Ok. So here are my thoughts. 1. It COULD be awesome. I was on the phone with Bish the other day and we both agreed that we had had some of our best times ever on that board. Plus I don't actually have one in Middleweight and want one (selfishly). 2. We are WAY better at building boards now. The one thing that is more addicting than anything is being able to go back and improve on something you always wanted to fix. In the case of the OG Apex 37 the flex pattern was awesome but there was too much torsional flex to really generate max speed out of the carves (yes clearly not talking DH flex here) , I would love to make a few tweaks to have the board riding the way it did in my head (which was imo even better than reality). I guess that is to say: IF we were to build a new old Apex 37, would #2 above fuck that up? Not sure I can re-release it AND keep my mitts off improving the construction while we are at it. _Scott

Original Skateboards I mean I think you have always had the right mindset. Take the limited release Apex 34. That was fantastic! I think if you make some tweaks but keep the overall classic style the same, maybe keep the old graphic. It could be something really special :)

@@Rexrules1 sounds good to me man. Let me see what I can do! Any other thoughts that you or anyone else come up with, post em up here and I'll keep an eye out to try to incorporate them as I go along. Got me more stoked on the idea now haha

@@ScottImbrie I wouldn't mind improvements if the spirit of the board was the same but that original shape and overall feel of the board was the best. I did crazier, faster things with boards that followed but I truly never owned a board as fun to ride as my old Apex 34. A few of my buddies had 37's and I always wanted one but never picked one up. If there's a new old release I'd be all over it! edit: I'd love to hear the story of the red one you pull out at 1:36 though! You say it wasn't supposed to be made but that was the version I had. My best friend and I took the trip to the Jersey warehouse and I bought it in person while we were there.

​@@pantsandskate right on man, I crazy how everyone has their favorites. That Apex 34 is so freaking light its insane, to me that's the best part of that deck, and yes 1:36 the whole 'Apex 34' shape / design was never actually supposed to be a thing (at least initially). Awesome that you guys made it out to warehouse, wish we still had that thing haha PDX Warehouse is awesome too (the Portland area is worth the trip if you haven't checked it out yet) but the space we had in the old spot to just do whatever we wanted was pretty ridiculous. I don't know if we will ever luck into a spot like that again but I sure am hoping! I'll keep you guys posted as I really get into working on the new stuff, or in this case old stuff, there will be *a lot* between now and next spring. Any ideas, hit me up here (or whatever video) and I will try to get it in! _Scott

Yo seriously. Me too. It's kind of weird and enough time has gone along that you guys yourselves probably have gotten closer to some friends and further from some others. Slap some business requirements (on all sides) on that and obviously shit happens. I have also been a super bad friend relative to what I think most people expect, both because I am not great at keeping in touch and because I was super sick for like years (still working through it). Regardless I couldn't have said it better myself. A huge part of why I think the videos were so fun was that we were (in most instances) having that much fun ourselves. I hate shit that doesn't feel authentic, and it's really hard to be in front of a camera and be honest but that part (we were having fun, mostly) of all of those trips fully was. The piece I didn't necessarily know at the time is that those would be some of the most fun times I have ever had - which makes it even more fun to look back (like this!). Anyway, Getting better and seriously looking forward to whatever comes next. To your list I would add (in no particular order): - Nick Patrick - Joel Penkala - Derek Connor - Steve Egge - Kim Egge - Andy Lacata - Lindsay Lacata - Jay Cagney - Chris V. - Aleix Gaillimo - Brian James - Will Stephen - Aaron Stark - Gabrielle Nickas - Leif Enoksen - Cully Opila - Brett Ciabatini ...and seriously way more people than my lyme diseased memory is even allowing me to bring to mind. The point is that OS was sort of like an iceberg - way more was happening behind the scenes over the years than ever happened on the screen and all of those people made that work. That hasn't changed and is maybe even more true now than it was then.

