</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by JJR:
<strong>If everyone making boards in the USA started to put "made in the USA" laminates on every board...it would sure help curb some of the sneakiness going on in the board industry these days! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="images/icons/wink.gif" /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">That's when you'll start seeing companies buying in pre-shaped blanks from (insert Eastern nation here), and glassing them in the US with the flag. It happens with a lot of bike manufacturers, they source everything from overseas, assemble it here, and put an American flag on it to try and mislead consumers. I've even seen "Designed in the USA" stickers on bikes, with the text in tiny font so all you see, unless you get up super-close, is the flag.