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Non-Music Shit / Re: taking up skating in late 30s
« on: November 02, 2017, 10:20:31 AM »Yeah, Stereo (at least during the '90s) was through Deluxe, as was/is Anti-Hero. Ricky Oyola was pretty great. His part in Eastern Exposure 3 is really awesome. There are only a few woodshops making boards. Most of the manufacturers use the same three or four. Unfortunately, China has gotten into board production within the last decade or so and their boards are really, really bad. I think Schmitt Stix and one or two others are located in the US. The US and Canada make the best boards, hands down. Like tool production, it's about quality control, and you get that with US and Canadian made boards. Canadian maple is really good; it has a great reputation. Mexico is making a lot of boards these days -- they have been for a while -- and they do a good job. I've got no problem buying a Mexican-made board. The quality is generally satisfactory or better. But the Chinese boards are garbage. I was getting decks from my friend who rode for Workshop; he was out of town so I bought an Alien board (I was getting boat loads for free, so I guess I felt like paying it forward). It broke in two days on a fucking manual. I've broken a new board in 45 minutes; it was my fault and not the board's and I owned up to it. This wasn't my fault; the board was simply defective. He mentioned some of the boards were Chinese made and that was likely one of the bad ones.Ricky motherfucking Oyola, that dude ripped. Most pure street skater ever,
COO on boards is sort of disguised. I think you occasionally get a "Made in Mexico" sticker, but most of the time you don't. Like I said, if it's being produced in North America, it ranges from satisfactory to great. The Chinese boards should not be on the marketplace. Skate companies have a tendency to keep skaters in the dark about who's manufacturing their boards and where they're being made.