Clearly I can say the same haha I haven't even gotten my hands on the old media server yet, I guarantee there are clips in there are the media equivalent of these old boards we are digging out. Great shit that never got used and just has the right vibe (hopefully) to keep me occupied on the rails when the whole fucking world has apparently gone crazy. If you've got questions about whatever let me know, at some point I am going to run out of random shit to do and need to be pointed in a direction (maybe already? hah!). Thanks for watching dude! _Scott

I'm with you man, Going over the old footage to make these has really got me stoked and feeling like all the work, stress and risk that stuff took was totally worth it. Stoked to hear more on those memories though, how bout I trade you for some never before seen footy? _Scott

You kidding me? Those guys straight killed it the last... how long we been doing this now? The longer you work on skateboards the more obvious it is how fucking difficult it is to make a good one. It's like Cooking. Everyone can make a burger, some just taste better. Some boards just feel good and some don't but regardless of your specific flavor preference sticking around making boards for any length of time supported solely by whatever you produce (no safety net) takes balls and talent. Hat's off to the crew at Loaded and my feeling is they are only getting better at what they are best at. Also thanks to Pablo and the crew for keeping us in Paris trucks and Otang thane hah! Should be an insane next 10 years if you ask me. _Scott

Dude I need to see that if you have photos, that's awesome!

Yewwww Yeah man, I mean when you think about it there is NOT a whole ton of difference between a chopped Pintail and about 50% of the DH decks people are rocking. The stuff that IS different is stuff I want to see changed. Can't very well have 20 mil views on a freaking video (kzfaq.info/get/bejne/o76hoLVyutnSaYk.html) and just throw an overall shape concept people love in the garbage as an industry , at least not if we hope to make a living for our riders or brands. That said we need a lot more creativity on how to differentiate the stuff we are doing around some of these classic concepts from the china junk being pitched as just as good over on Amazon or Ebay. Not going anywhere until we sort those problems out and see the next generation come up, take the reigns and all help make this sport what it should be (99.9% not even then). Cheers dude! Thanks for showing what that old Pintail is capable of! _Scott

Same here. Old dreams AND new adventures (we hope). Thanks for watching dude!

Dude that's pretty high praise man. I always think we are all always chasing that feeling in the media we make or in the ideas we work on (and hopefully get out there on the market if we are lucky lol). Stoked a trip down memory lane got us there today, can't wait to get this shit cleaned up and actually be building new stuff as opposed to talking about years past (although I guess we all gotta do that too). Thanks for the support!

Hey right on dude! It's never too late! Not sure where you are based but we are always looking for video talent to collaborate with. Might be just when we are in your neck of the woods or it could be sooner than that but obviously we can use all the help we can get. Hope the current project it lives up to the expectations and brings on some new riders while connecting the old guard. Thanks for the good word! _Scott

Original Skateboards I wasn’t expecting such a quick and positive reply! Haha. I live in Tacoma, Washington and I’d love to help if you ever find yourself in the Pacific Northwest!

Appreciate that dude. My GUESS is this ends up as a giveaway but I still need to get back to digging all this stuff out and cleaning the place up to turn it into a legit proto shop. Got de-railed by accounting and projections for the last month (probably less but it feels like more lol). On the plus side our orders are in for Holiday with Paris, Bear and Caliber - on the negative I still have no idea how many more boards are in the garage (or elsewhere). As soon as I have some idea we will for sure start getting them out to you guys to enjoy. Thanks for the support! _Scott

Yea I agree I'd rather this help keep things going u should sell some of em as like autographed special one offs as a commemorative thing

​@@tjcochran4641 not going anywhere man, It was a little dicey when I was sick as shit for like 8 years up and down (hence the lack of sessions post Hawaii) but it's stabilized now due to a TON of work we did last year to get our systems where they should have been all along. Now we have more time to do all this stuff which helps crank out new boards (and hopefully fun times) while we spend less time accounting and counting screwed up inventory counts all over again. Sounds weird but that shit really lead to less time to spend doing the things we all loved about OS, I don't know if I was the only one that felt tied down by it but I fully feel excited to be back at the wheel giving it a go. We WILL be getting some new stuff out there that you guys can buy to support the war effort though, so just be sure to keep in touch and let me know what that should be so I don't go and make something lame that no one wants. Cheers dude! _Scott

Hah yeah dude that deck is one of the classics I wish I HAD to ride myself. Gotta make something with that flex vibe again. Can't Go Longboard without More Flex, More Pop and More Power thats for sure. _Scott

