Carver Skateboards

The late patriarch who built the business had even cast trucks for another Los Angeles skateboard company, R.A.C.O, during the early ’70s. With a manufacturing partner in place Neil and Greg formed a company called Carver. These parts are made around 3% larger than the final production parts in order to account for the small amount of shrinkage that occurs as molten aluminum cools. As the Japanese scene grew, great riders emerged, and they developed their own distinctive style of surfskating. As the market in the US began to take notice, Greg and Neil heard different feedback than what they were hearing from Japan. By now Carver had firmly established a protocol for product development; keep making prototypes until everything works perfectly, and only then move on to production. With so much effort put into product design on the one hand, and manufacturing processes on the other, early marketing remained mostly word of mouth. At that time the business was divided between manufacturing and shipping, which was run from the foundry in the City of Industry, and the design department that Neil and Greg ran from Venice.