Element Skateboards

Last updated

Element Skateboards
Company type Subsidiary
Industry Retail
Founded1992
FoundersJohnny Schillereff [1] [2]
Headquarters,
United States
Area served
Worldwide
Products Skateboards, Trucks, Wheels, Apparel, Hardware,
Parent Boardriders, Inc.
Website elementbrand.com

Element Skateboards is an American skateboard company, founded in 1992 by Johnny Schillereff, [3] that manufactures skateboard decks, trucks, wheels, griptape, wax, apparel, and footwear. In 2014, Element created and moved to The Branch, a creative space in Costa Mesa, California. [4] In 2018 Element was acquired by Boardriders, Inc. and has headquartered Huntington Beach, U.S. and Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France.

Contents

On February 2, 2025, Liberated Brands, which operated Element retail stores and licensed the brand, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, listing assets and liabilities between $100 million and $500 million. The company announced the closure of all Element stores, with liquidation sales beginning a week before the bankruptcy. [5]

Stores

The flagship store is based in Paris, other stores are located in Hossegor, Lyon, Toulouse and Pau (France).

Kava Vasquez holds an Element board she won in a best trick contest, flanked by Donny Barley and Loren Michelle, Pablo Ramirez's mother - 2021 Donny Barley, Kava Garcia Vasquez, and Loren Michelle.jpg
Kava Vasquez holds an Element board she won in a best trick contest, flanked by Donny Barley and Loren Michelle, Pablo Ramirez's mother - 2021

Team

Team as of July 2023: [6]

Pros

Ams

References

  1. "After fanfare, Element Skateboards didn't stay in Boise; pizza place takes its spot". BoiseDev. November 19, 2018. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  2. "Brands: This is how Nigel Cabourn is reinterpreting Element". sportswear-international.com. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  3. "In 1992 the Element seed was planted". Element.
  4. "Element founder Johnny Schillerefg brand vision branch". Transworld Business.
  5. Montgomery, Tiffany (February 3, 2025). "Liberated Brands Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy". Shop Eat Surf Outdoor. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
  6. "Team | Element". elementbrand.com.