Darkstar Boards At Walmart?
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thank you darkstar for making sure new kids with less $ have decent boards
Mr Lesir True that homie. My first board was a walmart complete and the trucks werent plastic but i snapped the the entire truck jn half twice on those pieces of garbage. They were like 40-something bucks too which was alot to ask for 23 years ago haha 👊🏻 cheers brutha
@Mr Lesir so true man, Seriously i wish I had a Darkstar back then instead of buying a mongoose skateboard at Toys R US; we are talking 1997-ish. I believe I still have it in the attic and yes it rides like sh^t
@@imakrewitatl At least Im not the only one that feels the pain of being ripped off by buying a sh*tty board back in the mid to late 90s. that $40 price tag was crazy for what you are getting but i paid it (naive child). I feel you man!
11colavec RESPECT
some random guy Actually..... I have one of the Walmart darkstar boards, and it’s really not bad for the price. The only criticism I have is the wheels and the deck. Wheels are too soft, deck doesn’t have enough pop. But again for the price, I love it. Young kids who want to skate but aren’t rich, this is a great board.
Definitely thought it was weird seeing Darkstar boards at walmart, the explanation changed my mind
Respect to Darkstar 👍
@Chad Kensington fr lmao
Jaqen H'ghar All these people on here defending this must not skate or care if their children get hurt on their crappy product. I remember when variflex was legit too, and kryptonics.
@@beyoncehadoneofthebest damn bruh, you the enlightened one
@@jedisok13 lol he's right about one thing: I don't care if a kid gets into skateboarding with a wally world board, *I'm happy to see em skating and not scooting*
What did he explain that made you respect Darkstar? You should replay & actually listen. He gets paid by a company to put his old graphics Nobody wanted on their cheap pieces of ish to trick kids into buying what they think is a real Darkstar board. The D bag says himself that it's not an actual darkstar, he did it for the money, and that he wouldn't even ride them himself. That's the definition of a SELLOUT.
Literally the exact same reason Shaq made shoes for Payless. Or Mike McGill with Airwalk at Wal-Mart. They wanted to make sure kids had decent quality shoes for a fair price. Respect to any company that does this
yeah.its too bad kids look down on those shoes.i had a pair of shaqs that lasted 8 years.shaq wanted kids to be able to get his shoe if they wanted it.that man is a saint.god bless him
Dude Airwalk got me through my beginner skating days. I couldn't always afford Vans half-cabs or every new DVS shoe that came out
I got a pair of cheap airwalks one Christmas. I wasn’t stoked, but I was able to skate, and that’s all that matters. Looking back, I’m grateful my mom made the sacrifice to buy me those $30 shoes.
@@IntergalacticMath same dude. I skated my ASSSSSS of in Wal-Mart Airwalks
Back in the mid to late 90s, Airwalk was a legit brand. My parents bought me my first pair which were about $50.
Never thought of it that way, but my first board was definitely a shitty walmart board. Great to see they had all the right reasons
My first board was a Pokémon board with plastic trucks. Looking back the graphic was sick.
Yeah I would always wonder why they weren’t responsive, then I went to a skate shop years later and my mind was blown
In the 80’s we had Nash and Veriflex because that’s what I parents saw at K-Mart. Eventually we were rolling Powell Peralta after getting Thrasher.
I had those walmart boards on the early 2000s that were flat and broke all the time. Crap wheels bearings that barly rolled and trucks snapped and bent.
Chet Thomas is a legit business man...
He found a hole and he filled it, that’s legit smart business.
Everything he said made so much sense, a lot of respect
Hell yeah. Yet people still talk shit.
Yeah, but this was a hole pro skaters have always tried to fill, only for haters to just shit em on them as sell outs or say the product sucked because it was at a big box store. Tony Hawk started selling Birdhouse and Boom Boom Huck Jam boards at big box stores and Hawk shoes at Payless in order to get kids into skating. Andy Macdonald sold Andy Mac and Positiv boards at Walmart, which were just re-branded minilogos. Still, people called them shit, sellouts, etc.
