The space Lego and the NASA space shuttle became a fused memory for me. This led to a lot of photos and doodles of minifigs and later to the drawing I’ve been using for the posters and on the hardwood longboard skateboards I build.
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As a kid growing up in Southern California I left at least a few old skate decks in my wake and this killer Recycled Skateboard Shelf from Esty seller Skate Mood would have been a great way to hang on to them and organize the rest of my stuff.
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At Maker Faire Bay Area this past May, MAKE videographer Nat Heckathorn and I tackled the hills of San Mateo on longboard skateboards. Well, Nat had a longboard. I had a wobbly little cruiser ill-suited to fast descents. On my second run I went down hard on my hip and up popped a grapefruit sized hematoma of swirling black and purple that lasted for weeks.
As I got ready for World Maker Faire New York, more than one colleague told me to stay away from skateboards lest I injure myself again. I complied but then I met up with Andreas Ekberg.
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A really nice video showing two guys turning a felled tree into a mode of transportation.
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Designer and artist Martin Bunyi seamlessly brings together skateboarding and needlework with this striking embroidered skateboard deck.
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Skateboarding and rocking out go hand in hand, and now they literally can thanks to Buenos Aires-based Skate Guitar. The brain child of master luthier/old school skater Ezequiel Galasso and professional skateboarder/musician Gianfranco de Gennaro, Skate Guitars are handmade from two repurposed skate decks a piece. The duo embrace the scrappy nature of the used […]
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Michael Ciuffo of Ch00ftech built this tiny persistence-of-vision (POV) display, based on an Attiny24, to fit on his longboard’s 72mm wheels.
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