I have always wondered why haven't some guys turned the dopest companies from the skate community into
companies in the real world. I can understand money being the main thing, but I am sure a lot of guys would
love to have a DP, 5150, Hoodlum Fam, Pyschonaut, Vice, etc deck on their wall, or a shirt to wear.
Hell I am sure some of the skaters would love to ride for said companies. I know I would.
I don't know it was just a thought.
I know 5150 is a snowboard company, but they only make boards/bindings/boots, no apparel. I've only been snowboarding twice in my life, and when I first saw a 5150 board, I got pretty excited, haha. Even though our little fake team isn't related at all.
There is one guy in a nearby town who ran a little skate team/shop of his own that has his own printing press that I could ask to make those kinds of shirts. He is a pretty stubborn guy though, takes people's ideas with a grain of salt if it doesn't benefit him, in any way. So even if I asked if he could do it, he would just shoot it down, probably because I would be the only one buying them.
i forgot which company but someone made "Threat" decks for awhile
Threat was apart of zero's distribution back in the day. But their distribution I think was Black Box and not the same guys who made s3 lol. But when black box distribution went out of business threat did to and zero went to dwindle. I wanted to make L8 media into an irl channel if that counts, like mainly for skate videos and such kinda like a media production company focused on skateboarding or something it was some weird idea similar to that. I would love to see Halcyon make boards or something.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roccityroller
I'm sure we all would've wore some skate 3 team based merch.
As far as I can tell no one here is that invested in it though.
Not to mention some of the graphics being copyrighted or likeness of people and what not.
In-Game Graphics were likely the closest thing to a skateboard company were going to see from this community.
Come to think of it I can't think of anyone being that invested in a game.
Other than big youtubers and dudes that compete in video game tournaments, sometimes have a few shirts.
Here we had all the cool stuff from teams and none of the extra.
No deadlines, no business models, no worries.
lol, yeah 5150 is real and someone posted pics of real Hoodlum decks a while ago (not affiliated with the Skate. team). There's a lot more to starting a company than "some people in a small gaming niche will like it". You have to think about market size, etc. It "could" work, but it's a big risk. You're essentially offering some custom decks and gear that only a small number of people would even be interested in. Im still trying to get my online barbershop going.
Psychonaut is the one I wanted to see real decks of the most, especially the Heshfield-graphics. And then Vice. Psychonaut and Vice have really specific looks and vibes.
Edit: I totally remembered now that DP has a Cafepress-store with logo-shirts.
http://www.cafepress.com/dpskate2
I was going to have Deacon send me the Morphine Nation logo at one time to get it printed on a shirt.
Never ended up happening though.
That would of been so fucking dope, and pretty sure the only dudes in vegas that would love to have s3 related merch would be me, themike, and tinky.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roflcopter
i looooove Vice. gorgeous colors (im an 80s baby, '81)
jup, donno what clay does (besides comedy) but im sure hed be an excellent art director
me and my brother have talked about trying to maybe start a local deck company, not going to lie we have cool designs (PM me if you are interested in peeping some)
but I assure you if it ever happened that Halcyon wouldn't be the name... mostly because I feel like a goofball naming a real company after a hobby video game crew
we all swick though
Edit: Psycho, 1954, and Stingray would kill though (all have a specific style)
made 54 2inch patches...
made d logo patches...
put them on a bunch of clothing over the years...
only have like 10 d logos and 2 54 patches left..
still have my black hoody with a black dp54 logo from the s2 dp 54 collab...
super nice jansport thickness...
also got a grey shirt of it too...
54 was a digital stamp for the homies and the community...
homage to my mother and godzilla's birth year...
would love some of the boards but we all can call SG and get something printed on a board.
FDS is real....