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Street skateboarding has become a way of life for many teenagers. Designed environmentally friendly boards are not new to anyone and the fact that many will decorate the interior with them and even use them as special architectural elements was just a matter of time. This is exactly what a design firm in Hanover is doing. Their motto is “Skateboarding is not a crime, but throwing away a broken board is a real crime.”
Since 2004, designers have been turning skateboard fragments into a unique material with which they create unusual interiors and household items. They call it art of board.
The company's President Rich Morehead admits: “Figure skaters help create this art: every scratch makes a piece of board unique.” The main thing is that the boards do not end up in landfills. Rich Morehead's firm recently launched “I Ride I Recycle”, a nationwide skateboard recycling program, in collaboration with more than 30 stores in the US. Store owners send broken boards to the company free of charge.
In a sense, skateboarding today is less age-related, becoming a way of life that brings positivity and variety to urban everyday life. In addition, now a skateboard can become another part of life by decorating the kitchen or living room.