Yet another awesome little write-up featuring MapleXO, along with many other talented and inspiring local businesses, including our friends at OMSI and Next Adventure! The folks at Fathomaway.com have compiled a list of awesome things about Portland, Oregon, and we couldn't be more appreciative to be included as one of those reasons!
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To celebrate the launch of our new "Tandem Collection" - a line inspired by togetherness- we're giving away prizes!!
Post photos on instagram of your favorite moments shared with others: A sunset skateboarding session with friends, an outdoor adventure with family, dinner with your neighbor, break time with co-workers... Be sure to include: "#wegotandem and @mapleXO" in your post to participate
We'll pick 5 of our favorite #wegotandem photos to each win a $100 gift certificate to MapleXO.com!
Post as many photos as you'd like. Contest starts Monday, Aug 23rd 2013 and ends Monday, Aug 30th at 3pm pst. Winners will be announced the following day!
For more information about our Tandem Collection, check out our blog post here!
We just launched our 1st Annual ‘Go Skateboarding Day’ Fundraiser:
WRITE GO SKATE: A fundraiser to turn broken skateboards into skateparks.
We teamed up with Bryce Kanights, Silas Baxter-Neal, and Reese Kahn and gave them one task: Write “Go Skate.”
In our wood shop, we turned these handwritten words into mosaic-style art pieces made from broken skateboards. The three individual pieces will be signed by the skateboarders and auctioned off with 100% of the proceeds going towards building Portland’s Powell Blvd Skatepark!
The auction is set to launch today, Monday, June 17th and will run through Sunday June 23rd 11:45 EST.
“There’s something about seeing a person’s handwriting that seems to share a glimpse into their soul. What could be more inspiring than seeing pieces of skated boards making up the handwritten phrase “Go Skate” by such inspiring skateboarders,” says MapleXO’s owner Lindsay Jo Holmes.
Both Kanights and Baxter-Neal are well known in the skateboard community for their past and present influences in skateboarding. To tie in the future of skateboarding, MapleXO asked 6-year-old skateboarder Reese Kahn to participate:
“Reese’s pure and eager passion to be a kid and have fun is one of the most inspiring parts of skateboarding to me. His dad Billy posted a priceless instagram photo of Reese carving a bank ramp with a look of pure joy on his face. The caption read: ‘When going higher is the new trick.’ To me, that right there is skateboarding. Pure and simple,” explains Holmes.
In addition to the Go Skate art auction, we are selling 25 limited edition photographic prints of the project by Jake Richardson each signed by all three contributing skateboarders.
25 Limited Edition 16" x 20" giclee prints on archival paper.
Separately from the WriteGoSkate project, we will be donating 50% of all proceeds from MapleXO.com on Go Skateboarding day to the Powell Blvd. Skatepark fund.
@MapleXO • #writegoskate • @originalBK • @silasbaxterneal • #reesekahn
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MapleXO is a recycled skateboard jewelry & accessories company made up of skateboarders out of Portland, OR USA. Founded by Lindsay Jo Holmes in 2006, MapleXO is currently sold in over 50 stores worldwide. In 2010, MapleXO began working with PS Stix skateboard manufacture to recycle the industrial waste of skateboard manufacturing in addition to the post consumer waste. They are constantly adding to their line of products that now include house wares and furniture. www.MapleXO.com @MapleXO
Bryce: http://www.ebay.com/itm/221242053851?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649
Silas: http://www.ebay.com/itm/221242054540?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649
Reese: http://www.ebay.com/itm/221242055281?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649
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We hosted a fashion show as a statement against plagiarism.
Twenty models took the red carpet wearing skateboards as clothing (literally) to represent the influence of skateboarding in fashion and more directly to mock fashion designer, Jeremy Scott for sending stolen skateboard art down the runway.
The show came as a response to Jeremy Scott’s recent debut at NY Fashion week which included pieces that were direct rip offs of Jim and Jimbo Phillips' iconic Santa Cruz Skateboard art.
“It really struck a chord with us since our entire business is based off of turning skateboards into fashion. As skateboarders ourselves, we take a lot of pride in giving credit back to skateboarding for every piece we make,” says Lindsay Jo Holmes, owner of MapleXO. “We couldn’t just sit quietly with him pulling such a kook move on skateboarding, so we sent the original skateboard art down the red carpet.”
It’s not the first time the skateboard community has been affected by plagiarism. Skateboard artist Michael Sieben’s art was recently mimicked by Target to create an entire line of youth clothing. – Furthermore, the overall style of the skateboarding subculture is constantly exploited in fashion trends that often teeter the line of plagiarism.
“Inspiration is great. Plagiarism is just wrong. Artists and creators deserve credit for the ideas they bring into this world. Shameless rip offs of their work should be shunned,” says Holmes
We have been directly affected by plagiarism a few times. One example is the nearly identical copy of our recycled skateboard iPhone case that was mass distributed and portrayed as an original creative accessory by a larger company out of southern California.
“In our case, the more skateboards that are recycled the better, so we tend to just ignore the copy cats,” explains Holmes, “After seeing the plagiarized Jim and Jimbo Phillips art, however, we felt like a statement had to be made and since we bridge a gap between skateboarding and fashion, we felt compelled to take charge”
The Vulture Couture Fashion Show and installations pointed a middle finger to the copycats, fakers, and takers of the skateboard subculture by literally bringing the spotlight back to the original source of its influence in fashion, skateboarding.
For more information email: Press@MapleXO.com
At approximately 1/16 of an inch thick, SkateBacks protect the iPhone from damage while coupling the sleek Apple design with classic skateboard aesthetic. Unique is an understatement. Our SkateBacks are made at Grove’s workshop here in Portland, OR, with a combination of high-tech machinery and good old-fashioned handiwork. Three general color types are available to choose from: Calm, Neutral, or Vibrant. However, each SkateBack is as singular as a snowflake - no two are exactly alike!
Material Sourcing
The SkateBack evolution works like this: from raw skateboard waste at the PS Stix factory, to eye-catching ply with us at MapleXO, and finally to cell phone accessory at Grove. PS Stix owner Paul Schmitt, of Costa Mesa, CA, has been manufacturing skateboards for nearly three decades. His company makes more than 4,000 skateboards a day, 200 per hour, that’s more than three per minute. We've been working with Schmitt on recycling his waste for years.
Only $49... get yours now! Get all three while you're at it!
He's at it again!
Andy's, of AndrewJive.com, been in the MapleXO woodshop all week (literally... like, he doesn't sleep!) working on a stop motion video with MapleXO pieces!
I can't wait to see the whole thing... here's a little sneak peek!
Another collab kicks off today here in Portland, Oregon with MapleXO and YoBeat!
We teamed up with YoBeat (The largest independent snowboard site!) and made these über rad money clips from recycled skateboards.
They look cool, feel nice to hold, keep your money organized, they're recycled, andddd they're made from the hard-working hands of not just one but TWO of Portland's small businesses.
ONLY 50 available! Hurry and get them today at: YoBeat.com
(**hundos not included)
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People Magazine just featured our recycled skateboard bracelets "bangles" in their 2011 Holiday Gift Guide section of their current issue!!!
So stoked to see these pieces created by our hands in our dusty little wood-shop in Portland, make it into the pages of a magazine that reaches the hands of 3.75 million people per issue!
Get your recycled skateboard bracelets here !!!
