I have been longboarding for about a year and a half now, but I have known how to skateboard and snowboard since I was in the 4th grade. I really love longboarding, and I know it's something I want to get into throughout the rest of high school and all throughout college.
Recently I have been reading articles and watching videos about longboarding. I didn't know that there were so many different things you could do. I've seen tricks that I didn't think were humanly possible. I've seen custom paint jobs that look like it was done by a professional company. Seeing these things have only made me want to longboard more.
One article that I stumbled upon was a video about building custom longboards. It showed the whole process of building longboards from home. I thought it would be so cool if I could do this myself.
I have other friends that longboard, so I sent them the link to the video, and we started talking about it. We figured that it would be so cool if we could build longboards that are made by us, and have our own personal touch to them. That night, we started drawing up shapes for boards, and thinking of cool designs.
After that night however, we never really talked about it again. It has still been on my mind though. Occasionally, I find myself drawing up shapes for a longboard, or custom designs that we could put on the bottom.
I want to remember this because I really like the idea of building my own longboard. It would be a good thing to do instead of sitting on my butt playing video games on the weekend. It can be a long process, up to two weeks depending on what we want to do with the boards, but I think it could be worth it. We would have something to do in our spare time, and we would get a cool, custom longboard out of it.
Hey Danny, while reading your post, I realized that I too am looking to build something that I've always wanted and that I always wanted to learn and master. I've been looking into making a guitar from scratch. Although I am going to buy design and stencils to cut the wood for my guitar, I am fulfilling a wish that I've had for a long time. My teacher for engineering actually is allowing me to do this during class. Not only will the project be a lot of fun, but it will also benefit me because I will gain a guitar out of it, and it will be personalized to me, and my personality. I hope you continue and design and maybe one day build your own longboard, that seems like a very fun project! I look forward to reading anymore posts you make!
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