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Cliché Skateboards is a skateboard company based in Lyon, France and distributed by the American company Dwindle Distribution. ==History== The company was established in 1997 by French professional skateboarder Jeremie Daclin and initially found a niche sponsoring European professional skateboarders. Already a well known local skater in Lyon, Daclin decided to produce equipment to suit the styles of his friends and fellow ''Lyonnais''.〔(''Skater Owned: Cliché Part 1'' ) by Suziie Wang & Dave Chami (Transworld Skateboarding, 24 December 2012) ()〕 Daclin explained in 2012 that he had been travelling a lot as a professional skateboarder and, after filming a video with the American company New Deal, he moved to the Deathbox team (now Flip Skateboards) to be involved with a brand that was more local. However, Deathbox then relocated to the US and Daclin declined the invitation to join the move, stating that he would try to develop his own brand in France. Daclin's vision for Cliché was based on three elements: photography, Europe and all types of skateboarding.〔 Former Australian professional skateboarder Al Boglio was recruited by Daclin as a "right-hand man" after the brand achieved initial success. Eric Frenay was recruited by Daclin as the brand's Creative Director and Frenay explained his history with Daclin in a 2012 interview: "Being in Lyon, I knew Jeremie () for a long time and he was kind of, we called him "The Master" at the time because he was so good, you know, the European Championship and everything. Then he opened up All Access (shop ) ... when he launched Cliché it was like a big, big bet."〔 The first Cliché video ''Europa'' was released in 2000 and featured Spanish skateboarder Javier Mendizabel and French skateboarders JJ Rousseau, Vincent Bressol and Nicolas Caron. French professional skateboarder Lucas Puig, who was unable to speak English during his early years with the company, then joined the team through Rousseau. Puig was 14 years of age when he first joined the team on a tour—Daclin started sending him skateboard decks after the tour and later officially recruited Puig.〔〔 Cliché was purchased by the France-based Salomon Group in 2001.〔 Cale Nuske was the company's first Australian skateboarder and he joined the team after the release of the ''Europa'' video. Nuske's initial video footage formed the opening part in the 2003 ''Bon Appetit'' video and he was named by ''SLAM'' magazine as the 2004 Australian "Skater of the Year". Another Australian, Andrew Brophy, was later sponsored by the company in 2005, when he was 19 years of age, and he also won the ''SLAM'' award in 2009. Brophy explained in October 2013 that his early period with the brand was affected by his partying lifestyle in London, UK, but he attained greater focus after a conversation with Boglio. Also in 2005, the company's first-ever American team member, Joey Brezinski, began his relationship with Cliché.〔 Salomon Group became part of Amer Sports International in 2005. In 2009, US-based Dwindle Distribution purchased the company from the Salomon Group, with Cliché representatives acknowledging that the brand had been a difficult fit with the snow boarding-focused Amer Sports.〔(''The Details Behind Dwindle Distribution’s Acquisition Of Cliché'' ) by Cullen Poythress (Transworld Business, 5 August 2009)〕 In the lead-up period prior to the April 2013 release of the ''Bon Voyage'' video, skateboard videographer Manolo published a compilation, entitled "JB Gillet Manolo's Mixtape for Cliché", for Cliché team member JB Gillet. The worldwide premiere of the ''Bon Voyage'' video was held in Los Angeles, U.S. and Daniel Espinoza was surprised by the company, as he was informed of his professional status at the event. The French premiere of the video, in Lyon, also consisted of a surprise announcement, as Flo Mirtain received his debut professional skateboard at the event that symbolized his promotion into the company's professional ranks. The video was directed by Boris Proust, and was produced by Daclin, Al Boglio, and Eric Frenay. Cliche rider Sammy Winter was assigned professional status at the end of October 2013. A video was published on the Internet to announce the promotion and the artwork on Winter's inaugural signature skateboard deck was created by prominent skateboard artist Marc McKee. Thai-German team rider Lem Villamen was assigned professional status in early April 2014 and a ''Thrasher'' magazine video part was published on April 4 to coincide with his transition. At the time that Villamen filmed the part, he was unaware that it would be used to launch his professional status. As of October 2013, Cliché is managed by Daclin and Boglio. In December 2012, the company remained based in Lyon and Mendizabel was the longest serving team member.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cliché Skateboards」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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