Here they are Grover and Kilwag, Cold War Skateboards founders and the Paul Masson’s of boutique skateboard companies; “they will sell no skateboard before its time.” Come along with us as we venture into their skate cellar and take a peek at their skateboard aging techniques. EPM “remember swirl, look, sniff, taste and spit” Out!
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Grover inspects each board prior to printing based on strict quality control requirements
Prior to screening a high quality graphic, boards are gently placed in the precision registration deck holder
With a kitten soft touch, Randy pulls the milky-rich ink into the high quality graphic screen. Grover keeps a keen eye on the process for any deviations in quality.
The high quality graphic screen is gently lifted away from the precision registration deck holder while Grover prepares another deck for screening.
Decks with high quality graphics are carefully placed on drying racks prior to packaging and shipping.
Here we see a supply of quality Cold War decks being aged prior to printing.
Each board gets a saw dust rub prior to packaging. Note this short-stack of Finishers at the saw dust rub station.
Here we see Kilwag using a high resolution camera to capture post-production product configurations.
And finally, what would a skate cellar be without a little background music. Jack keeps the beat.
Fascinating!
Interesting look into Cold War skateboard production, I pressed my first board with a Roarokit kit a few weeks ago and screen printing may be the next step?
Nice color commentary. I like to think of myself as “kitten soft.”
Its great to see you guys screening decks Good job !
Ah finally! Was starting to wonder if I’d ever see another Coldwar deck!
Did you shoot some hoops afterward?
you guys are stealing jobs from China
glad to see your back to printing boards
cant wait to get my hands on one, looking at all my old ones. Is a good day.