Hey, I’ve been going to Oasis Skateboard Factory
for about a semester now. I found out about it through a former student last year, when I also started skating so I thought why
not? My favorite thing about OSF is that it is filled with opportunities. The
first custom board I made was a custom-shaped mini-cruiser which no previous student got
to do as their first board: an amazing opportunity on its own!
My skateboard is an Ed Roth, Rat Fink, old hot rod style piece. The
custom mini shape of the board is chopped like a hot rod itself with a flame on the
nose, and the wacky fuzzy booger is the grimy adrenaline-crazed character that
every Ed Roth graphic has. The board is made of 7-ply Canadian maple
and pressed using Roarockit’s trademarked vacuum technology. It was shaped
using a jigsaw and hand painted with paint-marker and spray paint.
I’m quite
satisfied with how my board ended up and I’m currently debating whether or not to
skate it. As for what I learned.... paint-marker fixes everything!
