Girl Skateboards Malto 93 Skateboard Deck Review

Girl Skateboards has been around for a long time, and you already know that. Well, here's a deck from the classic logo design that made them famous back in the early 1990s. This is a Sean Malto skateboard deck from Girl Skateboards, and it's formed in that classic, no nonsense style that you expect from the girl crew. Malto's one of those skateboarders that brings a lot to the table in terms of skateboarding, and style. The Sean Malto pro deck from girl skateboards gives you nice concave, a good pop, and strong layered design. If you're already going to pick up a new board, this one isn't half bad, especially if you're already a fan of Girl. Collect ALL the Girl 93 skateboards line up by clicking HERE, and support core skateboarding from the biggest site that allows shops to sell.

Chocolate Skateboards Deck Review - Chocolate Alvarez City Cowboys Deck 8.0 x 31.875

The Chocolate skateboards team has a mix of riders and they have released a great deal of decks this time around, including this one that is part of the Cowboys series, or rather, City Cowboys. I’m tempted to buy the whole set and put them on my wall, like I did with the Enjoy presidential series in 2008, but this time around, I’ll stick to riding just a couple of them. This is the Alvarez pro-model and it’s stellar with the nice design, strong construction, good concave, and standards that you would expect from both the chocolate skateboards team, and the company itself. If you’re looking for a quality board, and you like chocolate skateboards, you can’t go wrong with this option, that’s for certain.

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Chocolate Skateboards Deck Review - Chocolate Tershy City Cowboys Deck 8.5 x 32

Chocolate skateboards and their crew of artists once again puts on a showcase, this time with the Tershy City Cowboys skateboard deck, and the size is right for me. The concave is good, the length is great, the width is what I normally ride, or bigger, and it’s a transitional board from the streets to the pools and beyond. If you’re a mixed style skateboarder, then you’ll appreciate the attention to the layout that this has. It has a mix of art, design, and of course that hard wood that you expect from the chocolate skateboards crew. Fans of chocolate skateboards will love the series together, but if you are just going to pick up one or two of the boards, then you’ll no doubt want to get in on this one at 8.5 inches wide, as it’s a nice in between. I do often ride 7.75 but lately I’ve been upgrading, because I’m getting old. Chocolate skateboards always brings out quality boards, and here’s another great example.

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Chocolate Skateboards Deck Review - Chocolate Anderson City Cowboys Deck 8.125 x 31.3

Chocolate skateboards presents their pro models and this time they are doing City Cowboys, with a juxtaposition of art and design that is always on par with what the brand is pushing. The Chocolate skateboards team always inspires, and these decks give you a taste of visual design, and promise of a good time if you’re a street skater. This shape is a nice step up from the 7.75 boards that I would always get, including the many Muska boards I bought from Shortys Skateboards. Either way, this is a great board, with a nice bit of graphic design, 7 ply hard rock construction, and the classic shape that makes chocolate skateboards so popular amidst the kids and professionals alike. Another great board from the Chocolate camp, if you ask me.

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Chocolate Skateboards Deck Review - Chocolate Anderson City Cowboys Skidul Deck 8.5 x 31.62

Chocolate skateboards again showcases the talented artists that are producing their graphics, with the Cowboys series. This is a classic design to me, with a throwback to cultural elements that you’d expect from lesser, more artistic brands. Chocolate continues to thrive in art and design, as well as skateboarding. If you haven’t checked out the chocolate skateboards Instagram, then you’re missing out, because the chocolate skateboards team continues to rip, and rep the good wood from the company. This is another great skateboard deck from the guys at chocolate. The size, shape, and overall style is a mix of street and vert, so if you like to rid a little bigger, then the Anderson City Cowboys Skidul skateboard deck is the right one for you. I recommend this shape.

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Chocolate Skateboards Deck Review - Chocolate Brenes City Cowboys Deck 8.25 x 31.75

Chico Brenes and the chocolate skateboard team continues to put out some great work, and this time around their Cowboys series deck leaves nothing on the proverbial art table. I really like how the juxtaposition of the images works well here. The colors, the shape, the design, the layout, and the Chocolate design front is second to none here. Chocolate skateboards has really done well with the creative side lately, and here’s another example. As for the deck size, shape, and style, it’s your typical popsicle 7-ply design, strong wood, and easy to flip, grab, and skate with in the streets.

