Skateboard Mechanical Engineering
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Guest mechanical engineer Beau Trifiro talks about his business in skateboard design, fabrication, and education. Based in San Diego, Open Source Skateboards not only build custom skateboards, it also teaches kids in middle school and high school how to design and build their own boards. Beau talks about teaching hands-on projects, how he deals with kids making mistakes, and why he thinks studying mechanical engineering allows for so much creativity.
Our closing music is from "Late for School" by Bleeptor, used under a Creative Commons Attribution License.
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- Open Source Skateboards: Company that teaches engineering and design of skateboards.
- Open Source Skateboards on Facebook: Follow on Facebook.
- Open Source Skateboards on Instagram: Follow on Instagram.
- Fab Lab San Diego: Makerspace in San Diego, California.
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