Locker Board
Carrie Kropfl and 11-year-old Carson Kropfl from San Clemente, Calif., of Locker Board — a skateboard that fits inside lockers and backpack. Locker Board’s unique 17-in. boards are upcycled and refinished top to bottom from recycled decks donated through its skate shop retailer network, and from new but slightly blemished boards manufacturers decide not to sell.
At first, Carson personally designed and built every Locker Board skateboard by hand in his modest backyard workshop. Now, to keep up with increasingly high demand, the company uses the renowned board maker PS Stix Skateboard Manufacturing to handle production. Locker Board has also brought on Wing Lam, Co-Founder of Wahoo’s Fish Taco, as an adviser.
Through all the growth and change, Locker Board still remains the only non-folding skateboard available that is compact enough to fit inside a backpack.
Shark Tank Social Media Reactions
@lockerboard congrats fam
— Costa Kapothanasis (@CostaKapo) October 2, 2017
Love Carson’s confidence. Knows his #s and has all the answers. More prepared than a lot of entrepreneurs we see! @lockerboard #dropthemic
— Robert Herjavec (@robertherjavec) October 2, 2017
I always say know your stuff when you’re pitching…Carson had it all down perfectly! @lockerboard #SharkTank @abcsharktank
— Lori Greiner (@LoriGreiner) October 2, 2017
Great investment from @richardbranson for @lockerboard on #SharkTank tonight! Great job, Carson!
— The Tardigrade Group (@TardigradeGroup) October 2, 2017
@lockerboard great presentation on @ABCSharkTank Young Entrepreneurs are AWESOME!!
— Jennifer G. Knight (@ProfessorJGreen) October 2, 2017
Watching #SharkTank – @lockerboard is already on my sons Christmas list!
— Theresa Mitchell (@miclogger) October 2, 2017
My favorite part was when he asked why he should invest with Richard! At 11 yrs old !
— Amanda Hodson (@achnva17) October 2, 2017
@lockerboard Congrats on your deal w/ @richardbranson #SharkTank
— Nick Burke (@__nburke__) October 2, 2017
Each week on “Shark Tank,” budding entrepreneurs have the opportunity to pitch their emerging business to six multi-millionaire and billionaire investors, known as sharks: Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks; Daymond John, fashion mogul and founder of FUBU; Kevin O’Leary, self-proclaimed Mr. Wonderful and founder of O’Leary Financial Group; Barbara Corcoran, real estate maven; Lori Greiner, queen of QVC; and Robert Herjavec, technology guru and founder/CEO of the Herjavec Group. Venture capitalist Chris Sacca is also slated to appear as a guest shark this season.
“Shark Tank,” which is based on “Dragons’ Den,” is produced by Mark Burnett and first debuted in 2009. To date, the sharks have invested more than $87 million in various companies after engaging in numerous bidding wars and shark fights. A new episode airs each Friday at 9 p.m. on ABC.
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