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Were all waiting for the revenues! You shouldn't buy it until then if that's what you're comfortable with. Do your own DD and make the best decision for you.
FBCD is looking good today
I agree with you FBCD will be huge before Christmas!!
FBCD- can't wait for news soon IMO
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Company goes with the flow
By Karen Robes
Staff Writer
Article Launched: 06/01/2008 09:06:52 PM PDT
Mike Kern, left, and Scott Rickett are co-founders of Long Beach-based Sports Technology Inc., an action sports product company. Their flagship product is a 14-wheeled contraption called the flowboard, which allows riders to simulate surfing and snowboarding without waves or snow. (Diandra Jay/Staff Photographer )
LONG BEACH - The moment Michael Kern came across the 14-wheeled skateboard known as "the flowboard," the Long Beach entrepreneur had to have it.
"A guy came around with this flowboard he bought off the street and I thought, `Wow, this thing's really cool,"' Kern said of the skateboard that can carve 45-degree turns without resistance.
"You can wakeboard, snowboard and surf on concrete," he said. "You've always got that rush of the surf, even in Wichita, Kansas."
Kern was so floored that he called the guys who developed the product that day, flew to San Francisco the next day to meet them and bought all the licensing rights to the product.
That was in 2001. Seven years later, after maneuvering the company past some unusual obstacles, Kern's action sports business, Sport Technology Inc., is finally catching major air.
The company is expanding the flowboard business, breaking out of limited specialty pro-shops and into larger outlets. It is also growing its international market and has offices in China.
The company is also building its product line and expanding the number of businesses carrying their products at shopping center kiosks.
"Now that extreme is so mainstream, now everybody is looking for the next thing to enjoy gravity, enjoy those different rushes of being on wheels," Kern said.
He started working as a teenager, for his father, in the glass business.
After graduating from Cerritos
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High School, Kern studied business at Cypress College and began developing different products out of his garage.
In 1991, Kern began building his company - initially called Bomb Factory - by creating and selling hip-hop clothing and developing a special sunblock for tattoos and a henna-based body art kit.
The business, however, suffered a slight setback after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
"When 9-11 happened, the feds would see the word `bomb' and would not
Worker Kali Guevara applies the grip to the top of one of the company s flowboards. Sports Technology also produces an array of gear and accessories, including specialty boards, longboards, snowskates and skateboards. (Diandra Jay/Staff Photographer )
ship our stuff," he said.
He changed the name to Sport Technology, Inc.
The year also signified a change in the company's direction - that year, Kern discovered the flowboard.
Kern calls the discovery "lucky."
"We were at the right place at the right time," he said. "A kid walking out of Redondo Beach saw these two guys from San Francisco hanging out at this bar with this skateboard. He ended up buying this flowboard for $250. It was such a novelty that he brought it back to the warehouse to me."
He met with the developers, Pieter Schouten and Mike Simonian, design students who attended the Art Center College of Design in Vevey, Switzerland.
The pair in the '90s created the technology based on their love of snowboarding and surfing.
Unlike the standard skateboard, which allows only for 25-degree turns on its four wheels, the flowboard features the pair's patented Deep Carve System. The seven wheels curved at each end of the board allow riders to carve through 45-degree turns with fluidity.
The pair along with another business partner founded Flowlab and were sought by several brand name companies. By 2000, they were shipping out the first flowboards.
Kern, Flowlab's largest distributor, bought the company soon after and focused his resources on marketing and distributing the product.
"We're always looking for new ways to enjoy some gravity," said Scott Rickett, vice president of sales
Scott Rickett, co-founder of the Long Beach based Sports Technology, Inc., rides the company's flagship product, the Flowboard. (Diandra Jay / Staff Photographer)
and marketing for Sport Technology, Inc. "That's what we love. Gravity is so fun."
The company has 10 employees. It makes between 300 and 2,000 boards and other products a week, depending on the season, in its Long Beach pro shop, a warehouse on South Street. (The company also has a 30,000-square-foot warehouse in Pico Rivera for bulk shipments to larger stores.)
He brought them to specialty skate, surf and snow shops and national and regional sporting goods retailers such as Big 5 and Chick's Sporting Goods.
He purchased a 40-foot-long tour bus and traveled to skate parks, beach events and surf expos across the country to market the brand.
To help bring the flowboard to a broader audience, Kern signed a two-year deal in 2005 with Bravo Sports, a product marketing company.
"We thought it might have been a good way to penetrate the sporting goods side of the market while we focused on the pro channels," Kern said.
But it didn't happen. The company ended up shelving the product for two years for reasons unknown to Kern. Bravo Sports declined to comment.
