Month: November 2014

To build a skateboard that rides like a surfboard, you need to start by looking at a surfboard. Surfboards have a simple design: a flat plane with fins in the rear. website uptime . This simple design allows a rider to rotate their upper body, pivoting off of the fins to perform turns, while the free unlimited motion of the front allows the rider to slide the board left to right to pump for speed. SwellTech SurfSkate built their longboard around this style of movement. The rear truck acts as a pivot point allowing a rider to use their upper body to pull the board into turns, while the 360* rotating front truck allows the rider to face the board in any chosen direction and pump for speed. This how the SurfSkate V-Truck comes about

To begin, I’ll explain to you the context of my placement. I did my International placement from June 12th to July 14th. I chose SwellTech SurfSkate and the US because I would like to improve my English level and one day work in the Surf and Skate industry, but most of all I love their product. The first time I got to try one of their boards was at a surf competition. The competition was on stand by because there were no waves. I rode the board and it was love at first site! I rode it all day. Just after this run, I was completely surprised by the sensation and the strong similarity to surfing! I have never tried a skateboard that mimics the feeling of surfing so well.

During my placement, I had the luck to travel between two different places: Fort Lauderdale in Florida and Laguna Beach in California. During the first part of my placement I was at the Florida office. I had different mission like building boards, designing new boards and preparing orders. The other part of the placement about July 2nd I went to California and I worked on the different improvements in board design, drew new boards, observed negotiations, and filmed a new promotional video. Throughout my placement I observed how to run a business. In California I could surf and skate every day, and have fun partying with the SurfSkate SwellTech Team! I also learned a lot of funny American games that I brought back to France to show my friends.

It was an incredible and enriching experience; maybe the best in my life. I could observe several parts of the company and it was very interesting. I surely will become a rep of the brand in France and manage the Facebook France page of Swell Tech SurfSkate. I’m proud to be the first intern in history for SwellTech SurfSkate. It’s a young, and dynamic company that deserves to be known.

Louis, the first intern of SwellTech SurfSkate