13-Year-Old CEO REINVENTED The Skateboard

13-year-old Carson Kropfl invented the locker board, a skateboard that fits inside your locker AND backpack. He even partnered with Richard Branson! Today, his company valued at $325,000.
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[@lucastalbert1087]

So he... cut a skateboard?

[@Edve122]

apparently he does.. And people pay for it!?

[@carsonkropfl5796]

I sure did...created something out of nothing...upcycled and making a difference...and proud of it.

[@Below-Zero.]

Goteem.

[@Nomad_Skateboarding]

Yeah, sold 1k and values company at over ¼ million. Just propaganda.

[@dont-sub-to-me-157]

Lucas Talbert yea he can definitely get sued its not his brand

[@aibecertain3239]

i took my pants and cut it into shorts, shark tank or bust baby! gonna make a milli off this idea

[@MrChinbaca]

Lmao, fr though.. who gave this clown a patent. Absolutely nothing original about this idea😂

[@W4RM4T]

Locker pants...

[@JorgeCastro-ui3pi]

😂

[@notloudmedia]

Lol

[@user-we2xi2rf8w]

Lol

[@nathanpitt1339]

2:03 no ones gonna talk about how he didn't even close his locker

[@nabranestwistypuzzler7019]

Ohhh yeahhh

[@philosophizes]

That bugs me so much

[@nabranestwistypuzzler7019]

And those lockers are just small af. A normal board would fit in a normal locker.

[@gabeschultz8382]

Fr

[@LetsGoFlyers2011]

Missed that. That pretty much ruined it.

[@Ram2x]

“I am Chief Mom Officer” Ultimate karen soccer mom

[@1natal3]

should we tell her what a Karen means

[@gloxizy857]

Locker Mom

[@nabranestwistypuzzler7019]

But how is she a Karen though? Then she would be at skateparks yelling at teenagers for skateboarding because she thinks it’s a playground and is letting her kids run around there in regular shoes without any skateboard, bike, etc., but her son is literally a teenager who skateboards, so obviously not.

[@felixguitar1108]

😂officer though😂 what a Karen

[@shadowybubble3774]

Haha

[@gib0473]

if u want a small skateboard.. just buy a penny board, penny boards fit in bags

[@vuiliu2829]

Booper dooper they don’t fit in lockers that’s the whole point

[@gib0473]

@@vuiliu2829 they actually do

[@vuiliu2829]

Booper dooper ok then my bad

[@steeloneil6536]

The lockers in the video are extremely tiny

[@quinlanbell2335]

These are more affordable

[@kyamichi7053]

Carson: *cuts off skateboard* the locker board penny board: am i a joke to you?

[@xxellaxqueenxx8913]

sadyazzy locker board

[@owlivide4073]

Locker board

[@rachaelalvarez1897]

U guys clearly realize they mean penny board,

[@caedinaaa4341]

xXEllaxQueenXx mmmm no penny board

[@EC.Flames]

U R 👉

[@Thesgfire]

I love how the principal of the school tries to get credit 😂🤣

[@apexmeltt]

Ikr, he prob told him to not bring his skateboard to school

[@dominicadler-biddle9199]

@@apexmeltt they were cool with it but you couldnt ride them on campus lol

[@coronafortheboys7010]

No one: Literally no one: Him: I CuT ScAtEbOaRdS

[@weidchar1646]

Hate all you want but he can pay that rent.

[@carsonzaremski]

His other invention is pulling a tarp over peoples heads

[@Ironman829]

I feel like his first invention was pulling the wool over peoples heads

[@brettharre9859]

I was doing that at age six

[@cherryspriteyt1432]

pretty much

[@Chucktea23]

I thought this was funny before I watched the video. Now I watched it and I'm dying LOL. He literally was pulling tarps over peoples heads.

[@hc90256]

legit thought this was a joke im dying

[@huskyriotsky5074]

Why would people buy cut skateboards?

[@benzamations7245]

Yeah

[@carsonkropfl5796]

They are super fun to ride and totally unique. So stoked to be having a positive impact.

