The pearly gates of commerce. Photo: Grove.
Since our office is literally right around the corner we made sure to attend this past week’s 2017 Agenda trade show here in Long Beach, CA with the intent of hanging out with our friends and peeping the new gear from our favorite skate brands. We achieved our simple goal and had a great time meeting up and discussing dreams and schemes with the homies.
Although more than a few of the brands we are used to seeing in attendance at Agenda were MIA this year, the peripheral lurk of many in the industry (count Wheelbase in that number) was pretty solid. That said, a couple of the more iconic brands still had actual booths scattered throughout the sea of lifestyle clothing, accessories, shoes, and also vape/wax pens. We took a gander, and a few pictures too. Please enjoy this collection of photos from this year’s Long Beach Agenda show, then also please quickly forget about all of this and go bomb a hill, slash a curb, or huck your carcass off something super legit.
Gloriously Ironical. Photo: Grove.
The Friendship Skateboards makes cool graphics out of 3D foam art. Photo: Grove.
Marketing tip 420: cats are ALWAYS trending. Photo: Bandy.
Liam Morgan keeping it dark and emo af. Photo: Bandy.
2 dudes from ‘Rado & 2 new pro model downhill decks by Madrid Skateboards. Please smile! Photo: Bandy.
Steve Weigel is hella stoked and makes handmade cruisers for Ivy Longboards! Photo: Grove.
Posers. Photo: Bandy.
Sector 9 now makes a couple pro models for the legend Shaun Ross. Here’s one. Photo: Grove.
Scott of Muir Skate asks his peers some tough questions at Famous Dave’s BBQ. Photo: Grove.
The new Landyachtz catalog is super rad and said to be “inspired by DGM”. Photo: Bandy.
And by “bubbles” they mean weed, but not intentionally of course. Photo: Grove.
The ubiquitous “much business discussion” photo. Photo: Grove.
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