To sustain the company during the two-year agreement, Kern and his team created a series of products, including the RAILZ Snowskate (a skateboard for the snow) and the Snowchuck (a toy that launches snowballs).
"It didn't stop us," Kern said. "It just slowed us down a couple of years for revenue purposes."
"The best thing is to go out there and don't be afraid," Rickett said. "You got to have a couple of flops before you have a hit. I don't care what kind of industry it is. You got to try and the cream will rise to the top."
Now with the pact finally expired, Sport Technology has relaunched the flowboard and resurrected the name Bomb Factory for the company's skateboard and T-shirt line.
"It's great," Kern said. "The market is finally out there for us. We've always been kind of ahead of our time and we're actually right on time now with a great product. The market acceptance is there for it. It's perfect timing."
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"Company goes with the flow"
By Karen Robes
Staff Writer
Press-Telegram - Long Beach, CA
LONG BEACH - The moment Michael Kern came across the 14-wheeled skateboard known as "the flowboard," the Long Beach entrepreneur had to have it.
"A guy came around with this flowboard he bought off the street and I thought, 'Wow, this thing's really cool,'" Kern said of the skateboard that can carve 45-degree turns without resistance.
"You can wakeboard, snowboard and surf on concrete," he said. "You've always got that rush of the surf, even in Wichita, Kansas."
Kern was so floored that he called the guys who developed the product that day, flew to San Francisco the next day...
About Us
FBC Holding. Inc.is a publicly-traded company based in New Hampshire, USA.
The company trades on the OTC QB. In April 2012, the Company signed a license agreement with Sport Technology, Inc., a California corporation, under which the Company acquired the exclusive licensing, marketing and development rights to develop, market and sell certain products owned by Sport Technology, including, but not limited to, Flowboard, Flow Saucer, and Snowskate. The Company also entered into a consulting agreement with Sport Technology Inc. and Michael Kern, under which Sport Technology and Michael Kern will provide consulting services related to the development, marketing and sale of the licensed products. FBC will be adding additional products and is in discussions with several other manufacturers generally in the extreme sports industry, which is the fastest growing sports sector in the world.
FBC Holdings, Inc. Announces Departure of Officer
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NEW YORK, Sept. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- (OTC Markets: FBCD) The board of directors of FBC Holdings, Inc. has voted to terminate the services of Christopher J. LeClerc as an officer of the company effective immediately. The board expects to announce his replacement shortly and does not anticipate that this event will disrupt or delay the production and marketing of its Flowboard product.
Readers may go to www.FBCFlowBoard.com or www.bombfactoryskate.com to view the products in action. There are also numerous videos featured on Google's (GOOG) You Tube.
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NEW YORK, Oct. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- (OTC Markets: FBCD) FBC Management today announced that it will focus its revenue production efforts on the new FBC Flowboard and other extreme sports-related products. FBC's new management team said that the Company's immediate objectives will be to bring the FBC Flowboard into production as well as specialty products for in the extreme sports industry. FBC director Kevin Wright, an extreme-sports industry veteran stated that, "Extreme sports is the fastest growing sector in the sports industry today and it is anticipated that as the global economic downturn abates that spending in this sector will continue to accelerate. We have a unique product and additional high-quality specialty industry products that we wish to position to participate in this growth." Frank Russo added that, "We still have some housecleaning to do but the focus of this team is to generate revenue as quickly as possible. A real business produces goods or provides services. FBC now has the products and the talent to create a real organization of value and that is what we intend to do. Our shareholders have been patient but it is time for results."
The Company added that management is preparing a shareholder update which it will issue around the time of the filing of its annual report.
Readers may go to www.FBCFlowBoard.com or www.bombfactoryskate.com to view the products in action. There are also numerous videos featured on Google's (GOOG) You Tube.
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FBCD- A real business produces goods or provides services. FBC now has the products and the talent to create a real organization of value and that is what we intend to do. Our shareholders have been patient but it is time for results."
The Company added that management is preparing a shareholder update which it will issue around the time of the filing of its annual report.
FBCD- This is undeniable!
FBC Holdings Announces New Flowboard
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NEW YORK, Sept. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- FBC Holding, Inc. (OTC Markets: FBCD) had previously announced that the Company has entered into a marketing and licensing agreement with Sport Technology, Inc. for the exclusive worldwide marketing rights to their Flowboard unique skateboard product as well as other products such as the Snow Skate, the Snow Saucer and the Bomb Factory Skate line of Skateboards. Unlike a regular skateboard, the Flowboard has 14 wheels, enabling the rider to make the curving motions of a snowboarder or a surfer.
Many of the leading snowboarders and surfers own Flowboards and use them to train for their sports. Since, unlike tradition skateboards, the rider can perform more extreme maneuvers and more closely emulate the snowboarding or surfing conditions because of the Flowboard trainer's design.
