Spinal
FR · maker · obstacles · decks · trucks
InactiveSpinal was Tom's French fingerboard brand. It started as Spinal Ramps, wooden ramps and street parks, then added grip tape and hand-pressed 5-ply decks: the flat Spinal plat and the Spinal Concave, sold for about €10 with deck rails, screws and custom graphics, and ridden by a small international team. In 2007 Tom stopped making decks and kept only the grip. In 2008 Jeff, the maker of RFLX, took over the name for his spinal.fr shop, kept Spinal grip going and added Spinal Wide trucks in 2009, until the shop closed in 2013.
Decks
- Ply Count
- 5-ply
Obstacles
- Materials
- Wood, Metal
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2006
June
First decks: Spinal plat
Tom's first hand-pressed decks, a flat-concave shape in wood veneers, followed by early pressings in July.
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2006
June
Spinal Concave
A second mold with more pop and concave than a Tech Deck. Five plies, about €10, shipped with sets of black and white deck rails. One rider reviewing it that September gave it 10/10.
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2006
August
Colored veneers
Decks pressed with dyed plies in several colors, including the blue and yellow Spinal.
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2007
January
Colored Spinal grip tape
Grip in yellow, green, black, clear, camo, orange and pink, about €2 a pack. Jader, the Evolve rider, was among those sponsored by Spinal Grip.
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2007
February
Spinal rail
A round metal grind rail.
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2007
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2007
August 14
New site, grip only
A new Spinal website announced that Tom no longer had time to make decks and would sell only grip, in eight colors. Guillaume Ouellet joined a team that also listed Iain Andrew, Carlos Alberto, Jader Muller, Alex McMillan and Taylor Lucas.
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2007
December 12
Free ramp plans
Tom posted Spinal Ramps plans for a funbox, a kicker and ledge, and a street plaza on Petit Frère, with measurements on request.
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2008
September 5
Jeff takes over the name
Jeff, the maker of RFLX, took Spinal over from Tom and opened spinal.fr as a full shop. Only the grip kept the Spinal brand.
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2009
May 14
Spinal Wide trucks
Spinal got its own wide trucks, sold for about €5 with good bushings. Later versions fit decks without a kingpin hole and came with a tool.
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2013
- Location
- 🇫🇷 France
- Price Tier
- $ - Budget/Entry
- Brand Type
- Maker
- Status
- Inactive
- Made in
- 🇫🇷 France
- Run by
- 1 person
- Sales Channel
- Direct
- Custom Orders
- Yes
- Ships Internationally
- Yes
- Added by
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@thomas
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