Here’s another “How skateboards are made” segment. Youd think I’d be sick of them, but I’m not. Keep making them, I’ll keep watching them, because everybody seems to do it slightly differently, and every editor and/or industry head choses to leave out certain certain bits. This is (at least) the second such program filmed at Powell facilities. They were featured on “Made in America” a handful of years ago. I have that one archived on tape, I guess I should have put that one up first. Points of interest here: Are they really cutting out by hand and not using CNC machines? That would be hard to believe, especially when it looks like their molds were machined out of aluminum. The voiceover is comical at times, talking about colorful inks that also “protect” the skateboard. It’s amusing when they make it seem like the wheels for a specific batch of skateboards are simultaneously being poured while the boards are setting up. This show is called Factory Made, and it was on the Discovery network. Those guys love these manufacturing shows.
4 comments
luke
7″ x 34″?
is that some kind of freestyle longboard?
talentlessquitter
Haha,I want one!A taller guy like me can finally pogo without breaking my back.
My lord,this video insults my intelligence.
…”what skaters call rebound”…wtf?
I never used that word.
clevelander
i was waiting to see how they made trucks and was let down….
ssk
Have you seen this one of trackers being made? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpHJKZFgBs4 There are a tone of youtube videos about backyard aluminum casting.