Board Building and technology
In a Moscow classroom, Denis Piskunov combines hand-made board building with high-technology tools to give his students a well-rounded education.
Builder Profile: Endgrain Surfboards
Endgrain Surfboards has a distinctly different look to their boards!
Teacher Profile: Marcus McKinnon in Australia
My goal for this unit was to show students how timbers could be manipulated into curved shapes and how that might be used in everyday society.
Real World Results in Education
Co-teacher Lauren Hortie manages a 96% success rate among the at-risk students in her high school.
O'Brien Guitars features the TUG product
Robbie O’Brien demo’s the Roarockit TUG vacuum laminating kit!
Builder Profile: Pacific Stoke Boards
Jamie has reconfigured his life to follow his passions and is designing and making skateboards under his own Pacific Stoke Boards brand.
Home Schooling in Arizona
Crawl out of that box and give them real world skills to be proud of and carry on to adulthood!
Home-school mom Debbie Gillespie encourages other educators to get creative!
Student Success at the Oasis Skateboard Factory
Students who were failing with traditional school programs are now doing well at this TDSB alternative school. (Daily Vice video)
Chill inspires youth!
Through snowboards, standup-paddle boards and skateboards, CHILL engages youth in Toronto.