<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488874096936920192</id><updated>2011-11-06T05:22:25.908-08:00</updated><category term='comet longboards'/><category term='True Skateboards'/><category term='Bamboo'/><category term='Longboards'/><category term='True Longboards'/><category term='Longboard Wheels'/><title type='text'>True Longboards</title><subtitle type='html'>True Longboards is a small but growing company bringing sustainable Bamboo technology to the longboard community.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://truelongboarding.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2488874096936920192/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://truelongboarding.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>True - Prodigy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17720205796388656970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>11</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488874096936920192.post-3690970898179990365</id><published>2011-02-01T07:07:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-01T07:07:43.931-08:00</updated><title type='text'>New Gear coming soon</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2488874096936920192-3690970898179990365?l=truelongboarding.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2488874096936920192/posts/default/3690970898179990365'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2488874096936920192/posts/default/3690970898179990365'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://truelongboarding.blogspot.com/2011/02/new-gear-coming-soon.html' title='New Gear coming soon'/><author><name>True - Prodigy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17720205796388656970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488874096936920192.post-7897618214913283195</id><published>2011-01-31T11:21:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-01T07:25:01.448-08:00</updated><title type='text'>New Wheels coming soon!</title><content type='html'>Prodigy Wheels are coming back soon!&lt;br /&gt;Check them out!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eO3HvxCvJcg/TUgldx85WUI/AAAAAAAAADI/eYZVAs6yD4w/s1600/Prodigy%2B%2Bgraphic%2Bpreview.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" width="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eO3HvxCvJcg/TUgldx85WUI/AAAAAAAAADI/eYZVAs6yD4w/s320/Prodigy%2B%2Bgraphic%2Bpreview.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2488874096936920192-7897618214913283195?l=truelongboarding.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='enclosure' type='' href='http://www.prodigywheelco.com' length='0'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2488874096936920192/posts/default/7897618214913283195'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2488874096936920192/posts/default/7897618214913283195'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://truelongboarding.blogspot.com/2011/01/new-wheels-coming-soon.html' title='New Wheels coming soon!'/><author><name>True - Prodigy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17720205796388656970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eO3HvxCvJcg/TUgldx85WUI/AAAAAAAAADI/eYZVAs6yD4w/s72-c/Prodigy%2B%2Bgraphic%2Bpreview.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488874096936920192.post-7351930356518825456</id><published>2010-01-12T12:03:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-19T09:07:33.723-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='comet longboards'/><title type='text'>Comet Complete Longboard Available Now  Free Shipping within Canada</title><content type='html'>Comet Crystal Chalice Complete Skateboard with Paris 180 Trucks and Orangatang 75mm wheels.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eO3HvxCvJcg/S0zVYgemUQI/AAAAAAAAAB4/IZu4YZPSlXg/s1600-h/comet_d-chalice_LRG.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" ps="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eO3HvxCvJcg/S0zVYgemUQI/AAAAAAAAAB4/IZu4YZPSlXg/s320/comet_d-chalice_LRG.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Dimensions:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;L: 40 inches&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;W: 9.75 inches&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WB: 31.25L / 28.75 inches&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rocker: .75'' &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Concave: .5'' &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Chalice directly evolved from the Comet Voodoo. It has the same wheel base with a bit more board for different riding styles. The shape is from a directional medium rocker and medium concave mold with the deepest part of the rocker in the front third of the board. &lt;br /&gt;Completes come with Paris 180 trucks, Orangatang 4 President 80A wheels, Minilogo Bearings, Jessup grip, and hardware.&lt;br /&gt;Free Shipping within Canada, US Shipping rates vary.&amp;nbsp;   On sale at www.uccollective.com or hit the buy now button.&lt;br /&gt;Free Shipping within Canada.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"&gt;&lt;input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_s-xclick"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input type="hidden" name="hosted_button_id" value="11124606"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_buynowCC_LG.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/form&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2488874096936920192-7351930356518825456?l=truelongboarding.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2488874096936920192/posts/default/7351930356518825456'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2488874096936920192/posts/default/7351930356518825456'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://truelongboarding.blogspot.com/2010/01/comet-complete-longboard-available-now.html' title='Comet Complete Longboard Available Now  Free Shipping within Canada'/><author><name>True - Prodigy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17720205796388656970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eO3HvxCvJcg/S0zVYgemUQI/AAAAAAAAAB4/IZu4YZPSlXg/s72-c/comet_d-chalice_LRG.png' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488874096936920192.post-6593439270667237898</id><published>2010-01-07T13:45:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-12T13:03:43.465-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='True Skateboards'/><title type='text'>True Bamboo Complete on sale Now.  $179.00 US</title><content type='html'>Photo and Specs coming soon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eO3HvxCvJcg/S0ZYfXBYtEI/AAAAAAAAABw/Cx40Kuq50pQ/s1600-h/longboard-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" ps="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eO3HvxCvJcg/S0ZYfXBYtEI/AAAAAAAAABw/Cx40Kuq50pQ/s320/longboard-1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"&gt;&lt;input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_s-xclick"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input type="hidden" name="hosted_button_id" value="11007549"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;input type="hidden" name="on0" value="Upgrade Options"&gt;Upgrade Options&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;select name="os0"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;option value="With Paris Trucks"&gt;With Paris Trucks $199.99&lt;/option&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;option value="With Paris Trucks and O'Tang Wheels"&gt;With Paris Trucks and O'Tang Wheels $225.00&lt;/option&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;option value="With True Trucks and Prodigy Wheels"&gt;With True Trucks and Prodigy Wheels $179.99&lt;/option&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/select&gt; 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text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eO3HvxCvJcg/SzjV76VY7uI/AAAAAAAAABo/KikRLdm678o/s1600-h/true+sticker+logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" ps="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eO3HvxCvJcg/SzjV76VY7uI/AAAAAAAAABo/KikRLdm678o/s320/true+sticker+logo.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2488874096936920192-5741222883270057017?l=truelongboarding.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2488874096936920192/posts/default/5741222883270057017'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2488874096936920192/posts/default/5741222883270057017'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://truelongboarding.blogspot.com/2009/12/new-boards-available-soon-pay-with.html' title='New boards available soon - Pay with Paypal!'/><author><name>True - Prodigy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17720205796388656970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eO3HvxCvJcg/SzjV76VY7uI/AAAAAAAAABo/KikRLdm678o/s72-c/true+sticker+logo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488874096936920192.post-4279149801542416636</id><published>2009-11-29T07:22:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-29T07:22:55.182-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Longboard Wheels'/><title type='text'>Look for new Prodigy Wheels coming late 2010</title><content type='html'>We are bringing back Produgy Wheels!&lt;br /&gt;More info to follow.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2488874096936920192-4279149801542416636?l=truelongboarding.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2488874096936920192/posts/default/4279149801542416636'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2488874096936920192/posts/default/4279149801542416636'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://truelongboarding.blogspot.com/2009/11/look-for-new-prodigy-wheels-coming-late.html' title='Look for new Prodigy Wheels coming late 2010'/><author><name>True - Prodigy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17720205796388656970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488874096936920192.post-535647139366018601</id><published>2009-09-15T08:24:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-15T08:27:22.601-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Longboard Shape #3</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eO3HvxCvJcg/Sq-xo0GwZXI/AAAAAAAAAA0/1IpFqYHT11o/s1600-h/longboard-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" mq="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eO3HvxCvJcg/Sq-xo0GwZXI/AAAAAAAAAA0/1IpFqYHT11o/s320/longboard-3.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Longboard Shape #3&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;•46” – Pintail with mild camber 5/16” at center &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2488874096936920192-535647139366018601?l=truelongboarding.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2488874096936920192/posts/default/535647139366018601'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2488874096936920192/posts/default/535647139366018601'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://truelongboarding.blogspot.com/2009/09/longboard-shape-3.html' title='Longboard Shape #3'/><author><name>True - Prodigy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17720205796388656970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eO3HvxCvJcg/Sq-xo0GwZXI/AAAAAAAAAA0/1IpFqYHT11o/s72-c/longboard-3.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488874096936920192.post-6467811618637034668</id><published>2009-09-15T08:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-15T08:23:54.164-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Longboard Shape #2</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eO3HvxCvJcg/Sq-xS0awsNI/AAAAAAAAAAs/vpf5rAd7uZ8/s1600-h/longboard-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" mq="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eO3HvxCvJcg/Sq-xS0awsNI/AAAAAAAAAAs/vpf5rAd7uZ8/s320/longboard-2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Longboard Shape #2 Fin Tail&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;•39” – “W” tail shape and slight camber 1/8”&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2488874096936920192-6467811618637034668?l=truelongboarding.