^ on a vaguely related note i’ve been skating with a guy whos pushing 40 recently and he was saying around that time period (05-07ish) he skated Jart boards in his native country of Greece and they were terrible and even when I started skating around 07/08 I remember Jart boards being super cheap, but at some point they must have switched up their quality control and put some effort in as now all he skates are Sour boards which are out of Jart’s woodshop. Skated a National last year and it was spot on.
