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my name is Mac primo I'm an artist director stuff maker I was contacted by the World Wildlife Fund is here for Earth Hour they asked 15 artists from around the world to take stuff that already exists repurpose it give it a new life that pretty much what I do for everything so so I rephrased the challenge in my brain I thought what do I give a about and can that be made out of trash and like one second after I was on the phone with Don and I have Don Sanford I am a home builder carpenter woodworker my eldest daughter had a birthday I want to buy her scape went to this local skate shop and some kid working there was like check this out I just I lock game with them immediately just thought they were the most beautiful things I've ever seen would you remember when we bought your skateboard yes what kind of board was it do you remember do you like riding it yes there you go and then I was like I gotta figure out who these people are there for shapes is myself my wife I nephews have all their friends that create handcrafted Cruiser skateboards so fast forward here and a half all Don Jose dude a year ago I bought a board I love it I ride it every day you remember me kill me to get board up trash Don was like I have to think about that for a few days drove to the next jobsite the stack of six or eight buckets all piled in one another and all of a sudden I'm like whoa that's it interesting leave my mathematical mind is going to work diameter that buck it's about 12 inches as that by pi we know we had a to old paint buckets cut off and flattened out and took some old wood and put it through the bandsaw move it in and put it together clamp it down and talked it out and actually work buckets there are thousands of them on every job site thrown away so this stuff goes in the earth and it stays there forever has a home builder it always bothered me how much material went to waste so the concept of taking stuff out of the landfill giving it a second life it's just fascinating and now we're thinking like what if we can make this stuff and give them to people who need them there's no material cost and these things are free all I have to do is fill them and now there's something for someone who otherwise wouldn't have had it and that thing is now a tool for empowerment tool for self-expression win win win all the way around like when I got a skateboard when I was kid I didn't just learn how to roll I learned how to express myself for a while in my life a curb was just a curb and then suddenly occurred was an opportunity and that changed the way I saw the world once there was trash now there a skateboard it warms my heart to think of that if I can play some small role in making that transference I can't think of anything better to do make skateboards my name's Andy car or in San Clemente California and I'm the inventor of sick jerks chick tricks is an indoor ollie board that has pop and teaches kids different variations of all tricks today my son one day was on the couch which gave me the idea he was bouncing and getting pop off the couch with just a blank skate deck before I got the sick trick correct I had three different versions of the board the first version of the sick trick board was Springs coils and I drilled the board out and made too much noise and then I went to a bigger coil and it was a little too expensive and then figured it out that the air bladder was the best and the quietest and the most user-friendly the whole concept just Citrix is to apply the tricks that you learn in the house to your skating your surfing your snowboarding on a daily basis my two-year-old learned an ollie within probably first few days of being on the board and all is one of the biggest tricks and in today's sports as far as surfing and skating kanan car is my son and the sick trick board has taught him all the balance and the ollie he was all-in at age four and he now is riding switch and swears the six record was winning two biggest things that helped them anyone can use sick tricks whether they're two years old or 15 years old or even a 60 year old that never learned how to ollie I have friends that don't know how to ollie that have learned how to ollie because of the sick trick board this is third kind of skateboard lights growing up in Florida the night became our sanctuary from the scorching Florida Sun making darkness our playground after nearly 20 years of skating I thought why not light our night I wanted to try something different I wanted to create something no one had ever seen before something unique something beyond I found light to be that element so I set out to create a light worthy of a skateboard for skaters to further portray their individual style and personality first created in my garage for the rad factor I quickly realized lights are more than beauty or a way of greater expression lights creates safety from the first call I received claiming that my lights had saved a fellow skaters life I knew I was on to something more with the inspiration and personal obligation to do more I dedicated the last two and a half years of my life to designing and testing to create a high quality product able to stand up to even the most hardcore skater this is all possible with our patented mounting design using a thin attachment similar to a shock pad we are able to securely attach our skateboard lights using the skateboards own hardware as a skater I knew the biggest challenge I had to overcome was creating a product that would not alter or have any ill effect to the performance of the board and that is exactly what I did able to be easily added to any skate without additional hardware or altering the board in any way Third Kind skateboard lights can be seen for up to a mile and last 10 hours per charge our latest design features military recognization extreme water resistant c7 selectable colors and USB or recharge ability simply plug into your computer wall or car and take light to your favorite spot or remain lit and safe on your night commute with help and support from friends and family we have created and patented a quality product from grassroots I can't skate at night without my lights anymore it's it's impossible it's impossible you real seals a longboarding accessory that upgrades your ride with six powerful features here's why you need real Swift hey getting soaked with long boarding to class or work typically your wheels will fling dirty rain and slug all over your clothes reto shields acts similar to a mud flap on a bike keeping you dry in a riding French well downhill now you all lock wheels with other riders their wheels will lock against yours but your wheels will keep rotating because they are protected by wheel shields giving you the confidence to ski tighter lines around opposition sick of the same old tricks reowww shields allow riders to stand directly on top of their wheels opening up all sorts of new trick possibilities you can invent brand new coleman's slides manuals and dances with wheel shields by focusing on load-bearing strength during development we managed to engineer an incredibly robust and durable longboard upgrade real shields were designed by professional prop developers and are a modern marvel of material science and what FDA testing to achieve real white guy you down by creating a physical barrier around each wheel wheel shields eliminate wheel bite and allow wheels to rotate through instead of your board hit the wheel it is stopped by the dealership sick of replacing your bearings of refuse wheel shields fits snugly against the outer bearing of each wheel without creating additional friction this keeps water from entering the barrier protecting it from Russ an increase in usable life hey true bite you'll no longer accidentally step on your wheels which can happen when you the new tricks are taking selling no horseshoe bite makes wheel shields excellent for community plus you'll also stay drive wheel seals are made from aircraft aluminum a set of four wheel shields adds just one pound to your longboard installation is easy reowww shields come with the free skate tool speed rings and the custom nuts needed for installation real shields work for almost all wheels 75 millimeters and under the only reels that will not fit are those with more than one inch between the bearing and outer lip which is very ring wheel shields even work on uber wide wheels like baby hogs it's taken 12 months 20 prototypes and countless all-nighters to get to this point but real SEOs are now ready for longboarders worldwide