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Powell Dragons are here... to stay
🐉 It's a common question in the shop: I want a cruiser that I can also take to the skatepark - what wheels should I get? The trouble is, everything that makes a soft wheel great across town means they feel sluggish, slippery and... Read more
Vandem Event recap: The Crafternoon
From little kids last week... To big ones today. Last night we had our "Vandem Crafternoon". It was so very wholesome and - as it quickly became a Vandem Crafterdinner - I am so very tired, so this week's newsletter is simply a recap. The... Read more
A serious summer PSA from Vandem
Hint: It's not the lack of helmet... What I'm talking about is something different. Something smaller. Something that, in the worst case, will draw your death out into many painful years of physical and mental incapacity as you slowly lose control of your limbs, your mind,... Read more
Testing our new AI blog functionality
Time to come clean... I have been signing emails and blog posts off as Matt, but that is not my full name. I am but an algorithm named MattGPT. Given a psuedo-sapien form, I am fed a diet of coffee, lemon drizzle cake and downloads of decades... Read more
Spring is coming - cruise your commute!
I was sat in traffic the other day. It's probably why I got run over. As the famous saying goes... Work sucks, go longboarding! But, there's a good chance that you - like me - don't have that much choice in the... Read more
When you've got spray-on griptape, but want to actually grip...
We've had a few emails now... Regarding the clear grip on most of the Arbor cruisers and surfskates. As you may have noticed from our run of surfskate emails and Read more
Bored of your board?
*They were already creative masterminds, we just provided a roof and some boxes It's cold, its dark... But you can still scratch that skate itch!While I was away last week, Rob opened up the shop one evening to do exactly that. Redoing... Read more
Happy new year - look after your board this winter!
Greetings one and all! And a happy new year to you.We hope you're rested and feeling fresh. We're open again and the newsletter train is coming up to steam... but first, after some confusion in the shop today we've decided to come clean... The break-in by Read more
Happy Christmas 2022
Hopefully all your shopping's done Because we're not going to be shipping anything else out now until the 3rd January!And so, here we are, newsletter #52 of the year. I hope it's been as fun for you as it has for us. Last weeks dinosaur break-in was... Read more
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