#329 - Paul Schmitt

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!

Timestamps

00:00:00 Coming Up

00:00:18 Professor Paul Schmitt

00:02:55 Perception, Paul wasn't pro

00:04:52 How Julio De La Cruz ended up working at PS Stix

00:10:15 Downsizing his factory in Tijuana & working through COVID

00:15:12 Is he happy with the flood of board brands on the market & what state does he see the industry in the next 10 years

00:17:39 Our Sponsor: AG1

00:20:56 What's up with Cordano Russell's board

00:21:22 Should board sizes be like shoe sizes

00:29:41 Please explain Nanotubes to us again

00:44:15 The most difficult & important thing to do is pressing and drilling

00:47:08 What should the price of a skateboard be

00:48:09 What advances are being made for adhesives & glue to better our planet

00:55:02 What's the best way to dispose of old gear, like wheels, boards and trucks

00:56:26 How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood

01:00:19 Did Powell Peralta take a big risk manufacturing the Andy Anderson board

01:03:58 Hot press or cold press boards?

01:10:57 What's the most popular veneer color

01:11:57 Our Sponsor: Woodward

01:12:23 How to seal the Nanotubes on the edge of your board epoxy & acetone

01:14:21 Will there come a point when brands sell boards that are based on peoples height

01:21:57 Truck company marketing

01:25:29 Board madness

01:28:55 Where do my socks go after I put them in the dryer

01:29:12 Is there a favorite shape or design he is most proud of making

01:30:46 Proudest innovation in skateboard manufacturing

01:32:54 How many boards he's made over his lifetime

01:38:08 Who's buying skateboards, demographics

01:44:53 Concave differences, angles, fingers of flat, how to measure a board

02:00:42 VX and Flight Deck construction

02:08:09 Professor Schmitt's ad in TWS

02:11:00 New Nine Club boards

02:15:50 How many people touched a board in the process of it being manufactured

02:18:29 Paul brought gifts

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