[@MrChinbaca]

@Carson Kropfl you’re kidding right? Unique isn’t the right word. You’re buying a product.. cutting it... and still use all the same recycled parts and call it your own. It’d be like buying pants, cutting them into shorts and trying to patent and sell them on your owns. How idiotic does that sound?

[@liluzinick192]

Carson Kropfl no one on the market has done this besides you. The people that say “Why would you pay for a cut skateboard,” don’t even know a single thing

[@bianzonhans6574]

Idk, ask vsauce

[@Real-ZFlack0]

Uuuuuum , not being rude or anything but ..... *HE JUST CUT A SKATEBOARD*

[@Real-ZFlack0]

@Random Video Spot true true

[@ericamanthey79]

@Random Uploads Only For You that is the company value XD

[@l.delafontaine2582]

No one: Litterally no one: He: its easier to do Tricks on

[@rookmonroe6344]

Hahahahahaha

[@yor-t]

yeah lemme just try and boardslide a rail using this board.

[@finnreid4880]

Yeah it's so easy and great to try and pop something with literally no pop

[@Shpektrometer]

How you impossible

[@joseh.749]

how would you heel flip, kick flip, hospital flip, or casper flip.

[@mauimillen3484]

1:29 how are you supposed to pop you tail without a tail also have fun landing on a board the size of a iPad

[@mranemone2517]

Maui Millen it still has a little bit of the groove. Pay for half a deck

[@deivsputnins65]

ikr

[@Wyatt_Ali]

You can scoop it

[@hectorsk8115]

😂😂😂

[@Shpektrometer]

Ikr

[@dont-sub-to-me-157]

He can get sued for just cutting a company’s board and reselling

[@jayclark935]

z- Noah-z vans was donating the boards stupid

[@milescrouse628]

Actually he can’t once he owns the board via purchasing or through donating he owns it and has capital rights he can do what he wants with them and selling them is totally legal as long as he’s saying he didn’t create the initial board or claims he owns the company it came from

[@Hunter-xp8yn]

You are slow

[@hottea2933]

Aren’t boards usually customized with things from different brands

[@advanselimi9624]

The likes on your coment show me that the number of dumb people is so big sadly.

[@cheezdoodiefard1124]

"the olympics of 2020" yeah good luck with that...

[@thatguy-id5fq]

😈

[@alanareed9599]

Oop

[@countwoody]

@lilee honeycutt wooosh

[@cheezdoodiefard1124]

Rezcu how is that rude?? im saying that bc the 2020 olympics got cancelled

[@haydenfoley6102]

when? i cant listen to more of this

[@newthrash1221]

So a penny board, but even more useless because it has no tail? Smh 🤦‍♂️

[@sethjorundson1787]

How small are your damm lockers? My locker is 4 of yours

[@potato-rz5eq]

Seth Jorundson oh yeah YEAH

[@cookingwithdaniellanreb46]

Seth Jorundson I can fit mine in my locker to😂

[@AndorTemple]

Thank you

[@bigsmiley91362]

Same

[@intellectualidiot1719]

We didnt have lockers we have to carry it allll from class to class

[@MemeWizzard]

Didn't reinvent anything, this happens to me when I snap the tail and nose. All he did was make it known to non skaters.

[@luzhelena2305]

0:13 "what up, im jared, im 19, and i never f*ckin learned how to read

[@lasong1887]

Lmaoo

[@ibsvideos9811]

I am sorry I do not get it

[@nabranestwistypuzzler7019]

@@ibsvideos9811 It’s a TikTok sound

[@sloppyfx]

so. basically. he cut the nose and tail off a skateboard.

[@weidchar1646]

And it works.

[@kevinbiblay7948]

If it’s so easy why didn’t you just do it and make a lot of money, like he did. 😏😅

[@tysonfaa]

@@kevinbiblay7948 a lot of money? He said he's sold 100 boards... BAHAHA

[@cimsonrose6844]

@@tysonfaa Over a 1000. And he is just 13. How much did you make, when you were 13? Even if he had just painted on skateboards and sold them, it would've been still impressive. Because he's getting money out of it.

