Thai coffin-maker kickflips his caskets into skateboards


Coffin-maker Anusorn Yungyearn displaying a skateboard, made from wood used for coffins, at the Burapha coffin shop in Bangkok. - AFP

BANGKOK, March 24 (AFP): From a final resting place for the dead to a gnarly way to land a trick; a Thai coffin-maker is affixing Buddhist emblems to the dismantled walls of his caskets, and transforming them into skateboards.

As the popularity of board sports exploded in Thailand, and the price of a skateboard skyrocketed, Anusorn Yungyearn decided to breathe new life into some of the wooden caskets he had lying around his Bangkok workshop.

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