Deluxe Distribution

Deluxe Distribution is an ERMICO owned subsidiary founded in 1986 with limited partner Brian Ware in San Francisco. The original intent of Deluxe was for the distribution of the Beware Record label and various small record labels popular with skateboarders along with Thunder Trucks and Supercush Bushings. Currently Deluxe distributes five skateboard brands, and owns DLXSF, a retail outlet.

Brands

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Spitfire

Spitfire is a wheel company founded in 1987.^[1]

It features a team of pros: Al Partanen, Alex Moul, Alex Olson, Andrew Allen, Andrew Brophy, Anthony Schultz, Anthony Shetler, Anthony Van Engelen, Brian Anderson, Charles Collet, Chima Ferguson, Chris Pfanner, Chris Troy, Cody McEntire, Collin Provost, Daewon Song, Dan Drehobl, Darrell Stanton, Dave Duncan, David Loy, David Reyes, Dennis Busenitz, Dustin Dollin, Dylan Rieder, Emmanuel Guzman, Eric Dressen, Eric Koston, Ernie Torres, Gabriel De La Mora, J.J. Rousseau, Jani Laitala, Jason Jessee, Jeff Lenoce, John Cardiel, Jon Allie, Jon Goemann, Julian Davidson, Justin Brock, Justin Strubing, Kyle Walker, Lennie Burmeister, Luis Tolentino, Manny Santiago, Marc Johnson, Mark Gonzales, Massimo Cavedoni, Matt Bennett, Mike Anderson, MikeMo Capaldi, Nick Dompierre, Peter Ramondetta, Robbie Kirkland,Rodrigo Petersen, Ryan Holloway, Sammy Baptista, Sean Eaton, Sean Malto, Sebastian Vijverberg, Shadi Charbel, Silas Baxter-Neal, Steve Alba, Steve Nesser, Stu Graham and Tino Razo.

Real Skateboards

Real Skateboards^[2] is a board company that was founded by Tommy Guerrero and Jim Thiebaud formally of Powell Skateboards.

Their current notable riders are Peter Ramondetta, Dennis Busenitz, Max Schaff, Keith Hufnagel, Nick Dompierre, JT Aultz, Ernie Torres, Justin Brock, James Hardy, and Chima Ferguson, including AM riders such as Jake Donnelly, Davis Torgerson, Kyle Walker, Robbie Brockel, Massimo Cavedoni, Antoine Asslen, Alex Perelson, and Ishod Wair. Past riders include Salman Agah, Julien Stranger, Mark Gonzales, & Cairo Foster. Videos include Real To Reel (2001), Kicked Out Of Everywhere, Recipe For Disaster and Roll Forever, and Since Day One(2011).^{[citation needed]}

On 2/17/09, the company was lost in a bet to Giovanni Reda. New ownership lasted for approximately 4 minutes, before Peter Ramondetta nollie inward heelflipped the company back to its proper owners.

Antihero

Antihero is a board company headed by Julien Stranger starting in the mid 90's.

The pro team includes John Cardiel, Frank Gerwer, Tony Trujillo, Peter Hewitt, Andrew Allen, Chris Pfanner and Jeff Grosso. Past riders include Tim Upson, Brian Seber, Eric jay, Andy Roy, and Bob Burnquist. Their most notable symbol is the eagle. Videos include The Antihero Video, 2 Song Video, Tent City, Cash Money Vagrant. Two of the current riders have won Thrasher's SOTY Cardiel & Trujillo.^{[citation needed]} They also teamed up with Girl Skateboards to make Beauty and the Beast.

Krooked

Krooked are a board company with most graphics designed by Mark Gonzales The team includes: Bobby Worrest, Dan Drehbol, Luke Crocker, Brad Cromer, Mike Anderson, David Clark and Mark Gonzales Krooked have a number of videos, all released on different formats, including "Krook3d", the first 3D skate video, "Gnar Gnar" released on VHS and limited to 1000 copies, "Naughty" filmed mostly on digital still cameras/digital devices, and "Krooked Kronicles".

Thunder Trucks

Thunder Trucks is the oldest company in the Deluxe roster, dating back to 1986, before Deluxe was in existence.

The flow team includes Frank Gerwer, Rick McCrank, James Brockman, and Dan Pensyl and up and coming rider Dillon Clowers.^{[citation needed]} The pro team is Ed Templeton, Radu Gheorghe, Chris Cole (skateboarder), Peter Ramondetta, Sean Malto, Billy Marks, Bryan Herman, Mark Appleyard, Marc Johnson (skateboarder), Jamie Thomas, and most recently Justin Brock, Anthony Shetler, Elissa Steemer, Shane O'Neill, Eric Rangel, Dylan Reider and Tom Asta,

References

1. ^ Spitfire's Champion - Transworld Business Magazine
2. ^ "History of Real Skateboards". Specialty Sports. 2009-10-11. http://njskateboard.blogspot.com/search/label/History%20of%20Skateboarding. 

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