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Plan B

Plan B was started in 1991 around Mike Ternasky's team and videos, and was one of the leading teams of the early 1990s. It faded after Ternasky's death in 1994 and was relaunched by Danny Way and Colin McKay in 2005.

History

  • Plan B was founded in 1991 in San Diego by Mike Ternasky with Danny Way and Colin McKay. [1][2]
  • Its 1992 video Questionable is regarded as one of the most highly rated skate videos of all time. [2][1]
  • Further Ternasky-era videos included Second Hand Smoke and Virtual Reality (both 1993). [1]
  • Mike Ternasky was killed in a car accident in 1994, and the company was shelved in 1998. [1][2]
  • Danny Way and Colin McKay relaunched Plan B in 2005 with backing from Syndrome Distribution. [1][2]
  • The relaunched brand released the video True on 2 December 2014. [1]

Videos

Plan B · 1992

Questionable

Pat Duffy, Rodney Mullen, Danny Way, Mike Carroll, Colin McKay, Sean Sheffey, Rick Howard, Matt Hensley

On YouTube, posted by Brap Brap

In the magazines

38 adverts and features from the magazines, catalogues and flyers, by year.

1992

1993

1994

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Sources

  1. Plan B Skateboards (Wikipedia)
  2. Legacy. The History of Plan B Skateboarding: Mike Ternasky Reflection, Return of "The Team" (Hypebeast)