Krooked did a limited run of 333 of this pretty sick looking Mark Gonzales deck. Only retailers attending the show have a chance to get these, sorry people who like to collect decks…Hot design though, Gonz is a beast.
For Spring 2010, Freshjive will be going a different route and won’t be putting any branding/logos on any of their tees. Pretty interesting here, I wonder how it’ll work out with “Gaylife” on a tee. Comment me if you think this is good.
Manik Skateboards has collabo’d with Seattle based tattoo artist and skater, Chris Adams, as their artist in residence. Adams’ art will appear on decks, tees, and sweatshirts, all of which are shipping to retailers on August 15th. Although i’m into the whole Ed Hardy tatoo art as much, the decks look pretty sick.
Chris Gedney is the newest member to Keystone Skateboards. This steezer took 1st at Black Diamond Skate park’s “Skatefest” contest in the AM division. Look for more of him and the rest of the Keystone team later this month when the promo drops. Watch the video above, he’s a little wobbly but Chris definitely puts out some bangers.
Name: Therapy Apparel
Team:Carter Lewis
Jeremy Samaniego
Sohan Handunge
Brandon Kessles
Blaine Hatten
Chris Luhring
Dolen Smith
Whitney Collins
Jonathan Lopez
Zach Imondi
Fletcher Berndt
Website: www.weartherapy.com www.myspace.com/therapyapparel
Therapy Apparel was started in 2006 out of Houston, Texas. The main purpose of the company was to support skateboarders and musicians. Wanting to create affordable and appealing clothing, they’ve met and succeeded that goal by a lot. Right now they not only sponsor a ridiculously rad crew, they sponsor Thee Armada and The Low Ends, both out of Houston. Make sure to check out their online store because the goods are so original and fresh with lots of variety and color. Also make sure to watch the vids while you’re there.
This company is brand spankin’ new and they are making a grand entrance. With a crew promoting Herbal, they are selling decks up the butt in England. Their British minds make way for creative clothing and decks. The freshly established company aims to nourish and nurture the British skateboarding scene by supplying quality products “without the super-price-tag!” They also have a ton of videos on their site hitting up some sweet local parks and spots. I think these guys can make it big time because of the creativity they use when designing, A+ work.
Name: Chaos Skate Company
Team: Cody Leighton
Brian Beck
Brian Dayog
Tom Hammer
Daniel Johnson
Tim Rea
Jeff Graham
Website: www.chaosskateco.com
Chaos Skate Co. is a company that is definitely in business for the pure love of it. Established in 2004, Chaos set out to please local skaters by providing decks and clothes for cheap. They don’t care at all about profits and just want to ride wood. “Even though we are a very small company and will probably never grace the pages of a CCS or active mail order, there is still that pride in our hearts of being called a skateboard company. Our prices are low because it shouldn’t cost you much or anything to jump on your board and have the time of your life. Now turn your computer off and go skate!”
Here’s there latest deck design that was just recently made and sold out.
ADM Skateboards was founded in memory of ADM’s owners’ brother, Austin David Myers. Austins life was cut short when he injected heroine into his body after drinking alcohol the same night. ADM Skateboards’ mission is to promote the artist and the creativity within each person. “We want this to be a company that gives young artists, like my brother, a platform to express their artwork and ideas, using clothing and skate decks as their primary utensils. Furthermore, we want to be a company that educates the young generation of skateboarders about the dangers of a small dose of any drug.” They have used these two goals to inspiration their mission: To combine great artists and philanthropy to progress the sport and youth community across the nation. ADM is also very generous with their profits shown by donating 5% of our gross revenues to drug awareness foundations. They even work with local communities to help develop skateparks across the country. ADM Skateboards’ decks are incredibly unique and inspiring. They combine different cultures’ colors and forms of art into one that attracts the eye really makes you think.
This fresh skateboard company from Champaign, IL definitely knows how to shake things up a bit. Founded by Dustin Stuart in 2004 under the name Kreme (but later running into some trademark issues), they formed a solid crew that represented them all over Illinois. They have grown from selling decks in Chicago and Champaign to shipping nationwide because of the creativity the designs withhold. I had a chance to skate with a few of the team members and they’re not only nice guys…but they destroyed our local ledge. Kolor will soon be releasing they’re very first video premiering in Bloomington, IL so make sure you stay updated.
