Greg Lutzka Sells His Boards At Walmart?
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Chris Roberts: linktr.ee/Chrisroberts - Sport
I love how he wanted an affordable board.. legit has my respect
and its a shitty board. gonna break on a 5 set.
What a great clip. Hearing Lutzka talk about all that just brought back so many memories. Got my first board at Walmart in '87, orange, fish tail, with the tiger striped gripe. Got a real board about a year later because the bearing seized up. I never even saw a magazine or anyone doing a modern/real trick until like '91-'92. It's crazy how far things have come.
One thing is Greg lutzka is a smart businessman from what I see 😮
Good job Greg, “hardcore” skaters will claim selling out, but it’s a great entry level board and great for low income families to hook their kids up with something decent. When fast food is 20 bucks a meal, a skateboard for 30 bucks is making a lot of kids (and parents) day.
I’m backing this 100% there’s so many kids out there that want to try skating but don’t come from a family that can afford $200 on a legit setup. My first skateboard was from Walmart an even though it sucked I loved it because it was mine. Haha skated that thing literally till it broke
before i could get a pro board when i was young i used to buy world inudstries completes for like 30 lol@@SlashDiaries
If I had kids I'd rather they skate than eat McDonald's.
That stuff is poison.
He's right about the Nash thing. My first board was a Nash and that thing didn't roll for sht. I was 5 so I just figured I was too young/small and I needed to wait until I was older. Getting a bad board as a kid and thinking you're the problem can really shut you down quick.
Haha I had a Nash too. Totaly forgot about that. Total PoS but for little kids that’s all you need. I eventually upgraded to world industries lol
@@kevinVersus haha Nash was the shit 😂
My first wood board was a nash... it had a volcano graphic (glow in the dark) had all the plastic on the nose and tail...
Damn. Need some Nash merch
@@cbasbwoyETP haha str8 up
Sellout or not he did a frontside 270 kf noseblunt on a rail
This. End of story he's a 🐐
Selling out is a thing of the past, a completely outdated concept
@@ramonmoodley2462what an honorable time we live in.
@@defleppardsucks7595 not sure what to think, to be honest. Survival of the fittest is the name of the game
He not a sell out we all get old and need more money for our family he made a lot when he was young but u can only do it for so long once u get into living that lifestyle things get expensive u do what u gotta do he can’t compete anymore
My biggest complaint as a kid was Wheels and bearings. I could get by with a flat/non concave cheap board and plastic trucks. But Plastic wheels and abec3 bearings, just made it unable to ride for real. For my birthday my mom took me to a local skate shop and finally got some real wheels and bearings. Element wheels and redz.
I had so many walmart boards from my family members that i gave them away to anyone with the interest in skating. I was the only one around my neighborhood skating. It wasnt the best area and a lot of kids from overseas. Theres something about skateboards that calls people. Those cheap walmart boards brought a lot of joy thats all i can say
Man, 10 years ago, i would've called him a sell-out. But hes totally right and i think its gonna help the core industry in the end. Skateboarding isnt what it used to be times are changing but shit like this is for the better. Good to see a see a well respected pro bringing this sort of thing to the table instead of some greedy corporation
I'm glad Chris brought it up at the very end, because it's something I was thinking about the whole time: if there's going to be entry level boards in these stores, I'd rather them be designed/provided by core guys in the industry. Yes, they may not be top of the line, but you can at least feel confident in knowing the board is quality wood, the trucks are metal, the wheels are urethane, the bearings *work*. And like Greg pointed out, if a kid's first experience is on a plastic hunk of crap, you're running the risk of turning them off from skating. This is rad.
Darkstar used to make really solid completes for kids for like $35. I still have one in the house.
these clips have given me a lot of respect for lutzka, it's really admirable to be focused on making skating as accessible as possible. whether or not we want to admit it nearly all of us started on walmat boards and it's awesome that he's making them usable
Got my first board at a k mart in the 90s. Wal mart customers deserve a decent starter set up
K mart sucks.
The board was a Valterra Shattered. Broke it doing a boneless off the top of a car, so I wedged it back together and screwed a piece of plywood like a splint. I rode it like that for quite a while until I was able to save for a Z Naked deck which was number 2
Man Greg really not letting anyone speak without cutting them off
Right on. My first board was a Walmart board, mainly because I didn’t have much money and I didn’t know about skate shops yet. I grew up rural Mississippi, so we did what had to do at the time. I just wanted to roll, and 25 years later.. that’s all I still care about.
I grew up in rural eastern Canada and it was the same thing. No skate shops, no money, but Canadian Tire (sort of a Walmart meets Autozone) sold crappy skateboards so that's what I got.
