Formal Wakeskates!

nic_g · Ollie Joined: 26 Jan 2010 Posts: 65

Hey guys Formal Wakeskates is a go!

I have decided on the name Formal so i can now get some board graphics made up! i will be posting pictures of the board to show you guys what they look like in the next couple of weeks.

They will be starting off at about $200 + shipping!

They will be a wood construction with a single concave and a 3 stage rocker, i will only be making them with grip tape.

Once i start selling a few boards i will get a website up and running that will just be a temporary one until i can get a proper one made.

I can assure you they will be great quality boards and would love t if you guys could show some support and help get my name out in the Wakeskate community! So if you know anyone who is after a new board tell them to send me a email(email is below) for the first couple of boards i will be able to do a bit cheaper!

Email: nic_g2008@hotmail.com

Thank you!

Lollar · 360 flip Joined: 19 Jun 2007 Posts: 8253

Good Luck dude!!!

Get some more info and pics up and maybe some footy of people riding your decks and talking about they way they ride and Im sure everyone here will be down to help out.

This community LOVES indy companies so you are in the right place

nic_g · Ollie Joined: 26 Jan 2010 Posts: 65

Lollar · 360 flip Joined: 19 Jun 2007 Posts: 8253

Are your plans to sell boards in the states?

tad · 360 flip Joined: 07 May 2006 Posts: 5031

nic_g, where in Australia do you live? Wakeskating is huge over there now and it's only getting bigger. OZ probably has the 2nd or 3rd largest wakeskate community in the world. Promote your brand at all the cable parks and link up with Union Magazine. Hit up Follow Handles or any other Aussie wake brands to help out. 4 Hours is nothing man.. this is wakeskating, you gotta put in the work if you want to make it. There's no easy way around it, I spend well over half the year driving and living out of my car for wakeskating.. and I'm still broke.

Anyways, good luck with your endeavor. Shoot me an email down the road when you've got everything dialed in and I'd be happy to help spread the word.

tad@thewakeskatemag.com

TTUFAN24 · Posted: Jan 23, 2013 12:56 pm Post subject:

DINGOS!!!!!!

the other luke · Pop Shuvit Joined: 13 Sep 2011 Posts: 140 City: Cincinnati

nic_g, good luck!!!

11RANDOMNESS · Posted: Jan 23, 2013 5:49 pm Post subject:

If I was you I'd personally go with graphics kind of like this.

nic_g · Ollie Joined: 26 Jan 2010 Posts: 65

wakemitch · Posted: Jan 23, 2013 7:23 pm Post subject:

Honestly, I would recommend skipping the temporary website. You want a good first impression.

Look at Southern skates. They built a legit team, had guys on the Wakeskate Tour (and killed it), went on a tour, and got magazine coverage all before launching their website and having product. They built demand and respect right away. They didnt half ass anything. When their website launched it was the real deal.

If you build a crappy site and sell cheap boards, that's the impression people are going to get from you. If later you build a nicer website and raise your prices: 1, people might have forgetten you by then, or 2, they wont want to pay the higher price because they still see you as that cheap skate company from before.

Also, I 100% agree with Tad. Wait and do it right.

Brett Leadley · Posted: Jan 23, 2013 8:05 pm Post subject:

11RANDOMNESS,

A dingo eating a tuxedo-wearing baby, please Cool

electricsnow · cassette Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 10735 City: Jefferton

I feel like mitch is right on. None of this is to dissuade you from pursuing a goal, but i think people have high expectations for what a company can offer. And new brands have been broken based on a shiznackle reputation they made for themselves, be it on this discussion board, how they handle business, etc.

Presty · Faceplant Joined: 29 Apr 2012 Posts: 24

there is a few guys that skate around melbourne.

TTUFAN24 · Posted: Jan 24, 2013 12:31 am Post subject:

Brett Leadley, finally someone is on my company advice level. thank you

fletch · Frontside 180 Joined: 20 Apr 2006 Posts: 290 City: Raleigh

I would personally like to see a koala in a tuxedo leaning against a bar and smoking a cigarette and drinking a martini, Bond style.

GnarShredd · Backside 180 Joined: 24 Jan 2009 Posts: 1529 City: Seattle

fletch, I like that.

A whole Australian animal series would be sweet. You could have them all wearing suits/tuxes in classy situations. The Koala at the bar with a martini, a box jellyfish in a suit playing poker, etc....

DaleFish · Posted: Jan 24, 2013 12:36 pm Post subject:

I created a similar graphic for a local South African skate company a few years back

nic_g · Ollie Joined: 26 Jan 2010 Posts: 65

GnarShredd, i like those ideas, ive been talking to a designer and ive worked out a deal with him, were going to have it Australian based.

Sagittorious · Posted: Jan 28, 2013 12:58 pm Post subject:

I was gonna start a board company and call them boner boards and our slogan would be " the hardest woods on the water! "