What Happened to Foundry Skateboarding?

Seriously what happened? I know your asking ;)

Just kidding. Well FsB is still operational, but at the moment we are not going to focus on skating. We are going to work out some issues that we have as a brand and come back with a vengeance!

Thank you for everything. We will let you know when we plan to recoup ourselves. 

The worlds largest skate baord

This is a pretty awesome video. I just want to know how much it cost him to make this board!

Granted its pretty awesome but I know for a fact Foundry would have just given away a lot of gear instead of making a giant board. Whatever, this is awesome and I shouldn't take that away from him.

That being said, what would you do with a giant skateboard? Maybe the mega mini? jk

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Some Old School Video and Some New

Ok as you have probably figured out by now, I love documentaries. Here is an old British documentary about the Z boys. Its pretty awesome, kinda. Its about an hour long so if you wanna watch it, get yourself situated.

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For those of you that don't really want to spend an hour watching some old documentary I've got something here for you too. It's called Canvas. This is a modern documentary that lasts about 20 minutes, (there is more but I didn't want to post it) This Doc. is more about modern skating subculture. It's pretty cool, kind of talks about what non skate culture thinks about skate culture and how skaters reactions to that judgmental attitude has made the skate culture into the unstoppable tornado that it is today.




If you enjoy Foundry Skateboarding get a hold of me and order a deck. I made them inexpensive and most of the time they last for a month or two. Unless you throw them and snap them for fun.... why people do that I have no idea.

How to use spray paint and stencils to get nice images. (request)

I have had a request to explain how to use stencils, I have spent some time using stencils and I hope to help skaters who want to get creative. Ok I am going to teach you what I know. Listen up!

This is the image i have been asked to explain.

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Now I have selected 2 images that I want to merge. A background and a foreground. Lets start with the background. Here it is.
This is a simple 2 step job. Your first step is to lay down your base color... The lighter one first. You will lay just a simple square or rectangle or whatever shape you want. Then after that dries, your first stencil will be used. BE SURE THAT ALL OF THE STENCILS ARE PLACED ON THE SAME EXACT SPOT

All of the white parts are parts that you DON'T cut out . Now you have the complete background and are ready to start on the fist.










Your first stencil for the fist will cover the majority of the color, in this case the blue. It will look like this.

Now you just hold that down and stray from about 6-12 inches away. It should fill in that area completely.

Thats step 1 for the hand.... now step too

You get another sheet and cut it to look like this.  This will be the black.


Now spray BLACK that and let it dry.

Step number 3 of the hand. The red tongue. cut it to look like this.


Spray it red and let it dry... now the last step.

The white teeth. Cut the next sheet to look like this.

Thats it, if  you have done ever step you have the original image background included. If you have any questions please feel free to leave a comment and ask. Thank you for the good request. 

A change in what a Rep has to do.

This is the Email that I personally sent to all the Reps. If you didn't get the email you can read it here. I hope that this doesn't push anyone away. Thanks and keep skating. 

Hey guys,

The more Foundry Skateboarding grow the more I learn. In the past few months Foundry Skateboarding has grown faster then I ever thought it would! We now have Reps in Abilene Texas, San Antonio Texas, Fort Worth Texas, Traverse City Michigan, Manistee Michigan, also Orlando Florida! We are also pursuing some Reps out west. This is a great time for Foundry Skateboarding.

Foundry Skateboarding has some goals for the future. Some of our goals are a video comp, torny (here in Abilene(All Reps welcome)), we want to get t-shirts, some F-bomb stickers, we also really want to start reaching out to cities like Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin, and L.A. One of our biggest goals is to help fund local events liki mini ramps, BBQ's, local tournies, and just focus on the skate family. We do need to make some changes to make these goals become a reality.

The change that will you will see in December is that we have to have a minimum number of decks bought/sold from our Reps. I know its lame but we need the sales to grow. DONT worry, its a really easy goal. The minimum number of decks sold is one deck a month... OR 12 a year. So all the Michigan skaters... your covered through winter. This doesn't mean that you personally need to own 12 Foundry Skateboarding decks a year, just sell 1 a month to friends. The F-bomb is well worth the money and are very easy to sell. Please don't be discouraged. I have a rep in San Antonio, “Devin” who just sold 13! Yeah, super easy.

This is how easy they are to sell. Here is how I do it. I was chillin at the local skate park here in Abilene. Someone wanted to ride my board, so I let him. After the third time he road it I said to him, “Hey, man I know where you can get that deck for 20 bucks.”

He replied,” No way, Where?”

I replied, “Me”

The next day I sold him a deck. Please don't be afraid of this minimum be confident in these decks, they sell themselves.