I don't mind this as long as the board is skateable
It’s the same quality as the Bones/Element/Sk8mafia completes you can get for around $60. Really good for the price IMO.
Shaq sold 450 million shoes Via Wal Mart.. Wise business decision Lutzka
My first board was a walmart or canadian tire board and it was horible, so i respect this. Most kids back in my day couldn't afford a real board from the local skate shop.
Crappy Tire boards were awful, that's where I got my first.
Had a Hobie briefly in 98 when I was 8, and my grandparents for Christmas got me a Pokemon Board that I hated every bit of but the Bearings were actually damn good and it rolled well. Wasn't stuck with either for very long, for my Birthday next April I got a Deck from a Shop that I was able to build out. It was a Hawk Birdhouse, Independent Trucks, Black Bones Swiss bearings, and Spitfires. To this day, that was the heaviest board I have ever had.
My first board was a toys r us Variflex in the 90’s. I ended up finding the exact same one one eBay years later, wish I still had my original but glad I was able to find the same one! Plastic trucks and wheels, don’t even care. I’m glad I got this! Gonna make my son ride once at least too!
I got my first board from target and skated it everyday. I slipped on a rock and it got ran over by a car and exploded into so many pieces. It took a while but I finally got my first board and it was an Alien workshop. I've spent the last 25 years of my life skateboarding. I'm older now with kids but I still go to skateparks with them and have fun on my board. Skating is what helped me feel included in high school.
Nah bro really a goat
Something that helps more people skate (especially kids or families on a budget) is 10/10 in my book. I love this.
Wht would this make him a sellout? He made a solid product for kids whose first board will be coming from walmart. Thats about the coolest thing an old pro could do for the next generation.
Dont let people forget Gregs boards were in Walmart over 20 years ago when he was on Illenium
Respect the hustle
My first board ever was from big 5 sporting goods. Thank you for making a boards inexpensive for families to let their kids try skating! Hell yea!
My first board was from Walmart and had darth maul as the graphic
Mans a genius with this one. Tonys boards have always been poopoo in the big bix stores. Rip darkstar doe
Walmart boards were all i had access to as a not poor highschool'er just mom wasn't gonna buy me skate stuff, the only problem i had is those damn trucks king bins kept breaking and really even the trucks would break. Don't know if yall changed the truck quality but that's what needed love in my experience
In 2007 I broke one Royal trucks kingpin and went to a skateshop straight away. Bought an Indy kingpin and asked for my dads help to change it. He kinda changed it fast. Then the same day I went outside and broke another Royal kingpin. Lmao. After two weeks I broke the baseplates so the trucks were done. My friends used to ride Silver trucks and they were awful. They had pros advertising for Silver, like Biebel and can't remember others.
It’s been awhile good to see Lutzka and hear from him
this is not selling out to walmart, this is just selling to walmart
Got my kid a Greg Lutzka board and can't tell the difference from a $120 complete.
Honestly I got my girls daughter a Tony Hawk board from walmart and it is drastically better than any board I eveer skated from walmart in the early 2000s. Quality for beginners.
My first board was a NASH or VARIFLEX, sometimes you start with what you can afford.
My first board was a Nash as a little kid, finally got a blind mushroom cloud deck when I was a teenager, then a bootleg when that was a company. Would have been dope to have something like that to start on.
Good view on getting quality boards on starter market, I remember those boards one jump ramp and no more practicing that summer
saw this dude absolutely destroy a competition in a colliseum in like 2008
The Milwaukee boy! Wisconsin stand up 👊🏻 Janesville-Madison here, who else is a Wisconsinite?
Had a Popsicle Variflex with a holographic flamiing rod and piston on it. Rode the shit out of that like i do my boards today
My first board was a Nash. When it got stolen I was happy about it because I could get a higher quality board.
I don't care about sell out or not, its awesome an actual skateboarder created a quality skateboard for kids to learn on for only 30$, accessible to everyone at walmart.
Remember him and his porky hat?
I swear those things automatically rotate you 270 degrees frontside
🙄🙄🙄🙄
Has anyone else noticed that every pro or skate company that start selling their boards in Walmart, Target, etc. They always claim that they just just want to give people the BEST QUALITY SKATEBOARD for a low price. BUT....... the skateboards AREN'T good enough for OLDER or more advanced skaters 🤨🤨🤨.
And of course The NICE Club sits back and let them keep saying that B.S😡
Someone tell these old heads about QuarterSnacks. That’s the modern 411.
