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| make = Capital Skateboards | | make = Capital Skateboards | ||
| skater = Witter Cheng | | skater = Witter Cheng | ||
| model = Freakstyle/Ghoul | | model = Freakstyle / CAPITAL Ghoul | ||
| series = | | series = | ||
| width_inch = 7.125" | | width_inch = 7.125" | ||
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As many probably know, [[Witter Cheng|Witter]] rode for [[Capital Skateboards]] back in 2002. At the time, CAPITAL offered him a pro model, which he designed himself. After extensively testing 10 prototypes, he finally decided on one that he was happy with and sent that deck back to CAPITAL to be made. A year passed by and he never heard anything back from them. He had gotten so used to that deck that he couldn't skate anything else so he left CAPITAL and started [[Decomposed]] , recruiting [[YoYo Schulz]], [[Guenter Mokulys]], [[Keith Renna]] and a few others to start. | As many probably know, [[Witter Cheng|Witter]] rode for [[Capital Skateboards]] back in 2002. At the time, CAPITAL offered him a pro model, which he designed himself. After extensively testing 10 prototypes, he finally decided on one that he was happy with and sent that deck back to CAPITAL to be made. A year passed by and he never heard anything back from them. He had gotten so used to that deck that he couldn't skate anything else so he left CAPITAL and started [[Decomposed]] , recruiting [[YoYo Schulz]], [[Guenter Mokulys]], [[Keith Renna]] and a few others to start. | ||
Once [[Decomposed]] was up and running, Witter released a Decomposed Ghoul model, also known as the [[Decomposed Witter Cheng FrEaKsTyle 2 Deck]].<br> | Once [[Decomposed]] was up and running, Witter released a Decomposed Ghoul model (based off his CAPITAL Ghoul design), also known as the [[Decomposed Witter Cheng FrEaKsTyle 2 Deck]].<br> | ||
[[File:Decomposed Witter Cheng FrEaKsTyle tWo Deck 2005.jpg|thumb|100px|none|[[Decomposed Witter Cheng FrEaKsTyle 2 Deck]], circa 2005]] | [[File:Decomposed Witter Cheng FrEaKsTyle tWo Deck 2005.jpg|thumb|100px|none|[[Decomposed Witter Cheng FrEaKsTyle 2 Deck]], circa 2005]] | ||
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They said they'd send it to him.....and they did. | They said they'd send it to him.....and they did. | ||
He had no idea that | He had no idea that these decks were ever produced. Witter made the [[Decomposed Witter Cheng FrEaKsTyle 2 Deck|Decomposed Ghoul]] before knowing that the CAPITAL Ghoul ever existed.<br> | ||
[[File:Capital Ghoul Witter Cheng - Decomposed Witter Cheng Freakstyle Two Comparison.jpg|thumb|none|The [[Capital Witter Cheng Freakstyle Deck]] and [[Decomposed Witter Cheng FrEaKsTyle 2 Deck]] seen side-by-side.<br>Photo: [[Witter Cheng]] ]] | [[File:Capital Ghoul Witter Cheng - Decomposed Witter Cheng Freakstyle Two Comparison.jpg|thumb|none|The [[Capital Witter Cheng Freakstyle Deck]] and [[Decomposed Witter Cheng FrEaKsTyle 2 Deck]] seen side-by-side.<br>Photo: [[Witter Cheng]] ]] | ||
After this, Witter somehow got back in touch with CAPITAL and asked if they had any more....and bought everything they had (only about 20 decks), which were NEVER released to the public. They had been sitting in a warehouse for over 10 years without his knowledge. No one knows where the rest of the CAPITAL Ghouls went. It turns out that this model was the last pro model CAPITAL ever produced. | After this, Witter somehow got back in touch with CAPITAL and asked if they had any more....and bought everything they had (only about 20 decks), which were NEVER released to the public. They had been sitting in a warehouse for over 10 years without his knowledge. No one knows where the rest of the CAPITAL Ghouls went. It turns out that this model was the last pro model CAPITAL ever produced. | ||
Many years later.....around 2015 or so, Witter got a hold of the CAPITAL owner's wife, and she | Many years later.....around 2015 or so, Witter got a hold of the CAPITAL owner's wife, and she told him, "There's 1 freestyle deck in the warehouse"...painted black. | ||
Witter said, "I | Witter said, "I'LL TAKE IT!" | ||
She grabbed it ...flipped it over and Witter's name was written on the other side, in his own handwriting | She grabbed it...flipped it over and Witter's name was written on the other side, in his own handwriting. It was the original prototype that he had sent back to CAPITAL for production, over a decade ago.<br> | ||
[[File:Capital Ghoul Prototype 2002.jpg|thumb|none|Witter's actual and original CAPITAL Ghoul prototype.<br>Photo: [[Witter Cheng]]]] | [[File:Capital Ghoul Prototype 2002.jpg|thumb|none|Witter's actual and original CAPITAL Ghoul prototype.<br>Photo: [[Witter Cheng]]]] | ||
Witter sold the other 9 prototypes on eBay, over a | Witter sold the other 9 prototypes on eBay, over a ten years ago, for just $4.99 each, so they are still floating around out there somewhere. | ||
And the rest is .......<br> | And the rest is .......<br> | ||
[[File:Abraham Lincoln - Its History, Yo.gif]] | [[File:Abraham Lincoln - Its History, Yo.gif]] | ||