Almost Skateboards

Almost Skateboards

Infobox_Company
company_type = Private
company_name = Almost Skateboards
company_
foundation = 2003
location = El Segundo, CA
key_people = Rodney Mullen and Daewon Song
products = Skateboard Decks, equipment, apparel, accessories
homepage = http://www.almostawebsite.com

Almost Skateboards (started 2003) is a skateboard company owned by Dwindle Distribution and was started by Rodney Mullen and Daewon Song after Mullen left enjoi and Daewon's company Artafact, a short lived company Daewon started after Deca had ended.

History

Almost skateboards use resin epoxy for their boards and have recently released impact support construction which uses a carbon fiber plate in the truck mount areas. Also part of the Almost lineup is the über light construction.

Ryan Sheckler left the team to ride for Plan B Skateboards on January 2, 2007. [ [http://www.planbskateboarding.com/news/article/planb_welcomes_sheckler/] ]

Torey Pudwill was recruited by Daewon Song to join Almost as an amateur in March 2007. [ [http://www.skateboarding.com/skate/stories/article/0,,1625253,00.html] ]

Australian Lewis Marnell was announced "Pro" on January 10, 2008, making him the first skater of 2008 to be announced Pro. Torey Pudwill was officially announced "Pro" on almostawebsite.com on August 2, 2008.

Greg Lutzka has been dominating contests this year, winning a leg of the Dew Action Sports Tour, Globe's Slaughter At The Opera, and finishing third at X Games 14.

Team Riders

Professional Team

*Daewon Song
*Rodney Mullen
*Chris Haslam
*Greg Lutzka
*Lewis Marnell
*Cooper Wilt
*Torey Pudwill
*Drake Wiseman
*Cody Jewell

Videos

* (2005)
* Almost Cheese & Crackers (2006)

External links

* [http://www.almostawebsite.com Almost Skateboards website]
* [http://www.dwindle.com Dwindle Distribution]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Almost (disambiguation) — Almost is a term in mathematics (especially in set theory) used to mean all the elements except for finitely many.Almost may also refer to:* Almost (song), a song by Bowling for Soup * Almost (Tamia song) * Almost , a song by Tracy Chapman from… …   Wikipedia

  • Zero skateboards — es una compañía de material de skate, propiedad de Jamie Thomas, ubicada Carlsbad, California. Black Box Distribution acaba de comenzar $lave Skateboards, una nueva hermana para Zero. Las tablas Zero son fabricadas en Tijuana, Mexico, por Edieth… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Zero Skateboards — is a skateboard company located in Carlsbad, California.Zero started out as a clothing company in 1996. It evolved into a full fledged skateboard company with Jamie Thomas leaving Toy Machine and becoming Zero s first pro. [… …   Wikipedia

  • Deathwish skateboards — is a neighboring company to Baker Skateboards, which was started by Andrew Reynolds a.k.a The Boss . Old team riders, such as Erik Ellington, Jim Greco, and Antwan Dixon were brought to the Deathwish Skateboards, but new riders such as Julian… …   Wikipedia

  • Rodney Mullen — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda John Rodney Mullen nació el 17 de agosto de 1966 en Gainesville, Florida. Es un skater profesional. Está considerado el más influyente de la historia del skateboarding y el padre del street skate. Ha inventado un… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Greg Lutzka — Infobox Person name = Greg Clutzka residence = caption = birth date = birth date and age|1985|04|20 birth place = Milwaukee, Wisconsin birth name = occupation = Professional Skateboarder title = salary = term = predecessor = successor = party =… …   Wikipedia

  • Rodney Mullen — Infobox Person name = Rodney Mullen image size = 200px caption = birth date = Birth date and age|1966|8|17 birth place = Gainesville, Florida death date = death place = education = University of Florida Biomedical Engineering occupation =… …   Wikipedia

  • Chris Haslam — Personal information Birth name Chris Haslam Born December 19, 1980 Richmond, British Columbia, Canada Sport Country Canada Sport …   Wikipedia

  • Skateboard — Un skateboard moderne Skateboard des années 1970 avec imprimé …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Daewon Song — Born February 25, 1975 (1975 02 25) (age 36) California, U.S. Occupation Professional skateb …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”