{"id":39083,"date":"2013-01-02T19:28:56","date_gmt":"2013-01-03T03:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=39083"},"modified":"2013-01-02T19:29:17","modified_gmt":"2013-01-03T03:29:17","slug":"absolute-distributors-uppercut-deluxe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=39083","title":{"rendered":"Absolute Distributors + Uppercut Deluxe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/49735846\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.absolute-distributors.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Absolute Distributors<\/a><\/strong> (the people who bring you <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennyskateboards.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Penny<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zflex.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Z-Flex Skateboards<\/a><\/strong>) will now be distributing some of the finest quality men&#8217;s products from <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uppercutdeluxe.com\" target=\"_blank\">Uppercut Deluxe<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Absolute Distributors Founder <strong>Ben Mackay<\/strong> said, \u201cLuke and Steve are living legends in the world of barbering and their brand\u2019s explosion within their own scene reminds me a lot of my humble beginnings within the skate industry.  When they approached me to work with them as a partner, it was an easy decision not only because Luke, Steve and Kiera are great people, but their products are absolutely fantastic.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>For the official word, follow the jump to see their products in person check out their booth at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.agendashow.com\/\"><b>Agenda Show<\/b><\/a> in Long Beach.<!--more-->ABSOLUTE DISTRIBUTORS SET TO CORNER UPPERCUT DELUXE\u2019S GLOBAL LAUNCH<\/p>\n<p>San Diego, CA \u2013Uppercut Deluxe is excited to announce that they\u2019ve partnered with Absolute Distributors as part of their strategy to take their revolutionary product line global. <\/p>\n<p>Inspired by the timeless style of the 1950\u2019s barbershop and its spiritual founder, Willy \u201cUppercut\u201d O\u2019Shea, Uppercut Deluxe is a modern, yet traditional approach to men\u2019s grooming.  Proudly made with only the finest ingredients, Uppercut Deluxe delivers a range of high quality products for men without all the fancy embellishments of salon brands. <\/p>\n<p>Uppercut Deluxe joins Absolute Distributors\u2019 heavy hitting portfolio that already includes one of the longest standing skateboard brands in Z-Flex, as well as the catalyst for the plastic skateboard revolution, Penny Skateboards Australia.<\/p>\n<p>Absolute Distributors Founder Ben Mackay said, \u201cLuke and Steve are living legends in the world of barbering and their brand\u2019s explosion within their own scene reminds me a lot of my humble beginnings within the skate industry.  When they approached me to work with them as a partner, it was an easy decision not only because Luke, Steve and Kiera are great people, but their products are absolutely fantastic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Uppercut Deluxe has accepted an invitation from the Agenda Show to debut their full range of products, including their latest collaboration with Insight, at the Long Beach Agenda Show on January 4th and 5th.<\/p>\n<p>Absolute Distributors services over 45 different countries and is the parent company to both the Penny Skateboards and Z-Flex Skateboards brands.  Z-Flex, a 35 year old skateboarding company, is home to the \u201coriginal seed\u201d of skateboarding, Jay Adams.  Penny Australia is the original plastic skateboard company, and is widely credited with bringing the \u201cfun\u201d back into skateboarding as the worldwide leader in plastic skateboards.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on Uppercut Deluxe, please visit the website www.uppercutdeluxe.com or contact Nick Timms at nick@absolute-distributors.com<\/p>\n<p>Uppercut x Insight promotional video: http:\/\/vimeo.com\/49735846#<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Absolute Distributors (the people who bring you Penny and Z-Flex Skateboards) will now be distributing some of the finest quality men&#8217;s products from Uppercut Deluxe. Absolute Distributors Founder Ben Mackay said, \u201cLuke and Steve are living legends in the world of barbering and their brand\u2019s explosion within their own scene reminds me a lot of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,28,12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39083"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39083"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39083\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39084,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39083\/revisions\/39084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}