Roarockit founders Ted Hunter and Norah Jackson are stoked to announce to our EU customers that our Roarockit skateboard building kits and materials are now available from within the EU!
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Oasis Grad 2013
Students, teachers, friends and family gathered at Roarockit's teaching facility to celebrate the successful completion of the Oasis Skateboard Factory's 4th year.
Read MoreOasis Enrollment / National Youth Arts Week
Week after week, semester after semester, the Oasis Skateboard Factory (OSF) always amazes us with the diversity of projects and events they find themselves a part of. Many people see what they are doing and think, "That's so cool, I wish I could do that in school!"... well, YOU CAN!
Click on photo for more information about the OSF program and enrollment.
Not only do we offer our innovative board building programs to different schools and community groups around the world, but the OSF is always looking for new students to enroll in their innovative program.
They are now open every Wednesday at 9am to speak with potential new students and/or their parents about the program and enrollment.
Contact:
- OSF Classroom, 416-393-0845
- Craig Morrison, OSF Teacher, craig.morrison@tdsb.on.ca
- Lauren Hortie, OSF Teacher, lauren.hortie@tdsb.on.ca
Fresh on the heels of the successful Board N' School Skateboard Art Auction, the OSF students were back at it setting up a display of their own at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) for National Youth Arts Week. Students spoke to reporters and the public about their program, and even got to meet former Gorvernor General of Canada - Michaelle Jean.
Just another great example of the oppourtunities students at the OSF get to take part in.
Board N' School.. SUCCESS
This past weekend - April 19-21, 2013 - saw the opening of the Oasis Skateboard Factory (OSF) and Roarockit Skateboard Companies first ever skateboard art auction! The event helped launch Roarockit's new Lil' Rockit builder kit, and raised money for the school by having some of Toronto's finest artists do graphics on 19 hand built boards.
In preparation of the show, each student paired up with a different artist and taught them how to build their own board using the Thin Air Press vacuum bag system. After working on the construction, each pair designed an image that incorporated the "Board N' School" theme to apply to the bottom of the deck. Artist's then took their boards home and brought the vision to life!
Left: John Marriott pours the glue - Right: Zanette Singh goes over board designs
Artist and Student Collaborated Board Designs
Friday, April 19th - the grand opening party at the Gladstone Hotel's Art Bar. The Roarockit crew arrived early that morning and worked with the OSF students to help set up the show, which included a giant 'Handmade with Roarockit Technology' sign that the kids had made earlier that week in class.
ROCK's OSF Mural Club use math to create the 'Roarockit Technology' sign
Lauren puts the finishing touches on the chalkboard displays.
Craig Morrison addresses the troops before the start of the show.
The night was filled with great vibes, familiar faces and an overwhelming sense of pride that could be felt from the students as they talked about their innovative program, all whilst keeping a watchful eye on their board's rising bids... they even brought out some of their signature 'Hooky' boards to shred around the gallery!
Everyone had a great time at the opening, and almost all of the boards were bid on and won by some very generous and stoked individuals! We would like to thank everyone who came out to support the Oasis program and helped show these students what can be achieved with some hard work and planning.
Also, a BIG shout out goes to the Gladstone Hotel, all the artists involved, Lauren and Craig from the OSF...and whoever brought that cake that was chillin in the back!
Everyone here at Roarockit also deserves a bit of a pat on the back as well ;)
Check out our Facebook page for more photos of the event and the work leading up to it as well.
Board N' School Art Auction
The Oasis Skateboard Factory & Roarockit Skateboard Company Present: Board n' School - A Skateboard Art Show and Auction
Click on photo for the Facebook event page
Where: The Gladstone Hotel Art Bar
1214 Queen St W - Toronto, ON
When: Opening reception and silent auction Friday, April 19 7:00-9:00pm
Exhibit April 19-21
Friday April 19th sees the Gladstone host a retro mini-skateboard silent auction of rolling artworks by local artists in support of the Oasis Skateboard Factory (OSF), the world's only skateboard and street art design themed high school program.
A variety of high- profile Toronto artists have partnered with OSF students to create original school-themed works of art on hand-crafted skateboards, and to celebrate the launch of Roarockit’s brand new “Lil' Rockit” skateboard kit, which Roarockit has generously donated for this event. These skateboard art collaborations will be displayed in the Art Bar at the Gladstone Hotel, a community-minded arts hub where design, art and activism intersect, from Friday April 19th through Sunday April 21st, 2013.
