Though the snowboard internet has been pretty dead over the past few weeks, what with the holidays and all, but he History of Snowboarding group on Facebook has been a-buzz thanks to a post on dead brands. Since we’ve talked about this about 1000 times and never done it, we’re reblogging it, and we’re stoked that the Internet has done the majority of our research for us! (If everyone can crowd source money, we can crowd source content, right?) I did my best to sort though the 500+ comments and make an extensive list with no doubles, add a few more, as well as take off the ones that are still around. Of course, I probably missed some…
Addiction
Aggression
Airwalk
Allian
Another
Apocalypse
Asylum
Atlantis
Aunt Mabels
Avalanche
Aztec
B-Line
Ballz
Bamboo Curtain
Bitch Boards
Blax
Bond
Checkered Pig
Chorus
Crap
Crazy Banana
Daredevil
Definition
Device
Dimensions
DNR
Droors
DSO
DUB
Duotone
Edge
élan/artec
Evol
Expired
F2
Faktory
FARMER
Fester
Fishpaw
Flite
Forum
Foursquare
Fuzzy
G&S
Generics
Glissade
Goddess
Hammer boards
Hayes Bros
Haz-mat
Heavy tools
Heelside
Hemp
Hobie
Hooger Booger
Houser
Inca Snowboards
Jaded
JEENYUS
Joyride
Juice snowboards
Kemper
Killer Loop
Look
LTD
Luxury
Mercury
Messy
Millenium 3
Mistral
Molly/MLY
Naked
Nale
Nelson
Nerve
O-matic
One
Option
Original Sin
Oxygen
Pill
Powderstick
Preston
Prom
Quality
Quimbola Man
Rad Air
Random
Rev
Santa Monica Airlines
Scooter
Shorty’s
Shot
Silence
Skull
SMP
Snow Tech
Soopkich’n
Split
Special Blend
Spry
Static
Storm
Stump
Summit
Swag
Swill
Switch
Transit
Trendy
Tucker
Twist clothing
Type-A
Unity
Wave Rave
Weekend
White Elephant
Wide Ride
Wild Duck
World Industries
Yang
Yaro
Yellow Bus
Phew. Support your local snowboard brand.
Forecast snowboards
NFA
MORROW
NORTH WAVE
WEST BEACH
PLANET EARTH
TSA?
ALPHANUMERIC
C1
http://www.planet-earth-clothing.com
Agency bindings? anyone bring that up yet?
And Brooke forgot the biggest one of course…. NIKE!
Your not a snowboarder Brooke. #GiveYobeatToStan
Also ECHELON SNOWBOARDS are finally dead????!
truu
did boznutz really cancel his insta?
nahhhhh homie is in rehab… Celebrity rehab with dr. Drew… He’s on with Dennis rodman
it was part of the agreement when Nike decided to hand them over the brand
Elan is still around. For example Gus Engle and Zach Rawles are on the team.
Shuvit
Icon Snowboards
buzrun
F2 is still alive
Trife Snowboards 😛
liquid snowboards!
How about Division 23? I got excited trying to find a brand that wasn’t on the list. Also, how about Whitehouse?
I think some of these brands may still exist in big box sports stores, like M3, Silence, Avalanche, etc.
Sadly there’s some good names in here that if they weren’t used already would be rad, Joyride?
There’s also some renames, like Apocalypse is now APO.
And strange small markets? I think Allian still exists in Japan.
In regards to Elan, Capita bought their factory, so who knows if the Elan name has a marketing arm left.
Why can I go on and on about this? I’m not quite sure. la de da de da….
Albin Snowboards
Jeenyus was cool.
You forgot planetearth
Lucid Notion Snowboards
Yeah yeah. They come and go.
Just glad Holden is still around, capita has been solid….oh and Alex Andrews still looks like Stewie Griffen
MISSION SIX
World industry snowboards?
Unity is still alive, and just added Taylor Gold to the roster this season.
theres a few brands that shouldnt be dead like forum, special blend and foursquare
I’m a freak in dinosaur. I’m still using my Heavy Tools board with Bkax bindings.
Eesa. I still have a few shirts and socks laying around. ‘lux layering’ was cool, but I guess not cool enough!
90.
Smelly Tuna!!
I can add some info : I used to make Swill/Sasquatch boards.
“Sasquatch” boards were made by Globe Mfg.(not THAT Globe). We made Swill Snowboards first then produced the Sasquatch line after.
We died in 96/97.
Bamboo Curtains are the sickest. Found a pair this year at a thrift shop!
“Famly Snowboards” out of Laguna Beach.
Some of the lightest and snappyest boards way ahead of their time.
There is Slide, Brotherhood and Disco snowboards.
Help trying to find my snowboard brand.
I have aboard that I just love and no rental I have tried feels as natural for me.
It has a naked lady with a yellow python on it and the logo is a split T with a snake around it.
Not sure how to post a picture of it but any ideas. I’d like to find the spec for this board so I can get something similar.
Cheers
Eric
INVASION Snowboards. They were the shit when I was in high school.
Nobody mentioned Barfoot
Lunatic Fringe. I had their Grateful Dead board in 1992. http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/SbUAAOSwtJZXV3Xp/s-l300.jpg
FUNCTION Snowboards out of New York
Purged Snowboards
What about Nomis and Stepchild??
Nightmare
Anyone know anything about a brand called ” life” ?
I bought a used demo board from a ski resort about 23 years ago and it was brand new the year before i bought it when they let me borrow it after my board broke on the first run of the day. So this was back in the late 90s. Im guessing it was either a brand that came and went so fast nobody remembers it or its a model or style under another brand name not on the board.
It is all light blue with a pinkish phoenix rising with a heart on its chest and says ” life” in italic font. The bottom of the board is all white and says LIFE in Navy blue italic letters. If this sounds familiar id love to know more about this company and its boards. Thanks.