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LINKS |
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LOCAL COMPANIES |
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Death-Grip A company out of Racine that seems to really have an idea about what skating is all about |
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Conscience Skateboards This guy is what I am talking about, all profits go to help fund skateparks in the Milwaukee area. |
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Beer City Skateboards and Records If you dont know this one you should, check it out. |
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Sinister Skateboards I dont know much about these guys, I think they are out of Chicago. |
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Rollin Skateboards They are out of the North Shore and are getting big, so they must be doing some good things. |
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Jessup GripTape Bet you guys didnt know they were out of McHenry...me either. |
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Cold War Skateboards This is run out of Portland but part of the company is owned by my bro Neil in Evenston. They also run a site called skate and annoy
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Northern Athletik Another company out of the Milwaukee area. |
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Affiliate Skateboards Lots of nice stuff here. You can order from the site now. dig in |
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Tactix Skatewear company out of the Chicago burbs |
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Brunette Skateboards One of the few people to answer my email so that gives them a thumbs up right off. These guys started this company 2 years ago as kind of a hobby, but seem to be moving along fast with a new lineup of decks. Straight out of Sleepy Hallow IL |
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Uprise Skateshop Big ass shop in Chicago. Anything going on in the City they know about. |
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Old School Skates Looking for an old deck you used to have, try these guys in Evenston |
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Other Skate Links |
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Randoms Hardware They are not local but its the best I have found. Plus they are super cool guys. |
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Veggie Skateboards These guys aren't local either but they are a small company with a cause. Plus its the only place you can get a deck with a carrot graphic....too cool |
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Skateboarding Sucks a cool site about people cashing in on the skate industry |
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Vision Skateboards and ABC Board Supply are not small or local but they are working to try and stop decks from being made in China. So if you dont want a local company try one of these guys, they press their own boards here in the US and are not trying to sell you a lower quality deck for a bigger profit. |
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wiskate A pretty good site about the Wisconsin scene, they gave me the idea for this site but their site is slicker |
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Skateboard Directory They have all kinds of skate stuff here, great site |
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Switch Magazine good mag with interviews, a lot of reviews, trick tips and links |
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Chitown Shred local site with some links and pics |
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Heated Session A local site that has links, news, pics and a message board. These guys like to skate bowls, gotta love that. |
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Help fund a skatepark in Kenosha |
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Chicagoskater.com guess that about says it all |
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Monster Trux A monster skate rock band out of the suburbs.These guys are playing some old school skate rock with a twist. Check when the next show is and get some free downloads. I recommend Old Ghosts. |
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Skim the Fat These Chicago video fiends got a troop of guys to review skate videos. They review them and you can add your 2 cents by rating them. They even have cool contests. |
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These companies are not local, but if you want a quality pool deck Beer City is the only local company I could find. To give you some other options I am listing some other quality small companies all deserving of your buisness |
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Factory 13 Danny will make you anyting you want, so if you want custom this is the place |
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ShitBird Hand made pool cues, how much better can it get |
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Gringo Remember Zorlac well this is the new Zorlac, same guy and some of the same Pushead graphics |
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RainSkates Hand shaped oldschool boards, lots of shapes to choose from.......sweet stuff |
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