Dave Bergthold started Blockhead skateboards in his garage in 1985. Since then he’s had a kid, worked on the TV show Built to Shred and had a minor relaunch of Blockhead handful of years ago. While there are bigger plans for the Blockhead brand in the works, Bergthold just is launching a new project called the Skate Crate via Kickstarter. It’s an updated version of the fruit crate scooter, the forefather of the skateboard. It’s essentially a vintage styled cruiser with a removable crate and handle bars attached. There are three graphics available, blue you have the option to design and build your own. Because it’s a Kickstarter project, there are some cool incentives to donate, including Blockhead t-shirts and a great looking cruiser in it’s own right.
5 comments
talentlessquitter
“While there have been many retro products, inspired by the history of skateboarding, nobody has taken it back to the roots of it all …”
No, thanks a lot, McFly!
Luckily, the crate is removable so I don’t have to violently rip it off …
kickstander
let it go buddy. there is a broom out there for all of you washed up pros and company mismanagers.
Dere
Kinda just seems like a really big scooter :/
dylan digits
All I want in terms of retro products from Blockhead is a reissue of the Hard Times deck series.
masterochicken
That nothing is cool deck is really cool and it’s only a 59 dollar donation. I would totally be happy to pay that if I knew the money wasn’t going towards making these awful skate crates.