Yes correct, standards are not just decisions, they are consensus, so the companies that understand the need for such a standard in this new industry are here and some are even reading. I work with a few already and I make it a point to highlight skateboard companies in the USA near or at the heart of the history of skateboarding.
All the companies owned and operated by skateboarders themselves, be it downhill, freeride, freestyle park, vert, whatever, you name it and there’s already companies making it. What we need to do is catch their attention, show them there’s a new demographic, a new product and it needs a standard…
They will listen and make what we wish if we show we will buy it, it’s simple…we actually get to create the standard if we play our cards right…How about Liquid, Caliber, Paris, Indy and whatever else all making a 200mm truck made for electric skateboarding and all can fit the same motor? Imagine a selection of wheels, not just like two models or three sizes to choose from but a whole wall of choices that all fit on the same pullies? in all sorts of shapes and sizes and color!
Decks, come on, we got decks coming out of our ears already in this world, great ones, let’s highlight them, ask them to be involved and drill a few more holes, how hard is this really? Not very hard with a little cooperation and spirit! competition breeds innovation but right now the market is sort of dead, we need hype, the companies need hype and growth, growth comes from new standards…
I am more than willing to bet that the companies wanting to be involved in that standard, and apart of that sea of parts on the wall the customer has to choose from, will understand all of this and hear me…