Training Example: Madrid Skateboards – Review the Data, Give Your Score & Compare to the Real AI Evaluation

Industry Context — Common BS Fingerprints in Ecommerce & Online Retail
Generic Claims: best prices online, free shipping on everything, satisfaction guaranteed or your money back, trusted by thousands…
Red Flags: no business address or company registration, manufacturer stock photos as product images, prices dramatically below market with no explanation, no return policy or extremely restrictive terms…
Semantic Drift Patterns: homepage claims premium but product pages show dropshipped goods, claims handmade or artisan but product images are manufacturer stock, homepage says ethically sourced but no supply chain information, claims exclusive products but same items found on Amazon and AliExpress…
Proof Expectations: verifiable business registration and address, real product photographs not manufacturer stock images, third-party reviews on independent platforms (Trustpilot, Google), clear return and refund policy with process details…

Madrid Skateboards

(https://madridskateboards.com) 📸 Data Snapshot: May 31, 2026

Analyze the raw signals below. How would a machine score this business’s credibility?

Here are the exact signals captured from up to six pages of the site — the same raw inputs the evaluation engine analyzed. They are grouped by signal type so you can weigh each the way the machine does.

🏗️ Semantic Structure — heading hierarchy & page identity (Info Density · Commodity Fingerprint)
HOMEPAGE Madrid Skateboards (https://madridskateboards.com)
Title

Madrid Skateboards

Meta

Jerry Madrid began shaping surfboards in his parents

H1 CALIFORNIA CRAFTED
H2 JERRY MADRID
H2 WE’RE HEADED BACK…
H2 MOMENTUM
H2 SHAPING SKATEBOARDING
H2 SUBSCRIBE
H4 DEALER APPLICATION
NAV_HEADER_HEADING_REPEATED_BODY_FOOTER HISTORY — Madrid Skateboards (https://madridskateboards.com/history/)
Title

HISTORY — Madrid Skateboards

H2 SHAPING SKATEBOARDING
H2 SUBSCRIBE
H4 DEALER APPLICATION
NAV_HEADER_HEADING_REPEATED_FOOTER BOARDCAST — Madrid Skateboards (https://madridskateboards.com/boardcast/)
Title

BOARDCAST — Madrid Skateboards

H2 GARY SANDERSON
H2 JACK SMITH
H2 TIM KERR
H2 RAY ZIMMERMAN
H2 HARRY CLARKE
H2 DANIEL YEAGER
H2 CLAUS GRABKE
H2 BERNT JAHNEL
H2 ROGER HICKEY
H2 JERRY MADRID
H2 SUBSCRIBE
H4 DEALER APPLICATION
NAV_HEADER_REPEATED_BODY NEW ARRIVALS — Madrid Skateboards (https://madridskateboards.com/new-arrivals/)
Title

NEW ARRIVALS — Madrid Skateboards

H2 CAPTURED TATTOO
H2 OG EXPLOSIVE
H2 CHRIS MASSIE PRO
H2 NEW STREET SERIES
H2 EXPLOSION TEE
H2 JERRY MADRID SHoF
H2 BILL DANFORTH SHoF
H2 VISUAL HISTORY BOOK
H2 SUBSCRIBE
H4 DEALER APPLICATION
📝 The Narrative — clean text per page (Info Density · Semantic Coherence)
HOMEPAGE (https://madridskateboards.com) Madrid Skateboards
[H1] CALIFORNIA CRAFTED
SINCE ‘76

LATEST ARRIVALS

SHOP ALL MADRID

CUSTOM BOARDS

[H2] JERRY MADRID

SKATEBOARD HALL OF FAME!A long overdue milestone, Jerry Madrid has finally been inducted into the SHoF, for 2026.This year’s ceremony will be held May 15th, at the Vans Headquarters in Costa Mesa CA. In honor of the occasion we’ve released an extremely limited run of boards, celebrating the very first skateboard ever pressed by Jerry. Click below to snag one before it’s too late!

PREORDER HERE NOW!

[H2] WE’RE HEADED BACK…

2025 marks 40 YEARS of the film Back to the Future! In celebration, we’re bringing back the highly sought after Marty Valterra Board for a special limited reissue.We also have tees available, along with another very limited special item… click link below. Preorders are available NOW! and the boards will release 10.21.25 in recognition of BTTF Day.

PREORDER HERE

[H2] MOMENTUM

On July 20th, Madrid celebrates the debut of our brand new full length video, Momentum.Join us at OC Ramps in Santa Ana, CA from 6-10pm, where we’ll be hosting Cash for Tricks and Best Trick Giveaways, along with the premiere of the film. All are welcome, but if you’re not local to Orange County, you’ll be able to catch it on our YouTube channel that evening as well!

MADRID YOUTUBE

[H2] SHAPING SKATEBOARDING

Every day we’re busy pressing and cutting the highest quality skateboards available. But our work doesn’t stop there:The secret to our NEAR 50 YEARS of longevity is in our commitment to supporting skateboarders and fostering a stronger and more diverse global skate community.

