What do you guys think of three more molds with sick concave? They're under all that sick wood there.
MidWest. Blue Collar. workshop. hard at work making Your Boards, right here in the chips. Cincinnati, OHIO
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Thursday, July 21, 2011
the latest scoop
Here's the deal... we leaked some boards out last week. For Sale. Face to Face.
One guy bought 2 complete cruiser setups for his 2 adorable kids. Shipped it to him to assemble, walked him through it on the phone...
Another dude bought an heirloom issue: had the dimension markings left on it and all finished off with poly and graphic. Immediately buys another one to skate so he can collect the one-off original...
Another guy gets an 8.88 popsicle. And another guy. And another guy.
Somebody in Rochester NY orders a complete setup. Shipping soon. Here that is...
Bam! it's all going great.
And the whole time, we're getting feedback on our testers and prototypes that are still out there, lasting 5, 6, 7 weeks and not cracking. Some of these things don't even pressure crack!
Sure there've been on purpose defects in a lot of the prototypes, but even those are lasting like IRON.
To top it all off, we WEIGHED a 34.5 inch Pool Destroyer Punk Point with an 8 inch nose, 9.5 width yesterday. 3.4 lbs.
That, my friends isn't very heavy for such a plank. Our factory-made 8.5 (one inch narrower) weighed in at 3.3lbs.
So to our great astonishment, we are producing wood that LASTS.
We have found a few companies that do this, and we want you to know, all you daily skaters, that it is possible to experience QUALITY in your skateboard for the price you pay.
Our boards are $40.00 plus shipping or delivery, easily falling under $50 for most folks and always less than $60. For that you get sick concave and amazing laminate strength.
The thing is, we're out again, but we have a stack of uncuts in the shop and we'll be pressing all the way to mid-August for another pack of great wood for you. On top of that, we'll have our ONLINE STORE coming out soon, and that'll make everything a lot easier on you.
We will continue to offer completes, but you better like INDY Trucks and Bones wheels, cos they'll come with INdy trucks, bearings, and hardware, and Bones wheels, either 54-ish or 57-ish. Period.
If you want choices, go to the Galaxie, or hit up an online skate shop that has a real brick and mortar location associated with it. Support the people who make it happen, not just corporate conglomerate soul-killers like mall chains and disembodied online retailers...
yeah. that was the scoop.
We will drop a post and a tweet and a facebook update when there are boards again! Get ready, because they fly out fast. Shops, we want to supply you, too, but we'll need you to be cool for a minute while we work out our "on the wall" packaging.
We want to make them look pretty for ya. all shrink wrapped and whatnot.
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Board art enhancements
... Been getting a lot of feedback on the boards we've been leaking out there this week. Laminate quality is absolutely killer.
This one guy put a sick paintjob on his. He texted it to us just now.
All you with the Fickleboards, hit us up with how you dress them up.
Friday, July 15, 2011
every now and then, doing the right thing really hurts you.
two days ago, during the drive of our latest road trip, we dialed up Mike Mills at Syndicate Skateboards and asked him if he wanted to poach himself a Josh Viles.
Why would we flat-out offer one of our best riders, and a dear friend, to another skateboard company?
Well, we're rolling out jokes about how Josh was just way too good for us to keep around, because he is honestly a crusher. an absolute crusher. But the truth is, it's because josh deserves opportunities that Fickle just isn't giving him.
Syndicate is gonna do demos where you sit down and see how it's done. Fickle is just going to skate with you for a week.
Syndicate is going to put on events where you know what it's all about. Fickle is going to sleep on your couches and play your nintendo.
With Syndicate, Josh will have a supporting team and booth and merch and all at competitions that Fickle boards doesn't give a rat's about, much less afford the drive to get there...
So once our wood came out and we saw how sparse our program is, and how huge Josh's potential is, we thought Mike and Don and the good folks at Syndicate would keep josh busy with stuff that's more his league.
We hope we'll see Josh a lot, but we realize that once you plug into a crew, life fills in the gaps. There's always a place at the table here at fickleboards, for Josh, but we hope he never stoops that low again.
