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By Steve Cave, About.com Guide to Skateboarding since 2003

Australia's Premier Pushes Wood at Parliment

Tuesday May 4, 2004
From Australia's The Sunday Mail - Premier Peter Beattie did his best Bart Simpson impression last week as he rode a skateboard around Parliament to promote a Queensland joint venture taking on the world. Caloundra-based Mitchell Boards and a company called Would Inc have come up with what they believe could be the holy grail for riders – an all-but indestructible revolutionary skateboard. The fibre-composite deck will be distributed in Australia and the United States, the world's biggest skateboard market, from this month. Read the article for more.

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