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The company premiered its third video production, 5-Incher, in June 2012 and used the release to introduce new amateur rider Mitchie Brusco, as well as a "flow" team consisting of Matty "Schmatty" Chaffin, CJ Tambornino, Michael Sommer, and Issey Yumiba. Youness Amrani was announced as the company's next amateur rider in April 2011.
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On November 26, 2012, "Willow's World", a full-length video part edited by Mike Manzoori (Sole Technology), was released on the Transworld Skateboarding website to commemorate the team rider's professional status. The company released a short video in October 2012, in which Haslam surprises Willow with his first professional skateboard deck model at a signing in Germany. Willow had previously been sponsored by Flip Skateboards. German amateur skateboarder Willow was announced as the new Almost team member in November 2010 and a welcome video was also published on the internet. Lutzka was the next team member to leave Almost, as he became sponsored by Darkstar in May 2010.
An introductory video was released to welcome Schulte in February 2010. Schulte had previously been sponsored by Element Skateboards, but had also been in contact with Song, who asked Schulte to let him know about his progress.
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Like Sheckler, Pudwill left Almost to join Plan B in March 2010 and Pudwill's personal friend, Justin Schulte, was eventually announced as the company's new amateur rider after a trial period to determine if he was a suitable fit. Marnell's first board graphic featured a lion waving a Rastafarian flag. The video, entitled "Almost Filmer Asshole", is shot through the lens of a "poacher" (someone who is attempting to film footage of another skateboarder-usually a professional skateboarder-when that person has not been given permission to do so) who throws Marnell's first professional Almost skateboard deck into the view of the camera, upon being caught by Song and Leal the video was published on the Almost website and YouTube. For Marnell's professional inauguration, Song and videographer Socrates Leal filmed a spoof video part to welcome Marnell. Torey Pudwill was announced as the company's new amateur in 2007, and both he and Marnell were promoted to the professional ranks in 2008. Sheckler left Almost to join the newly reformed Plan B Skateboards team in January 2007. 2007–2013: New recruits, 5-Incher, Marnell's death Lewis Marnell was introduced as the company's first amateur in 2006 through a bonus part included with the company's Cheese and Crackers video-the second Almost video release-that features Song and Haslam on a mini-ramp structure- Curtis Mayfield's " Move On Up" is the soundtrack to Marnell's part. The Almost: Round Three video featured all of the brand's original team riders and was released in 2004 to launch the brand. The initial team also consisted of Cooper Wilt, Chris Haslam, Ryan Sheckler, Greg Lutzka. So, that's why it started: I'd been wanting to do it for so long! But, opportunity never really came up-until then. I got this idea-you wanna do something together? Start something new?" And, I could hear the excitement in Daewon's voice. I wanted so badly to do something with Daewon -Daewon was my first call: "Oh man, I have bad news. After he received the news from a friend of Johnson's, Mullen-who had been thinking about collaborating with Song prior to Johnson's departure, as the pair had been skateboarding together over a long period of time-called Song: Mullen explained in July 2014 that he knew in his "heart" that the founder of enjoi, Marc Johnson, wanted to leave the company. History 2003–2006: Formation, Round Three, Cheese & Crackers Īlmost Skateboards was founded in 2003 by Mullen and Song after leaving their previous companies, enjoi and Artafact, respectively.
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