10/29/2014
Important Announcement!....
Over the past 10 years we have put our blood, sweat and tears into this vision we call Five Mile Skateboards. Since the beginning we've had the pleasure of creating our own unique decks to offer the world, created some rad videos, met an enormous amount of incredible people, travelled all over the world, sold our products on nearly every continent, and created relationships that will last a lifetime. Those experiences we wouldn't give up for anything in the world. Like many good things in life, some things simply can't last forever. With that being said it saddens us to announce that Five Mile is closing its doors after 10 wonderful years. It was a very tough decision for us to make, but we feel we have given this amazing ride everything we have to offer and it's time we all move on to other things. We are very proud of all of our accomplishments over the past decade and we feel this is the best decision to make at this time. We want to publicly thank everyone who supported, helped, and believed in us for so long. We would also love to thank Resource Distribution for the tremendous support they have given us in offering Five Mile to the world.
Many of us, including our team riders, will be moving on to join other companies and we support every one of our riders in pursuing their skating careers. I myself will be joining Riviera Skateboards, Paris Trucks, and Divine Wheels to continue to bring the world high quality videos and plan on remaining involved in this industry that has given us so much. We here at Five Mile are a huge family and though it breaks our hearts to have to make this announcement, I have to say that we are excited for these new opportunities and we wouldn't change anything even if we could. This company has helped us grow into the people we are today and I'm very proud of everything we've done the past 10 years.
With all that said, we would like to offer all of our supporters a chance to get your piece of Five Mile history while they are still available. We are working with a few of our loyal Five Mile distributors and retailers to spread whats left of our stock around and make it available at a lower price. We're asking our retail partners to offer all of our last decks at the price of $89.00 each. So if you've been waiting to get your hands on one of our decks, now is your best chance before they are all gone! We are sad this day has come but we are also happy to offer our fans and supporters this chance to own one of our decks for a fraction of the original price. So get them while you can!
We would also like to acknowledge the many people that stuck with us over the years. To any riders who joined our team past and present, you know who you are and you know what you've done for us. We will never forget all of you for keeping us moving. It's been truly a pleasure and a dream come true working on Five Mile all these years. I can honestly stand here today and tell you we gave it all we had, and we are proud of what we've done for the downhill skateboarding industry.
Though this may be the end of our past, it also marks the beginning of our future, and we are proud to know our legacy will last forever.
With much love and respect to all,
Cody Shea
And The Five Mile Family
