How come no one has turned their s2/s3 companies into real companies?

[TOATISCOMING]

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.

[NotedDerk]

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.

[Roccityroller]

i forgot which company but someone made "Threat" decks for awhile

[eastcoastskateboard1]

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.

[Antwan]

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.

[EmmitBrown]

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.