a Chuck Taylor rip off.
It didn't make it till the Danny Way one.

Sony MDR V2 headphones · « **Reply #26 on:** September 22, 2007, 03:49:36 PM »

Quote from: NickDagger on September 21, 2007, 09:19:23 PM

Hmm why did they die, thats a tough one.

Perhaps because they made ugly, stupid shoes that no one liked or bought?

Just a guess.

Is that all you do is talk shit?

brooklyn brawler · « **Reply #27 on:** September 22, 2007, 05:23:48 PM »

I'm pretty sure I saw Axions in a sporting goods store the other month. Maybe they were just bought out and turned into Brooks tennis shoes now.

Edward Penishands · « **Reply #28 on:** September 22, 2007, 06:17:17 PM »

my first shoes were kastel bertino's.............ah, the memories

MFS · « **Reply #29 on:** September 22, 2007, 06:59:27 PM »

marianos were prime................had many a pair. kastel never got my money, but ive always been a bertino fan.................someone post his kastel shoe

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