My first board was a target Spider-Man board and that thing sucked but it was all my parents could afford at the time. I would’ve loved if there was an affordable board that was a somewhat good I could’ve started on.
Not a sell out. I have a car trunk full of zero, love skate, Powell Peralta, dog town and other brands I skate, however as each kid and now grandkid got into skating they pretty much started out on a Walmart Board, typically a birdhouse. Your kid tells you they want to play guitar you don’t run out and buy a Gibson Les Paul and a Marshall stack, you get them an epiphone or squire. He is like the Shaquille O’Neill of skateboards.
Remember when he completely ran the contest scene?
But they still put the hardware on through the plastic. Why do they do that?!?!
how does it stack up to a braille complete?
Mini logo complete is by far the best in the whole industry it’s 80$ and it’s all high quality and completely skate-able for an adult or even advanced skilled skater. 🛹
Braille supports Scientology.
Worse
i bought a braille prefab for 10 bucks and broke it on purpose....the wood seemed good .trucks had a real kingpin.bought 7 more for 10 bucks..
support real skate brands not a brand that donates money to the cult of Scientology lmao. @@humanothumqn659
If it works well, good on him. Having a first board that barely rolls and and no pop sucks. Mine was a Canadian brand called DSC (a company that made rollerskate stuff) and it was awful. Sad thing is, now that im old i went looking for that exact model and payed 200 bucks for it last year. Nostalgia is on heck of a drug,
Real estate k Swiss Walmart Toyota how much money does this guy have?!
Never knew he was such a hustler.
5 mil apparently
He bought real estate 20 years ago and hit the jackpot. He'll be paid 20x for each property
If you've been following him on IG for long enough you'll see he was reaching out for any sponsors. Saunas, security cameras, pocket knives, motorcycle seats, jerky, rims, he went after anything that will sponsor.
my first board was a Walmart Nash too lol
What's the name of board?
Lutzka says "I rememeber my first skate from Walmart and wanted to make a better board" Let me translate ... "I'm getting old and need to make more money" That's what it's all about COME ON MAN JUST SAY IT!!!
Would you not be making more money if you could? Lmao. You sound like a broke salty hater. Go build something dude and get you some.
Eventually all brands for everything will end up in Walmart and he knows this.
My first board was a orange Nash 80s style wide as all hell got it when I was 6 I learned how to skate from Tony hawk trick tips
Yes the kids can learn on pretty much anything but if you push once and stop you lose the full experience. The bearing upgrade is perfect. Look like it had good concave in store.
I didn't know heart supply was a target deck I got one. Skated the fahhh out of it. And did so much on it. It didn't frickin break. I MEAN FAKIE BACK LIP SLAMMING IT. TRYING. Ima check oneof these out. Indies???? Bro. Always skated indies. I gotta scope these out.
I wish this existed when I was younger. My parents couldn’t afford a good complete skateboard so they bought a very cheap one from wal-mart in 2001. The kids would ollie over my cheap board lol.
I thought my buddy Chris was the best skater in the Midwest until he showed me footy on AOL of this guy from Milwaukee
One of the best skaters back in the day! Greg was one of the first pros to get sponsored by sunglasses and a bunch of other non-skateboarding companies.
Too many kids want to skate but can't afford the good stuff.
This give them the opportunity.
Thats s good price considering Spitfire and Bones wheels are almost $40.
Frontside 270 flip to noseblunt on the rail
My first board was at Olympia sports
If you hate what he's doing here it's because your first board was proper and from a skate shop. My first board was a Nash and that thing was awful. I loved skateboarding so I stuck with it, but there needs to be something legit and affordable available to little kids. It's also great if it's coming from a real skateboarder, and Lutzka is that.
my first board was a walmart board and some of the boards themselves were good the rest was garbage so whenever I was too broke to get one or a handmedown I would get a walmart board and switch the trucks
Walmart kept my skating lifestyle afloat till I got older to work and get my own shit so what lutzka is doing I feel more companies should do this get the kids into skateboarding everyone go to walmart bruh if theres a cheap way to skate then lets get that shit workin
I didn't have a board that could roll till I was 12 years old. My parents bless them didn't know any different and I just thought it was me.
Getting into Walmart is actually not that difficult, they have an enormous amount of flex space for independent suppliers. Staying in Walmart by meeting their required volume metrics is what’s incredibly.
>>Host: So, how did you come up with this?
Chris Roberts with the gelled tips?