That's it, you still get a free one every ten you sell. So have fun and Skate an F-Bomb!

Keep skating

Jacob Ray

BTW just learned the Flamingo... awesome trick.

Ok, You have to comment on this!

What is your favorite?

Ok, this is Foundry Skateboarding asking you a question. Which trick is your personal Favorite? I got this list from 

http://skateboardingtrickslist.com/ Check them out if you want to learn any of these. 

• 360 flip trick tips
• 360 Ollie trick tips
• Backside 180 Heelflip trick tips
• Backside 180 ollie trick tips
• Backside 360 Pop Shuvit trick tips
• Backside 5-0 trick tips
• Backside 50-50 trick tips
• Backside bigspin trick tips
• Backside boardslide trick tips
• Backside crooked grind trick tips
• Backside flip – backside 180 kickflip trick tips
• Backside Noseslide trick tips
• Backside Pop Shuvit trick tips
• Backside tailslide trick tips
• Forward flip trick tips
• Frontside 180 heelflip trick tips
• Frontside 180 kickflip – frontside flip trick tips
• Frontside 180 trick tips
• Frontside 360 Pop Shuvit trick tips
• Frontside 5-0 trick tips
• Frontside 50-50 trick tips
• Frontside boardslide trick tips
• Frontside Crooked Grind trick tips
• Frontside noseslide trick tips
• Frontside Pop Shuvit trick tips
• Frontside tailslide trick tips
• Hardflip trick tips
• Heelflip trick tips
• Inward heelflip trick tips
• Kickflip trick tips
• Nosegrind trick tips
• Ollie North or one foot ollie trick tips
• Ollie South trick tips
• Ollie To Manual trick tips
• Ollie trick tips for beginners
• Power ollie – tail drop trick tips
• Shove-it trick tips
• Switch Ollie trick tips
• Varial heelflip trick tips
• Varial kickflip trick tips
• Haslam Flip trick tip
• Nightmare Flip trick tip
• Twisted Flip trick tips
• Flower Flip trick tips
• Casper Flip trick tips
• Nollie Laser Flip Trick Tips
• Kickflip Underflip Trick Tip
• Haslam Flip trick tip
• Nightmare Flip trick tip
• Twisted Flip trick tips
• Flower Flip trick tips
• Casper Flip trick tips
• Nollie Laser Flip Trick Tips
• Kickflip Underflip Trick Tip
• Plasma Spin trick tip
• Gazelle Spin trick tip
• Pressure Flip trick tip
• Semi flip trick tip
• Finger Flip trick tip
• Pop Shuvit Late Flip trick tip
• Impossible Trick Tip
• Melon grab trick tip
• Benihana Trick Tip
• Backside 360 Kickflip trick tip

Some Skating Inspiration

Check that out. It is a 30 minute documentary on some pretty amazing grass roots skaters.

This is the kind of video that makes me itchy to skate. The people in this video find the most incredible spots.
Thats not the point though. This is a skate video from Mongolia. This video makes you appreciate what you have. I am going to keep it short and ask everyone to comment after watching this. Think of it as skate homework, except it doesn't suck.

Welcome to the team

Some of these guys need to get official, I need 10 official Reps to pick a Scout! Do the sponsorship app!

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Aerial Reeder. The first woman to join our team. She's new to skating but we are super excited to see how much better she can get in the next year or so.
She is a Michigan girl so nothing to be seen for the next few months. That goes for all our Michigan skaters.

Yeah... Gordy is a bit weird. Gordy has been tearing up some comps up north. He came in 3rd in the nothern styles heats this past summer. 
This guy has been skating for awhile now and knows his way around some pretty crappy spots, (that is a good thing.) Like most Northern Michigan skaters do. Can't wait to get some creepy footy from him, I just know that it won't come out normal. Thats why Gordy is awesome.

 This is Kody. He's is just awesome. He belongs to Matt Miller.

This is Brandon. He just jumped onto the Foundry Skateboarding team tonight! He's a great skater and we look forward to seeing that Foundry Skateboarding "F" under his feet.
Brandon has been a big part of the Foundry Skateboarding family for a long time... heck even before Foundry Skateboarding was thought of. We are proud to have him aboard.




