FOUNDbodyboards

[adam.s]

http://mitchrawlins.com/news/foundboards/

And let the discussions commence.

[despes25]

sounds awesome dont like the name though, it doesnt have the same catchiness as say NMD (yes i know its an abreviation) science or elit' but it will probably grow on me

cant wait to see them though im fairly certain the guy running unknown bodyboards is the shaper behind it, might have to try and get one of his customs off of him if i dont get a science 11

[NtripleB]

will he use the logo that is on mitchrawlins.com?

[aliasmc]

i cant believe he didnt just use his name or initials.... Found???????
I'm sure it will work well for him either way

[Swoodle]

I wonder what his boards are going to be called. I am excited to see what they produce and if they are going to be much of the same as whats already out there.

I hate the name. MR would have been better.

[Conjob v1.1]

He probably didnt go with MR due to Mark Richards. Thats just a complete guess though and could be 100% wrong.

[Boogs]

I like it... Like any new name, it sounds weird at first. Wait a while and it will become a standard name like elit, nomad, NMD...

[doclach]

a lot of new kids to the sport get NMD and Nomad names confused, so at least it is away from anything simillar.
like Boogs said, anything new sounds a bit weird at first anyway.
wonder if "Found" ties in with the direction sorta symbol - like Mitch ahs found his direction or something?
sick he wants to get behind comps too

[meaksy]

I assume the name 'found' refers to him Founding his new business or that his aim is to set up a company with the aim of being a foundation for bodyboarding etc, someone could just ask him next time they see him . The name is cool if they are sort of the reasons behind it but it does not have the nice aural presentation that names with more syllables have. We'll all get used to it though

The Press release video was pretty funny had a chuckle at the Bush impersonation

I guess the situation begs the question as to how many board brands the industry can absorb while still enabling companies to make a decent profit to put back into the industry (comps advertising etc)
Competition between companies is probably a really good thing at the moment though with brands pushing each other to come up with more inovative designs and core materials. In a way It's what the sport need at the moment to keep it progressing.

Mitch has stepped out on a limb and i hope he does really well with it. There will be plenty of people curious and willing to give his boards a go. So long as they are consistantly high quality boards then i reckon he'll make a good go of it and wont have too hard a time building his business initially.

My musings anyway.

PS i want a mitch board already and i havent even seen them

[tungie]

yea... i thought nmd was same with nomad bodyboards too... hahaha....

[caspian]

Dude seems like he's overstretching himself. In my not very humble opinion, he should've waited till he retired from pro bodyboarding. He's going to be one busy mofo. Personally I like the name, and am fairly interested in how the quality of them will be. WIll probably buy a turbo next anyway, of course. Curious as to who he's gonna sign- it would be rad if he gave Chad Jackson a deal, because it's a real injustice he doesn't have one.

[captain_awesome]

yeah, i am thinking chad and jake

a lot of new kids to the sport get NMD and Nomad names confused, so at least it is away from anything simillar.

someone did that last year and we all started calling him ben james james player etc. was pretty funny until we said something even dumber and well we got some crap

[adam.s]

Would be so good if he gets some really young groms onto his team, mid-way through their teens then nurtures them into future world champions, which having someone experienced liked Chaddy J or Jake Stone?

Hey, whats the best somebody like Jake Stone or Brendon Backshall don't get signed by Mitch?

[caspian]

Would be so good if he gets some really young groms onto his team, mid-way through their teens then nurtures them into future world champions, which having someone experienced liked Chaddy J or Jake Stone?

...What?

[adam.s]

Haha, doesn't make as much sense as when I was writing it. Should probably read my posts before i submit them
Nah what I meant was that it would be awesome if he had some real young guys, like mid teens, so they could develop under him, but balance that out with some experience of Chaddy J or somebody.