How to Make a Skateboard
Making a skateboard is, surprisingly enough, not as hard as most people think. Making the deck, or wooden board, only requires a basic knowledge of carpentry, a jigsaw, a skateboard mold, and a vacuum press, but even these can be made at home with a little patience. While professional looking boards are hard without professional equipment, anyone can build a board and get riding with 1-2 days of work. The skateboard was initially made to be used for transportation and to let you have the feeling of street surfing. Back then, the skateboard was made of a flat, sturdy piece of wood, restricting the skater to just balancing and rolling tricks. When the first ‘ollie’ move was documented, things began to change. This provided the skateboarder the ability to showcase their skateboarding tricks anywhere for the first time; bringing forth a new realm of possibilities for skateboarders. Therefore, the original skateboard was immediately outdated. In any case, if you’re hoping to learn how...