First of all don't get me wrong, I'm not asking for free stuff.

Why not just find someone who doesn't have anything but a tech deck, and give them a deck you have just taking up space. I'm not saying give away a Berlinwood or anything like that. Maybe just some products that didn't suit your preferences. It will help the scene grow, even if it is grows just by 1.

I myself have done this. I went to reddit.com/r/fingerboards and offered the stuff I did not use, or could not trade. I ended up finding a couple people to give stuff away to. Even if you just give it to a friend of yours who seems mildly interested in fingerboarding.

Yeah, sure I didn't get the money i spent on the products back, but it was worth it.

A while back here comes the Kaliz event, I went there about to do my thing and stuff... I saw this kid sitting on the bench with his head in his lap, I ask "what is wrong?" he replied "someone stole my setup I just got for my birthday last month" I quickly ask him what his setup was(like it's any of my business) "Berlinwood Wide Low Neon Camo, BRT 2.0 wide and G5's" so I really did felt bad for him because he said he said his parents spent a lot of money on the setup and I didn't want him just to sit there and watch everyone fingerboard and for him to feel sad about the thief who stole it, So I handed over my setup and said, "Keep it!".. It was a Berlinwood Elias, Chrome wides and g6x's I gave it to him for the following purposes 1) I have a sponsor with decks/trucks & ramps & 2) I would feel better about myself knowing I helped someone out that day. He literally jumped out of his seat with joy and he gave me a big hug and his face turned bright red and he said "THANK YOU!" and I just smiled, me and him had a big session on the parks! But I felt good about giving my setup to him.. then later at the event my sponsors: Kaliz(the owner) walked up to me with a little box and said, "here's a surprise inside" I look it a Kaliz Engraved deck with trucks and everything! But that was when the Kaliz event happen.

I'm pretty sure a lot of people do such things.

When i worked at a school i helped a lot of the kids learn to fingerboard instead of just playing with the Tech Decks.. Then i got Close Up and Flatface to hook them up, and i also threw in some of my old stuff.

I don't mind as long as it gets to the right people

I Do it all the time its apart of market researching

Javiera Méndez wrote:

A while back here comes the Kaliz event, I went there about to do my thing and stuff... I saw this kid sitting on the bench with his head in his lap, I ask "what is wrong?" he replied "someone stole my setup I just got for my birthday last month" I quickly ask him what his setup was(like it's any of my business) "Berlinwood Wide Low Neon Camo, BRT 2.0 wide and G5's" so I really did felt bad for him because he said he said his parents spent a lot of money on the setup and I didn't want him just to sit there and watch everyone fingerboard and for him to feel sad about the thief who stole it, So I handed over my setup and said, "Keep it!".. It was a Berlinwood Elias, Chrome wides and g6x's I gave it to him for the following purposes 1) I have a sponsor with decks/trucks & ramps & 2) I would feel better about myself knowing I helped someone out that day. He literally jumped out of his seat with joy and he gave me a big hug and his face turned bright red and he said "THANK YOU!" and I just smiled, me and him had a big session on the parks! But I felt good about giving my setup to him.. then later at the event my sponsors: Kaliz(the owner) walked up to me with a little box and said, "here's a surprise inside" I look it a Kaliz Engraved deck with trucks and everything! But that was when the Kaliz event happen.

That story makes me want to highfive you, you probably made that kid's day.

Javiera Méndez wrote:

A while back here comes the Kaliz event, I went there about to do my thing and stuff... I saw this kid sitting on the bench with his head in his lap, I ask "what is wrong?" he replied "someone stole my setup I just got for my birthday last month" I quickly ask him what his setup was(like it's any of my business) "Berlinwood Wide Low Neon Camo, BRT 2.0 wide and G5's" so I really did felt bad for him because he said he said his parents spent a lot of money on the setup and I didn't want him just to sit there and watch everyone fingerboard and for him to feel sad about the thief who stole it, So I handed over my setup and said, "Keep it!".. It was a Berlinwood Elias, Chrome wides and g6x's I gave it to him for the following purposes 1) I have a sponsor with decks/trucks & ramps & 2) I would feel better about myself knowing I helped someone out that day. He literally jumped out of his seat with joy and he gave me a big hug and his face turned bright red and he said "THANK YOU!" and I just smiled, me and him had a big session on the parks! But I felt good about giving my setup to him.. then later at the event my sponsors: Kaliz(the owner) walked up to me with a little box and said, "here's a surprise inside" I look it a Kaliz Engraved deck with trucks and everything! But that was when the Kaliz event happen.

Where are more people like you, this is the nicest thing!

Lucky kid

That is an amazing story *high fives*

Thanks everyone for the kind remarks upon my statement, I did make his day.
The next day, he added me on Facebook and sent me a long message about how thankful he is.

People like you still exist? My faith in humanity is restored.

Javiera Méndez wrote:

A while back here comes the Kaliz event, I went there about to do my thing and stuff... I saw this kid sitting on the bench with his head in his lap, I ask "what is wrong?" he replied "someone stole my setup I just got for my birthday last month" I quickly ask him what his setup was(like it's any of my business) "Berlinwood Wide Low Neon Camo, BRT 2.0 wide and G5's" so I really did felt bad for him because he said he said his parents spent a lot of money on the setup and I didn't want him just to sit there and watch everyone fingerboard and for him to feel sad about the thief who stole it, So I handed over my setup and said, "Keep it!".. It was a Berlinwood Elias, Chrome wides and g6x's I gave it to him for the following purposes 1) I have a sponsor with decks/trucks & ramps & 2) I would feel better about myself knowing I helped someone out that day. He literally jumped out of his seat with joy and he gave me a big hug and his face turned bright red and he said "THANK YOU!" and I just smiled, me and him had a big session on the parks! But I felt good about giving my setup to him.. then later at the event my sponsors: Kaliz(the owner) walked up to me with a little box and said, "here's a surprise inside" I look it a Kaliz Engraved deck with trucks and everything! But that was when the Kaliz event happen.

You are such a good kid!

It depends on the person I guess. A friend gave this kid a YW complete (worth probably $60) because the kid lost his setup. Not a week later we see him trying to sell it because he "needed cash". He ended up trading the deck away I think.

Also I saw your post on reddit. That was pretty nice of ya.