Although we call 243 SUPPORT a skateboard "company", we do not actually have a team of sponsored riders or pro's. That's why this section is called "family" rather than "team". None of us aspires to be a big name in the contest circuit or to become famous through skateboarding. We're just a bunch of friends that like to skate, do things creatively, and help each other out whenever we can. And have some fun doing it.

In Summer 2001 Dave the Chimp and Lucas Krull decided that working in our jobs alone was just too boring and unrewarding. Since we're both skaters and artists / designers, one of our dreams had always been to do something that is creative and skateboarding related. Often we talked about building ramps, parks, printing boards and tshirts... One day we were asked to create some designs for our friends in Germany, who run Hessenmob Skateboards and Hessen Metal Hardware. It made us realise that our life long dreams didn't have to be just dreams. If they could do it, why couldn't we?

One of the first Hessenmob t-shirts read:
HESSENMOB - 284th SKATEBOARDING SUPPORT BATTALION, GIESSEN, GERMANY
Since we were doing graphics for them, we figured we are another "skateboarding support battalion", with our division based in East London. From there it wasn't far to come up with the number 243. We're 2 friends, 43 is Dave's lucky number, 4+3=7, which is Lucas lucky number...

The 243rd Skateboarding Support Battalion was born!

All our friends were down with helping us, more than happy to represent our idea while indulging their love of skateboarding. You can see our combined efforts all through the web site infront of you, and learn more about our family by clicking on the icons above.

It's amazing what you can acomplish when you have good friends. These are some of ours!