Plan B Skateboards Neon Sheckler 8.125″ Deck
Plan B Skateboards Neon Sheckler 8.125″ Deck
Medium concave / Medium kick, 7-ply construction on 100% premium maple wood
Specifications
- Width: 8.125”
- Length: 31.75”
- Wheel Base: 14.2"
- Tail: 6.38"
- Nose: 6.96"
NOTE - The colour of the top ply may vary
What really happened at the El Toro stair set?
Some background: El Toro is a set of stairs in a Californian high school which has become one of the most iconic spots in skateboarding. Its size means that only a handful of tricks have ever been landed down the stairs, so when someone lands something new, it's big news.
A few years ago, during an interview with the late Thrasher editor Jake Phelps, Ryan claimed he had backside flipped it. If this was true, it was arguably one of the more impressive tricks ever landed on a skateboard. It would set a new benchmark in street skateboarding.
After years of being asked where the footage was, Sheckler admitted that he'd done the one thing you never do in skateboarding: lie about landing a trick. It ended up defining a large part of his career.
"It's turned into the biggest life experience I've ever had to deal with," he sighs. "I was a young kid and I looked up to Jake, and I didn't want to disappoint him. He poked me with the question, and in my mind because I'd just backside flipped a 17-stair, I felt that I’d be able to add on three more stairs and it's the same thing."
"Skateboarders still harass me everywhere I go about it," he continues. "I don't feel like skaters should be hating on each other. I owned up to it; I apologized for it. It showed me the power of what one lie can do, though. I haven't told a lie since!"
Plan B Skateboards
In 1991 Mike Ternasky assembled one of the most dominant teams in the history of the sport and produced what many consider to be the best skate video of all time, Questionable. In 1994, after Mike’s tragic death in car accident the future of the team appeared to be over. Then in 2005, founding team members Danny Way and Colin McKay relaunched the brand with their own version of the super team and a dream to continue the legacy of Plan B.
