So we got mentioned on the SkateDaily Top 3. This time the list is for the top three web sites dedicated to old school. It’s a mixed blessing, because the publicity is great, but I hate being pigeonholed. I’ve been trying to expand our appeal since forever. Trouble is, old guys write about what they know, I guess. Check out who submitted it though, could that really be the Lonnie Toft?
Speaking of old school, does the name Buddy Carr ring a bell? It’s a name that has been pretty much synonymous with Tracker Trucks since… yes, forever. Well Buddy has decided to join up with Bennett Truks in a move that would be earthshaking if it were say, 1979. I always wanted to try some Bennet Truks, but guys seriously, this brings up one of my pet peeves in the skateboarding industry: The logo should add “with a decade or two of abstinence” next to the “Established in 1975” tagline. I’m thinking of you too, Shut Skates.
Regardless, you can read the press release on Silverfish or watch a somewhat recent video interview with Buddy Carr giving a tour of the Tracker factory, made by the (old school) German giant Titus Skates. Which reminds me that I owe Buddy 8 bucks.
– Thanks to Aaron Shims for the tip.
Interview with Buddy Carr and tour of the Tracker Trucks factory from Titus.
5 comments
Estes' Ghost
Best Comment Of The Week! :ABEGNEGAL
abegnegal
And pretty much everyone can KY the rim or gleam the poo.
Estes' Ghost
My condolences…..S&A should get a ‘modern’ tone. No way is it 100% old school……I know at least 2 users that can KF or Pop Shuv at speed.
Kilwag
They didn’t “revert back” to the Shut label, they revived it and pretended that it never went away.The evolution isn’t really a continuous timeline. If you saw the Deathbowl to Downtown documentary, it explains it all. I don’t have a beef with them, just calling it like I see it.
houseofneil
I like how Bennett always spelled trucks without the c, “Truks”.
What’s the beef with Shut? I believe they have been doing their thing since 86. They became Zoo York, but when that got bought out a few years ago they reverted back to Shut. Nothing wrong with that.