This is Matt Miller (Right). If it weren't for Matt Foundry Skateboarding would still be stuck with its head in the sand. This is the guy that got the ball rolling. Matt also happens to have a pretty amazing mini ramp in his backyard which we like to chill out at.  This is it... very short clip
http://www.youtube.com/user/foundryskateboarding?feature=mhum#p/a/u/0/kNmMsyfiK1I

Also Matt does some Bass Ad stake video. Check out some of his stuff
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWu2vJx6rIU&feature=fvw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlKTtO2k2gY

This is Matt Salinas. Seriously an amazing skater. I feel like Matt and Foundry Skateboarding are going to have a long and happy future together. He was one of the guys helping Matt Miller build the Mini Ramp, And was and is the only person to nail a front side flip on it. This guy isn't afraid to get massive air, attempt narly gaps, or just get wicked technical. We are super excited to see him skating the red "F"
Here is some footy, Matt Miller put this together
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlKTtO2k2gY

This is Timothy pointer. A skater from up north. From Manistee Michigan, I know that this guy can make the most out of any spot. Michigan guys always can. Tim, we are super stoked to see what you and your boys from the north can do. Can't wait to see some footy from these guys.

This is Derrick Lewis (right), he is Matt Salinas's brother. I've heard he's good. Seriously excited to go down and meet him. I wanna get some pics of this guy myself.

This is a Mr. Tomas Sutton. Another Michigan skater. you can't see his face in his pic, my bad. The snow is keeping the Michigan skaters down but I am sure we will see great things from Tom, next spring. Nice ollie btw.

Nick Cox, this is (well on the far right) This guy has literally no still footy. He does on the other hand have some pretty clean stuff posted on youtube. Check it out here http://www.youtube.com/user/RocketCows?feature=mhum#p/u

I am looking forward to getting down to San Antonio to put together a proper film for this guy. Welcome to the team Nick.

This is Devin Smith, he does video. Doesn't skate but he can do some good stuff with your footy. San Antonio guys look him up if you need some work done.

This is Haider Ali. He skates  in Orlando Florida. From the looks of his footy he isn't afraid to try some stairs and most defiantly isn't afraid of some pretty wicked gaps. I look forward to seeing Foundry Skateboarding under his feet in Orlando Florida. 











We are super ready for Foundry Skateboarders to blow the skating world up. Remember guys you were one of the first, thats a big deal. Send me all your footy guys, when we get 11 Reps I need to pick a Scout! That means free stuff for nothing! I can't pick you without Some video.

Thanks to everyone that has gotten Foundry Skateboarding Where it is now. Michigan guys.... seriously sorry about the snow. I love snowboarding footage though.

New Deck Designs

The new deck designs are out! Foundry Skateboarding finally has some merch ready to be sold! Seriously excited. These are what you will get if you order. so be sure to let us know which one you want.

All the local skaters love them. There only complaint is that my trucks are to tight, lol. We are really excited to see the Foundry Skateboarding F in some Footy. Please drop us a comment and tell me where and when and I will be ready with the camera!

Which one do you like best?

Seriously Abilene lets keep Rose

This is a cow. Yes, a cow. Why have I posted a picture or a cow on Foundry Skateboardings blog?

Rose park was a field before it was a skate park, and the city has every right to make it a field again. Rose is great, it may not be as good as the parks in other cities but its what we have. If we keep treating Rose the way we are the city is going to see Rose as a burden, and take it away.

The fence is going to get fixed, Abilene skaters PLEASE make sure it stays up. That cost money to fix and the city doesn't want to spend money.

The spray paint is going to get cleaned up, PLEASE don't tag it up again. Again the city has to spend money on cleaning this up, and they don't want to.

It's a simple thing, no one wants to spend money.That includes the city. Now lets do some calculations together. YAY math.

Ok lets take a guess, the city cleans the park every night, lets say that costs $20 a night ($7280 a year). They clean the paint oooh 4 times a year thats about $500 a shot ($2000). They have to repair it about 2 times a year, lets guess thats $1000 a fix ($2000).

Ok guys that is about $11,000 a year. If we could get rid of the cost of repairs and the paint cleaning it would be only about $7000. A field doesn't cost anything to maintain.

That means that it would be cheaper for the city to fill Rose in then keep it. The math adds up and its not good. Please stop treating the park poorly. It is better then the field that the city wouldn't mind giving us.

Rose park is a great place for us to not only skate, but hang out. I am sure you all understand where Foundry Skateboarding is coming from.

Forrest

Forrest Wilson. Thats the guy in the picture (top) What does he mean to Foundry Skateboarding?  This is something I have noticed about skateboarders. They are not friends, but family. Forrest is part of the Foundry Skateboarding family and has been sense it first started. I have a feeling he will be with us for awhile. 

Its people like Forrest that make skateboarding great. Even when your having an off day just chillin with your family makes it good. This is a tribute to just that. Your skating family. Link, or send us to some footy of your skating family and we just might throw some stuff your way. 

Here is a link to the Foundry Skateboarding family, check us out

http://www.facebook.com/foundryskateboarding