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Arbor Skateboards

Arbor Skateboards is a brand from Venice beach, California, they design beautiful handmade skateboards and offer a huge range of shapes for all types of skating. Their stunning collection combines a little forward thinking design and old school craftsmanship, with a serious commitment to the environment. They use eco-friendly materials such as wood, bamboo, and other sustainable stuff, in an effort to protect the planet. Arbor also make snowboards and clothing, check out the full collection at their website.

Arbor design responsibly, and a portion of every sale is donated to Hawaiian Legacy Forests (restore forest ecosystems in Hawaii).




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Alex Honnold & Tommy Caldwell Teach Rock Climbing - Image

Alex Honnold & Tommy Caldwell Teach Rock Climbing

After suggesting you try Poker lessons with Phil Ivey, cooking lessons with Gordon Ramsey, or skateboarding lessons with legend Tony Hawk, Masterclass have now reached out to two of the best rock climbers in the world, to lend their knowledge to their subscribers. You will get access to how they think, and how they have achieved some of their biggest climbs of some of the largest walls in the world, including El Capitan and Patagonia´s Fitz Traverse. You will also ...
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STAIR-ROVER LONGBOARD - Image

STAIR-ROVER LONGBOARD

Another interesting project from crowdsourcing site Kickstarter, the "Stair-Rover" is a longboard unlike any other. It´s main feature? a unique eight-wheeled mechanism that allows the board to glide down steps! On normal flat ground the board rides the same as any traditional longboard, but on uneven ground the innovative chassis goes to work. watch the video of the board in action...
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ZBOARD | WEIGHT-SENSING ELECTRIC SKATEBOARD - Image

ZBOARD | WEIGHT-SENSING ELECTRIC SKATEBOARD

Sometime ago we showed you the "Fiik Skateboard" an electric skateboard controlled by a remote in your hand. The ZBoard however, is a hands free electric skateboard. The ZBoard is weight-sensing, to ride simply lean forward on the front footpad to accelerate and lean back on the rear footpad to brake. The boards go on sale from April 2012, but are available now for pre-order....
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