LEARN MORE

[IMG: Jerry Madrid, Madrid Skateboard Factory]
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SUB-PAGE (https://madridskateboards.com/history/) HISTORY — Madrid Skateboards
[H2] SHAPING SKATEBOARDING

Jerry Madrid began shaping surfboards in his parents' Southern California garage in the late 1960s. When the waves weren’t good enough to surf, Jerry shaped skateboards for himself and his friends. In 1976, while also working as a firefighter, Jerry officially started the business and enlisted the help of his brothers Jim and Jeff to assist in the operations.After developing some of the first modern concaves to hit the market, Madrid produced a series of iconic collaborations throughout the '80s, including the Madrid x Valterra Skateboard ridden by Marty McFly in the original Back to the Future movie, and the Vans x Madrid Fly Shoe, the first co-branded skate shoe from Vans.Today, we're still turning out skateboards from our Huntington Beach factory with the belief that boards should be crafted to perfection and guaranteed to perform.
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SUB-PAGE (https://madridskateboards.com/boardcast/) BOARDCAST — Madrid Skateboards
THE MADRID BOARDCAST

[H2] GARY SANDERSON

Former Madrid Team Member

LISTEN

[H2] JACK SMITH

Cross Country Skating Hall of Famer

LISTEN

[H2] TIM KERR

Artist, Skater, Musician, Lifer

LISTEN

[H2] RAY ZIMMERMAN

Photographer / Former TM

LISTEN

[H2] HARRY CLARKE

Madrid Downhill Team Manager

LISTEN

[H2] DANIEL YEAGER

Madrid Street Team Manager

LISTEN

[H2] CLAUS GRABKE

Former Madrid Pro, Recording Engineer

LISTEN

[H2] BERNT JAHNEL

Madrid Team Rider

LISTEN

[H2] ROGER HICKEY

Former Downhill Champion

LISTEN

[H2] JERRY MADRID

Owner, Madrid Skateboards

LISTEN
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SUB-PAGE · THIN (https://madridskateboards.com/new-arrivals/) NEW ARRIVALS — Madrid Skateboards
[H2] CAPTURED TATTOO

Exclusive Signed Editions

SHOP

[H2] OG EXPLOSIVE

Available Now

SHOP

[H2] CHRIS MASSIE PRO

Our Latest Team Addition

SHOP

[H2] NEW STREET SERIES

Available Now

SHOP

[H2] EXPLOSION TEE

The Iconic Design

SHOP

[H2] JERRY MADRID SHoF

Limited to 76!

PREORDER

[H2] BILL DANFORTH SHoF

Limited to 250!

PREORDER

[H2] VISUAL HISTORY BOOK

Highlights from 1980-1990

SHOP
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🛡️ Trust Signals — reviews, proof links, trust-theatre flag (Trust & Proof)
26Review mentions (all pages)
0External proof links (all pages)
PageReviewsProof links
/ (home) 10 0
/history/ 6 0
/boardcast/ 5 0
/new-arrivals/ 5 0
🔗 Identity & Technical Layer — schema JSON-LD: identity chains, entity gaps (Identity & Authority)
Homepage schema
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        "url": "https://www.madridskateboards.com",
        "name": "Madrid Skateboards",
        "image": "//images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640f6ebbb3c96e58c1fbd489/2b092ce9-e4a4-48be-8dfa-9c57ba1b4f04/MADLOGO.png",
        "@context": "http://schema.org",
        "@type": "WebSite"
    },
    {
        "legalName": "Full Circle Distrobution",
        "address": "5271 Business Drive\nHuntington Beach, CA, 92649\nUnited States",
        "email": "",
        "telephone": "",
        "sameAs": [
            "https://www.instagram.com/madridskateboards/"
        ],
        "@context": "http://schema.org",
        "@type": "Organization"
    },
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        "address": "5271 Business Drive\nHuntington Beach, CA, 92649\nUnited States",
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        "name": "Full Circle Distrobution",
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        "@context": "http://schema.org",
        "@type": "LocalBusiness"
    }
]
/history/
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    {
        "url": "https://www.madridskateboards.com",
        "name": "Madrid Skateboards",
        "image": "//images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640f6ebbb3c96e58c1fbd489/2b092ce9-e4a4-48be-8dfa-9c57ba1b4f04/MADLOGO.png",
        "@context": "http://schema.org",
        "@type": "WebSite"
    },
    {
        "legalName": "Full Circle Distrobution",
        "address": "5271 Business Drive\nHuntington Beach, CA, 92649\nUnited States",
        "email": "",
        "telephone": "",
        "sameAs": [
            "https://www.instagram.com/madridskateboards/"
        ],
        "@context": "http://schema.org",
        "@type": "Organization"
    },
    {
        "address": "5271 Business Drive\nHuntington Beach, CA, 92649\nUnited States",
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]
/boardcast/
[
    {
        "url": "https://www.madridskateboards.com",
        "name": "Madrid Skateboards",
        "image": "//images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640f6ebbb3c96e58c1fbd489/2b092ce9-e4a4-48be-8dfa-9c57ba1b4f04/MADLOGO.png",
        "@context": "http://schema.org",
        "@type": "WebSite"
    },
    {
        "legalName": "Full Circle Distrobution",
        "address": "5271 Business Drive\nHuntington Beach, CA, 92649\nUnited States",
        "email": "",
        "telephone": "",
        "sameAs": [
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        ],
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        "@type": "Organization"
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    }
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/new-arrivals/
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    {
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        "name": "Madrid Skateboards",
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        "@context": "http://schema.org",
        "@type": "WebSite"
    },
    {
        "legalName": "Full Circle Distrobution",
        "address": "5271 Business Drive\nHuntington Beach, CA, 92649\nUnited States",
        "email": "",
        "telephone": "",
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            "https://www.instagram.com/madridskateboards/"
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        "@type": "Organization"
    },
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        "address": "5271 Business Drive\nHuntington Beach, CA, 92649\nUnited States",
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    }
]