@@punkgrl325 honestly just get a real skateboard for your kid. Fuck that Walmart trash
My 4 year old daughter is killing one of your 6.75” completes.
Bad skateboards frustrate kids and then they ask for a scooter 🤦🏻♂️
Thanks Darkstar for a quality product for kids!
I’m a scooter rider and I can agree. Skating is way cooler and it sucks when young kids pick them for ease of use in the beginning. Kids should want to ride a scooter because they like it not because the kids boards make skating impossible. My 5 year old brother got a complete for Christmas that wouldn’t even rolled. It was super hard to keep him interested. I tried to teach him to Ollie but he couldn’t handle it after about a week
Lol 4 year old
@@greeng0rilla999 shes already snapped 2 stomping down tre flips off the 3
TheSmokinOgre Clip?
@@thesmokinogre thats adorable
I am not saying shit again about walmart darkstar boards
My first board was a Walmart board. Been skating for 15 years now.
Same. Also 15 years in.
Me 2
Mine was a target board
Same.
CaptainChaos88 I owned two skateboards in my short period of skating a mongoose and world industries complete both from sports authority 😂😂😂😂
Much respect, my first board was Walmart and it was horrible. I could only imagine if I had a dark star board for my first board. Darkstar took the heat, but kept rolling. That’s what this is about
Making fun of Walmart boards is such a middle schooler tactic. You gotta start somewhere..
Well if it's not a Darkstar then their shit boards that don't fuckin roll. Darkstar only recently became a seller at Walmart
@@MRvideogamesGamingAndMore i bought a darkstar around 2011 just to test it out. Darkstar was ok
@@euminkong that's what I'm saying
@@euminkong my first deck was a darkstar from a board shop, with misc bolt ons. was surprised to see them at walmart and how much bang for the buck you are getting compared to my first walmart board.
If you weigh more than 110 pounds.... Walmart boards are so stiff in every way that a lot of skater would say they are unskatable. And the deck wouldn't last a day of hard skating. Bushings suck. Trucks seem stiff and you still get wheelbite just trying to lean.
But on the flip side... You gotta pay to play, and kids ain't got money like that to spend 100++ on a legit setup nor do parents want to spend that on a kid who doesn't know if they'll be good at skating or like skating. I skated a 40 dollar darkstar walmart board before and i weigh about 165. At first it was unbearably stiff. After skating for a bit, the bearings and bushings broke in and it was tolerable on smooth concrete. But i still don't particularly like it and i cracked it pretty good on the first day. I thought the trucks needed to be loosened and before i even used a skate tool, they broke in, but then i got wheelbite every 12 seconds. Kids aren't gonna weigh that much or have that point of reference to say these bushings suck compared to bones.
Totally agree with everything Chet Thomas is saying. As a business owner you do what you got to do to stay in business especially when you have a whole crew of people with families relying on you
Who else had a Walmart board for their first
Land Of Nerds had a kmart board lmao PLASTIC trucks that always fucking broke lmaoo
first board was a walmart board and I skated the fuck out of it for months, landed my first ollie, pop shuv, front 180. then for christmas that year my parents got me a goodwood complete from the local skateshop and i could finally learn to kickflip
My first board was a NASH, then my 2nd was from Toys RUs
I had a board I found at a yard sale 😭😂
Mongoose and world industries completes from sports authority 😂😂😂
Man I wish I had a Darkstar board starting out that’s a total upgrade compared to what Walmart boards usually are
my first real complete had a darkstar deck, so i was surprised to see them at walmart. even more surprised to see the quality of a complete for less than my first deck cost.
My first skateboard was a spongebob complete my mom got me at Walmart. It was as shitty as you’d expect. She didn’t know better and neither did I . The board snapped on me while doing a kick flip off some step that was just a little higher than a curb.
A darkstar board would have been a blessing.
