Schools Around The World

Here is a condensed list of schools and groups, around the world who use our kits to engage young people.

AUSTRALIA

Australian Skateboard Kits is our Roarockit distributor in Australia.

USA

After School Matters has been building skateboards for many years using our kits. Here is another links about them. Skate or Die

STOKED MENTORING runs courses in both New York City and California.

HANA BUILD in Maui Hawaii teaches boardbuilding to the community kids. They even built their own skate park. We visited them summer of 2012. Check it out.

ENGLAND

FOO A RAGE

CANADA

FLEMING COLLEGE is in Haliburton Ontario. This is a long running program that runs in the summer.

OASIS SKATEBOARD FACTORY is part of the Toronto District School Program. Craig and his students continue to amaze me. Check out their blog for lots of incredible things they do.

NORWAY

VARA2N LAB

Comments

Ed Nielsen On May 28, 2014 at 8:51 pm
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I am the principal of a small rural wilderness program school. We have a skate park at the school and I am looking at starting a skate / long board program to attract students to the school and interest those who are there. I am looking for some help in getting things started. Any thoughts?
- roarockit On May 28, 2014 at 11:11 pm
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  If you email Norah@roarockit.com she can give you a lot of ideas that can help. We work closely with schools and groups like Oasis Skateboard Factory in Toronto.
  Thanks for the post.
  Ted

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Did you know that Sugar Maple, grown in northern Canada is the best skateboard building material available? It is 10% stronger than maple grown in the North Eastern States. It is all because of our longer, colder Canadian winters.

If it's snowing in your part of the country and you can't longboard ..... BUILD THEM!

Try out a cabinet scraper for taking glue and paint off of a deck.

Be prepared! When laminating any skateboard remember to have all your tools at hand. All glues have a wet time. Some are longer than others. Titebond III has one of the longest wet times, 9 minutes as opposed to 4 or 5 for regular water based woodworking glues. That extra 4 minutes makes a big difference when gluing up a deck.

For dancers that are longer than 48" you can offset 1/16" maple veneers as you laminate your deck. Butting them end to end works great. Make sure the offset of veneers is at least 16" apart.

Use a vacuum cleaner to evacuate most of the air from a TAP bag before using the manual pump.

Always use the same paint brand when painting your deck. Different paint brands are sometimes incompatible with one another.

After purchasing veneers by mail, let your veneers acclimatize to the moisture content of your shop for a couple of days before laminating them into a deck.

Keep unfinished decks out of anywhere there is a lot of heat. The outer layers are prone to cracking. Apply a sealer coat ASAP after sanding your deck.

After using your glue filled roller. Do not wash it out. Place it in a ziplok bag. It will last for weeks and be charged with glue for your next build.

Water based glue makes maple veneer more flexible. Applying water to tight bends on the top and bottom of the outer two layers will make it easier to achieve tighter bends.

Apply clear packing tape onto your foam mold to protect it from glue while pressing.

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