Since he was about 10 years old, Ryan “Budda� Boser has been an avid skateboarder. For 11 years, he’s skated right here in Flagstaff, ripping tricks and of course, breaking a skateboard every now and then. Broken boards tell the story of tough tricks and wipeouts, close calls and the countless hours a skater spends on four wheels. Breaking one’s skateboard often feels, simultaneously, like a rite of passage and the end of an era; for Boser, however, a broken skateboard is just the beginning.
Boser’s woodworking business, Büd Works, takes broken skateboards and transforms them into colorful, artistic creations. He started experimenting with woodworking while living in a house full of skaters, he said.
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Boser rolls the grip tape off the deck of a broken skateboard.
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Before working on any board, Boser has to sand off the paint and residual glue from the grip tape.
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Boser uses a lathe to shape his skateboard blocks into beautiful, rainbow-colored products.
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Boser with his 32, handcrafted tap handles at Hops on Birch. Courtesy.
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Boser's work can be purchased at the Flagstaff Community Market or on his website at .
Matthew Hayden