We as skateboarders should be encouraging this kind of stuff. It’s a step in the right direction for the sport.
A legit skate company making legit boards for newbies. That’s awesome.
It’s either start out with a cheap Walmart board or get a hand me down pro model, either way just skate
Just get a boardshop teams board
Back in the day it was NASH or Variflex lol
It's so true how it works out. First you get a shitty board, then you find more information on skating and now you end up at your local skateshop.
I can respect that
The first time I seen a dark star at Walmart I instantly knew why...good job guys
Beagle drives UBER in 2019. Quit hating on people making business moves securing their lives and their children’s lives financially. Darkstar pays skaters and soon a pro skater will say “my first board was a Walmart darkstar”. What’s the problem ?
who drives what? DMX smoked up his money so what? lol
Beagle-one-Ism definitely always doing the right things!
mallexjansen damn that sucks for beagle tbh :(
Walmart is the problem......
You are aligning with Chinese levels which brings our economy down....
It's not about skateboards it's about undercutting your own neighbors and community
mallexjansen he didnt say anything about darkstar.he was saying walmart is corrupt.
My first board back in '03 was a Lunatic complete from Walmart.
Never going to talk shit about Walmart's Darkstar boards.. mad respect
Devin S my dad got me a lunatic complete around the same time. i was so happy with it regardless. It helped me learn to Ollie because it didn’t roll much lol. A couple weeks after I got it my buddies gave me some new trucks and wheels for it and I kept the deck because it was actually pretty cool.
I remember always feeling bad for kids who got made fun of for having a Wal-Mart board. Props!!!
I absolutely never thought of it that way, I feel pretty stupid for being mad about seeing a darkstar board in Walmart..
My first was a dept store Hobie complete, it hardly rolled and I never did get all the shrink wrap off the griptape. In hindsight I would have killed for a darkstar that actually moved. Keep it up Chet!!
Anyone who had a Hobie knows how much it sucked. For me that was from K-Mart. My second complete was from Marshalls, an "X-Treme" brand. The trucks were half decent, though they weighed like 10 pounds each lol. Ground those trucks to the axle. It was after I actually got semi-good at skateboarding that my dad bought me my first professional complete. Chet's approach to this whole thing is spot-on, and I would have been very happy to have a Darkstar complete as my first one.
My first "real" board of my own was from Sam's Club (Walmart owned) from a brand called Alliance. Honestly it was a great board for my first year (1998- I was 10). Crazy I just watched Battalion the other day, and actually met Chet & Paul Machnau at a spot in like '03-04 and they were super chill guys.
Thanks Chet for helping get decent boards to beginners.
.... remember Nash? That was my first board.
R we had reflex back in the day here in Aus.
Mine too, then I graduated to a Variflex. When my mom realized that I was going to stick with skateboarding she took me to a skate shop and I got an Alva.
It was my first popsicle board. I had a Variflex fishtail before that.
I remember buying my lil brother a Nash board around 1999.. man time flys
My first double kick deck was a Nash but way back in the day, there was a Nash at the neighbors that was the size of an aircraft carrier with bearings made of gum. They had the steepest driveway and it would barely move😅 the phrase 'thrashing on the Nash' was fun to say in spite of the monstrosity
My first board was a mongoose complete. It didn’t roll, didn’t turn, had shit grip but hey it was 20$ in 2003. And I’ve been skating ever since. My parents knew about skate shops but like most, mine didn’t wanna drop over 100$ on a hobby that I wanted to try. After a few months my dad took me to get a real first board.
But I completely respect their motives and ideas. I see so many kids try skating a shit board then never skate again. And I also see kids with a nice complete from a skate shop only skate it once then it sits for years.
Bro I had one of those. One heelflip and I snapped it.
Was yours green?
this just made me realize how small the skateboard industry is
No one would listen to me when I tried to explain these exact points. Always seemed like common business sense to me.
Well, no offense but, you are a 46 year old obese janitor that calls his mom his "roommate". Just saying.
