Skateboards are GREEN
Making Skateboards is even GREENER!
Roarockit Skateboard kits are composed of locally available materials. Especially the all-important maple veneer, which is grown, harvested and milled in the very long, very cold winters of north eastern Canada.
Skateboards contribute many environmental benefits to our society:
- Skateboards are non-powered eco-friendly transportation
- Skateboards are a non-cost form of exercise
Roarockit Skateboard Deck Kits and the skateboard carbon footprint:
- the best skateboard wood in the world is locally grown (specifically Canadian) hard maple veneer
- maple logs are simply rotary cut into sheets and kiln dried
- wood is not heavily processed with bleaches, pesticides and glues (like bamboo)
- transport of materials is local, not off-shore
- no power tools are used for this deck building process
- kit parts are all (or almost all) reusable and or recyclable
- kits are designed for years of use
- kits can be used for other laminated projects, not just skateboards
- finished decks are built to last many years, not disposable
- hand deck building supports local businesses and workers
- hand deck building promotes do-it-yourself projects instead of offshore and off the shelf purchases
- custom deck building provides a potential local business to small builders
- using locally grown, harvested and manufactured products keep our local economies strong