Comments on: Franco Shade / Arlo Eisenberg new brand “GOST”

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[...] for the tremendous outpouring of support we have received over the last couple of days since the official launch of GOST I have made up three custom GOST backgrounds for your [...]

By: DazzB

DazzB — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:24:30 +0000

yea i loved that elephant tee!! white with the green elephant sick..

By: DazzB

DazzB — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:22:42 +0000

good glad franco got rid of that shitty ‘GOST’ knives logo, and who ever idea it was to ruin tees and hoodys by having it on the back needs to be shot

By: nick

nick — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:06:52 +0000

i agree with harrie the elephant was way better that any of the bullshit there making now

By: Joe Navran

Joe Navran — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 06:05:17 +0000

I am really impressed by so many of your comments and guesses and how close some of you are as to why this all happened. I don’t want to go on a rant here but it obviously isnt about money as we arent even making barely any as is (not complaining). The truth is it just got to a point where I have a certain vision and Arlo has another. Instead of being miserable and arguing we can both do our own thing. The ghost is an amazing character with some cool history now, and for those who still want that it is there in full force with Gost, and for those who want to see Franco Shade get back more to it’s original innovative design and style roots then they can have that too. Arlo and I do not make any more money for doing this, if anything it is going to be much harder to fund two seperate brands now.

I hope to explain more and showcase more about FRSH in 09 in the Nobody Cares video. Clement blew out his knee and has finally healed so filming has begun and that should be also updated shortly.

And like someone said, the truth is, you will all have even more to choose from and whatever you don’t like, don’t buy, it’s really that simple.

thanks guys

Joe

“FRSH”

By: collin d.

collin d. — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 04:41:17 +0000

i dont know whether to be excited or horribly dissapointed. i guess thats the beauty of branching out. the risk.

By: jonny x-mas

jonny x-mas — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 04:24:23 +0000

two “new” companies just means a better chance of widening their market/customers. it might suck to some but have a liking to others. and Arlo started senate, and that’s lasted (even though he doesn’t run any thing now) a decade.

besides, its not going to affect anyones skating capabilities, get mad at the next hammer you see, not this.

By: Sleeze

Sleeze — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 04:08:49 +0000

BOOOO FUCKING HOOOO!

You 17 year old queers in your moms fucking basement can’t wrap your head around basic marketing and business. It’s easy to “keep it real” when you don’t pay rent and grift off your parents like a little child through your life. Maybe one day when your in your 30′s have a wife and child, as well as a mortgage you’ll realize how the fucking world is run.

Smart move.

By: Robert Paulson

Robert Paulson — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:24:50 +0000

His Name Is Arlo Eisenberg
His Name is Arlo Eisenberg
His Name is Arlo Eisenberg

By: blahdy blah ninja9

blahdy blah ninja9 — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:59:05 +0000

maybe they split the brand because franco was associated w/ Rolling and now has a rolling team. So now they can keep Franco for rolling and Gost for streetwear, hipster shit. I hope not the other way around because that would be fucked up seeing as Franco has been a Blading brand since it started. I dont mind this decision, something different and could be successful

By: Knight

Knight — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:30:32 +0000

FRANCO SHADE PRODUCTS ARE ORIGINAL, STYLISH, and SUCH GOOD QUALITY. I love that in a company! The new stuff looks amazing……..nice work Arlo and Co.

Quality products are what it’s all about!

By: wtf

wtf — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:54:34 +0000

just because arlo can make good art doesnt mean that everyone will like it… so stop acting like yours is the only opinion that counts. anyway no one said it was shit, they said they didnt like it.

By: flowskate

flowskate — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:40:01 +0000

fools, ive just seen the new ‘gost’ line
how is it shit?
its following a very similar theme to previous franco stuff
in fact the ‘so ill’ new t shirt is a banger

ahh
lack of knowledge on graphics…
fools.

By: flowskate

flowskate — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:32:37 +0000

ive always thought there was a divide in the artistic direction of franco shade.
it was always obvious to me that there were two different designers.
it doesnt seem stupid to split the two companies at all…its not like it will make a difference to you, the consumer anyway as there designs were always by two different artists.
so really, stop preaching about how its all about the money?!
fucking hell, have you stopped to realise how little money there is in the skating world anyway?
so many foolish comments, by so many little kids.
respect your elders and the pioneers of our sport by waiting before you make a judgement when you have no idea whether positives or negatives will come from a decision.

By: jujuju

jujuju — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:39:00 +0000

haha all this talk is sooo gay, not in the homo way but gay as in fashion gay, posh, hipster!

hipssterrrrr

By: Raudel Mesa

Raudel Mesa — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:12:26 +0000

I always thought that the name of “Franco Shade” is a mistake, in Spain this is not a great name for a brand. I think that people who made a brand must think in that things. Franco isn’t a good memory here.

Although, Franco Shade made a really good clothing and I suppose that GOST gona be great too. I hope.

By: franco

franco — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:35:58 +0000

ah i hope that the style of franco gets more like the style 3 years ago. the new franco stuff is that fuckin ugly!!! i mean its kinda funny how rollerbladers dress today. they walk around like models and they love themselves for that. skaters gotta be hard men, not a pussy in a ultra tight v-cut stylomeilo t-shirt from D&G.

By: wtf

wtf — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:16:37 +0000

damn, look at the gost 09 spring sneak peak on the site. im sorry but i really dont like it, this is kinda sad.

By: wtf

wtf — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:15:09 +0000

^right* decision haha

By: wtf

wtf — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:14:25 +0000

this kinda makes sense to me, although im also disappointed. i really used to like the franco shade stuff but every line, ive liked it less and less… no offense to arlo but the suicide stuff was getting to be too much. i still like a lot of their cut and sew, but the weird slogans and logos was too much for me to want to wear on a t-shirt. it woulda been better if they could have just gone back to their older simpler designs, i cant see franco shade without arlo and i dont know how this GOST thing will turn out. lets hope they know what they are doing and are making the wrong decision, because id really hate to see the brand with what i thought had the most potential to die because of disagreements.

By: kuntaciacho

kuntaciacho — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:52:34 +0000

duh, this doesnt matter actually. i could easily compare it to negative tricks, ya didnt like it before but after seeing farmer ya start to do it.
just wait to see new frsh/gost projects and yall be buying them.

the only thing that this news brings is that theres going to be twice as much nice clothes to pick, which is definetly good

By: ger

ger — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:25:27 +0000

FRANCO SHADE ELEPHANT PLEASE!

By: andreas542

andreas542 — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:07:27 +0000

I’m not convinced about the name “GOST”, I don’t like it very much, I much prefer Franco Shade as a name. On the other hand, I think Arlo designs some truly awesome stuff, and like someone else said, this should mean that he can go crazy and make stuff the way he wants to, so I’m looking forward to seeing it.

I’d like to see Franco bring back the Elephant for one or two ‘nostalgia’ tees, that would be awesome :D

By: ralf

ralf — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:41:42 +0000

hey arlo,

nice move, always a big step to start a new brand.
i think the ghost used in the franco shade lines is one of the
strongest images used so far, but when u put the logo “gost”
underneath it…it looses its power in my opinion.

good luck

By: mike

mike — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:28:41 +0000

fuck the rolling industry , the whoel industry is retarded