skateboard louis XIV is a 300 year-old oak log on wheels

dedicated to the cultures of surfing and skateboarding, french art gallery boom-art introduces its latest limited edition: the skateboard ‘louis XIV‘. this unique object is made out of a 300 year-old oak block salvaged from a seventeenth century french church structure — bringing together two distinct eras into one product.   

the wooden log originates from a 300 year old oak rescued from an 1800s french church  

looking at the skateboard ‘louis XIV’, the choice of its name might seem surprising to the public: according to boom-art, this product actually serves as a table or bench with wheels — hence the allusion to a skateboard. for this exclusive collection, only five ‘skateboards’ were produced — constituting the full beam of the wodden block. thanks to the oak’s natural state, each copy is unique in its overall texture and shape. 

the ‘louis XIV’ skateboard can be used as a home furniture — either as a table or chair with wheels 

finally, remembering one of france’s historic seventeenth century rulers, the 300-year old skateboard comes with a medal of the ‘sun king’ or ‘roi soleil’ — known in fact as louis XIV. 

a ‘sun king’ french medal is placed on each board

boom-art only produced five models for the ‘louis XIV’ limited edition

 
the edition of five is made out of the full oak beam  

project info: 

description: model ‘louis XIV’, edition of five
production: made in france
length: 40 cm – 16 “
width: 24 cm – 9.45 “
height: 28 cm – 11 “
weight: 20 kg

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