Author Topic: grip tape trends (Read 31047 times)

shags6 · « **on:** March 24, 2016, 03:48:37 PM »

this shit has gotten very wack (pink grip/see through grip/pizza topping grip). So I want to know what trends do you think are cool and what aren't? I thought that east coast thing was cool when dudes would cut a sliver of the grip away at the bottom side of the board...but I never understood why it was done.

GAY · « **Reply #1 on:** March 24, 2016, 03:57:07 PM »

Back in my day we had to staple sheets of sandpaper to the bottom of our feet in order to get a grip.

Tracer · « **Reply #2 on:** March 24, 2016, 04:03:04 PM »

JESSUP FOR LIFE do whatever you want with it, as long as it's Jesssup

ziggy · « **Reply #3 on:** March 24, 2016, 04:06:22 PM »

This board talks about everything except skateboarding

144p · « **Reply #4 on:** March 24, 2016, 04:11:05 PM »

Gou Miyagi is on the right track

MYXGAMES2015 · « **Reply #5 on:** March 24, 2016, 04:24:22 PM »

Wow thats incredible^

j....soy..... · « **Reply #6 on:** March 24, 2016, 04:49:01 PM »

Quote from: GAY on March 24, 2016, 03:57:07 PM

Back in my day we had to staple sheets of sandpaper to the bottom of our feet in order to get a grip.

Glue and sand for me!

Now I just use surfwax....

fulfillthedream · « **Reply #7 on:** March 24, 2016, 05:32:18 PM »

Quote from: 144p on March 24, 2016, 04:11:05 PM

Gou Miyagi is on the right track

didn;t he do this to save his shoes cause there like 3x more in Japan?

Spaced Cadet · « **Reply #8 on:** March 24, 2016, 05:43:03 PM »

I have to buy sheets of plain black Mob in bulk because the local shop only ever has Charles Manson, weed leaves, unicorns, pizza, and Shake Junt grip. A 13 year old's grip tape wet dream.

lampshade · « **Reply #9 on:** March 24, 2016, 06:23:50 PM »

I don't get all the current grip trends. They just seem distracting. I go straight black, sometimes with a line near the back bolts.

Gray Imp Sausage Metal · « **Reply #10 on:** March 24, 2016, 06:27:30 PM »

Quote from: fulfillthedream on March 24, 2016, 05:32:18 PM

Quote from: 144p on March 24, 2016, 04:11:05 PM
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Gou Miyagi is on the right track

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didn;t he do this to save his shoes cause there like 3x more in Japan?

Shoes are hardly 3 times more expensive over here. Maybe he was poor at the time or maybe it's just cuz he's Gou. Either way skating without griptape, and doing the tricks he does, is no joke!

WantSomeSlaw · « **Reply #11 on:** March 24, 2016, 08:49:03 PM »

that Miyagi tape is amazing
I don't usually do anything to my grip. I do the occasional grip gap where the logo is, and I've wanted to write some things on my grip if I could, but I never have deco markers. Some people do some really cool shit with the see through grip

ducky darnsworth · « **Reply #12 on:** March 24, 2016, 09:30:19 PM »

plain black mob is all i can deal with, anything else throws me off.

Casey Jones · « **Reply #13 on:** March 24, 2016, 10:59:34 PM »

Try to say "grip tape trends" 10 times as fast as you can. I keep saying grip chrape chens.

Eric ricks · « **Reply #14 on:** March 24, 2016, 11:14:35 PM »

Jessup for life

Maggie · « **Reply #15 on:** March 24, 2016, 11:19:16 PM »

the half orange half black trend was pretty great c. 2007

theradone · « **Reply #16 on:** March 24, 2016, 11:26:22 PM »

"Skateboarding is more than sport, it's a lifestyle, it's like performance art."
"Anything other than black griptape is gay."

Willie · « **Reply #17 on:** March 25, 2016, 04:58:07 AM »

Do people still do the "G-Stripe?" (The off center tape job that left a half inch or so of one edge bare)

That was huge around 1999.

concerned_parent · « **Reply #18 on:** March 25, 2016, 05:39:58 AM »

Quote from: Willie on March 25, 2016, 04:58:07 AM

Do people still do the "G-Stripe?" (The off center tape job that left a half inch or so of one edge bare)

That was huge around 1999.

i've heard people calling that the "east coast line" nowadays

NoComply180 · « **Reply #19 on:** March 25, 2016, 05:40:42 AM »

Straight black, use my keys to etch an X in the middle of the bolts on the tail.

Robert Baratheon · « **Reply #20 on:** March 25, 2016, 07:03:32 AM »

Black grip, white wheels.

Anything else looks like shit in a week.

sharkin · « **Reply #21 on:** March 25, 2016, 07:05:52 AM »

I think its neat

Nothing wrong with a little creativity in skateboarding

Iceman · « **Reply #22 on:** March 25, 2016, 08:46:21 AM »

Quote from: ziggy on March 24, 2016, 04:06:22 PM

This board talks about everything except skateboarding

you thought we actually skate? lulz

perverted super otaku! · « **Reply #23 on:** March 25, 2016, 08:48:45 AM »

Quote from: Tracer on March 24, 2016, 04:03:04 PM

JESSUP FOR LIFE do whatever you want with it, as long as it's Jesssup

iKobrakai · « **Reply #24 on:** March 25, 2016, 08:51:19 AM »

They can use whatever color they want, as long as it is black.

TwisT · « **Reply #25 on:** March 25, 2016, 09:25:45 AM »

I've seen white grip on instagram, gross. Also a full sheet of clear grip. is naw.

I actually really wanted star wars grip but can't get down with paying 12$ for it, when regular grip is free.

palenimbus · « **Reply #26 on:** March 25, 2016, 09:31:01 AM »

i cringe every time

hsehylpmis · « **Reply #27 on:** March 25, 2016, 09:51:28 AM »

Quote from: concerned_parent on March 25, 2016, 05:39:58 AM

Quote from: Willie on March 25, 2016, 04:58:07 AM
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Do people still do the "G-Stripe?" (The off center tape job that left a half inch or so of one edge bare)

That was huge around 1999.
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i've heard people calling that the "east coast line" nowadays

I always hear "EMB stripe"

zippy z · « **Reply #28 on:** March 25, 2016, 11:07:19 AM »

I have a friend who always does this. I used to do it too but I also backed it off about half an inch from the end of my nose. I got an alien board off a dude a long time ago who did it. I really liked the board so I just stuck with it as a mental thing.

Lately I'm just leaving a gap in the middle of the board since Quasi usually has something interesting on the top ply.

And MOB because the grip stays grippy.

Quote from: Willie on March 25, 2016, 04:58:07 AM

Do people still do the "G-Stripe?" (The off center tape job that left a half inch or so of one edge bare)

That was huge around 1999.

Grind King Rims · « **Reply #29 on:** March 25, 2016, 11:26:23 AM »

Usually if there's a top graphic I'll try and cut around that.

Currently rocking the grip over the bolts á la Danny Garcia. I like it.

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