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2488874096936920192/posts/default/6467811618637034668'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2488874096936920192/posts/default/6467811618637034668'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://truelongboarding.blogspot.com/2009/09/longboard-shape-2.html' title='Longboard Shape #2'/><author><name>True - Prodigy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17720205796388656970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eO3HvxCvJcg/Sq-xS0awsNI/AAAAAAAAAAs/vpf5rAd7uZ8/s72-c/longboard-2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488874096936920192.post-3705169884142413285</id><published>2009-09-15T08:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-15T08:28:02.418-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Longboard Shape #1</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eO3HvxCvJcg/Sq-w3RTRIfI/AAAAAAAAAAk/zqwMKZ8wuMk/s1600-h/longboard-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" mq="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eO3HvxCvJcg/Sq-w3RTRIfI/AAAAAAAAAAk/zqwMKZ8wuMk/s320/longboard-1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Shape 1 Kick Tail Longboard &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;•42” – Rounded edges with slight camber at 1/8” at center, tail curved up to 1 5/8” with nose curved up to 1 3/8”&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2488874096936920192-3705169884142413285?l=truelongboarding.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2488874096936920192/posts/default/3705169884142413285'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2488874096936920192/posts/default/3705169884142413285'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://truelongboarding.blogspot.com/2009/09/longboard-shape-1.html' title='Longboard Shape #1'/><author><name>True - Prodigy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17720205796388656970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eO3HvxCvJcg/Sq-w3RTRIfI/AAAAAAAAAAk/zqwMKZ8wuMk/s72-c/longboard-1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488874096936920192.post-7192542683848465813</id><published>2009-09-15T08:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-11-29T07:23:36.163-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Longboards'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bamboo'/><title type='text'>Why Bamboo?</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;GOD SAVE THE GREEN!&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No longer is being green for the hippies and granolas. True to the environmental cause, one of our owners has the largest residential solar panel system in Southern California. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We know that you have to walk the walk in today’s business world by practicing what you preach at home. Otherwise – it is just another extension of greenwashing. We refuse to be a part of the cradle to grave (one way trip to the landfill) industrial system whereby companies have viewed nature as a limitless resource and continue to tirelessly abuse it. &lt;br /&gt;Ultimately, we want to be a part of the Cradle to Cradle Design; closing the loop from the birth of our bamboo to where that final deck ends up. We haven’t finished the loop entirely, but we are doing our due diligence to minimize our impact on earth. Pledge to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle your brain!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Environmental impact: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It grows fast.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;•Bamboo is not a tree—it’s a grass, and it grows like one. Many species of bamboo can grow two feet or more a day. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;•When it’s harvested, it need not be replanted, because it will grow a new shoot from its extensive root system, often 4 to 5 new shoots. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;•It renews itself readily, unlike hardwood trees, which, once cut, are gone forever. Canadian Maple trees take around 40-60 years to mature before they can be cut down. Bamboo is an endless renewable resource. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;•According to the Science Channel (January 2008, Episode 7 - “Invention Nation”), skateboarding has replaced flooring as the #1 contributor to deforestation of maple trees in North America.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It enhances the environment.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;•Farmed bamboo stabilizes the earth with its roots, preventing erosion. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;•It takes in greenhouse gasses and produces oxygen. In fact 35% more oxygen than an equivalent stand of trees. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;•It can also provide habitat for birds and animals (though our bamboo is not preferred by pandas, and is therefore panda-safe). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;•In nature, bamboo filters heavy metals from groundwater and removes four times more carbon dioxide from the air than an equivalent-size stand of trees.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2488874096936920192-7192542683848465813?l=truelongboarding.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2488874096936920192/posts/default/7192542683848465813'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2488874096936920192/posts/default/7192542683848465813'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://truelongboarding.blogspot.com/2009/09/why-bamboo.html' title='Why Bamboo?'/><author><name>True - Prodigy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17720205796388656970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488874096936920192.post-5946136910017029699</id><published>2009-09-15T07:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-11-29T07:26:48.627-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='True Skateboards'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='True Longboards'/><title type='text'>Welcome to True</title><content type='html'>Since the early 90's True has been a part of Skateboarding. Now we are bringing sustainable Bamboo to the longboard community.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2488874096936920192-5946136910017029699?l=truelongboarding.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2488874096936920192/posts/default/5946136910017029699'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2488874096936920192/posts/default/5946136910017029699'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://truelongboarding.blogspot.com/2009/09/welcome-to-true.html' title='Welcome to True'/><author><name>True - Prodigy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17720205796388656970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry></feed>
