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My name is Jerry Goodson, the name of the company
is OFCS, out of Houston, TX. Go Houston!!!
What is OFCS?
OFCS is a custom Skateboard company that makes
boards to fit your needs based on the way you ride.
Which would include length, width, tail size, nose
size, or whatever, but it’s all custom.
What is the craziest board you had to cut
out?
Ah man, as I think you have heard many times, nothing
in skateboarding hadn’t already been done, but
I did this saw tooth cut on the sides of a board and it
was an old Schmitt shape. It looked crazy but it was a
well-known board back in the day.
How long have you been in business?
I have been in business for about eight years.
What made you start your own business?
You know I wanted to provide a way that people had a
choice as to what they ride. In the day a lot of boards
were put out on the market and it had a pros name
on it. We had to basically decide that’s what we were
going to ride based on the pro that we liked, but really
all in all those guys had the choices because they
would dictate what they wanted as a shape. I thought
if I could bring that to people that skate everywhere,
then they would be riding what would fit their feet
like a pair of shoes.
Why the name OFCS?
OFCS derived from a friend of mine Rick Hernandez
who took a real liking to the art part of my idea and
we ran some ideas back and forth and he is a great
graphic designer. He came up with some ideas, Old
Fart Custom Skateboards, based on some things I
had said. And of course some other friends that had
helped me during the course of the years. Things
have changed and it became easier to say and easier
to remember OFCS.
Since the name has OLD in it! Who would
your clients be?
My clients are everyone that wants to ride something
that really fits their feet, whether it be a 2-yearold
which I made a boards for, all the way up to a
67-year-old.