companies that Jack (copy) parts.

[Jon.]

Connor, that would be a valid response if we were ... on bikes. There are so many different styles of bars that can be made still and Lucky even said they're supplying the demand for Crow style bars, so they directly ripped them off to cash in on this fad.
I mean look at TSI bars, Phoenix bars, SlaYer bars, all different, but Crows and Prys... like exactly the same..

This is what I was going to say.

 

[Anthσny]

is this big james that works at scooterzone?

Yes.

 

[Kodye Gregory]

Well since I live right next to the proride shop, I always talk to my friend that works there. His words: "by 2011 there will not be a team proride because it is too expensive and with the scooterzone that opened up right next to proride I do see proride easily going out of business very soon.

 

[Anthσny]

I was lurking in the forums and found this.

 

[Drew Kelly]

^ omg haha take that

 

[koring]

i think copying and innovating are totally different i know blazer copied scs and the fakey brake
but still lucky tryed innovating the crow bars, pry bars give you more verity that is what this sport needs. I am sure mostly everyone started out with a razor then put inwards on it and some yaks and a new district clamp... lets go for diversity in parts . if you want to say that pry's are copies of crows i am saying that rad og's , inward T's , nipple bars , all copied each other. so let there be innovation, let there be change.

 

[jordyskoots]

fukin gay grit copys inward extremes and every kid buys them and thinks they are cool!! grit parts are made of week, thin, light shit!!!

 

[Thom Cat]

Some things I would say have been coppied. concave, HIC, the flexfender, but now these are new standards

 

[Anthσny]

i think copying and innovating are totally different i know blazer copied scs and the fakey brake
but still lucky tryed innovating the crow bars, pry bars give you more verity that is what this sport needs. I am sure mostly everyone started out with a razor then put inwards on it and some yaks and a new district clamp... lets go for diversity in parts . if you want to say that pry's are copies of crows i am saying that rad og's , inward T's , nipple bars , all copied each other. so let there be innovation, let there be change.

Bahahahaha Nipples don't look like inwards.

 

[humpurple kushiones]

Bahahahaha Nipples don't look like inwards.

they did until inward changed them.
new sig

 

[JoshNunez]

Well since I live right next to the proride shop, I always talk to my friend that works there. His words: "by 2011 there will not be a team proride because it is too expensive and with the scooterzone that opened up right next to proride I do see proride easily going out of business very soon.

They should give all the ramps they built to scooterzone

 

[Jon.]

T- bars are like the bike standard. No one will take offense if they steal the shape of the t bar seeing its so simple. But inward makes theirs unique by reinforcing it in the middle. same with wee's

 

[matr!]

For gods sake. I'm not bitching but seriously, there is only so many different designs for things. Sooner or later we are going to run out of ideas. It's like BMX, most of the bars, frames and forks are the same idea/design

 

[koring]

yes but first apperance and nipples are T bars to they are juust a lower case t ...
people these days.
I love it when a new company comes out even if they do not have all original ideas its change . obama would be proud.

 

[Dustin Nooner]

Business is business. everyone copied RAD on bars. if your looking at it like a business man than thats tough shit and you should patten it if your that concerned. but it only helps the scooter world get bigger. i undersand it blows to get jacked but its gonna happen forever haha.

 

[Tyler P]

Business is business. everyone copied RAD on bars. if your looking at it like a business man than thats tough shit and you should patten it if your that concerned. but it only helps the scooter world get bigger. i undersand it blows to get jacked but its gonna happen forever haha.

Well said.

 

[btyczki21]

i hope failride goes out of business too haha
it most likely will because scooter zone is one freeway exit down from failride now.
and the only business failride is getting now is from rich ass familys that have little 8 year old kids and they buy them complete failride scooters and the bars are taller then the kid when they ride because proride is retarted and dont even give the kids the right height on handlebars its hilarious

saw the same exact thing at SZ. there is no running from better off lil kids, i just dont let it get to me. in fact by letting that piss u off it gives them a win kind of.

 

[masciman3]

connor made a good point and crowbars are not in stock often enough. lucky almost always has parts in stock + prys have 2" backsweep and crows have 5". its just a good style of bars and no one said the idea couldnt be taken. lucky is just benefiting the riders.

 

[chrisblanton]

Okay lets get things straight with ProRide.
You can say that im on prorides side seeing as how I work there. Ive been with the company since day one and have done a hell of a lot for them and with them. There has been some good days and bad.
But most of which that has gone on with PR has been exaggerated quite a bit.

Lets start off with all the "Copy" Topic:

1. No single kid on the team or that was on the team had anything to do with how the parts looked so dont start stuff with kids that ride PR parts.
2. Yes Parts do look similar but the only part that is a exact rip off was the Nipple bars from Scooter Zone, Which has been discontinued.
3. When ProRides deck came out last year at SD4 there was no such thing has the lucky evo, so take that into consideration. Now if you look at ProRides Deck and Luckys First Gen Deck (Penis Deck, Not Dissing, Just explaining), They look Nothing alike. The only thing similar is the fact that it is machined(CNC) and not extruded and welded together. IF you want to start arguing about the fact that PR stole the idea of CNC on a deck then you need to argue about how Phoenix Or others Stole razors idea of extrusion and welding.

Now lets talk about the bad talk on scooters from the 2 anonymous People from the same IP address.

Now if you didnt know, Jon, which was the owner and founder of Active Ride Shop owns PR
He is a very smart man and is really nice as well.
Now let me explain What I think happened with the anonymous people.
(IP of "RewardsAreComing" and "chump_squad" - 65.60.118.34 : MAIL.ACTIVERIDESHOP.COM )
That is the IP address From the computer that those Person was using.
I was thinking about this the other day and i remember that jons son who still worked at active and who rides skateboards and not scooters probally got on one of actives mail computers and was trying to help his dads company out a little but things got out of hand and thats why he cut down scooters.

This is only my theory and I have not talked to jon about it.
But its the only thing that could of happend, Because at the time Jon didnt own active anymore and could not have access to this computer. also I know the man and he would not talk like that.

Now the last topic.
Most of you hate PR because of a special someone and someone else. Im not going to say names but you know who they are.

My opinion is that PR latest parts are pretty good and if you dont like them because of one of the reasons above then do you part and dont buy them.

Thank you for reading my thoughts and Believe Me ask around im a really cool guy so dont hate me.

ALL OF THAT WAS MY OPINION
Please feel free to ask more questions.

 

[humpurple kushiones]

it was prorides ip address, they're guilty.
i dont really mind them taking other peoples ideas, but when you call scooters gay you need to get the fuck out of the sport.

i feel really bad for you though that you might be out of a job because of a mistake that proride made.