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Blind Complete Skateboards

admin — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:28:40 +0000

Most major brands offer completes and Blind has a nice variety to choose from. Check your local shop or go online to find the best selection. These are the same quality decks come to expect form Blind.

Blind Chalkline Red Complete

Blind Reaper Gargoyle Complete

Blind Broad Swords Micro Complete

Blind Faded Kenny Complete

Blind Jokers Wild Micro Complete

Blind Reaper Signs Complete

Mini Logo Decks

admin — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:43:57 +0000

MiniLogo™ Decks

MiniLogo™ Decks are manufactured from the same raw materials and in the same unique “AirLam” presses as the top of the line Powell decks. The only difference is the graphics. ML offers the most popular shapes and concaves at a fraction of the price with a life-long warranty. Made completely in thier Santa Barbara Headquarters woodshop, MiniLogo™ decks are truly the best for less.

MiniLogo™ Construction

Hand made in the USA from the finest American materials, MiniLogo™ decks are the top selling brand of high performance/price point deck in America.

Each deck is created from 7 plys of hard rock maple, fused in Skate One’s special low stress, AirLam™ presses, with water resistant, high strength glue, and sealed against moisture with a water base acrylic semi-gloss finish. The bottom of MiniLogo™ decks are treated with a multi-layer coating consisting of a wood sealer layer, two full length colored ink layers, and a clear coat of SST™ slide treatment for longer slides.

The major difference between the MiniLogo™ masterpieces and seven ply decks costing twice as much is the graphics and marketing budgets… MiniLogos™ don’t have any. MiniLogo™ offers top quality and performance at a rock bottom price, and they are warranted against de-lamination for the useful life of the deck.

MiniLogo™ Concaves

Ki11: The Ki11 has a deep concave but is flat in the nose and tail planes.
K12: This concave is so deep it adds significant stiffness to a deck and allowing to reduce thickness and weight without losing pop and response. It also features a steep flat nose and tail.
K12s: The K12s features the deep concave of the K12 with a shorter wheelbase for smaller skaters.

Name	Nose/Tail	Width	Depth	Angle/Tail	Angle/Nose	Radius/Tail	Radius/Nose	Wheelbase
MiniLogo™ Concave Specifications
Ki11	Flat	7.75″	.353	19º	19º	7″	7″	14.375″
K12	Flat	7.75″	.385	18º	19º	7″	7″	14.5″
K12s	Flat	7.375″	.404	18º	20º	7″	6″	13.5″

Mini Logo Skateboard Wheels

admin — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:22:25 +0000

If you need a good set of wheels for your board, but are on a budget, then mini logos are a good choice for you. The wheels will run you aboyt $20 a set as opposed to $40 a set for brand name wheels like Spitfires or Pig. Biggest difference is that Mini Logos are made overseas to save money, and they use a lower grade of plastic resulting in a slightly harder wheel.

They come in 4 different shapes, 2 differtn hardnesses, and 9 differtn sizes tosuit your needs.

Mini Logo S1

Mini Logo S2

Mini Logo S3

Mini Logo S4

Shorty’s Black Panthers Skate Bearings

admin — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:26:08 +0000

Black Panther Bearings are made by Shorty’s so you know it’s good stuff. Here is a breakdown of the different models you can get for your wheels.

Black Panther Abec 3 Skateboard Bearings

Good Quality affordable bearings - about $20

Black Panther Abec 5 Skateboard Bearings

A little faster and smoother than the 3’s cost about $25

Black Panther Abec 7 Skateboard Bearings

Super smooth and veryhigh quality, but still affordable at about $30

Shortys Black Panthers Ceramic Bearing Single Set

The ceramic bearings are some the best you can get - ultra smooth, usually about $40 a set

Shortys Black Panthers Swiss Bearing Single Set

These are the swiss made models - ultra high quality - usually about $50 in most shops

Let Us Know What You Think of Black Panther Bearings!

Element Thriftwood Decks

admin — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:57:07 +0000

Element Thriftwood decks are price point decks featuring classic Element logos and graphics, but still maintain the quality you come to expect from these guys.

