Construction Progress at The Boardr Headquarters
Published 1/11/2014 by Rob Meronek
Before we can build the skate stuff, we have to get the bill paying stuff done. That would be retail and office space. I can't wait to get started back in retail and customer service again. We'll be open for online orders in just a few weeks!
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What happens when you turn that lightswitch on? We'll see soon.
Is than an escape hatch? We won't need it.
We all got our keys on this day.
We had to shoot an album cover today! Ha, nope, we were just at The Boardr Headquarters tonight where this crew of the first five employees was doing some Saturday night concrete work to get our offices and shop ready. Well, not me, I do the part of banging on the keyboard. We'll be open for online orders in a few weeks!
That's a concrete creek where our poop will drain. We're filling it in today.
Thanks Chris for the concrete special assistance.
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