Students had the opportunity to teach high profile Toronto artists how to build skateboards by hand. In turn, students then got to collaborate with their artist mentor on a graphic for the board. Typically, OSF students are teenagers who have struggled to connect with high school but through our program focus on creative and entrepreneurial learning with ‘real world’ results they have seen incredible success. Local artist mentorships of students built on that success, exposing students to adult role models who work in the arts while giving them an opportunity to show off their final project in a legitimate gallery. All proceeds of the auction go towards expanding OSF’s innovative program of creative project- based learning and social enterprise.
Mentoring artists include:
- John Mariott
- ROCK
- SLURG
Opening reception and silent auction Friday, April 19 7:00-9:00pm
Exhibit runs April 19-21
Post #SWAP6...Post
Another Swap Meet has come and gone, and we would like to thank everyone who came out and helped to make this the best one yet!
We witnessed some pretty amazing swaps go down, and it seems as though most people walked away happy with a bunch of new gear for the season ahead.
Also, a BIG 'thank you' goes out to all the sponsors, organizers and volunteers who helped make this event run smoothly and for spreading the stoke as only our community knows how.
Here's a few photos from the event we are happy to share with you:
Ted visits Costco to get enough food for 500+ hungry skaters
Calm before the storm... setting up early for the long day ahead.Chris presents Michael Brooke with a custom burned Longboarding For Peace signStudents from the Oasis Skateboard Factory did a great job volunteeringLongboarding's In Your Heart and the boys from Joule Skateboards
Beautiful weather and sooo much gear!
Even some longboard inspired street art was going down!Alistair from AM Wood hyping up the crowd for a free board
So proud of everyone who donated to the 'Sliver From Your Quiver' programRob from Bombora Boards on the mic at the Post Swap PooperThanks to Jon Nuss for always taking great photos!
You can also check our Facebook page for a full gallery of photos taken from the event.
#SWAP6
SWAAAAAP MEEEETING!!! SWAP!SWAP!SWAP!
Read MoreOasis Orientation 2013
This past Thursday (Feb.14th), the Roarockit Skateboard Company hosted the new and returning students from the Oasis Skateboard Factory at our 131 Sunrise Ave. location for the first time. We had a great time meeting the new students, and it is always a pleasure to share our history and work space with these creative individuals.
Together, Oasis and Roarockit have some big plans for this years intake. We look forward to collaborating on some great events, custom 'Dream Board' builds, and most importantly - helping these students graduate...Stay tuned!!
Here are a few pics from their visit:
Impossible to get a clear action shot of these kids devouring the pizza!Couple of great panoramic shots of the Roarockit tourNorah, Ted, Nico and Sarah introduce themselves and talk about the businessPizza Party!
Chris explains the CNC machine and how to keep the shop organizedMarcel shows his enthusiasm towards cleaning up
2012 Year In Review
We want to thank all of our schools, independent builders and fans of Roarockit Technology around the world, for the massive amount of stoke created by our shared passion for building skateboards! Our small team at Roarockit (and our extended Roarockit family) have worked really hard this past year to help bring the community some new innovation and quality to DIY board building.
Looking back at this past year reminds us of all the new faces we've met, and the continued growth of our flagship programs. We are proud of what we have accomplished, and are equally proud of what our customers have shared with us during the year as well.
Here's a few highlights and examples of what have done together:
Setting up the new RockitLabs HQ was a HUGE task!
Marcel and Chris learned how to work together as a team... a well oiled/badass shipping duo!
We had some intense R&D sessions for the new new RockitRuler!
Introduced a bunch of new products and prices this year
Roarockit hosted the 5th Annual Swap Meet...SWAAAAPPP!!!
Rob from Bombora Boards had a baby!! Best of wishes to their new family:)
We laughed, we cried at the Oasis Skateboard Factory Graduation at Roarockit
Norah and Ted visited the Hana Builds board building class in Hawaii
Always proud to support the Toronto Board Meeting
Introduced board building to a bunch of new classrooms around the world
Roarockit visited CJ's Skatepark for a demo in front of a ton of stoked riders!
Proudly supported the AGO Free After Three program taught by the awesome Oasis students!
To celebrate our 10 year anniversary, we introduced our third preshaped veneer set... Lil' Rockit!
Welcomed FooARage and Australian Skateboard Kits as regional distributors of Roarockit Tech.
This is just a small sample of the events and projects we have been a part of this year. It's truly been a blast!
On behalf of the Roarockit Team, we hope that everyone has a safe and happy holidays... and don't worry, we still have some tricks up our sleeve for 2013!!
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