Shima Skate Manufacturing is reportedly out of business according to pro Dave Lang

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][mk_image src=”http://www.rollerblading.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/shima.jpg” image_width=”800″ image_height=”450″ crop=”false” lightbox=”false” frame_style=”simple” target=”_self” caption_location=”inside-image” align=”left” margin_bottom=”25″][vc_column_text disable_pattern=”true” align=”left” margin_bottom=”0″]Shima Skate Manufacturing is reportedly out of business, according to a post on pro Dave Lang’s Instagram.

While no official announcement has been made by Shima or SSM, we’re guessing this is the end.

Owned by Brian Shima, the company enjoyed a long history in the blade scene after rising out of the ashes of Nimh Aggressive Skate Tech.

Despite releasing their last line of skates in April, it seems we will never see the long-awaited Dave Lang pro models pictured below on his Instagram page.

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Just my luck, on the dawn of (what would have been) my first pro skate; I find out that @ssmskates has gone out of business. Oh well, here is what it would have looked like… #shithappens

A photo posted by Dave Lang (@thedavelang) on Sep 11, 2015 at 9:36pm PDT

On the upside, Dave has released his 666 section, originally released as a VOD, for free.

Check it out below.[/vc_column_text][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=47&v=isa7BBueOac”][/vc_column][/vc_row]