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The club, Erwin said, had a rough start due to conflicts arising about the safety of the club members and concerns about damaging BY KATIE MCKELLAR Katie McKellarl A pair of identical twins attending Dixie State University have kick started a business out of their garage manufacturing innovative sldmboards. St. George locals Duran Bicicmore, a junior CIT major, and Harbor Bickmore, a junior art major, founded Bick Skimboards in 2013 when they began selling skimboarding merchanto action dise, from - , ' 1 1 , . creation of advertisements to magazine spreads. "I incorporate all of my homework assigm-nentinto the business," Harbor Bickmore said. "I just center my classes around the business so it makes it fun for me, and it doesn't feel like homework; it's something I would have to do anyway We call that s double-dipping- twins The have profited almost $200 from selling their videos but and clothing so far started. they're just getting The brothers began selling their first custom sldmboard this month: The Cult, which is crafted out of Baltic birch and bamboo with an innovative shape designed specifically for tricks. It also features a top pad made out of cork, which is more skim-addi- i ." ct PASTELS . ' - , f ',' my interpretation of trees continued from page 6 "Blockbuster Night Part 1," Run the Jewels take a similar approach: constant strings push each verse forward. 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Erwin, who was club president at the time, said the club adviser, Kathryn Ott, not easy a lot of the time," went to a meeting in defense Duran Bickmore said. "And of the club May 22. The result of the meeting was that you just have to know how the club could practice in a to figure stuff out (But) designated area on campus. you'll find out what you need to do to start your busi"She was the only faculty at the meetness if the passion is there." (member) While the Bicicmore twins' ing who was on our side," Erwin said. "The club company is still a work in progress, so far they're president was not invited to moit the meeting on whether or excited to have set in not the club should be shut tion. Duran Bickmore said down." continue to prothey plan Erwin said parkour is gainmore ducing skimboarding merchandise, and they hope ing popularity. The Cult stirs buyer interest "It is one of those things by next summer. you can do without a ball To keep up with the any(or) without a bat Biclu-nortwins' progress or body can do it All you to find out more about their need is your body," Erwin Bick follow said. products, on Twitter, Instagram For more information, conand Facebook and visit tact Peterson at rpeter70 www.bickskimboards.com. dmaildixie.edu. Harbor Bickmore, a jimior art major from St. George, skims over a makeshift jump on The Cult, a skimboard he and his brother, Duran, designed for their company, Bick Skimboards. The Bickmore brothers have been applying entrepreneurial skills they've learned at Dixie State University to make their business a success. lightweight than foam, the typical material of choice for most skimboard manufacturers today, Harbor Bickmore said. The Bicicmore brothers said they discovered the formula for The Cult sooner than expected, but not without plenty of trial and error and months of research for the best design and materials. "It seemed like there wasn't any other way to make a skimboard, so when we finally did get something that actually worked, it was so exciting," Harbor Bickmore said. "I came home and was bragging to my parents, and it was even unexpected. It kind of renewed my love for the sport and the business and just motivated me because we actually did something "I'm not interested in mak- me, a subject I find continually changing, challenging and rich with catalysts for composition. Pastel is attractive to me because of its well-know- she ALBUM '04- - ' "My work is inspired by the land around and - ' , , expresses the exhibit's theme by depicting the everyday person. together on watercolor paper, creating a soft, textured effect, ' 0 evokes human situations and characteristics in the viewer." Pastel artist Amy Davis said reasons: They use a proces, I've enhanced that combines oil and watercolor paints i - . , ing the popular any more popular," Davis said. "The people in my paintings are family and friends. Even if they aren't, they are everyday people who are putting the work in that most people can relate to. When you do that, it celebrates them as well." Arlene Braithwaite, a n landscape pastel painter from Cedar City, stated on her website, continued from page 6 , . entrepreneurial skills they're like learning at DSU Bickmore said he's applied ' ' lines, have been applying Bick SIdmboards to numerous class projects, from the ' It videos. The two, with a passion for filmmaking and, of course, skimming shore- web design, graphic design and accounting to bring their business to life. Harbor - rr . 7- PARKOUR n i -- years. Take "Township Rebellion," track nine from RATM's self-title-d album. Here, De La utilizes silence like he Rocha does with "Close Your Eyes and this (And Count to the Run to method compares really really good." The twins' desire to offer more options to the St. George skimboarding community was a catalyst to the creation of Bick Skim-board- s. "There's pretty much one company that dominates the sldmboarding world right now, and with that there's not much variety," Harbor Biclanore said. "... So, basically, we just want to give people something some variety to new choose from. Our boards are definitely different from any other board I've ever ridden, and it's a good thing; I'm really excited about it." immediacy." BYU instructor and artist Robert Barrett, who is also featuring pastels in the art gallery, said artists tend to do things that reflect their personalities. From hand crafted gourds to the everyday worker, "Beauty By Grace: Pastels" depicts a little bit of every kind of beauty. "RTJ2," with Outkast deploying a bit more sounds than Run the Jewels but less than on The Beastie Boys' rock-infus- ed standout album. F)," ds , , - , MEN YOU PESENT YOUR DIXIE STATE PHOTO LB ' Running late to gr' CD (MUST BE CURRENT YEAR) 0 CLASS? CALL YOUR ORDER AHEAD OF TIME! HASHTAG US! theorangepeel (435) 42 S. 628-223- opsmoothies 2 River Road ; (Next to 11 MA)0() St George, Utah 84790 , LILA ;. t Brown's sophomore effort highlighted numerous trends in to early-'10- s rap. And late-'0- "Stankonia" by Outkast (2000) Run the Jewels' second half, Killer Mike, made his debut on Outkast's LP. Track six, "Snappin' & Trappin'," exhibits Mike's drastic progression, but his ism-mentability to let the song's mold the flow he raps with remains the same. Skim-boar- www.theorangepeelbiz "Old" by Danny Brown (2013) Jewels' producer and rapper El-- P also particularly on "RTJ2's" "Oh My Darling Don't Cry." The brothers said so far their experience as business partners has gone smoothly. "We're super similar, so we have similar ideas about visually what we want the the company to look like image we want it to presand I never have to ent a punk business about worry partner who doesn't work or wants to pull one on me, so it's nice," Harbor Bicicmore said. Any student with the right blend of motivation and' passion can apply him or herself to start a business, especially with the variety of class assignments required in order to obtain a degree, Duran Bickmore said. "You have to have a really strong desire because it's al Compounded with that, "Stankonia's" beats feature balance between The Beastie Boys' "Paul's Boutique" and 0s a few of these could act as precursors to "RTJ2": the rock n' roll and electronic infusion and Brown's ridiculous yet socially conscious lyrics. Brown ruled rap with his distinctive style last year similar to Run the Jewels' approach now. Memorable tracks from "Old" like "25 Bucks," "Dip" and "Kush Coma" don't sound like "RTJ2's" most eclectic efforts, but similarly, they added more possible genres to rappers' repertoire to create an ever-expandi- melting pot mmckL2s 2014 Cc115J10 Cif di:ICS:113 . ST GEORGE , 7 ..,......., '''''ilc.,,.2;.....,1:11i':111-Iii'i- Our location on the blvd 2013 ,' , 02::vat so" , j University Parkway - |