[@jonahalkana5195]

@@kevinbiblay7948 Because i would probably get sued for stealing an idea?

[@stay4sho804]

All he did is took someone’s invention and cut it and just say it’s his invention.😂

[@Star-fk7py]

dude just buy a penny board or something. Or just ask your teachers to hold on to your board until the end of the day

[@jameslynch1577]

Star SpekleZ I know, right? Like how did we EVER survive before this?! Still good for this dude making that cash

[@Patrick_Andrews917]

I just carried mine to class 🤷

[@marcmaza2821]

Star I know right! I used one in high school I leave in my teacher math class cause he was cool! Walk in grab it off to work up the really

[@wyfwoj8418]

How does one patent a cut up skateboard Edit: And a tarp

[@unojoey1772]

omg i didn’t know cutting a skateboard was that hard 😟

[@Patrick_Andrews917]

Right?!

[@helmerhandiwork]

"Built a shop" walked to back of house to the garage and moved some stuff off the table saw.

[@burtmacklin4497]

Tim Helmer miter saw

[@xprogun2513]

4:15 getting a lil excited there carson.

[@sofiatheefirst]

xpro please god no no!

[@Ryansmith-ir1jm]

Why you looking down there lmao

[@lukedhoffman12]

@@Ryansmith-ir1jm I legit saw it in my peripheral vision lmao

[@adrianortiz0541]

Lil peep

[@adrianortiz0541]

Lil pecker

[@Ryansmith-ir1jm]

2:43 “I’m the chief mom officer “ what does that even mean

[@deanmcwilliams5076]

“Invention” it’s literally just any skateboard cut in half “OMG SOOOO HARD”

[@jumbojoe1298]

imagine cutting the tail and nose off a board and people actually buying that garbage

[@parkerrobertson25]

STYM GANG you could just do it yourself

[@ordinalbacon5327]

Exactly

[@raydonsaw9377]

Ikr it's literally 1/3 of a board

[@7d7films3]

Calm down. It’s a smart idea, your just mad because you will never be able to make money and start a business like this kid.

[@zaydenbrooks1783]

Y don’t u put hinges on it and keep the whole board. It would still fit in your locker

[@pongim1087]

Boujee people just buy i-Pads and put trucks on them.

[@Splashqq_]

Omg hahahahha

[@Tallbrey]

That about the stupidest thing I’ve ever seen

[@saipanboonnat7120]

You should do a “design your own board” and ask your customer to give you their board and you make it a locker board and they give you the design and you decorate it like the design.

[@cartermcmillian4865]

I wonder if I could cut pants at the knee and sell them as pants that aren’t as long instead of shorts

[@jasonneu2196]

That’s f-I got genius! I’ll buy your first pair to sk8 on my lockerboard with.

[@justinbodner1860]

“I dont know where id be without her” bro u cut a skateboard

[@xandercanny4936]

"I am the inventor of cutting perfectly fine skateboards and being Petty"

[@randomic4671]

The skateboards were old and used

[@SarahPiper-rc6qr]

Him: "hi I am carton crapball" Me: has to go back to the start

[@Lily-xh3cy]

IM DYING☠️☠️

[@Bruno1kk]

My skateboard fits in my locker 🤣

[@GalaxyColorsZeRo]

My old school did

[@alexi0186]

Right

[@user-cy9bq1hp5q]

Same hahahha

[@parkerrobertson25]

Spero Tv exactly he has a small licker

[@kasondevaney1839]

same

[@204miniboz]

2:02 locker doesn't even shut.

[@jam3sj342]

I could just saw the ends off my board 😂😂😂

[@sampower9682]

2:03 notice his locker couldn’t fully close because of the board being in the way. Genius design.

[@noahmodrzejewski2749]

I HAVE A GREAT IDEA.... LOCKER SURF!

