You know, we used to produce our wood... out of a GREAT wood shop right here in America. But we needed to get a better control on our stuff. We wanted to set shapes, develop concaves, and get our stuff going at levels that mass-production just couldn't feasibly support...
...AND we saw some serious quality-dips (meaning: drops in quality) coming out of ALL the factories that we knew of...
SOOOOO...
We Designed and Built our own press.
...and are presently working up our own molds.
and experimenting with glues and wood sources...
And...
We...
...are...
...loving it!!!
We are taking the opportunity to use whatever boards we like from other companies, test them out and see where we want to be in a few years (or sooner?).
We are spending our time SKATING together and working together to create something amazing... a skateboard production crew that works with our hands to get wood under feet, locally, regionally... and with the originality and personality that set Fickle Boards apart as a feel-good crew of good guys (and gal).
So I'm going to get off this post and go skate for a while, and we will see you in the spring... around April or May, with handmade planks of Mapley goodness for you to shred and destroy all summer long.
MidWest. Blue Collar. workshop. hard at work making Your Boards, right here in the chips. Cincinnati, OHIO
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