Reader’s Choice: Analysis, Rants and Raves
April 30, 2013 – 2:48 PM | No Comment

The AXS Gear/Concrete Wave Readers’ Choice survey yielded a tremendous amount of information. Almost 4,000 people took the time to fill out the survey, with an average time of 14-plus minutes to complete! That represents almost 40 days’ worth of time! We produced a fully comprehensive listing of all companies in the Concrete Wave Buyer’s Guide. But here, for the purpose of space, we will address some of the key findings from the survey. We instituted two distinct changes this year. First, we changed the actual questions to reflect what brands are actually owned by readers. Rather than focusing on the word favorite,” we wanted to know what people actually had in their quiver.

Read the full story »
AXSGear

AXSGear latest longboard / skate merchandise. Updated

Featured Stories

A collection of the most popular featured stories in our Industry.

Headlines

Latest and Greatest Niche News on Longboarding Business, Industry Related Team News.

Longboard Retailer Mag

Skateboarding | Longboards, Marketing, Referral, Advertising, Interviews, contacts and resources.

SHOPTalk

Feature Articles and Interviews with successful Skateboard and Longboard RETAILERS and INDUSTRY insiders.

Home » AXSGear

Check Out The Exhibitors That Were At Our Party – Part 2

Submitted by on January 11, 2012 – 9:43 PM
| No Comment

Griffin Skateboards came out to show off their new toys too! Griffin Skateboards™ – Axcelspring™ is dedicated to blending yesterdays skateboard fun with todays technology. We are passionate about skateboard tuning and performance. From our Grennett modified Bennett™ trucks to our innovative Axcelspring performance products like our new precision Washer Cups and the upcoming Horseshoe CNC machined parts. Our goal is to make your board perform its best whether your racing slalom, going the distance on your LDP runs, or bombing down your local hill. We want to help you get the best ride you can from your board, trucks, wheels and bearings. Our passion is to acheive the highest performance.

Thane From Griffin Skateboards Showing Off His New Non Slip Washer Cups And The Beautiful New Horseshoes

Thane From Griffin Skateboards Showing Off His New Non Slip Washer Cups And The Beautiful New Horseshoes

Roadshark came to our show as well and showed off some really unique designs that are sure to catch your eye. All our board shapes are shark inspired, it’s now ‘our thing’.  We have our Hammerhead Road Shark available, plus three new boards for 2012. (Blue Shark Cruiser, School Shark, and the Pool Shark).

Road Sharks Taking a Breather From Their Carnivorus Day

Road Sharks Taking a Breather From Their Carnivorus Day

Sector 9 was out in full force with Gullwing Trucks , Gator Grip, beautiful helmets and wheels galore. Sector 9 is the original longboard skateboard for the surf, skate and snowboarding lifestyles. Since 1993, Sector 9 has been manufacturing the highest quality skateboards and apparel. We take great pride in our craftsmanship and are grateful that so many people ride our boards. Thank you for being a part of the revolution. Ride with Pride!

 Gullwing Trucks , Gator Grip, beautiful helmets and wheels galore.

Gullwing Trucks , Gator Grip, beautiful helmets and wheels galore.

NHS came by our little shindig with all sorts of goodies from Mob Grip to Road Rider Wheels as well as goodies from Independent

Bud Smith Of Mob Grip Enjoying Our Party and Repping His Awesome Grip

Bud Smith Of Mob Grip Enjoying Our Party and Repping His Awesome Grip

NHS strutting thier stuff

NHS strutting their stuff

The illusive Carver showed up to show off their awesome trucks and new boards, these are a must have for sure. Carver continues to develop new equipment for the all-around skater, helping to drive progression forward and supply the components for the complete quiver.

 If you haven't tried these yet, you need to.

If you haven't tried these yet, you need to.

 Check out the latest decks from Carver

Check out the latest decks from Carver

Oust was in attendance with some super high end dissent boards the beautiful Mood Wheels, as well as Oust bearings. The OUST MOC Series bearings are the FIRST and only bearing manufactured for skateboarding that achieve a matched coefficient of friction between radial load roll-out and tortional load roll out.

The Dissent Boards Were Amazing!

The Dissent Boards Were Amazing!

Rip Tide Sports was there with Bucsu Boards with all their bright new bushings and the always beautiful Bucsu Boards. RipTide Sports & RipTide Bushings are committed to bringing you new technology products that will enhance your skate experience! Bucsu Boards is for the modern longboard rider, one who cares about quality, craftsmanship and individuality.

Check Out this beautiul board from Bucsu

Check Out this beautiul board from Bucsu

A bushing for all your longboarding needsA bushing for all your longboarding needs

Wayne Gallipoli came out to show off the latest Surf-Rodz as well. They have a truck in just about any color you want. Surf-Rodz was born out a keen interest in beautifully made high-performance gear for snow, road and water. Focusing on the rider’s individual needs for better performance. The Surf-Rodz vision is clear: We are focused on quality, technically advanced products, innovation, reliability, status and style.

A boarder checking out the latest Surf-Rodz

A boarder checking out the latest Surf-Rodz

All in all it was a lot of fun hopefully everybody had as good a time as I did!

Facebook Comments

Leave a comment!

Add your comment below, or trackback from your own site. You can also subscribe to these comments via RSS.

Be nice. Keep it clean. Stay on topic. No spam.

You can use these tags:
<a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>

This is a Gravatar-enabled weblog. To get your own globally-recognized-avatar, please register at Gravatar.