[@ryanbrandsen7703]

Noah Modrzejewski as a non surfer this appeals to me

[@wheeliumharber]

BOOM you get a "design patent"

[@netflixfullepisodes7343]

im stealing this

[@ethansmook452]

No hate to this kid, but from a money standpoint, they go for $116 on Amazon (very overpriced). So I could pay $116 for one of these, or I could buy a skateboard for $40 and saw it and make the same thing?

[@stanfill.photofilm]

The idea is dumb but, the board you would get would be like a shitty Walmart board, 116 for a nice skateboard that’s been cut is pretty stupid I’m with you on that.

[@adrianortiz0541]

Why don't we make fake locker boards and sell them even more

[@jenunderwood6516]

That’s how much a normal board costs (wheels, board, trucks, bearings) but it’s a bad product to buy so I shouldn’t even be that much. Just get a penny board, or something.

[@KadenYoung]

are we all going to ignore the fact that he said "it’s so much easier to do tricks on a locker board" there’s no pop buddy you probably can’t even ollie

[@jakesk8]

Fr

[@HaggisMuncher-69-420]

Dude, take a look at 5:28 - that's clearly a god tier ollie.

[@giantasiansticker8068]

@@HaggisMuncher-69-420 that looks like a hippe jump lmao no cap

[@sonixvfx]

@@giantasiansticker8068 whoosh

[@acmulhern]

I love that, even with this type of business and at such a young age he tries to make his business sustainable by upcycling old skateboards. Not only do they look amazing with the worn loo but he's giving them a new life and showing that second hand items can be super stylish.

[@YEE941]

That looks harder to do flips and Ollie on it so it’s a inbred board

[@kanga5199]

Why not a penny board.? R these smaller?

[@bradeywadey6936]

They are just a little bit shorter and more wider. Just get a penny board instead of this

[@micahhoerr3406]

1:28 I don’t think tony hawk would’ve done a 900 on a locker board

[@nabranestwistypuzzler7019]

Frfr

[@sebastianross-guarino5530]

nobody: Carson: we will be realizing these tarps during the 2020 Olympics covid-19: what's that?

[@dvorak826]

So... He cut another companies board, put his “own” sticker on it, and then sold it for more than the original price. That’s cool.

[@solfh]

genious I would say. But remember that every fking thing we buy has that system.. someone one time thought why dont sell already made coffe for lazy idiots that dont make it at home? boom there you have coffee shops

[@dvorak826]

솔 Thing is, he acts like he created these, when he got them for free and sells them for way more than he got it, which is free.

[@dvorak826]

Joban Chahal Imagine if I borrowed $5 from you and bought lottery tickets, won, and didn’t give any cash back to you at all.

[@yeahicheifit6948]

Woooow Im going to cut the keyboard of my computer and sell it to people as a monitor

[@kristinaschmitt1002]

Hahaha

[@Lily-xh3cy]

“And for anyone thinking about making their own locker board, I was awarded a design patent” sooo I can’t cut the ends off of my skateboard...?😂

[@joeflores8394]

"I help manage the paperwork and his schedule" Soooooo, you're his secretary.

[@mirandarainethomas8100]

And if your thinking about cutting your own skateboard, i WaS aWArdEd A deSIgN pAtenT

[@nickmyguy8232]

yeah when I saw that I instantly hated him

[@mirandarainethomas8100]

Nick My Guy same here 😂

[@outemu9357]

id just make my own

[@shortdak1541]

you can still make your own, you just cant sell it

[@christiantyrrell3064]

@@shortdak1541 i would make just to sell it to troll lol

[@skateordiedev]

I would never ride that. Seems about right that a 13 year old would invent such a thing 😂

[@rooney3519]

Devlin Hustwait earns more money than you tho

[@AriGoldFishing9136]

@@rooney3519 i would rather be respected than make a ton of money off of something stupid

[@death_knell]

Ahh he goes to my school!!🤙🌺

[@jordib1969]

okay frl you all need to chill out! he made something he loves and he has succeeded in it. he’s also helping the world with this company, chill out!!!

