SkateBoard Design

By Jarrod Plant

Situation/Brief

As students at Orewa college we are blessed with an environment that allows us to play golf, swim, surf, ride on ripstick, fishing and skating. The benefits of these activities are because its fun, it helps your fitness, it gives you a buzz its good for your coordination, it is relaxing, good for self image and socially healthy

Mental And Physical NeedsPhysical Mental Health

Stamina Confidence

Fitness Awareness

Cardio Decision Making

Aerobic Thinking

Balance Co-ordination

Reflexes Mental Health

Nelson Creek Skateboards

•Nelson Creek skateboards are homemade in nelson and are a well known company

CheapSkates And UnderGround Skate

• Cheapskates• What they sell:• Skateboards• Protective gears• Snowboards• Bags• Clothes• Footwear• Accessories• Surfboards• Scooters• They have stores located in takapuna, mt eden, and Papatoetoe• • Underground skate have a shop located in Orewa• They sell lots of new Zealand brands and other countries brands

Skater

Ability

Type of

board

Dimensions

Truck placemen

t

Griptape

Tail+nose Kick Graphic

sCamber

Me Skater Std Std Std Std Std Std Std Std

Jarrod Skater Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na

Harry Skater Shifty fish Shifty Shifty Shifty Shifty Shifty Shifty Shifty

George Skate Madrid Na

Drop throug

hMadrid Std Yes Yes Std

Ben Skate Std Std Std Std Std Std Std Std

Dan Novice Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na

Cade Novice Std Std Std Std Std Std Stdstd

Finding Trends

• Looking at this table I can see that the most common types of boards are standards and only few who don’t have skateboards

Stakeholder or client

Durable Safe Value

Age and

abilityColour Perfor

manceWell made Terrain

Me 8 10 814/

average

Most 8 1/2 9 Concrete

Mr Nelson 8 10 8 Passed

itSubdue

d 8 10 Concrete

Parents 8 10 7 N/a Any 9 10 Concret

e

Jarrod 8 10 7 15/algood Alot 8 9

Gravel/concret

e

Point tip, Cruising wheels, Racing Stripes on the Grip for Effect, Kick For Ollieing up curbs, Flow Design, cruising Trucks.

Existing Design Name: Betty Skates Cherry BombSize: 31 x 8 15/16, 5.375 Trucks with 90a Bushings 65mm Wheels, Abec 7 bearings Canadian Maple 6 Ply with 2 layer Bamboo Ply and USA Glue.

Name: Blur Skate Complete Size: 7.75 inch Quality Maple 7 ply Deck- 51mm High 99a Wheels- Raw Trucks- ABEC 7 Bearings- Quality Black Grip Tape

Globe Bantam Pink

DECK24" LENGTH WITH TAIL KICK7" WIDTHWHEELHIGH GRADE URETHANE62MM/83A CONICAL WHEELSTRUCK4.25" SLANT

STAR WARS YODA CRUZERDECKSIZE: 10" X 28.5" Cruzer features wheel wells, 68mm, 78a Star Wars™ cruzer wheels, and Bullet Trucks

20 Test Questions • Is it for Good For Cruising?

• Will The skateboard Hold me Putting pressure on the deck?• Will it steer straight?• Will it be comfortable to ride? • Will it have good pop off the kick?• Will it be easy to control?• Will it last?• Will the art work Survive against a Board Slide? • Is the board to thick or thin?• Is it safe to use?• Will the deck survive against waterlog control• Is it to heavy or light?• Will the edges be smooth?• Can I land a successful Ollie?• Will the edges chip?• Will the kick be good sized?• Can I turn Right and Left easily?• Will the trucks be straight?• Will it last if on landing a trick?• Is it the right sizing for my feet?

Conclusion• I am going to design a Old School board that could be marketed by

Underground Skate . It will be ridden anywhere ranging from Skate Parks and cruising the streets. I will take into consideration the rides weight because I don’t like to ride something too heavy. Its height is just as important because if its to high the kick wont work as well. It will be built with durability in mind because The safety of it will be depended on The value for money. As for the performance, will depend on how well it is made according to my highly developed design.

How my technological modelling supports my decision-making

Modeling method

Pic of model

Information gathered from modeling

Advantages

disadvantages

how this has showed it could or should have happened

Tech Deck

what it could look like in thefuture-how clamping works-how to grip a board

-physical idea-practice moulding,shaping, drilling,gripping, clamping

-Very small-time consuming-easy to break

This showed that ifyou drill the truckholes wrong it couldruin the board.

This helped me decidewhich board shape I woulduse for my final boad.

Board Graphics Concepts

Flow Chart