Your Diagnosis

Before revealing the machine’s verdict, predict the BS score for each signal. Higher = more BS (more fluff, less verifiable substance). Drag each slider, then submit to compare your judgment against the engine.

Information Density 0 / 30
Read the Narrative & headings: do hard facts (prices, dates, numbers) outweigh fluff power-words?
Semantic Coherence 0 / 20
Compare the homepage promise against the sub-page reality. Do they hold the same line?
Trust & Proof 0 / 20
Weigh review mentions against actual external proof links. Claims without verification = theatre.
Commodity Fingerprint 0 / 15
Check headings & narrative against the industry clichés in the setup above.
Identity & Authority 0 / 15
Inspect the schema: is there real Organization/Person identity with sameAs links, or gaps?
Your predicted BS score 0 / 100
💡 Stuck? Reveal the heuristic lens — how the deterministic page-auditor reads each signal (no AI, pure pattern rules)

These are the structural rules a local, deterministic auditor applies — the same lens you can use to judge each signal. They describe what to look for, not this company’s result.

Information Density

Classify each sentence as substantive or hollow. Grounding markers — numbers, currencies, dates, technical units, named entities — outweigh marketing adjectives. When fluff sits right next to hard evidence, the fluff is forgiven.

Semantic Alignment

Pull the main entities out of the H1, then check whether they actually recur through the body. A page that announces one thing and then talks about another drifts. Headings with no real sentences underneath read as pseudo-substance.

Trust & Proof

Count trust words (review, testimonial, rating, verified) against real outbound proof links (Google, Trustpilot, Clutch, G2, Yelp). Lots of trust language with zero verification links is trust theatre. Unlinked logo galleries count against it.

Commodity Fingerprint

Look at how much sentence length varies. Natural writing varies its rhythm; templated or mass-produced copy is statistically uniform. Very low variation reads as commodity content — unless unique named entities break the pattern.

Identity & Authority

Inspect the JSON-LD. Is there an Organization or Person schema, and does it carry sameAs links to real external profiles (LinkedIn, socials)? Missing schema or no identity declaration signals an anonymous entity.

Want to apply this lens yourself? The free BS Indicator Chrome extension runs these heuristic checks live on any page. Bear in mind it is a single-page, deterministic tool — it relies only on pattern rules for the page in front of it and does not perform the cross-page semantic correlation this audit uses, so its readout is a starting lens, not the full verdict.

B
BS Level
Ecommerce & Online Retail
36.3 Avg BS

Based on 3391 businesses audited.

BS Detector

Ecommerce & Online Retail BS: Madrid Skateboards (madridskateboards.com)

https://madridskateboards.com 📍 Industry: Ecommerce & Online Retail
30 BS / 100

Madrid Skateboards is a rare example of a high-substance brand that suffers from technical ‘Trust Theatre’ rather than actual bullshit. The site is anchored by legitimate, hyper-current milestones like the May 2026 SHoF induction, but it fails to provide the external validation links required to achieve a near-zero BS score.

Info Density Power-words vs. Substance ratio.
6
20% BS
Semantic Coherence Homepage promise vs. Sub-page reality.
1
5% BS
Trust & Proof Verifiable evidence vs. Trust Theatre.
13
65% BS
Commodity Fingerprint Detection of industry clichés/templates.
6
40% BS
Identity & Authority Expert verifiability & Schema depth.
4
27% BS

1. Replace the internal review counter with a verified third-party platform link like Trustpilot or Google Reviews to eliminate unverified trust theatre. 2. Fix the technical heading hierarchy by adding a unique H1 tag to the History and Boardcast pages. 3. Implement Person schema for Jerry Madrid and featured podcast guests to digitally anchor their authority. 4. Add a specific ‘Quality Control’ section with technical specifications or factory footage to move beyond the subjective claim of boards ‘crafted to perfection’.

The site perfectly aligns with the Ecommerce and Online Retail category, specifically targeting the action sports niche. The content focuses on product drops, historical heritage, and direct-to-consumer sales of skateboards and apparel.

“The score of 30 is primarily driven by the Trust and Proof pillar (13 points) due to the presence of unverified reviews and a lack of outbound proof paths. While the content itself is highly substantive and current, the technical methods used to signal trust are indistinguishable from common BS patterns.”

Verified Analysis Date: May 31, 2026 © 1EuroSEO Independent Evaluator — Non-Sponsored Result
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