***UNDER DISPUTE*** skateboard industry manufacturing guru Troy Churchill, the “Willy Wonka” of skateboards, takes us through the process and philosophy that makes Troy’s skateboard decks the best in the industry. Troy’s manufacturing genius, engineering skills, and consulting experience has influenced and contributed to the establishment of many skateboard factories. Troy Churchill explains why his decks are perfect. This video was originally made and distributed to Skateshops back in 2004. Due to dispute, an updated sequel to this video is soon to be released. COMING SOON!
See Troy’s factory product in the Plan B warehouse ad.
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ye, i think so, …
ye, i think so, daewon parks his car over a deck overnight, to make sure that the concave is perfect…
glad to see them …
glad to see them doing in the us. instead of overseas. companies like almost,blind,enjoi are just a few that go the cheap route. SUPPORT US MADE DECKS.
lol how much are …
lol how much are those sexy boards
he makes plan B …
he makes plan B boards??????????????
is it true if you …
is it true if you stack the decks in the presser with out a mold on before each deck wont the concave of the deck be slightly diffrent from the top deck 1 to 5 like this
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This is a comical …
This is a comical blog…interesting video for sure. My problem with the skateboard industry is that most the decks out there look the same. They’ve looked the same for years now. Decks in the late 70′s early 80′s had style, not just in their graphics, but in their shape, style and design. This Troy Chuchill guy seems to know his stuff…why is everybody else so up in his shit? I think there’s some serious jealousy issues here, maybe it all stems from the Benz in the video?? Move on people.
Hey All – too much …
Hey All – too much fun – this video is just a simple promo video for a five year old product It makes no claims to anything other than the brand is great and how and where it is made. Yes it was named Churchill MFG after me, who put it together in Mex. Now it is proskate. I came back in when Syndrome asked me to set up PLAN B. Grant, I welded those presses not Dave. No I didn’t build BBS. Yes I did work with you. I did help to set up Mastercore, ask Warren and Dolph. If they deny, who cares!
uuuh o-k… well …
uuuh o-k… well that explains everything?
Years later, Penny …
Years later, Penny was searching for approval from her Father after her mother died and he turned to whisky. She started spending much of her spare time with me in my fathers basement. We spent hours making videos on my Dads beta camera. Ill never forget Penny Benjamin. Her influence on youtube will never be forgotten! I wrote the editing software that was used to create the videos you see here, when I needed to convert the Beta tapes I had shot with Penny to VHS..
Our master plan was …
Our master plan was never to be, we got distracted when Troy pointed to a blue tarp that was covering my invention in my fathers basement and uttered the two words that would forever change the skateboarding industry. Whats that??
Troy Churchill is a …
Troy Churchill is a friend of mine, and I can tell you he is no genius.
I invented the CNC machine and taught Troy to use it in my fathers basement late one night when we were six years old and his Mom let him spend the night. We snuck into the basement after my parents went to sleep to plan how we were going to sneak into Penny Benjamins second story window. She was the eight-year old girl next door that had started to develop boobs.
Thats what I was …
Thats what I was told so it must be true… isnt that how this whole thing started?
Funny: you can’t …
Funny: you can’t give credit to Troy, one of your mfg. consulting resources who actually appears in his video in his own factory, yet, you can give credit to “Rodney”, one of your competitors who does not appear in his video and who is taking credit for someone else’s factory. The hypocrisy, lack of savvy, and out right childish comments on your part is amazing to say the least. Can you even skate? At least Troy can still pressure flip!
Grant, you are so …
Grant, you are so angry. Greg, where have you been? Gavin shouted me out to look at this. Grant I have heard that you talk some made s*@t, but didn’t believe it. Ya, I bounce around a-lot… in fact I am here, still, at Syndrome (plan b) working on decks in our R&D room. Guess my reputation is shot….. For the record…… I deny ever working with you fools (BBS and MC, IE: zero) cuz I don’t want those who know to think I had anything to do with wood… HAHAH, your turn. Troy
Final comment: you …
Final comment: you haven’t indicated where “we” took credit for your factory? Your projecting your frustrations onto my video Grant. Nothing about you here!!!
