A visit to DLX

Last week my illusive and generous friend Jim Thiebaud granted us the awesome opportunity to tour the DLX Distribution headquarters. Some of the top brands in skateboarding (including Spitfire, Thunder, Krooked, Anti Hero and Real) are created, designed and shipped all over the world from this S.F. based skate company.
Before the tour, we met up with our friend Shrewgy. Shrewg has spent some time in Thailand and was excited to see his good friends Je and Nut.



Shrewgy's sweet steed.




After some warm "hellos" and bike show and tell, we headed over to DLX.




As fortune would have it, we ran into Real pro Peter Ramondetta and Anti Hero's own Frank Gerwer out front . . . of course we took advantage of the photo op.


Es "sitting in the waiting room" before the tour . . . some sweet original Mark Gonzales art on the wall behind him.





This is my old friend Andy Mecum. We worked together at Visalia Skate Camp a decade ago and now he sells sells sells for DLX - rock'em Mecum!


Darren was our awesome tour guide. Here he shows the guys some of the new products being created including the new Real JT Aultz "Operation Ivy" deck . . . you'll just have to wait!


Only from the mind of Gonz . . . some straight up Krooked bling.


A plethora of colorways and pro series from Thunder.




Hanging out in the warehouse with a grip of boards, wheels, trucks and gear . . . and a gift for the guys.



Thanks to Jim, Darren and the whole DLX crew for a great tour . . . and keeping skateboarding strong, I mean REAL strong!