Is enjoi Still in Business? Yes - And the Panda Just Came Home

Quick answer: Yes - enjoi is alive and making boards. After Dwindle Distribution closed, enjoi moved to skater-owned Sidewalk Distribution, and in 2026 Louie Barletta - one of the riders who helped build enjoi in its earliest days and later its brand manager - bought the brand back from private equity ownership. New enjoi decks are made today, sold through skate shops and direct on jacuzziunlimited.com.

What happened to enjoi?

For most of its life, enjoi lived under Dwindle Distribution alongside Madness and Blind. When Dwindle collapsed under Bravo Sports/Transom Capital ownership, a lot of skaters assumed the panda went down with the ship. It did not. New enjoi product moved to Sidewalk Distribution - the distributor built by Louie Barletta, Bill Weiss, Bod Boyle, and Steve Douglas, the same crew behind Jacuzzi Unlimited, Opera Skateboards, and Slappy Trucks.

The panda came home

Then, in 2026, the story got its ending - or its new beginning. Louie Barletta bought enjoi back from private equity ownership. The rider who spent two decades defining what enjoi felt like, and the brand manager who steered it, now owns it - and runs it side by side with Jacuzzi Unlimited, the brand he co-founded with Jeff Davis in 2023. Two brands, one family, all of it skater-owned.

Where can I buy enjoi decks?

Both. enjoi decks, completes and apparel are stocked by skate shops through Sidewalk Distribution, and you can order direct from us here - browse what enjoi is making right now. New season graphics go to shops first - they land in skate shops two weeks before they go up on this site, every season. If you want a new drop the day it arrives, your local shop is the place to get it.

Is new enjoi the same as old enjoi?

Same panda, same sense of humor, and more of the original DNA than at any point in the private equity years - because the person who shaped the brand's identity as a rider and brand manager now owns it outright. The difference is who profits: a skater-owned company instead of a holding firm. Even the construction name carries the story: R7 (Resin 7) was a proprietary name Sidewalk could not use until it acquired the Dwindle brands, so the same 7-ply maple press was labeled EX7 (Epoxy 7). Some decks in the family carry EX7 and some carry R7 - same construction either way - and R7 is the name going forward.

Quick answers

Is enjoi still in business? Yes. New decks, apparel, and accessories are made today under Sidewalk Distribution.

Who owns enjoi now? Louie Barletta, who bought the brand back from private equity in 2026.

Where do I buy enjoi? At your local skate shop, or direct from our enjoi page. New season graphics reach shops two weeks before they go online.

Is enjoi related to Jacuzzi Unlimited? Yes - sister brands under Sidewalk Distribution, both connected to Louie Barletta.