[We ran into these guys at ASR, liked the look of their boards and were intrigued with the idea of building boards from reclaimed material, they were kind enough to send us a killer write-up about themselves, their company and their boards.]
Jeff Smith and I had our passion for skateboarding rejuvenated the summer of 2002. I was raised on the west coast in the “Dog Town” era of skating, Jeff, here in Colorado. In the spring of 03 Jeff made our first vertically laminated hardwood deck. We had been riding a variety of ply, mass production boards that suited our purpose but had no real esthetic value. Jeff’s was a beautiful board, reminiscent of the surfing longboards of old. But as time would reveal and with the help of Rob McKendry, we discovered that solid hardwood decks can crack. Not willing to give up, we searched for ways to resolve this issue. Read more...
hahah.... $450 for a deck!!!! Yeah they look nice but try again when they're half that price. The part that cracks me up is they use reclaimed wood from construction sites so they aren't even paying top dollar for the wood.
edit: just looked at their "Design" page. They fiberglass the tops of the boards but not the bottom..... that makes no sense. Fiberglass is much stronger in tension than in compression. Even if they didn't want to make the boards stiff, they could save weight and money by making thinner decks with the glass on the bottom.
It's pretty. Pretty and skateboarding don't go together in my world. Second weak front page story in a row! I'd be down to write one of those puppies...
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