Ryan "Budda" Boser has been an avid skateboarder since he was 10 years old. He skated in Flagstaff for 11 years, doing tricks and of course breaking his skateboard from time to time. Broken Boards tells the story of tough tricks and erasures, tough decisions, and the untold time a skateboarder spends on all four wheels. The broken skateboard can often feel like a rite of passage and the end of an era at the same time; However, for Boser, a broken skateboard is just the start.
Joinery company Boser Büd Works turns a broken snowboard into a colorful artistic creation. He began experimenting with woodworking while living in a house full of skaters, he says.
“It just goes from one passion to another,” says Boser. "We cracked wazoo boards and started making rings with just a drill and sandpaper - a very simple, simple carpentry material."
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Items made by Boser are usually given away to friends or sold at "low" prices, but eventually, he says, other people are attracted to items made from recycled skateboards; Finally, the colored lines of the pieces immediately catch the eye.
During his first market at Dark Sky Brewing Company, Boser began to see firsthand how strangers reacted to his product.
"I was like, 'Oh, people are really excited about this,'" Boser says. skateboard parts) they've never seen or heard of anything like it.
With positive feedback from the community and a growing love for carpentry, the Büd Works business began to grow. Boser got more woodworking machines, which he says opened up a world of new possibilities.
What started as a weekend hobby eventually turned into a thriving local business with a nod to the strong culture of flag skating.
Additionally, Boser says that making wood from broken boards is a way for him to express himself outside of skateboarding.
“Before, I had never had any artistic outlet other than skateboarding,” explains Boser.
He said Büd Works has also enabled him to engage with society in new ways, such as collecting broken boards. For those who skateboard often, it is not uncommon for the board to break. "I have a friend who does a break board once a month, every few months," Boser says. So he said he went to skateboarders (and a skate shop in Arizona) to get some supplies.
“I always accept donations no matter how I receive them,” Boser says.
In a Büd Works Instagram post in April, Boser explained his exchange program. The synopsis reads, "I'll give you a used skateboard in good condition in exchange for a bunch of broken boards that won't do you any good." Help me get these plates out of the landfill and give them a beautiful new life. works of art."
Boser said he also offered free rings to some of the kids he skated with at the skate park in exchange for their broken skateboards.
These boards that can end up in a landfill are not only potentially Boser works of art, but also memories and stories of skateboarders around Flagstaff.
Once he got the skateboard broken in his store, Boser removed the tape and removed the photos from both sides, he said. He then used wood glue and a hydraulic press to put several broken boards together to form a stack of skateboards. Since then, Boser says, he's cut the pile of boards into more manageable blocks. Then the "fun stuff" happened, he said.
“When you cut it, the color really pops,” says Boser. "It's exciting! You never know exactly what the color combination will look like.
Büd Works creations include cutting boards, bowls, ashtrays, pens, dice, kendama, cutlery and more; All made of skateboard blocks. To further reduce waste, Boser collects leftovers from its work and uses resin to make smaller, more delicate products such as jewelry.
Although Boser has had special projects like earrings, rings and cutting boards, he says sometimes the board decides what happens to him in his next life.
"When I find a board that's broken in half, I try to use the fragment to tell a story about the board that's been rolled up," Boser said, holding a cutting board he made himself. The epoxy poured in the middle brings out the beauty of the board damage. "You know, a kid from Flagstaff could get on those four boards and break them trying a trick and knock them over or whatever."
In other cases, Boser said, people donated license plates and asked that they be turned into certain products. He said that a friend of his at the skate park died very young and tragically five or six years ago. Recently, a friend's mother approached Boser and asked him to make dice out of her son's skateboard.
"It's the little things," Boser says. “Skateboarding means a lot to a lot of people sometimes. I'm one of those people. So whenever I get the chance, I have a more sentimental connection to the role, whatever it is; is really, really good.
And now more and more people, skateboarders or not, can enjoy Boser's Flagstaff art. Boser has designed faucet handles for local businesses such as Pay-N-Take, Rock Stacker Kombucha, and MIX Flagstaff. He recently produced 32 new tap handles and eight flyboards for Hops on Birch.
While Boser is currently trying to get his work into more local businesses and getting Büd Works out there, he says he's also in "market mode" right now. Boser attends the Flagstaff Community Farmers Market every Sunday and also says he sells his wares at the monthly Flagstaff Urban Flea Market as well as the new East Side Farmers Market.
Boser's colorful recycled illustrations are also available on his website at budworks.bigcartel.com or via the Büd Works Instagram page @bud_works. Although Boser says the selection on its website may not be kept up to date as stocks change quickly, the best way for someone to get their hands on their creation is to stop by a Büd Works counter at the market. or take a look, give it a call. through Instagram.
Boser looked forward to what he expected. Flagstaff continues to celebrate skaters and support the vibrant and creative community of local skaters.
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