This is just more proof that there's no financial longevity in skateboarding unless you are Janoski or Busenitz. Supposedly, in mid-90s to the 2000s, the pros got paid a lot, but those days are long gone. Your favorite pro works a 40 hour a week job and then skates pro. Girl/Chocolate was partly created, so skaters would have more longevity, but that was 1993. As much as I hate Monster and Red Bull, Walmart people forget that people need $ and careers. I'm core, though, so the corporate side of skateboarding and it being mainstream bums me out in like an artistic way. The one thing that's always good is the actual skateboarding, it's still so sick. I feel bad for kids who didn't get to see what skateboarding was like in the 90s. All small, core companies.
Everyone wondered what happened to him🍻🤙
These hypnotized dudes are weird 😂
Tell us how you sold out????
Respect wisconsin 🧀 hustle
luzka is no dumbie. why not put your board in a store that’ll be more likely to sell and start kids on skateboarding then an intimidating skate shop that’ll rip you off for a board that a kid will most likely leave outside before actually deciding if they want to skate.
Good for Greg. I skipped straight to a complete bc the Walmart and target boards didn’t even roll at the time. Unusable . 9 club is right, they weren’t even fun
Based off what youtubers have said about their own beginner boards, Lutzka is for sure not getting rich off this atleast right now. You gotta get your money however you can but i think he actually believes in the product and idea behind it.
As if he hasn’t loaded that thing with Bones Swiss ahead of the show 😂. Shark tank style promotion. “Dear Walmart… note our latest product exposure…”
Not selling out, more so he knows his lane.
Something is kind of off about him not wanting to touch on the manufacturer.
As long as they're pro quality right
does he know joel and benji madden??
No fedora?
Damn, so many comments trying to justify the fact that Lutzka is the epitome of a sellout.
If i had a chance to make millions from selling a product to wal-mart while on the toilet i wouldn’t even wipe id be outta there to sign the contract, F what core skaters that are broke for life have to say, nothing cool about being poor😂
Greg needs to let someone else talk some. Good for him on may that money
Why make a fake board tho
Sell out? Hahahaha lutzka one of the best skaters ever ? You guys are crazy , lutzka can do what ever he wants he’s the best since invasion
Idk i sense cap. 🧢
Complete cap. 🧢 but in what context? Ya know. 😢😢😢
Is he lying that it costs about 10$ to make a low level Chinese skateboard ? No. Is it possible to sell it barely with margin of 20$ to target and they sell it for $30 if you ask me spending 10$ to make $10 is not cap. That is called business.
Too many stigmas on what skateboarders are supposed to be doing and not doing while outsiders with open minds have stolen the market.
Skateboarding doesn’t love you back. Just remember that.
Chris needs to stop interrupting people. It’s why I cant do this podcast.
I dont
What is an upgraded version of a skateboard? That’s the sketchiest response I’ve ever heard
It's a weird way to say it but I'm guessing his actually boards have better glue, maybe a different type of maple. Could have some carbon. And then legit trucks, wheels, bearings and hardware. That beginner board is made out of the same materials as real boards, just a lesser quality. The kryptonics ones are basically plywood with shit tolerances. For $35 he's for sure not getting rich off them
He probably isn't allowed to say he skates a replica of another sponsor due to legal stuff, doesn't worth the risk and he wants to skate what he is used to.
It's super easy to just create an upgraded version, he was pretty straightforward about that.
@@turbocateyeS475He's definitely gonna make decent money off them. They're not all US handmade materials. This is cheap mass market production from China so the profit margins is still worthwhile for the quality. To fill a shelf with 4-5 boards in all the big box stores across the country, there's tens of thousands of stores in the US. Walmart alone has almost 5000 stores itself. In the summer these boards will be sold out daily. Im a salesman for box stores and all the scooters/bikes/boards all are stacked and displayed for promotions I'm the summer.
I’m sure he means his “upgraded” board is a legit deck probably made by one of the places that makes skate brand decks, then he has Indy’s, mob grip, Ricta wheels, and whatever else he is sponsored by/wants to ride.
To avoid the idea of people complaining, “why can’t these price point boards have your upgraded parts?”, he is treading the water with what he actually rides to avoid nonesense. For $35 people shouldn’t expect a lot, though too many naive parents seem to believe all boards are equal when clearly you get what you pay for.
@@switch209gaming But I am 100% sure that if he says so, it's truly better than the terrible shit people used before for that price. I mean, why not? He is a skater and understand the requirements better. At least the wheels fucking roll.
...when skateboarding talent is given to a bro.... :(
booooo
The industry is dying why boo a dude for giving poor kids a chance to have a decent starting setup?
What happened is he backdoored darkstar . He called CHets guy. Crob is scummy enough to try and get nine club boards in there.
Big hater vibes
Major hater alert
It’s ok to sellout these days, making ched has superseded reputation.