Click picture to watch video of interview with Dan Dengler about making boards

Dan has been an avid skater, skier and surfer most of his life. He studied Fine Art and Horticulture in college and has had many careers all over the country. Now he is combining his passion for fun and thrills with his education and artistic background through the manufacturing and selling of these longboards.

Dan started making boards full time in August of 2008. He packed everything up and drove from Nashville, TN to Venice Beach, CA in September. He has shown boards at festivals and shows, galleries and shops all over the Los Angeles area, and in  Nashville TN. The response to the boards and his passionate energy has been amazing!

He is now making boards in Colorado untill he can afford a shop in Southern California. He collects waste wood for boards from anywhere he can, all over the country.

"---The original motivation for these boards was simply to create some unique and really fun boards to ride that were different from any other boards available. From there the emphasis soon merged with the idea that this was a wonderful way to show off the true raw beauty and form of wood and to make good use of  waste materials. As an Arborist and tree surgeon I was constantly cutting into wood and seeing how beautiful it can be when viewed in unusual ways or from different angles. Much of the wood I find the most amazing is deemed defective or unusable by sawmills, therefore never usually seen by most people. Most of the wood so far came from trees in and around Nashville, mostly from residential home sites. I have collected wood all along the way in my travels as well (all of the wood used for these boards would have been thrown away otherwise.) I then dry and process the wood myself, using no more than powered hand tools, into these boards here today; Boards that are as enjoyable to view as they are to ride...

...Well… almost! "     Dan Dengler