It's ironic that we jokingly announced that he was off the team back in the day for doing like a 360-body jar or some such madness... because that's exactly why we let him go. He has a real gift, and we don't want to be any part of squandering it. Again, we are here in full support of Josh Viles, for life. That's why we let him fly free.
Fly free, little birdy! *sniff*
two days ago, during the drive of our latest road trip, we dialed up Mike Mills at Syndicate Skateboards and asked him if he wanted to poach himself a Josh Viles.
Why would we flat-out offer one of our best riders, and a dear friend, to another skateboard company?
Well, we're rolling out jokes about how Josh was just way too good for us to keep around, because he is honestly a crusher. an absolute crusher. But the truth is, it's because josh deserves opportunities that Fickle just isn't giving him.
Syndicate is gonna do demos where you sit down and see how it's done. Fickle is just going to skate with you for a week.
Syndicate is going to put on events where you know what it's all about. Fickle is going to sleep on your couches and play your nintendo.
With Syndicate, Josh will have a supporting team and booth and merch and all at competitions that Fickle boards doesn't give a rat's about, much less afford the drive to get there...
So once our wood came out and we saw how sparse our program is, and how huge Josh's potential is, we thought Mike and Don and the good folks at Syndicate would keep josh busy with stuff that's more his league.
We hope we'll see Josh a lot, but we realize that once you plug into a crew, life fills in the gaps. There's always a place at the table here at fickleboards, for Josh, but we hope he never stoops that low again.
It's ironic that we jokingly announced that he was off the team back in the day for doing like a 360-body jar or some such madness... because that's exactly why we let him go. He has a real gift, and we don't want to be any part of squandering it. Again, we are here in full support of Josh Viles, for life. That's why we let him fly free.
Fly free, little birdy! *sniff*
road trip number 57: columbus oh
just got back late last night from a road trip with Native, Old Lew, Sunshine, Weston, and Andy. Once up there, we picked up young caleb from the airport. He's been gone for a while to Idaho and SanDiego and whatnot... Just a homie trip. Relaxed.
We brought a trunkful of our new boards to show (not sell) to people and talk about what Fickle is doing--hand-making wood to supply skaters, as we hit the road and SKATE WITH YOU, NOT AT YOU.
We don't come around to prove that you should listen to us on music or fashion.
We don't come around to dominate your scene and prove that we're better than you (if that were possible...some RIPPERS out there)
We don't come around to push an advertising campaign for mail-order wood that has a heat transfer brand graphic burnt onto it.
We come around because we LOVE SKATING WITH ALL OF YOU. From the ICP kids who bought me my first Moon Mist, to the skinny little metalhead ripperlings, to the older crushers who are miles deep in both skill and stories... we are STOKED ON SKATEBOARDING, AND STOKED ON YOU.
With Fickleboards, there's no vibe but being stoked that we're all here together, doing something as ridiculously fun as skateboarding. Our boards are hand made, and available in limited quantities for people who love to ride wood that has history ahead of it.
We brought a trunkful of our new boards to show (not sell) to people and talk about what Fickle is doing--hand-making wood to supply skaters, as we hit the road and SKATE WITH YOU, NOT AT YOU.
We don't come around to prove that you should listen to us on music or fashion.
We don't come around to dominate your scene and prove that we're better than you (if that were possible...some RIPPERS out there)
We don't come around to push an advertising campaign for mail-order wood that has a heat transfer brand graphic burnt onto it.
We come around because we LOVE SKATING WITH ALL OF YOU. From the ICP kids who bought me my first Moon Mist, to the skinny little metalhead ripperlings, to the older crushers who are miles deep in both skill and stories... we are STOKED ON SKATEBOARDING, AND STOKED ON YOU.
With Fickleboards, there's no vibe but being stoked that we're all here together, doing something as ridiculously fun as skateboarding. Our boards are hand made, and available in limited quantities for people who love to ride wood that has history ahead of it.
Saturday, July 9, 2011
dog days
Did you ever just tale the day to chil out with your pitbull? Thats what just went down here at Fickle Corporate. No regrets. Things continue to progress at the pace of life well-lived.
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Why
Why are there no updates in like some days? Because skating is more fun than blogging!! Now quit reading this and go skate!
Oh yeah, buy some fickle stuff too!
Oh yeah, buy some fickle stuff too!
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