Read about how Denis of Flywood Lab, our Russian retailer of Roarockit materials, got started!
Learn about how Matt has built his skateboard building program to allow students to build their portfolio, offering students a valuable source of evidence for potential job interviews within the trades industry!
Learn about how Katrina started up a skateboard building workshop in her community!
Learn how you can start Teaching Through Skateboards with our educational resources for educators!
Read all about how Ryan and Derrick brought skateboard building to their school and inspired their students with hands-on learning!
Learn about how Doug Picard engages his students with skateboard building!
Glitter, glitter everywhere…..
Learn more about how Chris uses skateboard building to engage his students!
Put YOUR eyeball on this article about an school desk-inspired art-skateboard.
We followed up with Mike O’Brien 7 years after our first interview! Read about how Mike O’Brien teaches skateboard building to his students after teaching the program for 10 years!
Youth Oppression, theme illustrated!
Learn more about what goes on in one of our Train-The-Trainers sessions and how Kevin is using what he learned!
Read more about the meaning behind this eye-catching skateboard art piece!
Failing and succeeding combine to make a learning project for this high school student
Learn about how this teacher uses hands-on learning through skateboard building to engage his students without access to a woodshop!
Learn more about SKATEtotheMAX, a community interest company focused on highlighting skateboard safety awareness through social engagement!
Learn more about what goes on in one of our Train-The-Trainers sessions and how David of UndertoeSkateCo. is using what he learned!
Learn more about this incredible foundation that seeks to inspire foster youth through skateboarding.
Creative use of knots and wood grain for imagery!
We celebrate Craig’s retirement this month but will miss him. We have curated a mini-history of the early days of this amazing journey.
Get inspired by Craig Morrison’s journey in founding Oasis Skateboard Factory, an alternative high school where the curriculum is centered around the process of building a skateboard.
Read about Kristian and how he created a “SK8trepreneur” program at his school, melding entrepreneur skills with skateboard culture in order to engage students.
Roarockit celebrates Oasis Skateboard Factory students and graduates. See the 2020 Board Builder of the Year reveal!
Dan Wall is a secondary school teacher that uses skateboarding and skateboard building as a way for his students to learn valuable life skills.
Graphic design student Nik Long represented Roarockit Skateboard Company in a series of student-made advertisements.
Huge congratulations to Oasis Skateboard Factory for winning the first place award at the Arctery’x Toronto Problem Solvers Queen St. event in December 2019!
Bonnie Thoe-Austin is a high school shop teacher that uses skateboard building as a way to engage struggling students by applying math to “real life” using the Roarockit method.
In a Moscow classroom, Denis Piskunov combines hand-made board building with high-technology tools to give his students a well-rounded education.
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.