Duuuude yaaas. Flatboards and throwback fun for days haha That was actually my favorite graphic I ever did on that deck, I don't even have one of those myself so I would LOVE to find one in the garage just to put it on my wall. If nothing else I may dig back through the archives just to print one out to have haha Thanks for the love! _Scott

Gotta keep on keeping on man. Here's the next one: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nJ59l6WFvripk3U.html Keep me posted if you have any ideas, it gets weird talking in front of a camera with no feedback haha Thanks for the stoke! _Scott

YOU SIR should stay tuned... Damn near 10 years is a solid run no matter what board you are but the fact that we built that thing so light and it still made that sort of a journey with you is pretty ridiculous. Just gotta figure out how to do even better with the next... er.. I mean... wait... top secret. Thanks for the support man! _Scott

@@originalskateboards Thank YOU Scott. This channel, and that board, mean a lot to me. Absolutely staying tuned to Original :)

My pleasure man, my privilege really. Thanks for the support and for checking back in 10 years later!

I hear that dude! Something special about the place those old boards fall in today's industry. They weren't necessarily as surfy as a surf skate (rear steer / drive etc) and they weren't as stable downhill as today's Longboards but they were light as all heck and flexed in ways no board I have ridden did before or since. My goal is to give it a shot with the tech we now have access to in 2020 that never existed in 2007-2008 when we were developing that board and just see what happens. Shit it will be fun to mess around with even if no one ends up riding them besides us two haha

Love that charity idea dude. There is a TON of fucking hard shit these days, I feel like that's a two part plan that makes the most of found money... er longboards... while helping as many people out a little while having fun with everyone. Thanks for the good word AB! _Scott

There is.. PROBABLY... a solution we can come up with to solve that particularly problem. Ideally that particular solution is best employed once this lab I am building (or rather just cleaning right now lol) is cranking out the sick proto shit we always wanted to build but never found a way to build fast enough. Stoked to get more of you guys back on a board more often (OS or otherwise!) _Scott

Original Skateboards Scott you are the MAN! Hope everything works out and I’m looking forward to see what you guys have in store! Still remember trying to make my own slide gloves and absolutely thrashing a pair of my dads work gloves because of you guys lol

@@andrewmclaughlin1219 dude I am with you. I remember SHOOTING that video with Bish and thinking: Hmm... this is harder than I anticipated haha Regardless stoked you gave it a go (like I did hah!) the lab is going to be an effort pretty similar. The real goal is to show people that you can make skateboards and parts that change your ride without being a super human or something like that. This way hopefully we get that next gen of riders to start contributing as founders, designers, engineers, reps, whatever. I want MORE people in the skate industry and more progress than any of us can produce individually. I also want more new boards, so I figure might as well try to do all of that at once. I think pretty much everyone would agree that nothing is more OS than over doing it (for both good and bad hah!) Cheers dude! _Scott

Hah! That's pretty rad man. Crazy how YT works that way some times. What kind of riding are you getting into and how tall / heavy are you? Those are the two things (ride style, height & weight) that will help you end up on a board that really works for what you want to do with it.

@@ScottImbrie I'm interested in dancing and cruising, so I'm buying a board that is 104 cm long, I'm also about 1,77 m tall. The name of the board is Raven Risky. I'm preety sure the (low) price is not a really big factor, since I'm just trying longboarding and if I like it I will probably build my own board (I mean buy the deck, tracks and wheels of the Internet, not literally building it =) )

The parts of a longboard that will kill the experience are the bearings, wheels and trucks. That is where you will notice the most difference. If you can avoid buying a cheap €59.95 complete that would be super helpful to show you why we all love the sport so much. There are major differences in the components that really do make it less fun. That said I am all for getting a cheaper board and upgrading as you realize you love it. Just make sure the components are good, generally anything under €100.00 can be assumed to have inferior quality on some or all components (who knows what, but something). Stoked you are getting into it man!

Gotta try to be man, one thing I have learned is no matter how good things look or how positive your life is, that can change. I have been lucky enough to do something I love for damn near 20 years (started out of high school in 2002) but also unlucky enough to go through some serious shit health wise. Just gotta try to enjoy the good times and make impact on something you care about. Ideally while not expecting the good times to always keep rolling, that works the same for everyone. Thanks for rocking the Vecter - that was my last personal pet project before I got sick back in 2016. Here's hoping we get MORE of those pet projects out there, but I guess that's really what the Vlogs are about (next ep is here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nJ59l6WFvripk3U.html). Trying to get ideas off the page out of my head and into the world. Which is easier said than done it turns out. Thanks for the support dude!

