Outdoor Central Oregon Issue 1 | October/November 2017 | Page 18

18 PRODUCTS| GERRY LOPEZ STREET SURFERS BY SNOPLANKS We feel so honored to be collaborating with Gerry Lopez on our skateboard campaign. Not only is he a legend in the surf, snow, yoga, and shaping cultures, but he is truly a visionary and an example for genera- tions to come. Creating this product with his shapes and input in mind has been an incredible experience as we have been able to try unique constructions, outlines, and designs unlike anything currently available in the skate world. This experimentation has led us to our most high performance and well crafted line of skates yet and we are extremely happy with the feedback we have been receiving. I think another key to the way these skates are built is that we can utilize excess material from our board building process to manufacture the street surfer line, limiting the amount of waste we create as a company thus shrinking our footprint on the environment. Words by James Nicol