that is used to coat bank windows and the canopy of fighter jets to make them bulletproof . The result was an impassable , optically transparent , 100 per cent recyclable skateboard .
“ It just kind of happened organically ,” Alwerud recalled during a recent interview . “ We did everything else , so we thought , ‘ What else can we try ? How about a clear board ?’”
After forgetting about the project and having it resurface years later when relocating , Alwerud reclaimed the board and began to use it as his mode of transportation during his college years . The rest , as they say , is history .
Alwerud contacted Leuck , who was studying to become a manufacturing engineer , and the duo began production of the first set of Jelly Skateboards .
Currently , the company sells 500- 1,000 units within a three-month
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