Beta Board Testers Wanted!

[haribo]

Hi
I would like to enter this contest in the discipline boardwalking/dancing.
I hope its not a problem that i live in germany.
I´d like to be a cl board tester because i think i have a lot of experience with different boards and i build my boards myself (15 boards so far), so i am really interested in the contruction of these new boards.

now the video link:

Beta Board Contest

[Ted]

OK, Lets try this one more time!

We have created an area to post your thoughts on why you would make a good Beta Board tester and to post your video's. Here is the link.

Roarockit Beta Board Entry Thread

For the new contest details go here:
Silverfish Longboarding - The Longboard Skateboard Community - ROAROCKIT BETA BOARD CONTEST

[kuya_dennis]

sup my name is Dencho

question 1: i have 2 other friends (Bobby and Kyle) that i go longboarding with evry day...i mean evry day...we skate 3-4 miles and are always learning new stuff but im not posting this to tell u that. my question is that would is be ok if i post for them? i can do one big post for all 3 of us as a group or if u want i can do a post for each of us along with a video for each of us. im asking you think becouse well one of my friends is a bit camera shy and another doesnt really own a computer.

question 2: ive been reading about this competition and i read somewhere that the competition is only open til july 4th and that the winner is announced on july 11th. but then i read somewhere that its untill august 31st and the winner is announced on the 5th or sept. with date line is correct?

question 3: does the video have to be over 90 secs or under? and if we can post for more then one person say im posting for 2 other people can the video be 270 seconds long (90secs x 3) each 90 seconds will show one of us and our dis. or do i make 3 different 90 sec videos?

question 4: whats the age range? is there one?

question 5: how skilled do we have to be skilled enough to stand on a longboard and push or skilled enough to do shuvits and stuff

question 6: are we alowed to edit the video. like put some cool effect make it funny with some titles?

reguarding to question one the reason i ask that is becouse i think it would be fun for me and my friends to do together that is...if we won and got to test the board we would have a great time.i can skate alone but it get seriously boring and someone said that this contest is supposed to be fun...whats more fun then testing a new board with your friends?

those are all my questions. just so u know i will be entering just as soon as i get enough footage

sorry for posting so much it must be a hassle to read all of this. thanx!

[Ted]

A little about the board shown in the picture.

I built this board as a pool or park board. The nose, tail and middle of the deck, on the bottom all have some concave, whereas the top of the deck looks much like a regular pool board. The concaves makes for good handholds. The shape of the bottom is completely different than the top of the deck. The middle section of the deck, on the bottom, is around 3/16" thick.

Length 32"
Width 8 3/4"
Concave 3/8
Truck mount thickness 7/16"

Answers to your questions Dencho

sup my name is Dencho

question 1: i have 2 other friends (Bobby and Kyle) that i go longboarding with evry day...i mean evry day...we skate 3-4 miles and are always learning new stuff but im not posting this to tell u that. my question is that would is be ok if i post for them? i can do one big post for all 3 of us as a group or if u want i can do a post for each of us along with a video for each of us. im asking you think becouse well one of my friends is a bit camera shy and another doesnt really own a computer.

Get your friends to join the Fish, you do the video taping for them and give them a hand to do the posting. This would work the best and they get the added benefit of joining our great community. Remember about writing the 3 paragraphs why you would make a good Beta Board tester


question 2: ive been reading about this competition and i read somewhere that the competition is only open til july 4th and that the winner is announced on july 11th. but then i read somewhere that its untill august 31st and the winner is announced on the 5th or sept. with date line is correct?

The dates are properly listed on the Front Page of the Fish. August 31 would be the deadline.

question 3: does the video have to be over 90 secs or under? and if we can post for more then one person say im posting for 2 other people can the video be 270 seconds long (90secs x 3) each 90 seconds will show one of us and our dis. or do i make 3 different 90 sec videos?

Each of you have to have a separate video, up to 90 seconds long.

question 4: whats the age range? is there one?