[@skye7712]

I tried reselling those country erasers before but the teacher scolded me for illegal activities 😀

[@aapjerz5376]

I think he should improve the design of the locker board by making it a little bit wider with curved edges

[@user-zl8bu3pk6p]

You obviously do not know a thing about skating. Boards can come with different concave sizes and board widths

[@qhallif6767]

A$AP JERZ agree

[@AriGoldFishing9136]

@@user-zl8bu3pk6p so what he can just use something like an 8.5 inch deck instead of an 8 inch deck or whatever he's using. boards do come in different sizes, so you can just use a wider board.

[@punkyagogo]

Eggboards are doing this now. Dunno how long this company will last, but at least if it flops, he’ll have enough revenue to start a new one.

[@jamesedwards752]

So what you’re telling me is that he takes another person’s product, cuts it, drills holes, reattaches the wheels, slaps a sticker on it and is prepared to sue anyone who does the same thing?

[@hxngedits9555]

Lmao I saw this on amazon for 100+ so I went to the local wood shop and starting to cut my board with the miter saw, the person watching the place was like why are you cutting your skateboard.

[@tylerf9206]

Cringe

[@riccardobazzano8709]

2:31 i can see every skateboarder getting triggered

[@AlexSheckells]

Riccardo Bazzano mango lives matter

[@finnreid4880]

What we get triggered at his how he said it's easier to do tricks on but it doesn't even have a tail or nose

[@ajg8600]

As a surfer and a skater i can speak for all other surfers and skaters when i say: nobody wants your square skateboard. Period. 😂

[@charliewinterss]

It’s amazing how all the kids with business are giving donations to help the environment but many adults don’t do much

[@bagel8383]

They keep calling it an invention, this is an innovation by definition

[@homerbz]

you already know if you ride a locker board your a noob

[@dmjdmj]

My a noob what?

[@carsonkropfl5796]

homerbz they are super fun to ride...if you skate it’s awesome to skate all kinds of boards...you gotta have a quiver to keep it real. Check em at Lockerboard.net

[@1ksubswithnovids554]

your a dumb person then

[@flimsy364]

Carson Kropfl lmao the dude that made them trynna hype em up. You a clown for this stuff brother

[@anima6035]

Y'all are embrassing 🙈 you know you just look like straight up haters. Smh

[@brandonreid1850]

Soooooo there’s something called a penny board.😶

[@coacharchlane]

That whole statement to kids of "if you want to make your own... I HAVE A DESIGN PATENT" .

[@joshatkinson1945]

Is he trying to tell me I can’t cut down my skateboard into a smaller deck😂

[@lenny8129]

I never thought we would get to a point where you can cut skateboards to open a company

[@gasclu6710]

Nobody: 5:39 Carson: *This is my sumbrero*

[@Brainzino]

I use to do this as a kid. It’s kind of funny that he patented it. It almost seems fake in a way. Good for him

[@whistlesports]

Get your own Locker Board and get 10% off with code HUSTLE10 here: whistle.video/LockerBoardHUSTLE10

[@boof9819]

I’m in Portland Oregon and I’m a basketball player and I’m 10 years old

[@mariannasb]

A skateboarder kid or teenager

[@gtbniko7040]

CASH GG!! And

[@joshdonaldson7265]

CASH GG!! Ummmmm ok

[@1stdaughterofcain]

a real business.

[@tessmohr9777]

So what makes it better than a penny board?

[@mranemone2517]

TESS CROWSON nothing

[@adrianortiz0541]

It's cut from an actual skateboard that's used. Pure stupidity.

