Here is a list of tutorials, builds and magazine articles about making skateboards using my Roarockit Thin Air Press. Enjoy!
How to Shape A Foam Mold: This tutorial shows you how to build an old school deck. If you want to learn how to shape styrofoam into a mold for building any style of deck, this tutorial is for you!
Complete Drop Deck Build: If you are an advanced builder and want to build a serious drop deck this tutorial will guide you through all the steps. These decks can be built really stiff for downhill blasting or a little flexi for cruising the streets.
Roarockit Video Tutorials: These include: Foam Mold Build, Opening the Thin Air Press, Closing the Thin Air Press, Removing and replacing sealing tape, Building a Roarockit skateboard, Freehand building using the Thin Air Press, Teaching skateboard deck building and Clamping marquetry projects using the Thin Air Press.
Maintaining a Thin Air Press: This video shows how to properly clean and maintain a Roarockit Thin Air Press vacuum bag system.
NEW! Using a vacuum cleaner with a Thin Air Press: This video shows how to evacuate the bulk of the air from a TAP bag.
NEW! Putting Camber into a Roarockit Longboard: Want a bit of camber in your deck. Here is an easy way to do it.
NEW! Cutting Carbon Fiber: If you are wanting to try your hand at some carbon fiber work. Here is a tutorial that will help you cut your material cleanly.
NEW! Applying Carbon Fiber onto a Skateboard Deck: This is a great tutorial if you are wanting to make a lighter and stronger deck by applying carbon fiber cloth to the top and bottom of the deck.
Comic Drop Deck Build: If you are into comics, this video tutorial is a fun way to see the steps involved in building a drop deck.
Understanding Vacuum: This is the physics behind making decks using vacuum bagging.
VOLT TV Builds A Street Deck: We had a lot of fun with the V-Jay when they came to Roarockit. VOLT is a French station based in Toronto. The video is in english with subtitles in French.
DIYskate Builds A Roarockit Deck: It is not often I run across a site that really tells it the way it is. Jason at DIYSkate has created one of those sites that really goes all out to show you the many different ways of making a skateboard. Thank’s Jason for the ROAROCKIT support and all your hard work creating your site.
MUCH MUSIC Builds a deck: Tim from Much spends a morning at Roarockit and builds and paints a street deck. Actually our own BOZ does most of the work on this sweet splash of colour.
Popular Woodworking Magazine Builds a Skateboard: This is a great tutorial that shows how to build one of our decks using the Thin Air Press and power tools.
Matt’s Basement Workshop: This Tutorial is very well done and is easy to follow. It also gives you tips that make building one of our decks even easier. Matt’s site is a must for any serious woodworker.
NEW! Podcast about Roarockit: Matt’s Basement Workshop in conversation with Ted and Norah of Roarockit.
Concrete Wave Magazine Spring 2008: Check out page 73. An article about Roarockit.
Concrete Wave Magazine Winter 2008 Check out page 27-28. An article about the PINCH contest.
Fine Woodworking Magazine: Here is an Article about making Roarockit decks. If you are interested in marquetry, this one is for you!
Build A Skateboard Program For Schools and Youth Groups: This video is a great promotion tool for showing administrators and colleges how deckbuilding can be introduced into a school program.
NEW! Building a Skateboard in a school setting, tutorial: This is a great tutorial that shows you, step by step, how to build a deck in one glue up. This is ideal for any school program. This tutorial should not be used for first time builders who have bought one of our deck kits. Follow the instructions provided in your kit. Press HQ on youtube for High def.
PINCH: A new way of making skateboards called PINCH. You can check out all our PINCH boards here.
NEW! Over the year at Roarockit: A comical look at the past year of making decks, teaching and just having fun. Enjoy! Press HQ on youtube for High def.
NEW! Visit From Stoked Mentoring: Bret from a New York based youth mentoring group comes to Roarockit and learns about deckmaking.
This Rocket Roars : Review of our Pintail longboard
