Welcome Home: The Madness Skateboards Comeback

Some brands end. The best ones hibernate. In April 2026, Madness Skateboards came back, posting a simple message: Welcome home - with a team list that reads like a transition skating all-star roster: Alex Perelson, Sam Beckett, Jedd McKenzie, Jack Fardell, Clay Kreiner and Nick Papa, joined by Liam Pace.

Madness built its name on heavier, faster skating - big transition, big shapes, R7 construction - and on graphics that leaned into the surreal. When the brand went quiet in early 2023 it left a hole in that corner of skateboarding. The 2026 return closes it.

Madness and Opera

Madness lives alongside Opera Skateboards under the same roof - both run by skater-owner Bill Weiss, both sold here and through Sidewalk Distribution wholesale. Opera carries the EX7 street-and-everything line; Madness carries the R7 transition side.

The boards

The current Madness line includes the Believe, Repeat Offender, Rise Above, Son and Split decks in R7 construction, from 8.25" up to a 10" Split. Shop the Madness collection.

Quick answers

Is Madness Skateboards still in business? Yes. Madness relaunched in April 2026 and the line ships from our California warehouse.

Who rides for Madness Skateboards? The welcome-home announcement named Alex Perelson, Sam Beckett, Jedd McKenzie, Jack Fardell, Clay Kreiner, Nick Papa and Liam Pace.