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.
Not sure if there’s an official name for this board yet, but we are calling it the Kebbek JimZ Flushcut Universal. This new mounting design will accept just about any truck on the market, and mounts flush from the bottom side. The top side has the Kebbek “K” logo machined into the wood, with a poured resin/recycled material.
Today was my first day back from the Surf Expo trade show, so I wanted to take it easy on myself. What could be easier than photographing a few reissued Powell and Bones stickers. Turns out, there are over 22 of them, and it took 6 hours to shoot, edit, and add them to the site. It was well worth the effort, as every sticker I worked on brought back great memories. Each sticker is just as crisp and vibrant as I remember the originals to be, and appear to be manufactured by the same silkscreening method, which gives them that extra punch.
Snow has taken over the landscape here in Bend. Even so, we have visions of longboards dancing in our heads, since we ship a bunch of product to the southern hemisphere during the winter season. But now that the holidays are behind us, we can commence preparations for the spring season. So away we go, to the Surf Expo show [rhyme intended]. Every January, Florida is home to one of the largest surf and skate shows. We walk and talk the seemingly endless forest of manufactures, searching for the latest and greatest in longboard related products.
Update: The show is now over, and we enjoyed meeting with a bunch of our current suppliers, and some new. I will keep you updated as some of the new products begin to roll in.
When you receive a confirmation email from The Longboard Store by email, you will now see a link to your order status. When you click on the link, the system will let you know if an item was out of stock when you placed the order, if your order is being processed, or if your order has shipped. If the order has shipped, there will be a link to USPS or UPS for tracking the shipment. If you misplaced your original email, you may visit the site to request a new link by submitting your email address. We have no doubt that Mr. Robusto will be continually adding new available data to this feature.
Hollywood has been on strike for a month now, so you may be bogged down watching The Tonight Show re-runs or depleting what’s left on Tivo. I happen to be watching an old Steven King Film, which reminded me to edit photos of the new Alligators from Bennett. Both 62mm and 71mm versions are now available in blue and orange, and come in slightly changed durometers [hardnesses], 80a for blue and 79a for orange. And you thought nothing new would be coming out of California until next year.
I had an exclusive interview with Jon, one of our longboard builders. Like a wild west gunslinger, Jon can handle a wrench and Bosch driver with blistering speed. Hear what this real life longboard builder had to say.
Interviewer: So Jon…How many board can you build an hour?
Jon: Oh, about 10 an hour…and at least 1 more than Scott.
Interviewer: Is it true that you bring a sack lunch to work everyday?
Jon: Yeah, my mom makes a mad buffalo wing.
Interviewer: Thanks Jon…any last words?
Jon: Uh yeah…Bennett Alligators rule.
So you’ve ordered a longboard from The Longboard Store to give to a very special someone at Christmas. To your surprise, the UPS driver hands you a 47″x 11″x 6″ box, and you need a place to hide it.
First of all, there are 2 large logos on the box, and they are located in the center of each large panel. You can gift wrap the entire box, but to save trees, you may want to just wrap a band of gift wrap around the center of the box to cover the logos. Tape well, as they may be able to slide the wrap to the side to reveal a logo.
Second, there will be a packing slip inside of a plastic envelope on the side of the box. This can be removed. Please note that there are stickers in the envelope; 1 tls sticker, 1 system sticker, and a wise owl sticker if you purchased a complete.
Third, let’s face it. They will know it’s a longboard when they see the box under the tree. So, the best option is to wait until 2am to pull the box from the cleaning closet, place it under the tree, sprinkle some cookie crumbs on the box [you eat the cookie], and look surprise in 2 hours.
Mr. Robusto [our developer] has done it again. He has created the SlideView [Visual Shopping Slider], for those people that shop visually, and want to do it very quickly. The complete longboard images look normal, but you will see 2 arrows directly above. Click these arrows to slide in a set of 4 new images, and click on an image to see detailed information in the right column. Give it a try, and let us know what you think. Link
We try to keep the live support on as much as possible, but there are times when we are busy packing orders, and the chat is put on standby. Many of our customers are also knowledgeable about choosing longboards and other related questions, so we have added a live chat window to the right column of the blog. Come and spend some time talking with others and ask questions.
