Boulder, Colorado
- Seismic Skate Systems is mighty proud to introduce an innovative
line of high-performance boards. Nearly two years in
development, they're available separately or in expertly-tuned
complete setups featuring industry-leading Seismic trucks and Seismic
wheels. The lineup includes minis and cruisers in lengths from
28" to 42", designed for everything from recreational
carving to transportational cruising to aggressive styling.
The
new boards boast classic, highly-functional shapes with distinctive
character, including a signature "bat" tail profile.
Constructions feature vertically-laminated poplar cores, fiberglass
skins, wheel wells, and reinforced tails (extra glass or carbon cloth
where needed). Graphics are reproductions of original paintings
by Boulder-based artist mad king, with a limited edition signed
and numbered. Suggested retail price is $135 each.
The
completes are expertly engineered for unparalleled carving
performance right off the shelf. Assemblies feature 30-degree
Stable-Turn Seismic trucks at the tail and 45-degree Quick-Turn
Seismic trucks at the nose - further tuned with wedging, dewedging
and stiffer springs on kicktail models. World-class Seismic wheels
round out the packages. No one in the business has ever taken so much
care to do things right! Suggested retail price is $245 - $265
each.
"They spent nearly two years evaluating deck
factories and developing shapes, contours, constructions and
graphics," said Seismic founder/owner Dan Gesmer, a Yale
graduate and noted flatland freestyle innovator who spent part of
last year working with Cirque du Soleil. Gesmer developed the
revolutionary Seismic truck technology (patented 1993) for advanced
carving performance years before the longboard revolution hit.
In 2004, Seismic began pouring high-performance wheels, including
shapes that power World Champion slalom and downhill
racers.
"They're now the only brand in the entire
longboard industry manufacturing original, state-of-the-art
technology in all three major components: trucks, wheels and now
decks," Gesmer added. "We're proud to say that no
other company can put together completes like this under their own
banner. And we're just getting started!"
Coinciding with
the new product release, Seismic has thoroughly updated its website.
Seismic is also pleased to report that Team Member Erik
Lundberg of Sweden, the IGSA World #1-ranked Downhill racer for
2007, emerged victorious at the first major racing event of the 2008
season - Newton's Playground, March 9 in Sydney, Australia - riding
Seismic 77mm Speed Vent wheels. Last year, British daredevil
Joel D. King set a World Record of 113mph on a jet-powered
street luge rolling on Seismic Speed
Vents.
Visit www.seismicskate.com