Roarockit's board building materials and patented Thin Air Press technology, are used in schools and unique programs all over the world. It brings a smile to our faces when we see how a simple idea, like building your own skateboard, can change people's lives.
Currently there is a documentary being made, called Skate or Die, which focuses on a young Chicago resident who has used skateboarding to help escape the violence and gang-mentality of his community.
Read MoreMa Ka Hana Ka ‘Ike. They work, they learn… to build stuff. Like their own skateboard park. And their own skateboards!
Read MoreWe are quite pleased with the results of the 1/16” Solid Birch veneers.
Read MorePart 2 Birch Veneer testing results
Read MoreAlmost everyday we get to see something cool that people are making with our Thin Air Press and other Roarockit products... but when this one came through, our eyes literally LIT UP!
If you haven't heard of them, you soon will... Roarockit is proud to present: LIGHT BOHRD
Chris Forgey is the President/Founder of the Texas based Light Bohrd, and is extremely excited (as we are) to finally bring his technology to market. To get an overview on what their doing to revolutionize the board sports world, here's some words from Mr. Forgey himself:
“We're making longboards and skateboards that feature illuminated graphics. We're the first company in the world to do this and have a patent pending for the idea and concept. Our boards have several unique features: the technology and components are fully embedded, no external wires, no external batteries. The lights in our boards are motion activated, we recharge our internal power source with a charger from PowerMat.
Our first priority is to build a premium longboard and skateboard. The reason its taken us so long to bring our product to market is the refinement we had to go through to have a product that had the performance and feel that we'd expect as riders ourselves. Then we wanted to add the cool feature of adding illuminated graphics.
We're excited about the product. Light Bohrd is sponsoring 3 riders at Maryhill this upcoming weekend. They'll be riding our pro-series board made for extreme downhill riding. This will be Light Bohrd's debut and we're ready.”
Photo Above: A little quality assurance done by Light Bohrd's Product Engineer
The Light Bohrd team at the 2012 Gnarathon
Make sure to check these unique boards at http://lightbohrd.com/ and on Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/lightbohrd
This locally sourced wood is strong, flexible and looks amazing!
Read MoreWe put these kids to work on everything from taking out the garbage, to helping pack orders.
Read MoreThe Roarockit Skateboard Company is no stranger to working with kids in the community
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Our popular Summer Camp build weeks are going to happen again this year!
Read MoreRecently we had two gentlemen from Montreal visit the RockitLab here in Toronto. They brought along a few of their handmade longboards, with some incredible laser engraved artwork. We would like to welcome Francis and Vincent from Unikorn Longboards to the Roarockit family!
Unikorn Longboards are generally made with a bamboo core. When the guys came to visit the shop, we introduced them to our new 1/16” Birch veneers, a locally grown bamboo alternative. They took a few boards worth of material home, and ended up pressing that same night!
Here's what they said about their visit, and working with the Birch:
“As soon as we got back home (9:30 pm) we pressed a board with the birch right away. It came out really well, it's a little stiffer than our bamboo ones and a little heavier but it might be for the best. The bamboo boards would actually twist a bit length wise but the birch doesn't. It might be only due to the fact that we have more layers then before and so more layers of glue. The extra layers of glue should help it keep its shape longer though... I actually believe that the board is more responsive then with the thick bamboo, probably do to the fact that it doesn't twist.”
You can get more information about Unikorn Longboards @ www.unikorn.ca ... and make sure to 'Like' their new Facebook page.
We look forward to more great work from these talented builders. Keep up the good work guys!
