by admin | Jul 6, 2022 | Brick & Mortar, Commercial Real Estate, Community, Customer Loyalty, HR, Industry, Retail History, Retail Strategy, Skateboard
Similar to how we cling to technology of the past, as skaters, we also hang on tight to the olden ways of doing commerce. Handshake agreements, payment in products, and brick-and-mortar retail locations are all things that many industries have moved past or at...
by admin | Jun 29, 2022 | Community, Industry, Skate Art, Skateboard
Collecting skateboards is a pain in the ass. Boards are heavy, you need a lot of space to store them, and they will happily catch fire if your house ever burns to the ground. But that hasn’t stopped a small group of hardcore collectors who have spent thousands of...
by admin | Jun 18, 2022 | Brick & Mortar, Industry, Retail History, Skateboard
For as long as I have been skateboarding, there have been so many debates over which trucks turn the fastest, which trucks grind the best, and which trucks last the longest. Each brand has their own specialty, and there’s no telling which trucks are truly “the best,”...
by admin | Jun 9, 2022 | Book Review, Industry, Retail History, Skate Art, Skateboard
PHOTOS BY FRANCIS MAKIEJ SPOILER ALERT: I Made a Book/Zine Facebook sucks. (Full stop). If I were to think of something valuable about the platform or “product” as some call it, I wouldn’t try to kid you with claims about “connecting the world” or “providing a space...
by admin | Jun 2, 2022 | Community, DIY, Industry, Olympics, Safety and preparedness, Skateboard
According to a stat I just made up, there are about one billion cars currently in circulation across the globe. Yeah, cars are a leading cause of global warming and an insane amount of deaths, but they offer endless possibilities for the people who own them. Besides...
by admin | May 13, 2022 | Community, Industry, Skateboard
Skateboarding is so damn fun that it’s easy to forget it’s also an actual j-o-b that some people do to make ends meet. Just like the regular jobs you and I work, there are a lot of nuances, expectations, and obligations that the greater world doesn’t necessarily know...
