{"id":12888,"date":"2016-07-14T00:47:11","date_gmt":"2016-07-14T04:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12888"},"modified":"2016-07-14T00:47:11","modified_gmt":"2016-07-14T04:47:11","slug":"video-skateboard-from-scrap-rocket-carbon-fiber-lifted-to-edge-of-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12888","title":{"rendered":"Video: Skateboard from scrap rocket carbon fiber lifted to edge of space"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The company <a href=\"http:\/\/www.121cboards.com\/\" target=\"_d\">121C Boards<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0converts\u00a0scrap carbon fiber material used for rocket building into ultra-light and strong skateboards and longboards. The company started in 2015\u00a0with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/121cboards\/121c-boards-the-spacecraft-inspired-skateboard\/description\">a Kickstarter<\/a>\u00a0aiming to raise\u00a0$10k. They\u00a0instead got\u00a0over $44k. The money went for the shop equipment to manufacture the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.121cboards.com\/aileron\/\" target=\"_d\">Aileron<\/a>, their first skateboard.<\/p>\n<p>A new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/121cboards\/121c-boards-the-out-of-this-world-cruiser-skateboa\" target=\"_d\">Kickstarter campaign<\/a> opened\u00a0at the end of June\u00a0and aimed for\u00a0$15k. With 16 days left, over $69,000\u00a0has been\u00a0committed to their next project:\u00a0\u00a0production of a new improved\u00a0board called\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.121cboards.com\/rover\/\" target=\"_d\">the Rover<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a video about the Rover:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/121cboards\/121c-boards-the-out-of-this-world-cruiser-skateboa\/widget\/video.html\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"> <\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Here is a press release about a recent Rover promotional event:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Team lofts skateboard to space in \u201cawesome\u201d VR film <\/strong><br \/>\n<em>The \u201cSpace Skateboard\u201d is offered on Kickstarter<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Los Angeles, California, July 5, 2016<\/strong> \u2014 121C has announced that it launched a carbon fiber skateboard to the edge of space above the Mojave Desert earlier this year. The event can be experienced in Virtual Reality (VR) narrated by NASA astronaut Michael L\u00f3pez-Alegr\u00eda (VRs are best viewed from a mobile device):<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5NSbVwTVU20?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The space jump of \u2018Fearless\u2019 Felix Baumgartner got us thinking about riding a skateboard down from space and that was the inspiration for this VR film.&#8221; said Ryan Olliges, President of 121C and a 2016 graduate in Aerospace Engineering at the University of Southern California. Ryan continues, \u201cIt seems like a crazy stunt at first, but this was the perfect way to call attention to our ultralight carbon fiber decks.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The launch is even more appropriate since we build them from scrap material generated in the production of modern spacecraft.&#8221; adds <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gregautry.us\/\">Greg Autry<\/a>, cofounder of 121C and an Assistant Clinical Professor with the Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Southern California. Dr. Autry adds, &#8220;Watching this VR while listening to Mike LA narrate his experience on a Soyuz flight to the Space Station is really pretty thrilling. Engineers love this stuff and we also hope to inspire a new positive and forward looking attitude in skate that appeals to mature, upscale skaters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The board and camera rig were launched using a helium weather balloon and safely descended via parachute. After reaching an estimated altitude of 90,000 ft a GPS tracking system with a satellite uplink helped to locate and recover the payload. The launch and recovery are described in detail in a 121C blog post at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.121cboards.com\/blog\">http:\/\/www.121cboards.com\/blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The actual space skateboard, equipped with Shark Wheels and Randal trucks, can be acquired with a $2,500 pledge to the firm\u2019s successful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/121cboards\/121c-boards-the-out-of-this-world-cruiser-skateboa\/updates\/?ref=PR1\">Kickstarter campaign<\/a> which launched on June 16 and was fully funded by the next day. The campaign ends on July 30. Olliges remarks, \u201cI\u2019d kind of like to keep it, but people like having the \u2018first\u2019 of just about anything. We think somebody will look at the amazing photos and VR and really want this odd bit of history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>About 121C<\/strong>: 121C designs, manufactures and occasionally launches the world&#8217;s most advanced skateboards. The company was founded in 2015 as the first phase in a major effort to upcycle scrap carbon fiber generated by the aerospace industry. For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.121cboards.com\/\">www.121cboards.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The company 121C Boards\u00a0\u00a0converts\u00a0scrap carbon fiber material used for rocket building into ultra-light and strong skateboards and longboards. The company started in 2015\u00a0with a Kickstarter\u00a0aiming to raise\u00a0$10k. They\u00a0instead got\u00a0over $44k. The money went for the shop equipment to manufacture the Aileron, their first skateboard. A new Kickstarter campaign opened\u00a0at the end of June\u00a0and aimed for\u00a0$15k. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12888\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Video: Skateboard from scrap rocket carbon fiber lifted to edge of space<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[74,14,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-space-business","category-space-participation","category-space-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-3lS","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2648,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2648","url_meta":{"origin":12888,"position":0},"title":"Student collaborative art project wants to wrap a Saturn V in quilts","author":"TopSpacer","date":"June 6, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Robert Pearlman writes about a collaborative art project that intends to wrap a Saturn V rocket in quilts: Saturn V Switch: Art Project Picks Real Moon Rocket Over Replica for Quilt Covering -Space.com. 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