{"id":2370,"date":"2008-11-06T08:30:33","date_gmt":"2008-11-06T15:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=2370"},"modified":"2008-11-06T08:48:46","modified_gmt":"2008-11-06T15:48:46","slug":"port-a-board-a-snap-together-nightmare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=2370","title":{"rendered":"Port-A-Board: A Snap-Together Nightmare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/box-2.jpg\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/box-2.jpg','popup','width=700,height=467,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,left=0,top=0');return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/box-2-tm.jpg\" height=\"286\" width=\"430\" border=\"1\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" alt=\"Box 2\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A misguided inventor from Valencia, California has just solved a problem that no one really has. He&#8217;s designed a skateboard that breaks down into five smaller pieces for transport. Apparently a 32-inch skateboard is just too much for some kids.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Almost four years ago, company CEO, <strong>Brett Gregory<\/strong>, set out to solve a problem: &#8220;Many kids can&#8217;t bring their skateboards to school, the mall or while traveling due to space restrictions&#8221;. &#8220;How do you fit a full sized skateboard in a very small compartment in a kids backpack?&#8221; The answer is the <strong>Port-A-Board<\/strong>. It&#8217;s currently available in nine eye catching colors, allows kids to bring their boards anywhere, and has a &#8220;cool factor&#8221; that is simply off the charts.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Off the charts? The question Gregory apparently missed asking: why would a kid carry around a board in pieces that they&#8217;d be embarrassed to ride assembled? That&#8217;s right. They won&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[Link: <\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.portableskateboards.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Port-a-Board<\/a><\/strong><strong>]<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A misguided inventor from Valencia, California has just solved a problem that no one really has. He&#8217;s designed a skateboard that breaks down into five smaller pieces for transport. Apparently a 32-inch skateboard is just too much for some kids. Almost four years ago, company CEO, Brett Gregory, set out to solve a problem: &#8220;Many [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2370"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2370\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}