Dude thats for fucking SURE. I could use something more to look forward to (than another lock down) myself. I am with you. No way you can reasonably trash anything rideable when its so much harder to get the cash to grab something like that these days. Generally just trying to get through all this stuff to figure out exactly what we have, then planning to give them away and maybe sell a few to generate some cash for charity. Thanks for watching! _Scott

Yeah I think that trip changed things for all of us on it as well. I know I haven't missed a chance to get back ever since. If you get the chance to get to PR definitely take it. Way too much stoke on that island not to get down and be a part of it if and when you can. Hope your still jumping on a board from time to time 10 years later! _Scott

@@originalskateboards Whenever I can, I'm still making the time to get out and shred the streets of Buenos Aires. THX for the reply Scott. I've been a fan ever since the Apex 37 was launched.

Duuude, I hope you got to view the majestic duncan cup stacks in person in that case. Actually no, I hope I had my office cleaned up that day so it looked like a real business as opposed to some slackers barely getting by but loving every minute of it.... After yet more consideration, hopefully it looked exactly like that (slackers, cup stacks and all). _Scott

Nice dude! How do you like it thus far? HOPING to have more v2s done next week with paint etc and artwork the week after. With the whole pandemic thing going down it has been slim pickings for decks for everyone right down to the dudes in the warehouse! Stoked you dove on that opportunity when it popped up! _Scott

Original Skateboards only ridden it like once, I broke my ankle early April (on my Freeride 41, she’s on house arrest now) saw the deal and had to pick it up. Once the new gear comes in I’ll refresh all the grip and get hype to skate it once I’m cleared! Been a long time supporter of og and love all the boards and all the guys there. Not sure if you remember signing the vector 37 little while ago but that was for me and I was so hype I got you all to sign it! It was right before Christmas. Started with an apex 37 with Hawaii sessions and I’ve seriously been hooked since. Honestly haven’t bought another company board since that apex 37 YEARSSS ago and will never buy another company. I love you guys so much!

Ah jesus dude, keep on your PT! I am racking up ACLs / MCLs at this point and the one thing I can say is PT is the way. Treat it like a job and you will be back to what you love way faster. I DO remember that Vecter and stoked to hear it found the right home! Hard to believe it's been more than 10 years since we shot Hawaii Sessions (March 2020) about ready to get back out there and for sure ready to reconnect with everyone after a bit of a break. Thanks for the stoke dude, getting my morning started right right here. _Scott

Original Skateboards I’m doing all I can with PT it’s hard though! Keep the boards coming! I’m sooooo excited for the next apex/diamond drop, or anything of that caliber!

I feel you on the PT dude, that stuff is mentally (and physically) exhausting. You slam the PT I will bust my ass on the boards and we will meet in the middle with something new to ride and healthy ankles to ride it with. The LAST run of the current incarnation of the Apex 40 DD is about to finish today. That gives me some amount of months to get the new one done, I don't know if we will make it for Holiday but Spring 2021 fo sho. Ideally I'll be able to use some of this lab space by then but who knows (I hate cleaning, even when I am finding stuff I love haha)

My question is how do we get more Silly Puddy projects into longboarding. Hope life is good dude!

Scott Imbrie silly putty pucks? They leave a trail 🤣

Hah! That they would. Problem is if you have too much friction you end up with your glove ripping off like Bish back in Hawaii Sessions, then bad things happen (mostly to your hands): kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h5l3esaFl8ydZXk.html

Thats a really good point man. I would actually love to hear some of the stories that are out there with all of you guys and your boards, OS or otherwise. I never had a board I didn't make memories on and most of those boards were made by someone else (surf, skate, snowboard, whatever). Doesn't matter whether you make em or buy em it sure is fun to get on a new one. _Scott

Will do. Yo so I just went to sub your channel and realized I was already subbed but haven't been shown one of your vids in I don't know how long. Can we just talk about what a pain in the ass social media algorithms are? God damn. Thanks for the support dude! _Scott

Hey Melody! Working on a project for Holiday to potentially incorporate that graphic. NOT 100% it will happen yet but that's the goal! That was my favorite graphic we ever out on the Pintails and I would love to bring it back (albeit with some upgrades to the board itself!). If you can wait that long (fall-ish?) I will put you down for one!

