Mike Carroll and Rick Howard founded Girl Skateboards in 1993 after breaking away from the World Industries camp and their previous board sponsor Plan B. Chocolate Skateboards was formed to the following year to provide a home for Chico Brenes, Daniel Castillo, Paulo Diaz, Richard Mulder, Shamil Randle, Gabriel Rodriguez and Ben Sanchez. Over the following years, after the introduction of Lakai Limited Footwear in 2000 the collective of Mike and Rickâ€TMs brands would become known as the Crailtap camp. Early riders included Scott Johnson (who would go onto take an instrumental role in with Lakaiâ€TMs footwear design department), Anthony Pappalardo, Marc Johnson and Brandon Biebel amongst others. Lakaiâ€TMs first video Beware of the Flare [2002] was the culmination of various European tours and helped the brand build a solid reputation in these early years. With Ty Evans taking up directorial duties for their next production, Lakai began work on Fully Flared - featuring new blood Mike Mo Capaldi and Alex Olson, UK ‘Royal Familyâ€TM members Nick Jensen and Danny Brady, ‘The French Connection consisting of JB Gillett, JJ Rousseau and Lucas Puig, Eric Koston who joined the company in the final days leading up to the video, an anticipated comeback part Guy Mariano and iconic three song ender from Marc Johnson (who would go onto win Thrasherâ€TMs Skater of the Year title). After five years in the making, ‘Fully Flaredâ€TM debuted in 2007 to be met with overwhelming response. Receiving ‘Best Videoâ€TM at the 2008 Transworld Skateboarding Awards, Girl would also be nominated for ‘Best Teamâ€TM, Mariano for ‘Best Video Partâ€TM and the ‘TWS Readersâ€TM Choiceâ€TM category consisting of only Lakai riders. Fully Flared is widely regarded as one the most important skate videos of the 2000s era alongside a cultural icon of modern day skateboarding videos In 2013, Girl and Chocolate Skateboards released Pretty Sweet which featured many of the current era of Lakai ride
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