Real was founded back in 1991 by Tommy Guerrero and Jim Thiebaud, two very well known and well respected Powell riders at the time. With the help of Fausto Vitello, Real was realized with the aim of bringing back raw skating, a return to its traditional roots.Guerrero said himself in an interview, “it was all about just friends doing something together that they believed in”, and this same ethos has remained with Real over the past two decades.
With a current pro team of Ishod Wair, Dennis Busenitz and Peter Ramondetta constantly pushing the boundaries of skateboarding, Real Skateboards is one of the OG’s when it comes to skating, and is going to be around for a very long time.