droolicious : skateboard

Skate-Furniture Roundup, Now With 10% More Wheel Action

Aaron Burgess — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 19:36:00 GMT

From indoor grip tape and indoor skateboards to modified-skate-deck furniture and boards custom-made for mamas, we've covered a lot of skateboard-themed stuff here recently. Add to the pile this clever hanging peg ($16 from Pottery Barn Kids), in which the polyurethane wheel holds up kids' coats while ensuring they won't poke their eyes out on its business end. (Via Apartment Therapy.)

Longboards For Little Z-Boys And Z-Girls

Leigh-Ann Jackson — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:00:00 GMT

Budding skaters can kick, push and coast their way around the nearest parking lot on the "Meteor," a longboard designed with the littlest Vans in mind.

These eco-friendly Funkin Function boards is made in Brooklyn and made by hand using "100% repurposed premium local hardwood scrap." Each one is numbered and signed. The price is bordering on unfathomable, but when you factor in all those endorsements the kid is sure to bag in the near future, I guess it kind of works itself out.

$325, Supermarket.

Subhead Grip Tape Keeps Feet From Slipping

Chris Ford — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:36:00 GMT

Making something in your kid's room safe doesn't always have to be boring. Subhead Grip Tape is made by skateboarders who realized that feet can slip on all sorts of places besides your board. The stickers come in different designs like stars, fish, and skull and crossbones; and you can even have them custom make a design to fit your need. I think they would look pretty cool on a bunk bed ladder or a step stool, and they're made of the same stuff as skateboard grip tape which the eight year old boy in me thinks is pretty sweet.

Subhead Grip Tape is available via the web only, $12 for a pack of four.

Good Intentions: Indoor Skateboards

Karen — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 12:01:00 GMT

Padded for safety and protection of both your kid and your house, this product has me skeptical. Probably because the ratio of bare floor to clutter is low in the house. My guys wouldn't be able to get 2 feet without hitting a crayon, skidding across my hardwood and turning my hair grey.

Of course, I could see my klutzy self attempting to learn to skate with this. Outside. On the grass. With a helmet. Oh forget it.

$350 at Modern Nursery. That price alone is enough to make me say Ouch.

From Sk8tr Grrl to Mama Board

Mir — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 21:02:00 GMT

We all go through changes as we age. Having children only accelerates those changes, for many of us. Did you hang up your skateboard to push a stroller, instead? Well, now you can have it all. The new Mama Board attaches to baby's stroller and allows Mom a bit of free-wheeling fun with the kiddo along for the ride.

I don't know how fast you could really go, hitched to a stroller that way, but apparently you can find out if you shop in Germany and have around $80. [Hat tip: SlashGear]