Gavin,
Troy had …
Gavin,
Troy had Dave weld some presses for us. That was 3 years after we learned how to press decks. The presses weren’t even Troy’s design. The frame was Greg Firth’s who also built proskate’s gang drill. I do recall going to a woodworking show with Troy in which Mike at California woodworking introduced me to a copy shaper. I don’t understand how that means Troy built our factory.
Well, I guess I …
Well, I guess I need to make a part two. I had made a video based on Churchill Mfg. making quality decks. Why that offends so many other manufacturers I can understand! I don’t see anywhere in here Grant that has anything to do with taking credit for anything you’ve created! As far as ego goes, I’ve been there working with Troy for the last 15 years watching him work with you and others. It sounds to me like the real ego is maybe coming from you!
Sure I remember …
Sure I remember Evan. If I remember correctly Troy wanted to use Evan to produce Active decks but Evan couldn’t get his act together so he went to us to produce them. We are not hating on the video. We actually started to do our own after seeing how cool Rodney’s is. I know Troy and he is a cool guy but his ego is off the charts. You have to understand, you and Troy have made claims that you created what we created, when we have all been knee deep in saw dust for 15 years.
I’ve been having so …
I’ve been having so much fun with this Youtube video I made … this video was made FIVE years ago. I just called Troy, told him to check it out, he’s laughing, and he has told be to post on here: THIS VIDEO IS A LIE AND HE ACTUALLY KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT SKATEBOARDS AND WANTS CREDIT FOR NOTHING. To prove it, you can ask any of the Plan B team, and they too will agree that he knows NOTHING about skateboards. P.S. Troy wanted to say hello to all his old friends chiming in.
Grant, your an …
Grant, your an idiot! I was in Troy’s shop when he was building presses and dying takes for you, and he let you use part of his warehouse to dye your veneers and he made Active boards before he hired you to make them. And if I recall correctly, didn’t you go with Troy to the Wood Working conventions to look at a CNC machine? And not not that this matters, but did you know about automatic shapers before you knew Troy?
Lastly, don’t you …
Lastly, don’t you remember Evan Villareal? He was a good friend of mine. He was pressing skateboards before any of you guys and he use to work for Troy? Didn’t Evan turn you, Grant, onto Troy to learn how to press decks? Why are you guys hating on Troy and my video so much?!
I think the only …
I think the only thing he can make claim to is moving Pro Skate to Mexico. It is definetely something to be proud of but to lay claim to BBS or Mastercore is absurd. As far as influence in Skateboard manufacturing. I definetely have something to say about that. I know Paul Schmidt would too. As well as anybody that has more than a year in a skate factory. I think that’s about the time Troy has actually spent in a factory. Last I heard he was messing around with Control Airplanes.
I remenber when we …
I remenber when we made Active decks with Troy as the middle man. I knew that he told Active that they were made in his factory but really didn’t care. The brands that we make decks for all claim to make their own product.
I remember bullshitting with Troy about all his Snowboard Manufacturing that he was involved with. I couldn’t get over all the different places he worked. Seemed to never stay anywhere for more than a few months. Maybe because he was giving false info like he is to you.
Gavin,
This is …
Gavin,
This is Grant from BBS. I can’t even think of what Troy might have told you that he helped out with. Our first press that we built was originally an air bag press. I got the air bag from some dude that worked with snowboards, don’t remember his name but it wasn’t Troy. This guy from orange county that made wooden sun glasses cut out our first mold. From there Patric cut out our molds and then Thane. Like I said I wouldn’t even know what Troy would have laid claim to.
I think the real …
I think the real problem here Greg is that the side of this industry, that has used and relied on Troy Churchill for years, most of whom he got into this industry so that he could have reliable sources of product and services, are resentful to see Troy being successful on his own, in direct competition with YOU GUYS!