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Length · 26 Mar 2025
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Video #10956 · Vlog

Build and skate custom keyboard boardfrom @skateshapez

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Overview

The creator showcases a custom skateboard shaped like a Yahoo keyboard, narrating the backstory of the collaboration. He then transitions to showing the production process, including cutting and painting, before demonstrating the board's functionality with tricks at a skatepark and concluding with a humorous observation.

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Simple outline

  1. 1Reveal custom creation
  2. 2Show fabrication highlights
  3. 3Demonstrate real-world usage
  4. 4Inject thematic humor
  5. 5Request audience input

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Related videos

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Classification

Format
Concepts
ProcessShow and TellShowcase
Elements
B-Roll CutawayVoiceover

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Hook analysis

What stops the scroll in the first 3 seconds

Verbal hook · 35%

Check out this crazy custom shaped skateboard that Yahoo hit me up to make.

Visual hook · 65%

The creator holds up a uniquely shaped skateboard that looks exactly like a large computer keyboard, immediately grabbing attention with its absurdity and novelty.

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Hook template

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Hold a [functional object] redesigned to look exactly like a [unexpected object] directly in front of the camera, so its absurd shape fills the frame.

  • — Hold a working skateboard redesigned to look exactly like a computer keyboard directly in front of the camera, so its absurd shape fills the frame.
  • — Hold a usable lamp redesigned to look exactly like a giant mushroom directly in front of the camera, so its absurd shape fills the frame.
  • — Hold a functional cake redesigned to look exactly like a stack of folded laundry directly in front of the camera, so its absurd shape fills the frame.

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Hook and payoff

The promise the opener makes, and how the video pays it back

Hook

The Artifact Reveal: Immediate visual presentation of the incongruous object to generate curiosity.

Payoff

The Community Handoff: Turning the creative direction over to the audience for the next iteration.

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Narrative framework

The structural pattern this video runs on

Framework

The Functional Novelty Showcase

Legitimizing an absurd custom object by juxtaposing its ridiculous form with high-skill functional demonstration.

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    The Origin & Assembly

    Establishing the 'why' (brand request/nostalgia) and the 'how' (rapid build montage) to build credibility.

  2. 2

    The Performance Validation

    Taking the absurd object into a serious environment to prove it actually functions, creating a satisfying contrast.

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    The Thematic Riff

    Using the object's specific characteristics to make meta-commentary or puns, deepening the entertainment value.

Themes

  • Creativity
  • Nostalgia
  • Skateboarding culture
  • Craftsmanship

Techniques

  • Custom shaping
  • Spray painting
  • Skateboarding tricks

Trends

  • Custom skateboards
  • Oddly shaped boards

Post caption

Caps lock on, worries off. Custom skateboard for @yahoo

Transcript

Check out this crazy custom shaped skateboard that Yahoo hit me up to make. Yahoo was my first ever email address no honestly Tier was so hyped to make this. But yeah, David, did the cutting today. He's been helping her out around the shop And, yeah, we took it to the park to see how I skated and best a quick email on it. You know what I mean? This thing's Bluetooth connected back to the shop. You already know. I just had a crazy thought too. Is this a tech deck? Because it's like technology and it's a deck at the same time. Tech Deck, please don't sue me for that, but that's gas. Anyways, yeah. David killed it. Let us know what shape we should make next. Peace.

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