3" Foam Product

Street Deck builders rejoice! Roarockit now offers our high density foam slabs in the perfect size for your custom double kick street deck molds.

The new foam product matches up with our Street Deck sized veneers (9.5” x 34”) and is 3” thick to allow for steeper kick tails. It also allows builders to create a mold for their street deck veneers without having to cut down a 12” x 48” slab... which equals less wasted material!  

We will be offering this product on our website in two different packages:

 (2) Slabs of 3" x 9.5" x 34" High Density Foam - $39.99

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Street Deck ProBuilder Kit - $139.99

Contains:

(1) 20" x 70" TAP Kit

(1) 3" Foam Slab

(2) 7 Layer Maple Street Deck Veneer Sets - 14 sheets total

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Feel free to contact us if you have any questions about the new 3" foam product. 

Call - 1 (416) 422-5487

Toll Free - 1 (888) 857-7790

email - info@roarockit.com

Summer Sampler 3.0

The Summer Sampler is back! This time we are using the sampler to help introduce builders to the three different varieties of 1/16” skateboard building veneers offered at Roarockit.

In this promotional offer you will receive the following:

(1) 20x70 TAP Kit *with Super Pump

(1) 2” Thick Foam Slab

(1) 9 Layer Longboard Maple Veneer Set

(1) 9 Layer Longboard Birch Veneer Set

(1) 9 Layers Longboard Bamboo Veneer Set (includes 2 maple cross grain sheets)

We think that this package is a great way for builders to truly get a feel for the characteristics of each species of veneer included. You could use the 2” thick foam slab provided to design a unique mold, and press up the same deck with all three different materials. You could also mix and match the veneer sets to get an even more customized feel.

This product will only be offered for a limited time! With over $40 in savings and the inclusion of our brand new Super Pump in the Thin Air Press vacuum bag kit, this offer is perfect for both first time and experienced board builders. 

 

The SUPER Pump!

Have you ever made this face while evacuating the air from your Thin Air Press vacuum bag?

Have you ever wondered if there is a way to draw more air per pump, thus reducing the amount of feverish pumping that is required to get your TAP bag fully sealed?

If so, today is your lucky day! In our efforts to continually improve our board building process, Roarockit now offers a hand pump that draws more than double the amount of air per pump than our standard pump. We call this...the SUPER Pump!!

With more than twice the volume, this larger "Super" pump can evacuate the air out of a TAP bag in half the time as our regular pumps can! The volume of this pump is 98 cc vs 40 cc's of our original pumps.

It works exactly the same way, simply place the pump over the grey valve and start evacuating the air. If you've used our original pump before, you will notice it takes a lot more arm power to make it work. For those with small hands, especially young people, this pump may harder to manage. 

All our larger Thin Air Press Kits (20x70”, 36x52” and 40x80") now ship to include the Super Pump.

Note: This pump does not make the "click" sound to indicate when all of the air has been evacuated from the bag. We suggest pumping until the veneers have fully bent to the shape of your mold, and the bag is too tight to be able to pull away from your project.  

Go Skateboarding Day

This past weekend (June 21st, 2014 to be exact), we hosted an Open House/Community Jam at the Roarockit HQ in Toronto as part of Go Skateboarding Day. 

With a lot of hardwork and volunteers, we were able to put together a pretty sweet little DIY skate park in the back lot of our unit, including a 18' x 8' mini ramp! 

There was also some live graffiti art by a couple of former students of the Oasis Skateboard Factory, our good friend Mike Boz helped run the bbq, Matt from Frenique Customs and the Bombora crew helped put together some of the skate features... and of course, lots of skating!

This day could not have happened without everyone's help, so thanks again to everyone who came out to support the local community... OH! And check out the footage we were able to get with help from local videogrpaher (and rad skater) Matt Bo:

One-of-a-Kind Decks

Throughout the year, we are planning to make a series of one-of-a-kind handmade decks that will hopefully inspire builders to get creative with their own boards. Not only do we want to show the world what can be done with the Thin Air Press vacuum bag process, but we want to continue and challenge ourselves to think outside the box and do something fresh. 

Here is the first board that we have created to kick off the campaign:

We documented each step of the process for this unique double drop deck, and focused on four different graphic applications to create each number of the '2014'. You can check out the full tutorials on our Instructables page here - http://www.instructables.com/id/4-Creative-Longboard-Graphics/

Here are some quick pics of the process involved in creating this deck:

Stay tuned for more creative builds like this in the future... we had a great time documenting this build, and are looking forward to sharing more of the same throughout the year!