@@ScottImbrie sorry for my late reaction, thanks for answering my question. I think I can wait for that long😂

Hey Melody! The Pintail 40 is officially back in stock although not the one with the Wave from way back: shop.originalskateboards.com/products/pintail-40-longboard-complete-full-custom See what you think of that for now but we DO have some new Pintails on the way for Holiday (as mentioned). Let me know if we can help! _Scott

We DO have them on the schedule for July which means (god / earth spirit / luck willing) we should be shipping them come the first or second week in August. That said any amount of scrolling through the OS videos past and present will turn up a LOT of over shot estimates, but we are working SUPER freaking hard to put the systems (yay ERP?) in place that will let us give you guys (and ourselves) a more accurate idea of wtf is happening on a day to day basis. Thanks for hanging in there in the interim! _Scott

@@originalskateboards awesome! I left my previous 40 torpedo on west coast.. And now that I've had 4months to skate.. Work on it.. I'm without it. Bought the 28" today :) I'll keep an eye out for 33 too

@@CSConn126 Dude that's sick, I actually like the 28 better personally but can't wait to see what you think. The Torpedo was one of my favorite decks, go with S8s or even S10s if you want to get crazy and that thing carved insane. Actually... this clip (from our first ever video) is pretty much what I think about when I think about the Torpedo: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/a52jgJugut7Fgo0.html ... and I could go for some of that about now. Thanks for the support dude! _Scott

Duvvvvy your money no good here bro. But I will take a look around and see what we have from the old TSI school of graphic design to get out your way in AZ. Hope you dudes are healthy and happy out there I hear you are dealing with some stuff like we were outside of NYC so hoping you guys are all well. Say hey to other Matt for me!

Hah! A while back I found my Dad's first board which was something like a 'black knight' from the 60s, those old fiberflexes are sick though. Still a lot of tech in what we all do these days that came out of those concepts G&S established back in the day.

Scott Imbrie Indeed! I think mine was 29 or 30" long, and we called it a "long" board. The Sector 9s I have now are all 40"-plus. Don't know how I ever rode those little beasts.

I know right? It had a lot to do with the bushings I think, short wheelbase was the only way to make those things carve hard enough to get the feeling right. These days we are SO spoiled with high end urethane it's ridiculous. Not only that but there is some even higher end stuff that is just hitting the market now that we should see standardized into trucks, wheels etc over the next 2-3 years which should boost it yet again. Who doesn't like to slide in control without even trying? Thanks for watching dude!

Good question. That translates to about 9.5 inches. I think most people in most cases would ride 180mm trucks in that case. Have you tried Paris v3s yet? If not definitely give them a go, here's a review Nick did not so long ago when the v3s came out: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gZOjoNCCqpbOiWw.html I was talking to Joey who founded Paris the other day and it sounds like there is a big batch of colored trucks about to get shipped out, so we should have most colors on the shop in the near future: shop.originalskateboards.com/products/paris-v3-180mm-50-longboard-trucks

There... may.. be a new one of those in the next 6 months if I don't keep getting slammed by more Covid-19 induced projects. Between running on a skeleton crew out in PDX (Sam and Steven you guys are awesome) and not being able to fly out there to help (Lyme = no immune system) it's been nuts. Regardless it's on the block and ready for a refresh as my personal favorite DH freeride deck. Stoked to see how you think it stacks up vs the old one! _Scott