Apart from a training tool, it is great fun to ride. The unique arched 14 wheel design allows the rider to make 45 degree cuts and delivers the rush of the wave and the surf or the snow and the mountain without needing either. The Flowboard was initially designed over ten years ago. Mike Kern, owner of Sports Technology has spent years improving the board and working to bring the experience of carving deep powder and awesome waves into the asphalt. Kern, who joined FBC Holding in April 2012 said, the Flowboard "is being compared to the Rollerblade which started out as a hockey trainer in the off-season, and from there it went into recreation, workouts and transportation." Kern further stated, "I am excited to be associated with FBC Holding and believe that with the new and existing management team and their marketing expertise we can relaunch the Flowboard and to make it the nation's latest skating sensation."
FBC will be marketing the board beginning in the fourth quarter of this year and will be promoting the product through advertisements, endorsements and touring at extreme sports events and action-sports trade shows in a 40-foot-long promotional FBC Flowboard tour bus that traveled to action-sports trade shows and nationwide music and extreme sports festival.
Readers may go to www.FBCFlowBoard.com or www.bombfactoryskate.com to view the products in action. There are also numerous videos featured on Google's (GOOG) You Tube.
info@fbcflowboard.com
New and old shareholders of FBCD-- Do your own DD. Don't let posts that are repeated from years ago affect what's going on today with FBCD. We will have a nice Christmas with FBCD IMO. However, do your own DD and make your own conclusion.
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FBC Holdings Announces New Flowboard
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NEW YORK, Sept. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- FBC Holding, Inc. (OTC Markets: FBCD) had previously announced that the Company has entered into a marketing and licensing agreement with Sport Technology, Inc. for the exclusive worldwide marketing rights to their Flowboard unique skateboard product as well as other products such as the Snow Skate, the Snow Saucer and the Bomb Factory Skate line of Skateboards. Unlike a regular skateboard, the Flowboard has 14 wheels, enabling the rider to make the curving motions of a snowboarder or a surfer.
Many of the leading snowboarders and surfers own Flowboards and use them to train for their sports. Since, unlike tradition skateboards, the rider can perform more extreme maneuvers and more closely emulate the snowboarding or surfing conditions because of the Flowboard trainer's design.
Apart from a training tool, it is great fun to ride. The unique arched 14 wheel design allows the rider to make 45 degree cuts and delivers the rush of the wave and the surf or the snow and the mountain without needing either. The Flowboard was initially designed over ten years ago. Mike Kern, owner of Sports Technology has spent years improving the board and working to bring the experience of carving deep powder and awesome waves into the asphalt. Kern, who joined FBC Holding in April 2012 said, the Flowboard "is being compared to the Rollerblade which started out as a hockey trainer in the off-season, and from there it went into recreation, workouts and transportation." Kern further stated, "I am excited to be associated with FBC Holding and believe that with the new and existing management team and their marketing expertise we can relaunch the Flowboard and to make it the nation's latest skating sensation."
FBC will be marketing the board beginning in the fourth quarter of this year and will be promoting the product through advertisements, endorsements and touring at extreme sports events and action-sports trade shows in a 40-foot-long promotional FBC Flowboard tour bus that traveled to action-sports trade shows and nationwide music and extreme sports festival.
Readers may go to www.FBCFlowBoard.com or www.bombfactoryskate.com to view the products in action. There are also numerous videos featured on Google's (GOOG) You Tube.
info@fbcflowboard.com
I guess I'll post this over and over, also
FBCD Opened up at 4's
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NEW YORK, Sept. 21, 2012
NEW YORK, Sept. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- FBC Holding, Inc. (OTC Markets: FBCD) had previously announced that the Company has entered into a marketing and licensing agreement with Sport Technology, Inc. for the exclusive worldwide marketing rights to their Flowboard unique skateboard product as well as other products such as the Snow Skate, the Snow Saucer and the Bomb Factory Skate line of Skateboards. Unlike a regular skateboard, the Flowboard has 14 wheels, enabling the rider to make the curving motions of a snowboarder or a surfer.
Many of the leading snowboarders and surfers own Flowboards and use them to train for their sports. Since, unlike tradition skateboards, the rider can perform more extreme maneuvers and more closely emulate the snowboarding or surfing conditions because of the Flowboard trainer's design.