I remember seeing boards at Walmart where the concave was opposite. Like how do you fuck up that bad. Over the past few years I have noticed the quality of boards go up though and now I know why. So sick. Good on you Darkstar.
Makes perfect sense! Mad respect to darkstar for doing that!
I see and understand Chet’s point of view. Right on
I’m all for it. I remember my first board was a $10 Walmart board and it was a POS. I couldn’t get my mom to pay $110 for a real board until I proved I would stick with it. I’ve seen the Darkstar completes and they’re actually good. A great starting point for these kids that they can actually learn on.
I think everyone gets their first board at Walmart, meijer, kmart etc. Mine was a "Lunatic" board, worst concave ever. And the screws had rounded heads for whatever reason.
Darkstar was my first set up my dad bought me as a surprise Christmas gift. Never had darkstar since lol but I’ve been skating for 12+ years and counting and I look back on the darkstar early days fondly. It’s come full circle now because I’m an after school skateboarding instructor and there’s a young skater who has a darkstar his parents got him as his first set up. I trip on the little things but that was definitely a humbling moment
my first board was a no-name walmart, and my first real board was a darkstar deck. i was surprised when i saw darkstar at walmart, and what a bang for the buck it was, i actually bought one to test it out. the only that disappointed was the bearings, but that was kind of expected. pop some red bones or luckies in for cheap and you can skate with the rest.
Walmart boards often have the axle nuts screwed in too tight. Try loosening the axle nuts a tad and that should give the abec 5 bearings room to roll a little bit
When I started riding. I wish I had Darkstar as a option when I bought my first complete at Walmart. But for sure glad affordability is more optional at more places. A way to keep skateboarding alive and popular for us all. Also, I have to hand it to Airspeed, Faded Glory (a 2007 pair they released), and OP for having optional shoes if you were flat broke and had no choice but to get them at Walmart. Great interview guys!
Can't hate on a company helping out everyone! Those big company's made there way into our skateboarding. Why can't this guys do the same. We all need to eat.!
Chet has a really good point. I got my first skateboard when I was 5 years old and it was a crappy Nash that didn't roll worth a damn. I got so frustrated that I'd push and push and push and couldn't coast that I figured I was either too small or just wasn't good at it (when you're 5 you don't know enough about physics to know when something's just bad equipment). It wasn't until almost 10 years later I actually got another toy store board, but a much better "X Games" board that did roll and was good enough to learn to roll around and ollie on and then I got a real board shortly after for my birthday from a skate shop. If I had something that could roll and turn from the start I might've actually started skateboarding all the way back then, but thanks to a bad first impression from an inadequate board, I didn't.
Pretty similar to the route I was on, except the NASH board I had rolled just fine. We had a slight downhill asphalt driveway and we had one of those crude 2x4 ramps that I"d run the NASH off, before I knew what Ollie's were. That was like 92 or 93.
I work at Vans, and Steve Cab’s Red Dragon completes are like $80, solid quality for a starter, yet kids and parents keep coming in for penny boards which are $100 - $130. They want what they want, but with my experience in skateboarding, I try to do right by everyone I can and inform them on the comparison and contrast of selling points and features.
Almost everyone starts skating on a pos board. I started on a 80s penny board.
these short CLIPS are GENIUS.... and fucking respectful...
My first board was a hot pink joe cool snoopy board with removable metal handle bars mounted to the hardware. 80’s style. It felt so good when I was finally able to ride well enough to take off the handle bars. 🤘😎
Yeah seriously man. People have to see the bad in everything. If it helps some people get into skating that all that matters
i didnt start with a walmart board but i started with a blank zorlac deck set up. after a year or so of that i remember the day my dad said he would buy me a complete set up of whatever i wanted. One of the best days of my life. I got a element deck and tensor trucks
I remember my first complete at big 5, learned to ollie decent with it, trucks literally shattered about 5 months later. The point of it was to learn the super basics, i knew it wasnt the best quality but it helped me learn to ollie!!! 5 months after went to my local skate shop i was so excited picking my set up, never in my life will i forget that felling of going in the skateshop with the big boys and so pumped to pick my set up. That was 20 years ago damn time flys...