THAT is a randomly complex question haha The first thing to realize is that compressed systems under pressure (your springs / tension setting in this case) don't always do well with vibrations. There is a HUGE amount of effort put in in all sorts of industries to try to stabilize and fix issues with stuff coming loose that is both vibrating and being attached by one method or another. *Tl;Dr:* The short fix / answer (at least for OS trucks) is to double nut your king pin which will keep it from loosening. ------------------------------------------ Feel free to stop here hah! ------------------------------------------ That said it will still (over time) get loose because OS trucks, unlike every *sane* design currently on the market, do have metal on metal contact in places (several places lol!) that was never fixed by way of a bushing or some such solution. So basically those metal on metal contact points ALSO help to losen your setup: - The kingpin on the hanger is twisted (on average) equally hard and equally as frequently in both directions, but in one direction the threads of the kingpin (that thread into the lock nut at the back of the truck / on the white wavecam side) actually loosen just a very slight amount every turn (particularly under pressure). - Also the lock tab (which slots into the White WaveCam) is aluminum which is metal on metal with the Tube that encases the White WaveCam. That means it wears out over time and the tolerances become wide (MUCH wider) and the lock tab needs to be replaced, the baseplate needs to be replaced or both. None of that shit was apparent when we reworked the design to use for skateboards back in 2002 but at this point I (unfortunately) know the issues like the back of my hand and what really needs to be done is the design needs to be improved in a major way to try to holistically address those problems. Not to mention the changes in the direction of the sport that have happened SINCE 2002 when we tried to make a skateboard that feels like a surfboard, because longboards weren't a thing with wheels. Between now and then it's more about triage to try to sort out all the stuff that got in the way of those fixes my first go round (business stuff not engineering stuff, but engineering stuff too) so we can do a better job fixing this stuff on a time frame of less than ~20 years. Who knows if that is possible or not but I have changed.. A LOT... as have my priorities. At the top of the list is being able to fix what's broken FAST(er). Thanks for watching dude! _Scott

@@originalskateboards Hey Scott, I'm UK based and in desperate need of new lock tabs. Do you sell them and can you ship them? Big love, Sam

​@@SamFr1000 We can for sure ship them. if you don't mind waiting I am happy to have the dudes pop a set in the mail parcel post for you! It usually takes maybe 3-4 weeks but that is cheap enough that we can just send it (you don't have to buy it!). If you need other stuff we will throw the lock tabs in for free with whatever you order. If the shipping comes out super expensive a lot of times that has to do with Shopify having problems calculating how shipping works for component orders so just let us know and we can fix your order up so you don't have to pay an arm and a leg just to ship it across the pond! Cheers dude! _Scott

@@originalskateboardsI knew I preferred your trucks much more than others on the market but i didn't realize how intricate the design was. thanks for the explanation that helps a ton

@@originalskateboards Looks like the HST truck is having the lock tab metal on metal issue too. I have developed a patented surf truck as well - it took years to get it developed, produced and running. The way I see it the Original truck is offering awesome lean/ turn and a very special rebound. Now that all of the problems are clear, it would be a waste to not improve the original truck and get it running! Seismic G5 do not get even close just because they do not offer enough lean & are heavy. I think the original truck is the perfect truck for performance surfskates offering crazy lean and therefore perfect grip when used as rear truck. Cheers

Hah yeah, a lot of fun too. I mean I can remember waking up from a dead sleep at 4am to take calls to try to get the first mold changes right on the O.S. trucks. That stuff was all fun though, the real work (I hate it) is when the taxes are due and we have to sort the accounting out. That stuff drives me nuts but is so necessary that I am trying to learn to love it as best I can for the sake of having more time to do the stuff I do like... Like building a proto lab in my parents basement haha

that is just awesome man, so inspirational too, your videos have been so great over the years and this new video was epic got me so inspired seeing the shit you do is awesome and rememberin all the old videos again

Yew! Gotta do it man. Someone told me once to do what you can't stop thinking about - so here I am. Bought OS back last year (chronic illness induced sabbatical) so best case scenario the changes are apparent already - we are just getting started though. Gotta make some new memories already. _Scott

Every time I think I found all of them there is one more. I sort of wish I wasn't so freaking sick (or even a part of the company I guess) when the guys moved OS out to Portland, I can only imagine how much stuff was in that huge warehouse we were in that was consolidated down haha Thanks for the stoke dude. _Scoty

Thank you, dude! Thanks to the OS videos I skated again after a long time. It brought me back to life! My best wishes! Get well!

