KEEP LONGBOARDING SACRED.
HANKER posted,
I'm writing on the topic of preserving longboarding's roots.I feel that if longboarding becomes any more corporate, in the ways of marketing and production of boards, wheels, trucks even shoes, It might loose how tight-knit the community is today. The rising popularity of longboarding will obviously create a demand for more gear which is great, new technology can be discovered from that. The downside would be that big companys (as in skateboarding ie, world ind.,D.C, Vans, west 49, sector 9 etc) are run by money-hungry buisiness men who don't let human rights or international borders get in the way of profiting off some poor bastards in developing countries. Think about the production of clothes and shoes and some boards and wheels and trucks in skateboarding...most of it is made in third world countries where the people's lives and countries are being destroyed by capitalism. We can't let what happened to skateboarding happen to longboarding. I do think it's rad that people can make a living off longboarding, but if some dudes are getting rich off it then maybe we got a problem. Keep longboarding sacred!! And Local!!
2009 September 10 11:54 AM
ken replied,
nothing is sacred.
snoop dogg is making millions stealing
from other artists and calling his music
"hip hop" but that doesn't stop kids from
rhyming in the streets just for fun.
keep longboarding fun. skate for yourself.
2009 September 10 12:57 PM
replied,
all skateboard and longboard companies outsource to china, im sure not all of their boards are made there, but i would imagine only the high end models are made locally. that doesnt mean the boards were made in sweatshops, but its more than likely. think about it, bamboo is the new IN thing for long boarding, bamboo comes mostly from china, so any board with bamboo in it has most likely been in the hands of several chinese workers at some point
2009 September 10 1:40 PM
andrew in langley replied,
anyone out there ever do research into the products they buy?? where are decks made, how is the wood cut, what prodution methods are used.....theres lots of different things that go into it or play factors.....it would be good to know on companies that made our gear, a 3rd party type thing to help buyers make more informed descions. ie not buy sweatshop shit...etc etc etc.....