Category — industry

Well the skateboard isn’t made of “OSB” but it sort of looks like it.

Vehicle Skateboards is working with Pop Master Innovations to bring you a skateboard made from recycled wood fiber veneer substrate and recycled skateboard decks.
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Stumbled onto this chair built from the remains of manufacturing skateboard decks.

You can get one for a mere $3,500

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 Just thought I would pass along a couple of sick skate videos from Strangenotes.com.  I’m sure most of you know about the StrangeNotes DVDs and their web site. Creature has a new DVD coming out soon called “HESHLAW”  so check it out along with a David Gravette Strangnotes’ “Checkin’ In” video after the jump.  David Gravette rips street, stairs, pools, and skateparks just the same.

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If you have yet to check their blog out I suggest you do so. These are the guys that create the “Skatebook“. And they just consolidated all their videos into a single blog post/player so you don’t have to jump all over their blog to find the good stuff.

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 This is some pretty amazing slow-mo footage of random dudes skating steps at 120 frames per second–compare that to a normal SD/HD camera at just shy of 30 fps. They are being filmed with a “Red One” HD camera. It’s a cheap (relatively speaking) pro HD camera.  Just the camera body retails for around $17.5K. The price will go up once you add lenses and accessories. Yeah, that’s cheap considering other pro HD cameras at 5 to 10 times that price.

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This Dwindle Distribution video about thier new wood shop (“DSM”) is making the rounds. It’s also upsetting in a way. Why?  Well, it looks like this is a Chinese (or Asian) factory. Every worker is Asian, It’s definitely not in the US since I didn’t see a single Mexican.  

If you were ever interested in how a board is made (yeah, I know you think you know, but you probably don’t) this is a must watch. Pay close attention ot the way Dwindle modified their presses to make sure each board has the same tail/nose kick and concave (starting around the 4 minute mark)

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Found at ton of photos (literally)  over at the skullandbonesskateboards.com forum by slob-air.  This dude took photos of just about everything there–including cops checking out a longboard.  Be sure to check out all the hand-painted boards, old skool boards, the mini-ramp, Natas and Salba, and expo chicks. 

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 Watch this video over at http://www.streetcornerskate.com/

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From Transworld Skateboarding’s site:

After 20 years’ worth of straight rawness, a celebration was definitely in order. Matt Hensley’s pub was the place, the Black Label crew were the people, and as for the party?

Chet should see a dentist–damn Luda!

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