The Nine Club #329 · Show notes.
Paul Schmitt Is BACK
About this episode
Professor Paul Schmitt discusses downsizing his factory in Tijuana, 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!
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The guest
Paul Schmitt
Paul Schmitt, also known as Professor Schmitt, manufactures skateboards at PS Stix. He works on board shapes, materials and production methods with professional skaters.
Chapters
- Coming Up
- Professor Paul Schmitt
- Perception, Paul wasn't pro
- How Julio De La Cruz ended up working at PS Stix
- Downsizing his factory in Tijuana
- Is he happy with the flood of board brands on the market & what state does he see the industry in the next 10 years
- Our Sponsor: AG1
- What's up with Cordano Russell's board
- Should board sizes be like shoe sizes
- Please explain Nanotubes to us again
- The most difficult & important thing to do is pressing and drilling
- What should the price of a skateboard be
- What advances are being made for adhesives & glue to better our planet
- What's the best way to dispose of old gear, like wheels, boards and trucks
- How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood
- Did Powell Peralta take a big risk manufacturing the Andy Anderson board
- Hot press or cold press boards?
- What's the most popular veneer color
- Our Sponsor: Woodward
- How to seal the Nanotubes on the edge of your board epoxy & acetone
- Will there come a point when brands sell boards that are based on peoples height
- Truck company marketing
- Board madness
- Where do my socks go after I put them in the dryer
- Is there a favorite shape or design he is most proud of making
- Proudest innovation in skateboard manufacturing
- How many boards he's made over his lifetime
- Who's buying skateboards, demographics
- Concave differences, angles, fingers of flat, how to measure a board
- VX and Flight Deck construction
- Professor Schmitt's ad in TWS
- New Nine Club boards
- How many people touched a board in the process of it being manufactured
- Paul brought gifts
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