Chet Thomas, always one of my favorites. His Battalion part was so legendary, and the switch frontside flip ender is crisp in my mind as the first time I saw it. Grew up with Darkstar - I don't care if they're made in China and sell at big box stores. Still one of my favorite teams and brands.
Yoo thats dope and thank you darkstar for doing that. Growing up i was always into "action sports". I remember first watching brink, then taking 2 wheels of my roller blades and i started trying to grind shit and jumping off stuff. Then i remember having the chance to play a video game that flipped my shit changed my life forever and made me want to skate, the one and only THPS1. That game, im pretty sure like myself made many other want to skate as kids. I somehow acquired a cheap china skateboard with plastic wheels and found myself not even being able to roll on concrete so i saved my money for sometime. A few months later i walked over to big 5 with my mom and i bought a oxygen skateboard even though what i really wanted was those old world industries skateboards they sold there at the time but even those were pretty expensive at the time for me to get one. Nonetheless i was stoked to have what i thought was ok skateboard, still remember tearing off all the plastic before i even walked out the store.
I wish I had started out with that type of board. My first board was a walmart deck but it was flat, no concaves, alluminum trucks, plastic wheels & garbage bearings. After a month I was able to get a complete pro deck but it was a hand me down from someone I went to school with. I'll never forget 17 years ago when I started, Venture trucks were me first pair, spitfire wheels, some mixed bearings lol, black magic grip & shortys hardware.
Man, when I started skating their wasn’t any Walmart’s. Thank god for local shops, ccs and California skate mags.
There wasn't a skate shop in my part of Canada back in the 80s so I would spend months studying the CCS ad waiting to take a trip south of the border. Luckily a shop opened in my town 2 years later and they're still open 30+ years later.
@@buckodonnghaile4309 But...didn't you know ccs was mail order though?
@@judel3983 yeah I knew that. I would read the catalogue and then go to skate shops in the States looking for stuff I saw in there. Cheers
I still use blank decks but my trucks and wheels always have to be a good brand
Wanna know something the brand doesnt matter what does matter is the woodshop that makes the board and some woodshop will have multiple brands under them
FLORENCE GANG RED RAGGING - That’s not totally true! Different companies use different presses. Yes it may be the same wood shop and the same wood but different presses means different shapes means different strengths. Some boards are single pressed, some are ten pressed. I see your point but there’s actually a lot more to it than that.
These would be first Walmart boards I’ve heard about that actually roll. Those bearings should be illegal. Glad to hear you’re doing this.
I still have one of those $35 Darkstars that I used to teach my kids how to skate. It is very high quality for the price. I'll buy one of those Lutzka completes if I ever see one around my way.
I had a Nash and a Variflex before I got my Christian Hasoi Hammerhead
had a bog box board for my first board and it made me not want to skate until five years later when i got a proper setup, thanks for doing something about the shitty walmart boards
Wish there was something like that back in the late 80's, my first board had no concave, no nose, a fish tail, wheels that may as well have been made of concrete, bearings that were trashed after a week.... It was abysmal!
Thanks for clarifying Chet. Always wondered about that, and admittedly thought the same thing. I've given away tons of used completes by putting together old wheels, trucks, etc. and there are kids who want in but cant afford industry standard prices. And for the last couple of gens of skaters i've heard multiple people talk about getting that first board from wal mart, so to many that IS an entry point. Keep it up man, if haters can do better, they are free to try.
You sold me Chet. Heading to my local Walmart skateboard aisle now.
Respect for having that outlook on the scene 👍
This man saved my life , when I started to skate my mom took me to Walmart to buy me a skateboard and It was a darkstar ! Land my first ollie on it 👍
This is absolutely awesome. My first board was a crappy Big 5 “Mongoose” brand board, hahahah. I absolutely learned all I could on that thing before a friend of mine gave me his beat up Baker.