Thriftwood decks feature traditional 7 ply maple construction, great value for your money, and are thicker and stiffer than most decks. Have an opinion? make your thoughts known to the world in the form below.

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1) Element 4 way deck

2) Element Circles Deck

3) Element Expressions Deck

4) Element Elemental Seal

5) Element Essentails Deck

6) Element Section deck

ElementSkateboards.com

Baker Skateboards

admin — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:26:39 +0000

Baker Skateboards is a skateboarding company founded by professional skateboarder Andrew Reynolds and investent partner Jay Strickland in 2000. Its main products are skateboard decks and wheels. They also hooked up with Blitz Distribution

In February 2002, with pressure from Strickland to make good on Reynolds’ promise of 50% ownership, Reynolds purchased the shares of Baker owned by Blitz to become the sole owner. Baker still remains a member of the Blitz Distribution family. ibrahim’s promise to Strickland went unfulfilled, and Strickland left Baker to concentrate on his own company, Bootleg Skateboards (with the name taken from Strickland’s first video, Baker-Bootleg released 2 years before Baker skateboards started) under NHS Inc, which has since folded. In 2005, the popular Baker 3 full-length video was released, instantly becoming a hit in the industry. In 2008 Baker’s new promo video “Baker Has A Deathwish” was leaked on to the internet. Despite being a promo, the video features full-parts from all Baker and Deathwish pros and most ams, and the video is also over an hour in length, being longer than Baker 3 and Baker 2G.

Baker SkateBoards

Enjoi Skateboard Decks

admin — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 03:54:13 +0000

Enjoi Skateboards are know to have good pop, are pretty stiff, and will take some getting use to. They have a shape all their own and the graphics are not for eveybody. Basically you either love them or hate them. Here is a sampling of some of their graphics:

Enjoi Chopsticks Deck

Enjoi Foster Dead Eagle Deck

Enjoi Hairline Deck

Enjoi Brother and Sister Deck

Enjoi Corporate Pig Deck

Enjoi Barletta Plaid Panda Deck

Enjoi Skateboards

Toy Machine Skateboard Decks

admin — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 03:20:56 +0000

Toy Machine Decks are known for thier unique and twisted graphics. Many of you know Ed Templeton as a pro rider, but he also founded Toy Machine and still creates artwork for many of the new decks.

If you have ever ridden any of these Toy Machine decks tell us what you think by posting your comments below - good or bad.

In the meantime check out some of their classic deck graphics…

Toy Machine Robot Collage Grey Deck

Toy Machine Sect Eye Purple Deck

Toy Machine Fists Pink Deck

Toy Machine Monster Mini Deck

Check Out ToyMachine.com for more info

Halos Skateboard Bearings

admin — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 06:12:56 +0000

Halos makes some pretty good skateboard bearings. They are all ABEC rated, ABEC 1 for you cheapo bastards, all the way up to ABEC 7 for you guys who want to roll smooth and fast. Post your comments below if you’ve ridden on Halos bearings.

Halos Abec-1
Skateboard Bearings Single Tube - about $10 bucks at your local shop you cheap skate

Halos
Skateboard Bearings Abec-3 8 Pack - These babys will run about $15

Halos
Skateboard Bearings Abec-5 8 Pack about $20 at most shops

Halos
Skateboard Bearings Abec-7 8 Pack about $30 at most dealers

Do these guys have site? if they do let us know!

Mystery Skateboard Decks

admin — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 05:49:57 +0000

Mystery is part of the Black Box Distribution Family which includes Zero, Fallen, and Slave.

Definately some quality decks with a style all their own. They feature very good quality contstruction, and are Made in Mexico with 7 plys of rock hard maple. The graphics are very distinct and very strong. If you have ever ridden a Mystery Deck we invite you to post your comments below. In the meantime check out a sample of some the coolest graphics that Mystery has to offer.

Mystery Deity Deck

Mystery Fat-Tip Deck

Mystery Heart Logo LG Deck

Mystery Lindsey Rollin’ Deck

Mystery Lopez XIII Deck

Mystery Smith Never Say Die Deck

Here’s a cool Mystery Skate Video:

Check out the Mystery Skateboards Website here