Make Your Own Deck: 3D Printed Skateboards Are Here!!

Next time you break your skateboard you may not have to head to a shop to get a replacement. 3D printed skateboards are here and the possibilities are endless! 3D printing has come a long way in the past few years and is quickly becoming a viable tool for the creation of simple objects and, more importantly, replacemement parts for fixing just about anything.

But what's more exciting than a 3D printed washer for your faucet? A 3D printed skateboard you can cruise the local park of course!

According to 3ders.org:

"Sam Abbot from the Netherlands, a talented artist who works at a pioneering company of 3D printed designs won the competition hosted by CGTrader and 3D Print UK last month. He is the winner of the Best 3D Printable Model Portfolio.

Sam Abbot won his prize: a 3D printer and his own modeled Skateboard got printed. 3D Print UK shared the video and photos of the 3D printing process of the Skateboard last week.

It wasn't quite as strait forward as just a print as the board is longer than our build tray, meaning that we had to cut it into 3 sections, joining it together with some connector pins to ensure accuracy and to give it some strength over a simple butt joint. The final result….. the worlds first 3d printed twin tip skateboard."

Pretty damn rad! Here a video and some more pics of Sam and his epic deck. Gotta love the detail on the bottom.. I guess Sam doesn't slide rails!