This is filling a HUGE gap in the industry and will be what I’m buying my son this Christmas. Something of decent quality that I can teach him to ride, ollie and kick flip on - without spending a ton for a premium setup. Super stoked. 🤙
I clicked thinking it was a call out video and I’m glad I clicked. Having this as a kid would’ve really helped me get started. I was always only able to get Walmart boards til high school and it really bummed me out when I couldn’t roll or pop at all.
Im 34, always been a fan of skating but never really skated like that. About a year ago I saw walmart carried Darkstar which I thought was odd. It was on sale for like $15 marked down from $30 something like that. It is a 7.75" so I bought it. Pretty decent board. Rolled pretty good. Shortly after though I started learning more and just started putting together my own setups. For the money and for a beginner they are nice. Maybe change out the bearings which is what I also did, with some Reds. Other than that it do what it do!
Darkstar was my first skateboard, I asked for one for Christmas and I still have it till this day. Through it I met my best friend and he helped introduce me to better brands and such. My favorite being enjoi boards
My first board was the infamous Simpson's "Vehicle of destruction". Although it was a big box stores board, I think my parents bought it at Costco, it was decent enough for my skill level, I learned how to Ollie on the thing.
Picked up a board from walmart the other night .... Only using the deck and bearings, but for $35 i cant complain i got a nice looking deck and some actually good bearings. I mean its not a pro complete and have had many boards over the years but this is definitely a good complete for a new beginner to skateboarding.
thank you so much, i will be buying a real one, darkstar was my first board thank you for making this so much.
Always skated Darkstar and tbh and as a little upset when I saw them at Walmart but now I am in full understanding and couldn’t agree more.
It is soo TRUE! Cheap boards are the reason I didn't keep skating when I was 12. I remember thinking: "This thing doesn't even roll!" And it felt very spongy....One of the biggest regrets of my life! Thankfully I picked it up later in life, much later...until a friend let me ride his Girl deck I realized I was missing something this whole time.
I had a Voltage complete. It was green and blue half and half, with blue trucks. It actually looked good and was fine to skate. That deck remained as backup when I finally got a Speed Demons deck and Monster trucks.
When I first started. I was a kid and me and my buddy walked all the way to our local Walmart. Maybe 7 miles away. We bought each a Walmart board and tried riding it all the way home 😂 Good times. Respect to Darkstar!
Was happy to get this explanation. I was one of those kids who got started with a crap board. Had I got one of these I would've been a lot more happy. Big respect.
Back in the day my first board was a darkstar board got it just cause of the artwork. Just recently saw one at walmart and it brought back so many memories
First skateboard I bought in 7th grade was a used Vision "Mark Gonzalez" with white tracker trucks,rails, and OJII wheels👍🏻
Major respect to this. I would have previously totally looked down on this but this totally makes sense.
compared to when i started skating and half the boards from walmart had plastic trucks, its cool to see how accessible skating has become for beginners.
What he explained was my thought when reading the title : ) Just gotta see the positive side in most things
My first popsicle board was an ugly orange NASH with plastic trucks. My parents eventually bought me an Alien Workshop. What DarkStar is doing here means everything to beginners. I wish this was a thing in the mid-90s.
My first board was a shitty Kryptonics board. Actually, my first 3 were since my dad took them back to Sports Authority and returned them each time since the trucks or a ply would break. A lot of parents don't know about skate shops or don't understand paying $100+ for a complete, especially when they see a board at Wal-Mart for $40. They also don't realize that a skateboard with garbage trucks or a deck that's bound to snap when you try your first loading dock is dangerous. It would've been cool to start out on a few Darkstar boards.
Much Respect To Chet Thomas For Understanding How Things Are & Creating More Skateboarding Opportunities.
I'm 27 and just got back into skating after 11 years and I ride a darkstar Wally. I have to say being broke and having the option has helped me experience it again. It's not a bad board ether.
