Skateboard News

Meet Paul Schmitt the Godfather of the modern-day skateboard deck manufacturing.

Southern California has a lot of gems and Paul Schmitt is one of them.  Paul has a personality that is on fire and a product for schools that is worth taking a second look at.  Students lean and create their own skateboards in class.

Our Kid's Talk Radio reporter Bob Barboza spent some time with Paul Schmitt to learn how his organization Create A Skate was reaching out to schools.  We are planning a more in dept interview this summer during the height of the skateboard season.

Our student reporters will be on the scene to bring you all the news that you can use.  With over 12 million skateboards in the United States this proves to be a hot top among kids.

Students seeking participation in this innovative program need to coordinate their interest with fellow classmates, and with their class instructor. In most school situations there has been great interest and enthusiasm from students for the Create A Skate program. However, that initial interest has rarely been unanimous. Most students, often times a majority, have been initially interested in the project. The challenge is for those enthusiastic students to suggest, cajole, and convince those students not yet enthused, that making a skateboard could be a good (great, amazing) experience. Whether a skateboarder, or not, creating your own personalized skateboard deck can be an incredible experience for every CreateAskate.org participant. Unanimous participation is an important criterion for teachers and administrators.  

This would be a wonderful program to add to our Super Sub project that is touring the schools.  We are constantly looking for programs that will help to get kids excited about learning.  If you have any projects of ideas contact Suprschool@aol.com.  Our Super Sub programs are designed be free for schools.

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