[@comebackstealing5913]

@@adrianortiz0541 you can buy a custom and just cut it for cheaper

[@Leviticuscornwall225]

He got a design patent for cutting wood... And boards already fit in lockers at basically every school...... Where’s my 350k

[@tmatthewingram_]

The kid is literally cutting maybe 7” off a skateboard and calls himself a genius for it 🙄

[@cartermcmillian4865]

Next week on Whistle: Locker Surfboard

[@jhonnyrose3862]

He cut the nose and tail off I don't call that a good investment

[@7d7films3]

Jhonny Rose - and added trucks and smoothed it out and did lots of hard work

[@JudahMumey]

I wonder how much he sells it for lol

[@Thomas-do7rh]

Synker I think about $ 150 for trickester and 120 for Down syndrome cruiser

[@shov2862]

These go for 128 a piece -_-

[@cactioperator8709]

I made my own with an old board when I was bored. It’s a huge pain to ride to the point where I’d rather walk.

[@riverireland1207]

I can put a god dam snow board in my locker

[@Wyatt_Ali]

River Ireland why do you know that

[@riverireland1207]

Charles River Survival because I have

[@Wyatt_Ali]

River Ireland oh, fun

[@jacob.f9412]

My skate board fits in my locker and I ride it to school my locker is like triple the size of his 😂

[@lilmotomoto2932]

Lil Pip samme

[@lilmotomoto2932]

Wut kinda board u got

[@jacob.f9412]

Lil Moto Moto like size or brand

[@lilmotomoto2932]

Both ig

[@alexaotieno]

These people make me feel like I am doing nothing in my life

[@AlanHernandez-yf3sl]

CHIEF MOM OFFICER LMAOOO

[@andrewclutch6217]

About 2006-2007 when I was younger my dad ran over my skateboard because I left it in the drive way and we made a small skateboard out of it without a nose or tail. I used it for a while until I got a new skateboard and the little one was thrown in the barn and forgotten. Never in a million years would I have thought that it could become a company worth over $300,000

[@newthrash1221]

Just goes to prove that you don’t need to have a good idea or any talent to make money...just have rich parents.

[@islaa4516]

Something we never asked for, but always needed.

[@risyn_apex]

this isn't even a "hustle". You are just cutting a board that is recycled and selling it for 115 dollars.

[@FrancMind]

If I ever see one of these I’m taking it to stack my toilet paper at home

[@notloudmedia]

“Easier to do tricks on” but cut of the nose and tail. Do a nose grind bruh

[@theaverageguy3482]

Nose grind is in the trucks ding dong

[@kaistockman6443]

What do you do with the ends you cut off? Some companies make jewelry and stuff from skateboards maybe you could add like keychains or something.

[@blpassaro]

street tubes.... r u kidding?!

[@rabidzebra2658]

Street surfing next Olympic sport

[@davidkim258]

Sooo he just cut a skateboard and called it his and I quote “invention” he just cut another Brand’s skateboard then just put a sticker on TOP xD

[@Africanfrogs]

And how is this an invention? You cut a already made Board.

[@crev652]

My school doesnt even have lockers, but the cool thing is they allow people to carry skateboards...as long as you don't ride it on campus.

[@AriGoldFishing9136]

2:41 ah yes i also make those facial expressions while conversating with other humans

[@strykeplaysmcjohnpickhypix1205]

“It’s easier to do tricks” Clearly they don’t know suit

[@dididiihas]

Seriously, no kicks to the nose and tail, plus only 2 inches max of nose and tail. Literally the braille team had to resort to a very uncommon trick that you don't need the tails for.

[@declanmitchell9771]

Ok first he cuts a skateboard... then he sells tarps as surfing barrels??? Who buys this

[@KD22881]

Literally had a 15 dollar torpedo board (fake penny) from Walmart. Striped it. Put longboard trucks and wheels on it. That was my “Locker Board”😂

[@fresh-candy1495]

Tou are such an insiration i thought of skateboarding but this is really inspireable i gonna try to start a skateboard buisiness and thank u again 😄😄😄

[@TaylorSenoire]

he's a kid just let him have his moment god

[@taygodly]

nah reality hits every age he needs to grow up he will find a better idea because this idea is hilarious he'll make some money but still hahahahaha hilarious

[@63paki39]

There is something called a penny board