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2012 saw the first edition of Dialled scooter magazine. Kids be drooling over the pages here in New Zealand

2011 was the year for scooter magazines. Scoot Mag, alongside Scoot Nation and French Toast, started in 2011. Legitimising the sport was more than a fad.

Its 2011 and the first edition French Toast magazine is released.

The District Scary Kids is one of the coolest limited edition decks to ever hit the market. These were made in extremely low quantities and were only produced ONCE.
Along with the DNA, Brandon James, Skullaz and Benj Friant Signature decks. This deck remains a staple in the game for its unique graphics, speckled paint job and of course the legendary break system that was so good it hasn’t changed in over a decade.
The handle bar and fork combination with eagle wheels and ODI grips is to die for!
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Which one are you?
Scooter clamps come in all different shapes and sizes but essentially do the same thing. From the single mono clamp all the way to six bold clamps. Things got a bit wild in the early days of scootering. Beginners sometimes believed that the more bolts you had would give your setup more strength. But that wasn’t true. The sextuple clamp was completely useless for durability, but did something for your social status 😆 temporarily anyways.
Double clamps are the most popular stock system nowadays. Two bolts usually do the trick for most riders. A lot of MGP scooters still use a three bolt system but one is really no better than the other. It’s all about how you treat your bolts for the most part.
The SCS you all should know was created by Andrew Broussard of Proto Scooters. The world really owes him for that one. He took the idea of a Bmx stem and turned it into a vertical system for scooter bars. Legendary and creative if you ask me.
Name an iconic clamp from the scootering world.

Who had one?
The Blunt AOS v2 is one of the all time greatest decks ever made. This thing was so futuristic at the time of release. Super lightweight, one piece forged headtube, flex fender break with built in spacers. This thing was a masterpiece. Then came the signature models.
Jake Clarke
Jesse Ikedah
Ryan Upchurch
Max Peters
Charles Padel
Ludo Pistat
Released in November of 2012 the AOS V2 marked significant change in the scootering industry. Will there ever be another deck like it?

Phoenix x Grit OG Custom
Lots of purists won’t understand the logic here but to be honest this was your typical high end custom build in New Zealand during the era of Phoenix first deck release. Phoenix parts were expensive on this side of the world meaning people would normally compromise on the rest of the build.
But who’s to say that the Yeh Yeh Yeh Bars WASNT iconic? We sold thousands of these. And I mean THOUSANDS for real. Grit was a frontrunner of scootering and to this day remains a seriously competitive brand providing good quality gear to the sport it helped bankroll. Their investment paid off and we got to enjoy some of the best riders thanks to their support.
Ryan McNamara is one of those guys. You all know Jordan Clark of course. The Grit Academy Program slingshot these riders to the highest point of scootering. Ryan was attempting the 900 flair well before anyone thought it was possible.
So much history in these parts.