Professor Paul Schmitt discusses downsizing his factory in Tijuana & working through COVID, working on boards for Cordano Russell, should board sizes be like shoe sizes, the most difficult & important thing to do while manufacturing a skateboard, what advances are being made for adhesives & glue to better our planet, hot press or cold pressed boards, will there come a point when brands sell boards that are based on peoples height, his proudest innovation in skateboard manufacturing, how many boards he’s made over his lifetime, how many people touched a board in the process of it being manufactured and much more!
Paul Schmitt – Stop And Chat | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts
Paul Schmitt Stops by and Chats with the Nine Club about the board shortage, nano tubes, breaks down our board setups, the proper way to store your boards, fingers of flat, how the type of trucks you ride effect the pop of the board, the small changes you can make to your board for certain tricks, does the color of the top ply change the stiffness of the board, how to check if your board is warped and much more!
Paul Schmitt | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 174
Paul Schmitt discusses growing up in La Crosse Wisconsin, moving to Tampa, selling rails made of Wood and Fiberglass, making the first plastic rails, how Schmitt Stix was created, making boards in his bedroom, moving to Costa Mesa to make boards for Vision and Schmitt Stix, leaving Vision to create The New Deal with Steve Douglas and Andy Howell, forming PS Stix, tailoring boards to a skaters needs, how “Nano Tubes” affect your pop, what goes into making a single skateboard deck, his Create A Skate program for schools and much more!