Bro I'm so glad I googled if darkstar boards from Walmart were sturdy, I almost bought it on the spot when I saw it but because of a previous negative experience with a Walmart board I didnt, definitely going back for it asap
I met Chet at a demo in Tulsa, OK when I was about 13 years old, so 23 years ago? (Oooof) - Not just one of the nicest pros or skateboarders I've ever met, but just people. He just hung out and shot the sh*t with us kids like he was another street rat like us. Totally approachable. No "get out of my way, kid" energy. I'm happy to see that he's still doing well.
First thing I ever saved money for and bought was a veraflex for $26 at Kmart. A fortune for an 8 year old. My dad figured out how to grease the bearings so it rolled and I skated the hell out of that board.
my first board in the 80's was a cheap plastic banana board. The board was so flexible so you HAD to stand over the trucks...actually useful later on...the wheels were garbage and the bearings were rough but it made me want to skate.
Kryotonics complete was my first, think we bought it at the local skate shop though if I recall properly
My first new board was a board from Target, it was a Nash board my sister boutgh it for me, of course I hated it but she didnt know any better she did something nice for me, with this explanation I 100% support this
Darkstar was my favorite board co. when i was a kid cuz they had that dark medieval graphics on it and it was around the LOTR time -
My first board was a $20 Hobie Cat brand. Had no shape, plastic trucks and wheels. But being in rural wv, I had nothing else to go on and thought it was fine. For 10 months I tried to ollie and just could not do it even after reading every trick tip. One day my friend got a board, it was still a cheap one but it actually had some shape. Within 5 minutes of using that board I could finally ollie. Point is, those really cheap decks are impossible to use and just lead to frustration that causes many kids to quit.
Definitely would have loved a Darkstar complete over the toys r us penny board I got when I asked my parents for a skateboard. Thanks for giving kids a decent set up that parents can afford.
My 2nd skateboard was a dark star board and I was super stoked when I seen them at Walmart. I grew up in a very poor family and never got much not to mention we don’t have any skate shops in our town and not any in the next the most I seen was through ccs magazine but I could never afford that kinda stuff but when I seen a pro brand in Walmart I jumped on it immediately and let me say it wasn’t that bad! It was great especially compared to the stuff they got on shelves now a days. Respect goes to you dark star some kids need a little hope.
These highlights are great! Gets right to the point of questions we all have!
I had a Darkstar in 2006 they were my favorite that or black label.
Are you me? Black Label and Darkstar was my entire childhood.
Best shapes I ever road
First board was a Kryptonics complete with wood grain and red graphics. Still remember trying to 50-50 the neighbors' concrete ledges without even using any wax or anything, and being confused why my trucks wouldn't go anywhere.
All the respect to Darkstar for doing this. Tons of kids get their start this way, I know I'm not alone.
I used to buy the darkstar completes just for the boards and extra bearings/wheels ( if I was really desperate) was cheaper and helped me when I was growing up with little money. I support this 100 percent
My first board was a hobby with plastic trucks back in 98 i woulda shit my pants to find a darkstar board back then in Walmart
makes sense actually
Respect Chet!! Shout out to El Dorado Surf and Skate! I don't know if he was a team rider, but sad him at our Demos all the time.
Great idea for getting to that beginner market that doesn't know about the skateshops, but also very shrewd business! Respect
Just got one from Walmart long time skater over a decade was low on cash my mini logo board was thrashed saw the dark star at Walmart and got it on sale because it was opened (the shrink wrap) and had one chip sounded pretty solid when I popped it on the ground (better sounding than my current board) put my trucks on and did a few tricks obviously it’s probably not the best but pretty decent for 20 bucks
My first board was from Kay Bee Toys in the mall somewhere in the mid 90’s. I have been skateboarding ever since
Nice to see Chet Thomas in 2020 , I remember going to his skateshop (Aftermath) in Hungtington Beach, CA.