Insta informs me that it has a new distro in the UK at least and has London heads with connections involved.
Always wanted a pair of the white DV8s because Curtis used to wear them but they’d no doubt be stinking
I feel like Volcom got bought by the group who owns Vision a couple of years ago.
I’d need to search, but I think this is true.
Random as fuck.
Also, at the start of the year, I just moved into an office space with two friends.
Turns out, we are a few doors down from the Revive UK office.
Mad.
Off the back of that, I found out that there is a UK Braille office, near London Fields.
Also, mad.
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I saw a photo of Karl Drogo wearing those recently, was tempted to put it in the fashion police thread.
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ABG - Authentic Brands Group (Fuck, thats a bad name!)
Owns Volcom, Nautica, Airwalk and Vision Streetwear amongst other brands.
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They’re like a KwikSave VF Corp.
Braille and Revive in the UK. Urgh.
I thought I’d share this. Not exactly retro but from the skaters over 50 group of which I’m a member. WTF
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Eric seems to be building a skateboard from memory, having only seen it once, while on mushrooms in the late 90s.
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Or something you’d find on a spacecraft after being abducted by aliens and they try to make you feel at ease by putting you in a room with some ‘human’ stuff they’ve had a go at making.
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This thread is hurting my eyes and giving me anxiety. I can feel my eczema flaring up.
Official warning: if I ever hear anyone referring to their latest ‘build’ they will get banned with no warning. Don’t be that guy.
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Nothing wrong with grabbing a bit of nostalgia of an era you were in and remember fondly but people can take it to weird places, I went into a rabbit hole on FB groups trying to find some of my memories but man, it’s a strange world and things are so rare that it was futile so resigned it all to history.
I’ve got a load of old decks, I love them. I don’t set up boards from the past to ride but I can see how it would be fun. The Airfix kit aspect where skateboards are built as models and not to ride is a bit weird to me though.
“authentic”
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what the fuck
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Best polish up my cv.
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A guy I know has got loads of the wooden bits for a full build.
I presume the bags seal in the freshness.
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Don’t get me wrong, I love old boards, I have 20-30 NOS PP/SC boards bagged up in the loft which really should be displayed.
Sort of wish I’d kept mine but they were skated until there was about 4” of tail left!
I’m a big fan of seeing old / skated decks restored - re-screened graphics, etc.
There are a couple of accounts I follow on Insta that do an excellent job of it.
I had a go myself with stencils and paint (rather than screen) on an old deck of mine but it didn’t quite work as well as I’d hoped. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
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I think there’s a difference between being a current skater who also likes restoring classic boards, and a 1980s cosplayer for whom the whole point of skating is to recreate your lost youth like the past 30-odd years haven’t happened.
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