Rubber Factory Records

The Rubber Factory was an old abandoned building that slowly morphed into a community center for dirts, local kids and skaters. Early Years The inside debris was cleaned out and the first thing I remember is a steel plated wallrider that was built was built. Also acquired over time were an 8 foot roll in, i beams, manual pad of doom, concrete ledge, and the notorious and multi layered 'fun' box (seen inside the Bottle of Smoke cd). There was a chill room with picnic table, and a creepy dark basement. The back side of the factory had a very smooth 2 platform street 'course' with decent 'lil hubba held up by cinder blocks, shanty flatbanks, and a series of mini gaps. All this complete with anti-racist graffiti, on the lot of a cracked concrete block wasteland. James called it 'Danger Bay' The Rubber Factory had its own security system of a truck tire on a long swing rope that would pummel trespassers off the small platform door. There were bottle kids playing glass games and teenagers playing glass feet. Todd Von Hellberger smoked his first cigarette and fell down dizzy, probably somewhere on video8. Jamey's broken board was held together by a two by four, O'Dwyer might have be playing guitar by the river, Ultima at Grant's. With a historical hillside war memorial at the banks of the Humber river in the small town of old Woodbridge, ON. the factory had a fun run. Forseeing the end of its days, it was burned down again by those who loved it, in its place now stands expensive condominiums. While the area is becoming quite the hot spot as generations pass and the suburban city sprawls out of control**, Rubber Factory Records stands by friendships made around the rubber, new friends around the world, and continued by the love of arts, music, skateboarding, and other quality time. Bottle of Smoke compilation was the first project. We made this before the Black Keys album, I heard them and they are good too. **Update: We've just been removed from The Woodbridge Wikipedia page. Thanks to whomever entered that many years ago. Never forget: Becker's, Squigi's, Tony's Hot Pot, Chau's. Rubber Factory - Toronto Canada 2016