Any age!

question 5: how skilled do we have to be skilled enough to stand on a longboard and push or skilled enough to do shuvits and stuff

Any skill level!

question 6: are we alowed to edit the video. like put some cool effect make it funny with some titles?

Sounds good to me!

reguarding to question one the reason i ask that is becouse i think it would be fun for me and my friends to do together that is...if we won and got to test the board we would have a great time.i can skate alone but it get seriously boring and someone said that this contest is supposed to be fun...whats more fun then testing a new board with your friends?

Your guys can work together to test the board if any of you are the winner or winners, sounds fine to me and would be a lot of fun in my books!

those are all my questions. just so u know i will be entering just as soon as i get enough footage

sorry for posting so much it must be a hassle to read all of this. thanx!
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Thanks for your questions
Ted

[cam75]

Originally Posted by Ted

A little about the board shown in the picture.

I built this board as a pool or park board. The nose, tail and middle of the deck, on the bottom all have some concave, whereas the top of the deck looks much like a regular pool board. The concaves makes for good handholds. The shape of the bottom is completely different than the top of the deck. The middle section of the deck, on the bottom, is around 3/16" thick.

Length 32"
Width 8 3/4"
Concave 3/8
Truck mount thickness 7/16"

I know what you have done
Quite innovative and original, I must hand it to you

[dcphotos]

I'm pretty interested in these. I wish I could see one in person. Maybe I'll come up with a video for the old and slow discipline.
Do you have an idea of what your selling price for these will be when you get them in production? Or is there going to be a roarockit kit with carbon in it?

[Ted]

I just finished an amazing solid wood, 4 pound, drop board using the same process. Looking at the two decks I have built so far, I think a better name for the process should be called PINCH, instead of Constant Layer CL.

Camm75
I know what you have done
Quite innovative and original, I must hand it to you
Don't tell!

Dcphotos
Come on! I want to see that video for the Old and Slow..... Love to have you win one of these decks.
I have been working on a tutorial that will get posted after the contest is wrapped up on the Roarockit blog that will show how to build one of these decks. Winning one for now will be the only way to get a hold of one of these decks.

Ted

[ridesnow.]

Ted, i'm really excited about this contest and the boards. I'm almost done filming for my entry, i'm glad to have a chance to be a part of something great. Thanks,
Nick

[dcphotos]

Originally Posted by Ted

Come on! I want to see that video for the Old and Slow..... Love to have you win one of these decks.
I have been working on a tutorial that will get posted after the contest is wrapped up on the Roarockit blog that will show how to build one of these decks. Winning one for now will be the only way to get a hold of one of these decks.

Ted

I'll see what I can do. I'm in serious need of a new deck. I have been trying to locate some uncut blanks since my molds are longboard and old school and I want to save my veneer for that, but I might just build a double kick new school mold as that's what sort of deck I want now. I'll be really interested to see that tutorial, I'd love to win a deck and be a board tester but I'd be real into making boards with new materials as well.

[dcphotos]

PS: Can the video be a slideshow of stills? I'm in that profession, I don't do much video.

[geolemon]

Too bad for those of us who don't own video cameras.

How is this board different than, say, an SMA composite deck? (athough from what I've owned of those, they don't appear to be carbon fiber, but rather a black fiberglass)
I owned a street board by SMA - it took abuse and held up well. I never broke it, never chipped it - but the composite layer on top started to delam from the wood core (which is 5 plies of Maple on those boards). That was my skatepark board - I teach lessons to kids, and visit there often too. It's fun being my age and being able to show up most of the young 'uns still.

Are you making a street board version too? Or is this more of a flex-optimized board - slalom/racing? Or a cruiser with some benefits to the cruisee?
I guess what I'm asking is - what's the purpose (I got the "stronger and lighter" from the front page, but everyone says that)?

The boards look sexy, based on the pic on the front page - are those integrated risers? How come?

[geolemon]

I just saw the description stating that it's a different shape on top than on bottom... which implies that it's not a wood core?