@@rodrigopinheiro3968 Yewwww! Hell yeah dude! it feels fucking GOOD to do something that is just fun these days without worrying about all the stress so much. Stoked you got out, I gotta do the same today or tomorrow as soon as it stops raining! _Scott

Dude this stuff is expensive but if you ever can't come up with the cash give a call. We will always try to find something to get you out on the hill that doesn't kill you (bad choice of words?) or your wallet. This isn't Slickdeals.net, and we have your back Giveaway or no. When in doubt ALWAYS give us a call. _Scott

For SURE still rideable. Some of this stuff is probably going to be rideable (2011 Apex, looking at you) long after any of us are gone. That's is probably as good a reason as I can come up with to think about how to recycle / reuse it!

August looks good. I mean no Coronavirus Vaccine and most of the U.S. has never been sick enough to know how serious this shit is (bad), but from the skateboard side of things we are getting our production back online after spending most of last year focusing on the systems that back up all the stuff we do (good). Just trying to keep building, do what I can do, and stay focused on taking advantage of OS part 2. Also. Psyduck for the win.

Ah dude I feel that man. I actually spent two of the last four years with zero income... actually 3 now that I think about it. Figuring out what you can part with and what you can do to drum up a few bucks to spend on the stuff you need (or want) is totally critical and for sure has to be done. We gotta find a way to fix that no board problem though. _Scott

Original Skateboards 3 years that sucks I’m on year two . I actually took a chance a took a road trip across Canada and USA for a year but then this insanity happened when I had planned to get a job now it’s no job no cash and baby on the way. But things work out if you stay positive . Hope things work out on your end too. Maybe there is a cheap board I can afford . I’m planning on finding some boards to hang in the baby’s room so he gets the right vibes from birth.

@@mxg709 Dude for sure man. Can't let Dad be without a deck, got show those babes how to do this stuff to get the next generation on board. That said I fully get the pressure of trying to provide in an insane environment (same here, for different reasons) so let me know when its responsible and we will hook it up for you. _Scott

Original Skateboards been riding since I was 5 years old . Turning 46in 3 weeks. No more handrails for me but I can still drop in on a 1/4 pipe and roll around have some fun. Long boards are more my speed now . More fun less rage .

Hell yeah dude. I started at 5 too, surfing though! I think I am catching you (38 in September, how the fuck?) My dad was just bugging me to go skate two days ago and he is 67 so there is hope for all of us ruffians, just gotta stay on board. Plenty of shit to rage about these days so I may have to re-incorporate some of that to stabilize my attitude (hah). Of course fun first, but rage depletion is key. _Scott

Dude we totally have SOMETHING that can work and if we don't we need to fucking build it for you. Thanks for the stoke, no one ever said longboarding was just for skinny boys but we COULD use some more feedback on what would make it more awesome for anyone larger / taller / heavier than I am (despite my best attempts to bulk up a bit via the IPA... training... method). If you've got ideas, I know someone building a proto lab who MAY (at some point) actually try to use it. _Scott

@@originalskateboards lol like I love the videos love the boards but for a lad of my size?? Not looking too good out there in the longboarding world, even just for crusing I'd need something sturdy ya know?

@@KumaTheSenpai no idea how big you are but we have made decks fully capable of holding dudes up to 300lbs. I was serious though, if you get me your specs I WILL make you one or reinforce something we have already to make sure you can get on board.

@@originalskateboards I mean, picture whichever board you'd recommend for someone 300ish and then see if you can make it just a tad bit sturdier and I'd risk busting my ass to give a ride lol. Not as if I had the funds for such a thing but a man can dream ya know.

Hey right on dude, What kind of riding you thinking about doing? For SURE we have decks that will handle that. The thing is that we actually make a handful of boards to support (easily) riders in the 250-280 range. That's a bit light for you but not much. The net result will be just a little more flex than you might have otherwise run into, but since we are already accounting for a heavier clientele it will for sure work. The other stuff we may need to work together on to tune is your Trucks / Bushings. Basically to work properly you will need a heavier bushing inside of your truck. This isn't a total requirement but if you are planning on going faster than 5 or 10mph at some point it might be good! Overall the recommendation is going to depend on your height and weight and then ALSO what kind of riding you want to do and how big your hills are. Hit me with what sort of stuff you might be into and we can figure something out. No pressure obviously. Funds aren't as easy to come by these days as they might be, but if you ever get the itch just know it's FOR SURE a possibility.