Colonial Brand Skateboards
Hand-Made in the USA and selling at a competitive price, our reinforced skateboard is the first advancement in skateboards in 30 years!
- Stage Full Product Ready
- Industry Sports
- Location Las Vegas, NV, USA
- Currency USD
- Founded November 2011
- Employees 3
- Website colonialbrand.com
Company Summary
We produce skateboards utilizing a patent-pending design that is a significant improvement over our competitors. Confidence is important when skateboarding. Our decks maintain their shape and are harder to break, the two most important features that engender confidence. Our customers are 7-49 years old and predominantly male. We have proven that the Colonial skateboard is strong. Our customers are proving it is the best.
Team
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James Blackmarr WursthornMember Manager65 years of age. Retired financial adviser. Jim’s tenure, work ethic and client satisfaction were staples of his business. His friend Clint approached him with a friend's idea for a reinforced skateboard deck. Enthused, he decided to see if he could raise the necessary funds to start a company. $300,000 later, Jim has been a versatile member of the team, from doing hands-on work building decks, to sales, marketing and day-to-day responsibilities.
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Clinton Scott AndersonMember Manager33 years of age and a skateboarder since he was twelve. Sales and business background, starting in sales at the age of 16. He pursued a career as a financial adviser, where he met Jim. Clint shared his friend Ross' vision about a carbon fabric reinforced skateboard with Jim. Clinton is a financial adviser with Ameritrade now. He devotes all of his free time to Colonial’s needs, including owning SKATE CITY, the only indoor skate park in Las Vegas.
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William Joseph HendricksMember ManagerJoe is 38 years of age.He was a featured skater in the popular skater magazine, TRANSWORLD in November 1996.Over the last 20 years, Joe has built hundreds of different ramps for personal and professional purposes, including a mini ramp for a skate/snow convention in Colorado; worked with Team Pain, building ramps for Woodward, the single authority on skate camps worldwide.Joe is responsible for managing SKATE CITY and manufacturing skateboards.
Advisors
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Robert Ryan Morishita, rrm@morishitalawfirm.netLawyerUnconfirmed
Adam Hodson CPA, adam@adamhodsoncpa.comAccountantUnconfirmed
Previous Investors
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Carl & Audrey Bailey trust; James & Barbara Fuqua trustUnconfirmed
Barbara Tyner trust; Sharon Peterson trustUnconfirmed
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