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| Founded | Huntington Beach, California in 1991 |
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| Headquarters |  California |
| Key people | Jeremy Fox Ian Deacon Geoff Rowley |
| Industry | Skateboarding |
| Website | www.flipskateboards.com |
Flip Skateboards is a US based international skateboard company, owned by Jeremy Fox, Ian Deacon and Geoff Rowley.
The company manufactures[citation needed] skateboard decks, wheels and clothing. Flip is distributed by NHS Distribution in the US.
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History
Flip Skateboards originally started in the UK in the 1980s as Deathbox Skateboards (later to be named Flip in 1994). The original name 'Deathbox' is a term used for the swimming pool overflow channel in the form of backyard pool skating.
Flip moved from the UK to California in July 1994, Jeremy Fox, Ian Deacon and Geoff Rowley were the first to arrive, team riders Tom Penny, Rune Glifberg moved in 95) the company went on to become one of the world's biggest and most well known skateboard companies.[citation needed]
Four members have won the prestigious Thrasher Skater of the Year Award: Bob Burnquist in 1997 (though he was sponsored by Anti-Hero at the time), Geoff Rowley in 2000, Arto Saari in 2001, and Mark Appleyard in 2003 also winning best street skater in transworld skateboarding magazine.[citation needed]
Notable team members include Mark Appleyard, Bob Burnquist, Rune Glifberg, Lance Mountain, Tom Penny, and Geoff Rowley.
Videography
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Sorry
(2002) 50 Minutes. VHS
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| Directed by | Fred Mortange |
| Produced by | Jeremy Fox Ian Deacon Geoff Rowley |
| Cinematography | Fred Mortange |
| Editing by | Fred Mortange |
| Distributed by | Flip Skateboards |
| Country | U.S. |
| Language | English |
Feat. Mark Appleyard, Ali Boulala, Alex Chalmers, Rune Glifberg, Tom Penny, Geoff Rowley, Arto Saari, Bastien Salabanzi.
Appearances by Bob Burnquist, Dustin Dollin, Bam Margera, Renee Renee, Rodrigo Tx, Danny Way.
Flip's video effort helped set the tone for street skateboarding videos of the 2000's. Starting with Mark Appleyard with a tons of hammers like the kickflip bs five-0 to the hubba,backside heelflip the sacramento 3-flat-3flat-3 excellent. Followed by Ali part the extravaganza skateboarding or "handrail manifiesto" so clearly that is another style, the main hammer is the 25 ollie attempt. Chalmers is next so great board control in that bowl, he can just go so high with this mini-ramps. Bastien Salabanzi the young kid from Congo a huge ripper and a nice 16 stair kickflip fs boardslide at the end.Rune Glifberg other great part plus he is the only that skate huge ramps, next is the lost Tom Penny in a mini ramp montage. The end of the video is with Tom Penny and Arto Saari with a huge Tom Penny comeback and a cammed Arto Saari from coma after a huge bail.
Really Sorry
(2003) 30 Minutes. DVD
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| Directed by | Ewan Bowman |
| Produced by | Jeremy Fox Ian Deacon Geoff Rowley |
| Cinematography | Ewan Bowman |
| Editing by | Ewan Bowman |
| Distributed by | Flip Skateboards |
| Country | U.S. |
| Language | English |
Feat. Mark Appleyard, Ali Boulala, Danilo Cerezini, P.J. Ladd, Tom Penny, Geoff Rowley, Arto Saari, Bastien Salabanzi, and David Gonzalez
Extremely Sorry
(2009) 62 Minutes. DVD
Featuring: Ali Boulala, Ben Nordberg, Bob Burnquist, Christoph "Willow" Wildgrube, Curren Caples, David Gonzalez, Geoff Rowley, Lance Mountain, Louie Lopez, Luan De Oliveira, Mark Appleyard, Rodrigo TX, Rune Glifberg, Shane Cross, and Tom Penny
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