Comments on: Zazzle starts printing custom skateboard decks

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:12:08 +0000

Mimic Skateboards in Huntington Beach has a factory tour on their website. Check it out they have tons of photos of how they make the boards in USA! You can also design the board on their site.

By: Hein

Hein — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:27:09 +0000

With reference to Jim Wright’s and Kiz’s comments on decent skateboards at half the price. I agree 100% with Jim. It is obvious that Kiz has not got the faintest idea about what is available out there from Wholesalers and manufacturers.
We currently have somebody who imports very decent skateboards from a USA manufacturer (Quality any day on par with Element, plan B, Zero, Birdhouse etc.) at 200 boards a time. After his profit mark-up, I can still buy a board from him to the the USD equavalent value of $27.

By: murmkuma

murmkuma — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 19:34:02 +0000

I purchased 3 decks for skate team I’m sponsoring.
The quality of the boards seems to be decent enough according to one of my guys and printing held up good enough against grinding.
I had major issues dealing with zazzle and do not endorse them in any way.
Which is too bad considering i was satisfied with most of the merchandise I recieved. In a tough economy you can’t go treating your customoers like shit!

By: Kiz

Kiz — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:49:25 +0000

Yes? And your alternative ’skateboard manufacturer out there that will make one deck with your graphic at half the price without using a wrap’ is… ? Who?

Yawn.

By: Andrew Lamonica

Andrew Lamonica — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:40:57 +0000

I’m not sure what a “wrap” is, but here are some close-ups of one of the boards. Maybe someone more knowledgeable than me can tell.

http://blog.zazzle.com/2008/09/02/mohawks-and-the-first-skateboards/

By: jimwright

jimwright — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:30:03 +0000

More and more china manufacturers are using 7 ply Canadian maple. They love to say 7 ply Canadian maple because it makes it look like it is made in the USA. If it does not say made in the USA then it is made in China. Support your country buy only USA made product. Make sure that you know the deck you are buying comes from a USA manufacturing company not some company that is buying from some other manufacturer and slapping some graphic on it for you.

By: Jim Wright

Jim Wright — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 01:03:16 +0000

I called these guys to find out how the graphic is applied.
They beat around the bush when I asked if it was a sticker but when I aksed them if it was like a wrap they did agree.
If you want a sticker on a board go to these Zazzle.com or skateboardwraps.com
There are skateboard manufacturers out there that will make one deck with your graphic at half the price without using a wrap.

By: Salik

Salik — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:46:34 +0000

well actually lemme clarify — The wood quality seems to be at least as good as major deck manufacturers… BUT the graphic is way way way better. I don’t really care about the graphic since I scrape it off anyways but for those who do these decks have very vivid printing.

By: Salik

Salik — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:42:42 +0000

As a disclaimer I’m an intern at Zazzle so take my word for what its worth…

I’ve been skateboarding for a really long time and I can vouch for the quality of these boards — i’ve skated enjois,elements, Zero, birdhouse, etc. and these are around the same quality.

The board is Canadian 7-ply maple and manufactured by a well known deck manufacturer (very well respected in the skateboarding world) — so these decks are the same quality as what you’d find from a real board company (not cheap wal-mart decks!)

By: Seth Levy

Seth Levy — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:17:57 +0000

The ‘old school’ model is not a fish by the way, it is more of a zip zinger style.

By: Seth Levy

Seth Levy — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:14:51 +0000

Sounds interesting but will likely go unused pretty soon. One major drawback could be that their boards are likely made in China. Although this isn’t explicitly stated on the site, the fact that they don’t say otherwise is reason enough to think this as other skate companies that do make their boards in the USA make sure you know about it.