Before we get down to business, let’s do some pseudo-philosophy: applying grip tape to your board is an almost holy ritual in skateboarding. Sure, standing in front of the deck wall and choosing the right board is fun, but gripping your weapon of choice is any skater’s first initiation to skateboarding maturity. When you were young and stupid, you’d probably had some clerk at your local skate shop applying the grip for you. Right after ditching the mall grab and getting rid of that goddamn mongo pushing, however, you worked up enough courage to give it a try. A horrible one, probably. But afterwards you felt like you’ve really proven yourself as a skateboarder. You were no longer a kid depending on the mood of a hung over skate shop employee, but a member of a secret circle. Like fucking, applying grip tape offers a quality of satisfaction that cannot be reproduced by watching someone else do it. Applying grip tape makes a board your board and your board alone.
So rejoice, dear customers, because Bonkers has ordered enough MOB grip to pave the way from Frankfurt to Albuquerque, New Mexico. And because we care about the proper friction you need to flick those kickflips, we give away one sheet with every purchase of a deck. That’s right. Not minor quality sandpaper you’ll get at other skate shops, but actual MOB grip. Because fuck ‘em, you know. You can’t put a price tag on anything as holy as grip tape application. Like fucking, it’s just not the same when you have to pay for it. Right?