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Chocolate Skateboards Deck Review - Chocolate Cruz City Cowboys Deck 8.0 x 31.5

Chocolate skateboards presents their Cowboys deck series, and honestly, this is too cool. If you love art, design, and love the cowboy motif, then you have to check out what these guys are doing. This deck is a mix of wild west elements, modern design, and a colorful array of light and shadow. Of course the board itself has good pop, and is designed with pro specifications as you’d expect. The chocolate skateboard steam no doubts get represented nicely on these boards, and each one is just cooler than the last. I’ll be picking up at least 2 from this series, and I suggest you check them out as well. Another solid round for Chocolate skateboards.

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Chocolate Skateboards Deck Review - Chocolate Alvarez Sunbathers Deck 8.0 x 31.875

Chocolate skateboards continues to put out quality wood with the release of their Sunbathers series. This deck is blue, and features a couple of ladies enjoying their time on the water, in the water, in a surreal paint job that is likened to something that you would put on a wall, not just ride for fun. The Chocolate skateboards crew has always found a way to mix art and design, and reminds me of when Manik skateboards was still around. The chocolate skateboards team always has some great boards to ride, and here’s another artistic classic from them.

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Chocolate Skateboards Deck Review – Chocolate Cruz Sunbathers Deck 8.0 x 31.5

Chocolate skateboards always seems to have an artistic blend to them. This time around they take a page out of the 5Boro series if you ask me, and they put out a board series featuring ladies sunbathing. It’s done in an artistic manner, which is always appreciated. The decks are finely tuned, drawn with a clever approach, colorful, and great overall. This board in particular is 8.0 x 31.5 and has your standard pop from Chocolate and Girl, and will no doubt appeal to the street skater in you. Chocolate skateboards really has quality skateboards, and the chocolate skateboards team is great.

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Girl Skateboards Mouse Skateboard Deck Review

Girl Skateboards Mouse Skateboard Deck 

Girl Skateboards has been putting out quality wood for a long time, and today, they’ve once again put forward a great option. This time around you’re going to see that they are throwing back to their original VHS release of “Mouse”. If you recall that video, it was one of the better street skateboarding videos to come out at the time, and it was a classic before it ever got the bestseller status. If you were looking for something tech, Girl had it, and they did it so well. Even today, Mouse is an incredible skateboarding video.

But what about the board? Well, Girl Skateboards here puts together a good deck for collectors, or for anyone that is looking for 7-ply wood construction, good pop, and nice concave. It’s the overall good Girl Skateboard branding, and of course, a throwback too. It’s strong, it’s light, it’s Girl Skateboards, what do you expect? I love the throwback here.

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Girl Skateboards Jaws Parody Sean Malto Skateboard Deck Review

Girl Sean Malto Jaws Pro Skateboard Deck

So we come back to another skateboard from Girl Skateboards, and this time around you’re going to find that this time around it’s a Jaws Parody skateboard deck from Girl Skateboards! This has the classic Jaws logo, but it has the Girl logo and the girl swimming. If you recall the classic horror film, then you already know what you’re going to get when you purchase this skateboard.

As far as the tech specs, this is a good board with 7-ply wood, good concave, a nice pop, and strong graphic design. If you’re already a fan of Girl Skateboards, then this is a welcome addition to your collection or one that is going to give you the same progression that you usually get. Girl does it again, and this time, it’s a nod to the horror movie fans out there. This is a classic, and it won’t last long, that’s for sure.

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Girl Skateboards Gold Fish Skateboard Deck Review

Do you remember when you used to have to buy or rent skateboarding videos? In the 1990s, a series of videos came out from Girl skateboards that would change the course of skateboarding as we now see it. One of the premier videos was none other than Gold Fish. Well, here’s a skateboard that goes back to the world of girl’s early days, with the gold fish skateboard deck that reminds us all of the classic skateboarding video that introduced the girl skateboards team into something new.

