Comments on: New leaf or plastic lunch tray?

By: spk

spk — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:01:05 +0000

u should come.

tons of girls, cheap beer , cheap w**d, gnarly and bad constructed skate parks.

By: Kilwag

Kilwag — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:04:17 +0000

Sure, next time I’m in Brazil I’ll look you up! Oh wait, I never go to Brazil.

By: spk

spk — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:46:56 +0000

but the one with fiber inside worked NICE. still have some here. want to have a ride ?

By: spk

spk — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:44:48 +0000

i have a skate deck company here named yerbah here and most of brazilian decks ar made from a wood named MARFIM and this wood is far away of being sustainable. it comes straight from the jungle (paraguai)

still the same here. my decks are hard maple maden. this MARFIN wood is a steal form the nature.

ive tried some diferent constructions with some brasilian sustainable wood and the problem is here the anual media temperature is warm so the wood is light but very weak. to solve this problem i had to use fiberlam inside. i made one also with organic glue and green wood.... it broke on the first lipslide.

still on the endless search.

By: damienhialation

damienhialation — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:55:26 +0000

I picked up a skate while I was in Brazil made out of some Brazilian wood. The dudes at the skateshop down there were selling US Maple decks for like 80 bucks each, but the Brazilian wood deck was only $40. The guy told me that the wood is harder and heavier than maple decks, but really, my decks are already heavy, so…. Anyway, couldn’t help myself from picking one up, and it’s one of the best decks I’ve ever skated. Poppy as hell and strong to boot. Twas a bit heavier than a regular deck, but I’m heavier than the average skater, so whatever.

By: brad

brad — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:35:15 +0000

Working for Dow Chemical sounds like fodder for a song off Plastic Surgery Disasters- no wonder you turned out a punk.

By: oldfatjeff

oldfatjeff — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:17:31 +0000

Wow, those guys sure are smiling. Thanks to DuPont, FMC, Union Carbide (now Bayer and Dow) the residents of the “chemical valley” in which I live got some cool shit for Christmas. My Dad got some cancer. This place is Fu@#ed man. I guess it is time to move to Brazil and ride some leaves and be happy.

By: conahan

conahan — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:13:05 +0000

No way, my dad worked for Dow Chemical too. I think they made styrofoam for napalm-B at the Torrance, CA facility where he worked. One year for christmas we got a push-car made from a napalm bomb casing.