{"id":604,"date":"2006-01-23T01:45:29","date_gmt":"2006-01-23T06:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/reviews\/?p=604"},"modified":"2013-12-20T18:07:31","modified_gmt":"2013-12-20T18:07:31","slug":"cohort-825%e2%80%9d-chase-ehrlich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/reviews\/skate\/2006\/01\/cohort-825%e2%80%9d-chase-ehrlich\/","title":{"rendered":"Cohort: 8.25″ Chase Ehrlich"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Who is Chase Ehrlich? I don’t know but apparently he has his own model, and is a ripper – see the photo below. (Update: Now i know… see the update at the end of the review.) The model we tested was an 8.25 incher with a 14.5″ wheelbase. It also comes in an 8″ model with a 14.25″ wheelbase. This one came with a blue stain on top. I have a feeling it might have been a misprint because it was 2 colors and not three like the ones that show up on the Cohort web site. Beggars can\u2019t be choosers though, so I\u2019m not complaining.<\/p>\n

Graphics: Hey that\u2019s what it\u2019s all about, right? Chase\u2019s graphics feature a favorite staple, the ghost pirate. You can\u2019t go wrong with that, so let me take this opportunity to add a gratuitous “Aaaarrrgh!” But seriously folks, the Chas Ehrlich deck uses one of my favorite devices in skateboard design, which is when you have a graphic that has a break in the solid color background to let the wood grain show through. It\u2019s different than just printing on the wood grain. In this case it\u2019s got the added bonus of the wood grain being wood grain for the wooden planks on the deck of the ship. It\u2019s real Trompe l’oeil stuff here folks. Look it up. Also the reason why I chose to photograph it on the exquisitely crappy wood grain linoleum floor in my kitchen. The top graphic carries on the theme with a pirate Cohort logo. <\/p>\n

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The Wood: Hey, that\u2019s what it\u2019s all about, right? Err… This deck has what I would describe as a medium to mild concave. It\u2019s stiff as hell and surprisingly light. Durable? Yes! I\u2019ve ridden more than one deck from this supplier and they are a high quality. It should feel good under your feet, and stay that way for a good amount of time. This board was made in the U.S.A..<\/p>\n

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Chase has a smoking fixation, and if you don\u2019t buy his decks he\u2019ll end up in an iron lung or dead like the pirate on the bottom of his deck. Ok, I\u2019m making this up based on the ads featuring lots of cigarette butts and the fact that the first 100 decks come with limited edition pack of matches and a smoke, which I believe is a first in skateboard marketing.<\/p>\n

Update:<\/strong> This just in from Cohort – “Chase is a former Birdhouse\/151\/Bones Wheels\/DVS\/ Dragon etc, etc. sponsored rider who did the the whole mumbo jumbo for years and managed to blow out his knees in the process. He’s now back w\/a vengence and out for the kill. Yeah, he smokes and drinks like he’s Evel Knievel or something and I suppose it just ads to the allure… All around ripper and local hero.”<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1095,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,245],"tags":[267,266],"class_list":["post-604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-skate","category-skateboards","tag-chase-ehrlich","tag-cohort"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2006\/01\/cohort-chase-post.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}