It is with a huge amount of surprise, relief & gratitude that the coming of May confirmed a 531% funded status for our Kickstarter goal. We are SUPER STOKED to have made it this far, with the help of 243 friends and strangers who came on board to pre-purchase our recycled wine-barrel longboard and other Paper Rain products.
We have spent the last two years developing these boards which have seen us partner with some amazing businesses (thank you Seresin Estate, Mahi Wines, Giesen Wines, Renaissance Brewing & more recently, Te Whare Ra), as well as to exhibit across the country and help give back to some environmental projects we are really excited about.
A month down the line, with funding in our pocket, we have produced our custom steam tank and straightening table, ordered our machinery and begun production on the 128 boards we need to make as part of the campaign.
THANK YOU to the 243 people from an amazing 26 countries who helped put $53, 119 towards our goal giving us around $45,000 to help develop and produce our recycled wine-barrel longboards. We will be shipping out a couple of hundred rewards over the coming months.
It's Winter here in New Zealand and at the farm, most of the leaves are falling. We have frosty mornings and bright sunny afternoons - not a bad place be in the world! We're feeling very lucky to get to do what we do so to you all - we can't thank you enough!
Indigo & Wills
SPECIAL THANKS TO THE LEGENDS WHO HAVE MADE THIS HAPPEN:
Seresin Estate, Te Whare Ra Wines, Barb Tippet, Jason Lake, Fin Greenlaw, Lucy Rowe, Gaudam Anbalagan, Lavinia Greenlaw, Roseanna Greenlaw, Reynold & Liz Greenlaw, Mouli & Tika Greenlaw, Jacob & Michelle Greenlaw, Francis Watson, Brian Morrow, Mary Hazleton, Roger Kerrison, Anthony Nosek, Alison & Andy Cunningham, Renee De Luca of Putake Honey, Hector, Jesse Xue, George Love, Mickael De Silva, Andrew Bowman, Mikihiko Sawahata, Lara Cavit, Oliver Sunley, Jo Beer, Christopher Street, David Rodlin, Patrick Stark, Takanori Saito, Georgio Ronzani, Jeroen Boersma, Chivs, Mary Johnson, Steven Crabb, Zach Mickelson, Scott Winford, Richard Jahn, Emily Garrett, Nobs F., Bernadette Stevenson, Elise Ciappara, Wendy Mealer, Todd Cather, Tree Brooks, Keith Leong, Clemens Geiges, Joseph Wright, Mark Paul, John Etheridge, Dima Kolesnik, Lim Yun Han, Kris Lawry, Maddie Havenar, Brian Kwan, Philippa Hayward, Jordan Glass, Andrew Haskins, Walter Nevill, Bridget, Kerry Piper, Maurice Forelle, Bree Allen, Warren Harrison, Mia Park, Helen Somerville, Louisa Leggett, Ben Ihle, Roy Snijders, Attwell M. Cersely III, Richard Alden, Jacob Sumara, Isaac Rodiguez, Eddie Kim, Bryan Tee, Mason Blackmore, The Vines Village, Muhammad Nur Aman, Phillip Dvorak, Sandy Trengrove, Sean Henaghan, Koh, Nelson Strauch, QK, poliPep, Kat Wiggins of Seresin Estate, Dan Halford, Josh Hobbs, Thomas Calvet, Linda Simpson, Bryan, SScott Harvey, Chri Geiger, Laurie, Wedge, Sam Gisler, Kevin Brisebois, Brent, Kim Lawson, Jordan Hogg, Tim Nga, Zwolfondu, Jason Mill, Kelly O'Loughlin, Linnea & Cole Warwick, Sarah Linklater of Seresin Estate, Michelle Connor of Seresin Estate, Kora Bongen, Sei Unno, Ullar Jaaksoo, Steven Turner, Michael H Collier, Maanek Jumar, Seth Goonetilleke, Brett & Jane Hogg, Radka & Aneta Jersakova, Tom & Claire Saul, Outi Jakovirta, Jennifer Radermacher, Bridie Munro, Nuzzi Bettina, Tommy Seabury, Janine Fisher, Makerspace NZ, Dave Body, Markofu, Helen Greenep, Kristen Peterson, Rebecca Cosqueric, Kate Keir, Jessica de Ruiter, Rowena Forbes, Luke, Nick Gerritsen, Barb Speedy of Diversion Gallery, Faunesque, Alex L, BurgandyBadger, Angela Saul, Sarah McEwan, Sharon Umene, Michael Nason, Charleigh, Jordan Debney, Bernard Cooper, Rebecca Lunt, Haylee Milham, Dana, Jacque Skinner, Nicola Michelle, Lisa Tyrrell, Joey Woodring, Jennifer Mackintosh, Lizzie Thomas of Ellaquaint, Campbell Family Circus, Krister Robinson, Deschia Sutherland, Andrea Ho, Benjamin Ruane, Theresa McCuan, Carrie Dressler, Caroline Della Porta of CDP Illustrations, Kathy Hergert, Joseph Marshall, Seungwoo Kevin Jun, Andrew, Brent Clough, Anup Narayanan, Diane Atkinson, Robin Shuten, Laura Ptak, Mark Guerino, McLean Hyde, Nicole Knodle, Tristan Wadsworth, Randy Burger, Jozef Doyle, T.J Yarcia, Chris Harrold, Helena C, Stacey Fraser, Elaine Sloot of Wither Hills, Laura Gilmore, Kathleen Hopkins, Ailie Suzuki, Ben Sarten Imagery, KeaCam NZ (Dougie), Sander de Vries (Musketeer #2), Alma Kuijpers, Mary Traynor, wlarson, Stewart Wiggins, Trina Russell, Joanna Wane, Loic Lassueur, Deekin, Tui Atkinson, Alicia Harper, Paul Goldsmith of Java Hut, Kyle West, Annabelle Archibald of Paperminx Collective, Isaac Hargreaves, Madeleine Lincoln-Gouett, Jule Van Cruysen, Scott Pearson, Løwenpower, Vladimir Zakharov, Zach Z, Judy Eaton, Ane Louise Gaudert, Baybars Umar, Lisa Lo, Marcus (Mogli), Andreas, Nikolay Stamenov, Shelby Voeltz, Taylor Neilson, Anne, Allison Waters, Sigri de Vries, W!, Jonathan Anders, Robert Slavey, Horia Cernusca, Woodieful, Keith Leong, Outliers Dynamics, Joni, Team Infusey & ShimmerGeek.