If you told me that I would write a story in 2025 about ball bearings for skateboards, then as a cartridge-carrying member of the unplayable NES game Skate or Die, that absolutely tracks.
Of course, it also helps when the packaging looks as good as Olympia Supply. And you can thank Brooklyn design agency Young Jerks. The type-forward design doesn’t even remotely resemble anything for a brand that caters to skaters—and yet, it absolutely does. The turn-back-the-clock container looks like industrial packaging from a bygone era, and there is something old-world and charming about the branding that might appeal to those Spicoli-sporting youths. Also, maybe it’s because I’ve grown up in the vicinity of numerous Greek diners and restaurants, but it even bears a close resemblance to some of the signage from those establishments (and not just because the company is called Olympia).