The technical elements of this girl skateboards deck is as you’d expect. There are 7 ply wood construction elements, strong concave, double kick, strong graphics, and the modern layout that you’d come to know from girl skateboards. It’s not a bad looking deck, and of course, it comes with the pro standard.

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Girl Brophy Man Eater Skateboard Deck Review

Another Brophy deck on display here, and it’s more artistic than other boards from the Girl Skateboard company. I’m used to seeing a lot of attention on the literal girl log, and it looks like something you’d see on the front of a bathroom somewhere. With the release of the Brophy Man Eater skateboard deck, you get a croc eating the Girl skateboards logo, and it’s something that is definitely worth looking into overall.

As far as the tech that goes into the girl skateboards branding, you’ll find that there 7-ply construction, strong concave, classic popsicle style skateboard elements, and of course, the Girl branding. If you’re looking for a strong pro model, then this is a cool one to pick up from girl skateboards.

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Girl Brophy DC Comics Painting Skateboard Deck Review

You may have already seen a lot of skateboards coming through from the Almost collaboration with Warner Brothers and DC Comics. However, you’re going to find that Girl Skateboards also had a few collaborations with artists that seemed to have comic books on the mind. That’s what you get with this pro skateboard deck for Brophy, another team member from the Girl crew, and it features a bit more art than the average Girl skateboard deck.

As far as the type of board, it’s 7 ply rock hard maple, pressed, sealed, and with good standard concave. You can’t go wrong with Girl, and the graphic is cool, until you rub it off from board slides, right?

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Girl and Chocolate Skateboards Mexico Trip Video

Girl and Chocolate Skateboards Mexico Trip Video

Girl and Chocolate hit the road to Mexico and the camera's were in fact rolling. You're going to find that the crew took on my home country and pulled out some of the best tricks. Man, these guys are talented. After this, you may want to get your passport and hit up Mexico for some sick skateboarding spots out there. Love this, watch this, and then hit the streets.

Mike Carroll Calls Out Marc Johnson For Being A Sellout And A Liar

There are a lot of takeaways that you can get from the May 17, 2016 interview that Mike Carroll did with Jankem Magazine. Some of which is obvious, other things not so obvious.

The main things that you will see is that Marc Johnson, even though he cites reasons in the Skateboard Mag interview here, sold out. Not only that, Carroll calls him out as a liar, and a sell out all the same.

If you read the interview, you will see that Johnson wasn’t supposed to announce that he left Lakai. Lakai already had a full production run of shoes for Johnson, and well, now they are screwed because he’s not on the team.

Johnson, as you may know, moved on to Adidas. He left Lakai, but was supposed to hold off on saying anything because of the Lakai production run coming out, and the need to sell through that.

Well, too bad, Johnson not only left Lakai, he lied to Carroll about it.

So what?

Well, Johnson just got kicked of Chocolate.

This all smells of the same thing that went down with World Industries. The reason why Koston, Mariano, Song, and Johnson may be leaving is because there’s a lot of money being thrown around the skateboarding industry, and it’s not “skater owned and operated” business. It’s big companies with fat pay days for skaters that are getting older, have families, and are selling out.

Then again, you draw your own conclusion.

You can read the interview with Mike Carroll and all the drama with Marc Johnson at Jenkem Mag HERE.

The Last Guy Mariano Skateboard On Girl Skateboards - Available Now!

One Last Deck for Guy Mariano - Leaving Girl Skateboards

News is out, Eric Koston and Guy Mariano are leaving Girl Skateboards. With that news, comes this skateboard. This is the last Guy Mariano skateboard deck for Girl Skateboards and Active Ride Shop. There are 2 color ways, this is the one that they are selling online. I don't live anywhere near a shop, so I can't get the other colorway, which is white with contrasting colors. You're no doubt going to want to get this, and you can do so here: http://www.activerideshop.com/girl-exclusive-guy-mariano-virgin-mary-2-black-deck

Word on the street is that Guy and Koston will be forming their own, or perhaps the other ugly rumor is true: 

NIKE SB is setting up skateboard production. Look out, Nike to buy ALL things skateboarding.