Apart from a training tool, it is great fun to ride. The unique arched 14 wheel design allows the rider to make 45 degree cuts and delivers the rush of the wave and the surf or the snow and the mountain without needing either. The Flowboard was initially designed over ten years ago. Mike Kern, owner of Sports Technology has spent years improving the board and working to bring the experience of carving deep powder and awesome waves into the asphalt. Kern, who joined FBC Holding in April 2012 said, the Flowboard "is being compared to the Rollerblade which started out as a hockey trainer in the off-season, and from there it went into recreation, workouts and transportation." Kern further stated, "I am excited to be associated with FBC Holding and believe that with the new and existing management team and their marketing expertise we can relaunch the Flowboard and to make it the nation's latest skating sensation."
FBC will be marketing the board beginning in the fourth quarter of this year and will be promoting the product through advertisements, endorsements and touring at extreme sports events and action-sports trade shows in a 40-foot-long promotional FBC Flowboard tour bus that traveled to action-sports trade shows and nationwide music and extreme sports festival.
Readers may go to www.FBCFlowBoard.com or www.bombfactoryskate.com to view the products in action. There are also numerous videos featured on Google's (GOOG) You Tube.
info@fbcflowboard.com
Don't like FBCD Don't buy it!
FBCD- Back up to 4
Were down 1 tick and touched the 52 week low. This is not the end of the world. Good grief Mayan followers.
Can we get a Press release? Were up 120% for a reason, right?
Go APRE
Down to 20--- Were close to 52 week low of 16--
MIKP
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Status Update
By Mark B. Newbauer
From one of our "shareholders" on a message board this am. These are almost always the same people that email me daily asking detailed questions about positive corporate development such as share buybacks, reduction of debt and offering suggestions as to how we must proceed as a business. I actually take time out of my busy day, work and/or family, to give an honest, detailed answer to the best of my ability.
It's a wonder the pink sheets are a god awful mess. Believe it or not, down the road, if they don't F it up, I feel that crowdfunding will help provide a solution for micro-cap markets like ours. So we don't have to depend on those with conflictive motives to grow our company, so that real shareholders CAN have exponential value.
There's a major disconnect here.... But I suppose that's the curse of being a sub-penny company-- you attract gamblers, not investors, for the most part.
"I bought MIKP simply to sell for a profit. Granted I missed a good opportunity, so now have to wait it out, which sucks.
I could care less if Mark is good to the core or "in bed" with the mafia so to speak. I could care what the company sells how much they sell, or how they sell. All I am interested in is the PPS of MIKP, regardless of how it goes up.
If everyone is honest, thats all they are here for as well....to make a profit from the share of MIKP purchased, great or small.
Now, if this takes being totally honest to accomplish increaded share price...great!!....if it takes a "pump" fine too.
This is like going to a casino....I'm not here for character references, etc. or looking for the next "big one".
Like I said, my guess is thats everyone's agenda here."
Got it -- He was talking about one of the posts from this board in the morning.
Can anybody read the "see also" on facebook to see what Mark just posted about 15 minutes ago? It starts but the rest of the link isn't coming up.
The Bid is scary now-- Give us some news Management.
I hope this is not nearing the end but if it is I'll go down with it.
5's -- News will send this -- LE GO
Yeah, It went right back up.
Drop this morning was hoping that the 70's was the bottom.
I'm not sure but will be following this one and a couple of other ones to see if it comes out right. If it seems to work then I'll follow it.
Fibonachi- deals with a complex mathematical numbers crunching that seems to work. They were showing me FBCD on stockta.com the Finonachi short numbers and how to read it. http://www.stockta.com/cgi-bin/analysis.pl?symb=FBCD&mode=table&table=fib
If I was understanding his analsysis of FBCD (link above) were in for a short term reversal with pps going up.
Volume precedes price-- FBCD-- Good Volume and some news would be great soon-IMO
LOL-- Go FBCD-- Buy it or Don't IMO
The "default" status is what it is -- I trade stocks and don't Marry them. IMO
He continues, “Another option considered was to accept a share for share acquisition offer by a fully reporting company or to, ourselves, file audited financials with a registration to become fully reporting. Though I feel the latter two options are viable, I feel the process we have chosen to set in motion is the path with least resistance in terms of overall benefit to the company and its shareholders; and has much potential for success. In the meantime, we’ll continue producing in what remains the company’s most successful year yet in terms of project-flow, revenues and strategic alliances that set the stage for exponential growth and industry position.”
I feel if the MM doesn't work out we will have other options and MIKP will continue even if an acquisition to a fully reporting company is done. We might lose some initial value but it'll be better than where were at now -IMO
Yes I agree with you this is Going to be Huge before Christmas. I concur with you that this stock is way undervalued. GO FBCD
Well-- It's good you got some cheapies but I'll be glad if we get off these greys next year.
At that rate it would stay at 4's???
I'm baffled?? I thought a sell and a buy had to match price wise in the Greys but the amount of shares didn't