Boards In May!

We want all of you to be in the know. We just quadrupled our pressing capabilities... that is, we just made these new molds out of ninja materials, and have cured them for days and days... They will go in the press right away...

with these molds, we will create shreddsickles in higher quantities, at a quicker rate...

Each one will still have a minimum of 4 hours in the press, with a good portion of them pressing overnight.
Each one will still cure for 96 hours (4 days) after pressing, letting all the little molecular bond buddies do their thing...

And they are coming out in sizes that you can skate hard and fast. Just like our last line, our shapes run a hair longer in the wheelbase so you have control at speed.

And our new concave combines the curved kick that we love so much, with a slightly mellower presentation, allowing for a board with curves and hips, that skates street every bit as well as tranny.

All of this to say, Look for us at shops in May, follow our facebook fan page, and check out our webstore once we announce it.

For real, by mid-May we should be in something like "full swing"!

Enjoy.

molds molds molds...

Well, we're powering our way toward a strong May for you. Matt and Lew are spending extra time in the shop making new molds this week. We are looking at shorter molds, longer molds, and special custom offsets and other technical mold jargon...

All boards are in the press for a minimum of 4 hours--that's enough time for them to REALLY set up. And they are cured for 4 days so the wood is crisp and the bonds are proper before drilling, cutting and sanding.

All of this means that our boards are going to be a little more rare, and of a lot higher quality than what you are used to.

enjoy!

fools in the workshop!

Old Lew and Matt Simpson in the lab about a month ago, working on a prototype... These are turning out really well, but it'll be a minute till we are producing a large quantity.

To date, we've been pressing boards with on-purpose flaws and they're holding up amazingly well under punishment. That's because of good glue and long press-times. Soon, you'll have a store on here to order your own, or you can head to Woody's or the Galaxie, and other fine skate shops, to get yours!

pretty hyped...

As you can imagine, we're pretty hyped, here at Fickle HQ. We are getting amazing wood out of our press because we are committed to pacing ourselves at 4 hour press-time minimums, and at least a 4 day glue curing before any high-vibration processes, like drilling, cutting, or sanding...

You see, the high-tech way that the Lion's Share of boards are made today doesn't let the glue set. And while the glue is still soft, they're drilling, cutting the edges, and sanding the crap out of the top and bottom plys... That's where you get the edge and pressure cracking issues so commonplace today.

Now, we're not saying that you'll never get a board from Fickle that pressure cracks. After all, this is WOOD. Wood is a thing that until fairly recently, was alive and it has all these swirls and stuff and that means that sometimes you'll get a board that doesn't behave.

If you want something that will never warp, chip, crack or have defects--get an aluminum skateboard! or a plastic one! They exist and we are sure you'll hate them. But hey, NO RULES, and if you show up at the spot pushing mongo, sporting a hip-sack, riding your new Aluminum board with replaceable graphite tips, we're going to be stoked to be skating with you!

You know why?

Because hands-down, skateboarding is just about the single best thing to do in the world, aside from the Big 5.

(You can fill in your own top 5 any time--there just ought to be some things that are more important to you than playing on a toy)

...But the kids at Fickle will keep working to make sure that any StuntPlank you buy from our shop, whether direct online, or at some of the finest of skateshops, will be epic, solid, and your best choice of a thousand evils.

Now Go Shred.

we made this one...

an experiment...
34L x 15.126WB x 9.5"W x T7.126 x N8.0

This is one of the biggest shapes we'll be offering. You will be able to find them, as they are available, on our website, or at the finest of Skate Shops.

It is a prototype, but it took 7 hours straight of street abuse without even starting to show any wear beyond the surface...

what are you going to get with a Hand-Shaped, 4-Hour Pressing, 4-Day Cured Fickle Board? Solid-ness!

So if you're looking for a Punk Point, or an Old-School, or a Pool board, we are dialed in for you. We not only have the capacity to do a shape you're looking for... we have control over the veneer quality, Press Time, Curing, and all that right down to your graphic screening...

We are also working up concaves and shapes for your basic Rodney Mullen/World Industries mass production street popsicle, for those of you who want a symmetrical board, but for some mysterious reason don't want it double kicked? Okaaaay...

We here at Fickle Boards are too amazed at the sheer heaps of fun we're having to ponder the mystery of how the innovation of the skateboarding community settled on popsicles... Maybe Old Lew will take that one on in an article later...

Look for us in May for product at the Galaxie, Woody's in SAV, and other fine shops... For me, for now, I'm going to go shred this sled.