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TEXAS RENDEZVOUS IS BACK: GET READY FOR THE ULTIMATE FINGERBOARD SHOWDOWN!
Fingerboards, get excited! After a thrilling hiatus, the Texas Rendezvous is making a spectacular comeback, co-hosted by Doom Lagoon, Good Vibes, and Sponsor Me Tape on February 1st, 2025. This year’s event will take place at POST in Downtown Houston, Texas, where the former Barbara Jordan Post Office has been transformed into a vibrant hub of culture, food, and, will now be host of Texas Rendezvous!But that’s not all—this year will be the debut Fingerboard National Championships. We’ll be crowning the ultimate fingerboard champs in three epic disciplines:-Game of S.K.A.T.E.: Show off your trick mastery and outwit your opponents.- Best Trick:...
Your account isn't shadow-banned; you're just not keeping yourself fresh.
Anyone can make a fingerboard. I think we all know this by now. 3D printing has elevated and expanded the deck making community to just about any creative idea you can get. Now that anyone can make a fingerboard, you guessed it, anyone can start a fingerboard company. But what does starting a fingerboard company mean? How do you do it? Where do you start? Those are all questions I asked myself when I first went down the ‘professional fingerboard’ rabbit hole back in early 2011. I had seen handfuls of wooden decks, but those questions starting popping into my...
The Current State of Fingerboards
As we all know, fingerboards have been around for quite some time. . . I started making fingerboards back in 2011 and started my first company in 2012. When I first started, people were making boards out of passion. Fingerboards weren't "popular" per say, but in fact an art form for both riders and creators. With the exception to maybe about 5-10 companies that made a full time gig out of it, people were simply into making fingerboards for the love and art of it. Everyone had one idea in mind- Progress the community forward with quality products for people...
Goo LTD and Doom Lagoon officially collaborate to bring you GOO LAGOON!
After months of teasing you all with the idea of a collaboration with Johnny (@goo.ltd), we are extremely stoked to bring this to fruition. With this collab, we are excited to bring an all-new shape to you: The GooSlang. Taking on inspirations from the Grootslang, a swamp monster that boasts large ears and spikes along its body. The Doom Lagoon version of the shape is available in one size, 35mm x 95mm. The inside of the "spikes" is roughly 33.5mm wide, but tapers towards the tail. We recommend using 34mm trucks on this shape, but 32mm trucks are totally...