Last week, we went to
Motion Boardshop in Seattle, and Ben brought his newly built longboard to show the shop owners and builders there what he had built. They seemed impressed. He had been to the shop a few times before, asking them questions and seeking input about materials and board-building methods, so it was fun for him to show them his finished board. At the same time during our visit, a traveling sales rep for
Rayne Longboards (Vancouver, BC) was there offering freebies and promoting their longboards. The rep saw Ben's board, also seemed impressed by his work and design, and asked him several questions about the board and his building experience. He asked Ben if building longboards was something he might like to do in the future. Ben smiled and replied, "I'm doing it now."
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The rep appeared delightfully surprised by this forthright answer and suggested Ben come visit their factory store in BC in order to talk and hang out with their main board builder. He said there are only a handful of good board builders and designers, so they're always looking for interested people. Ben exchanged contact info with the rep who said he'd email soon. Ben wrote a nice follow-up note today to confirm his interest in visiting the shop. We'll likely go there for a weekend to give him a chance to visit, observe, and meet people there. Ben's quite exhilarated by this opportunity!
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