The Longboard Blog

We have been slowly trying to make the stickers more edgy, and reduce the amount of cuteness. So, this round, we have a cute squirrel frolicking through the grass growing over soil filled with aliens. I am not really sure what this means, but it looked cool. The second one is rated PG13, and it would have been rated R if the old man had succeeded. This sticker pretty much speaks for itself, and it makes us laugh.

We just received a shipment of longboards from a fairly new company called Sayshun out of Calgary. We were very impress with these board coming right out of the box. The wood, graphics, and die cut grip tape were very detailed.

We received a shipment from Sayshun Longboards today, our most recent find for the Fresh Produce section. All of us were very impressed with each board as they were being unpacked and found the graphics to be on par with some of the more seasoned companies. The quality of materials and craftsmanship were what you would expect to see on a Canadian speedboard. We hope to see much more from Sayshun and possibly an early graduation from the Fresh Produce section.

We just added a bunch of much anticipated speedboards to the site this week. The first batch is from Kebbek, including for the first time, a Bamboo Bassi and Bamboo Revenger. The Ian Comishin has been reworked in Bamboo and also sports the name J.F. Boily as well. The new Switchback looks to be true to it’s name, and is a fully symmetrical board, and is using a 2 tone bamboo veneer.

Rayne Speedboards do not stay on the shelves very long, and I would predict the same for the new Nemesis. After receiving a Nemesis prototype last winter, I have been wanting to share this amazing board with our customers. The Nemesis has 6 layers of a darkened bamboo core and fiberglass on both sides. We were only able to get 20 in this shipment, so grab one soon. We also received a new Avenger. The new Avenger is clad with new graphics and a stiff bamboo structure skinned with fiberglass.

I must say, the new Plum Sauce graphic really spices up the Loaded Vanguard. We were also very pleased to pair the Abec11 Lime Bigzigs with the newly retooled Randal 180mm Trucks. To top off, we upgraded the bearings to our new System Abec Sevens. The new graphic is currently available on the flex 2 and 3, with the remainder of flexes available sometime in July.

A new shipment of Comet Longboards just rolled in this week. We are especially excited about the 40″ Crystal Chalice and 45″ Crystal Mountain. It’s not very apparent from the photos, but these puppies are pure environmental tech. They begin with a core of vertically laminated bamboo, add a layer of tri-axial hemp fiber using soy resins, and then cap both sides off with maple veneer. We are working on embedding a video of Comet Skateboards Factory that aired on The Discovery Channel, but here is the link to the video on their site for now.

Sector Nine Race Formula Wheels come in 4 different sizes and 2 durometers for each size. The urethane on these wheels are premium. Rebounding from a depression test show that they will resist deformation under high loads and will have a longer life than common urethane formulae.

We receive about 5 emails a day from customers asking, “Why don’t you carry Sector Nine Boards?”. Well, the questions inbox just got 5 emails shorter everyday, cause Sector Nine boxes showed up on Thursday. We’ve so far managed to complete photos for the 6 Bamboo Series boards, 21 Sector Nine Wheels, and Gullwing Trucks. We should be able to finish 12 more boards in the next 2 days. At first glance, the quality of every board is impeccable. The Carbon Trylam is so thin, and feels amazingly strong. We will add more comments on each board as we begin playing around with them. As always, we will be custom building each Sector Nine Board. Sector Nine Link.

We have a bunch of old skateboards mounted up high in the warehouse, and have always wanted to produce a board that’s just like they used to be, so we did. The new TLS Retro Board is made from solid oak, and we cut a wedged section from the bottom of the tail to make kick turns much easier. A bevel is added to both sides of the board. And to really bring back the memories, we’re using reissued OJ Wheels and Tracker 85mm Trucks.The Retro turned out to be much smoother than we expected. Gordon, our shop manager, managed to pull off some kick flips despite being very narrow. The TLS retro will definitely challenge you to try all those old school tricks.

These limited edition art boards from Flexdex showed up yesterday. They are a very limited run of only 100 each, and feature artwork from Pinky Taylor and Andrew Nguyen. The graphics are applies to the bottom side and also under the clear grip tape on the top side.