Howdy Mycopreneurs,

The fungal horizons keep stretching towards infinity as previously unimaginable feats become increasingly normalized thanks to the global mushroom entrepreneur community.

As a current example, living materials designer and previous Mycopreneur Podcast guest Andy Cartier of Studio Cartier is on the homestretch of producing a commercially viable skateboard that is grown from mycelium composite materials.

Somebody get Tony Hawk on the line for this one.

Cartier took to LinkedIn this week to share updates on this breakthrough project:

“The goal is simple: make a 100% bio-based skate with the same properties you’d expect from traditional veneer-based decks.”

This new venture is called “Universal Fungi Organics (U.F.O)” and you can (and should!) follow Andy (@studiocartier) on IG.

This mushroom skateboard isn’t Andy and his team’s first venture into mycomaterial outdoor sports design either - in May of this year, Koz Surfboards debuted the first Mycelium composite surfboard. They are currently available in France, with aspirations to scale into a sustainable option for surfers everywhere. Below is Andy pictures next to one of the mushroom surfboards.

The development of these first of their kind mycelium skateboards and surfboards is the latest in a recent spate of mushroom material based design disrupting the world of outdoor and adventure sports.

A Los Angeles based designer named Sam Shoemaker recently made international headlines when he successfully paddled a kayak that he grew out of wild Ganoderma polychromum mycelium (A type of Reishi mushroom) 26 miles from Catalina Island to the coast of San Pedro, California in August of this year.

He has generously shared the workflow, materials and design elements that led to the creation of this seaworthy mushroom kayak on his website at Samshoemaker.com

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Today’s Mycopreneur Incubator will feature mushroom community favorite David Poplin sharing intel from his journey towards launching Los Hongos Cafe, a mushroom and plant focused cafe and community space in Portland, Oregon that's set to open Saturday, November 15th.

We'll learn practical insights about opening a retail location with a focus on fungi and will rally as a community of mushroom entrepreneurs to support David and his team as they make this epic vision a reality.

The invitation will go out Thursday morning (U.S. time zone) in the Mycopreneur Newsletter (https:// mycopreneur.beehiiv.com)

We have some really unique subject area experts and boots on the ground mushroom entrepreneurs covering niche topics in depth over the next few weeks, so stay tuned here for announcements as they come up…I can say without hesitation that you will be early to the party on a number of these subjects if you join the Incubators.

Global Psychedelic Week has officially crossed the 100 in-person event mark around the world. That means that in addition to the main online programming, we have 100 (!) different independently organized in-person events ranging from community meetups in coffee shops to 1000 + person conferences happening concurrently with the inaugral GPW in cities like Buenos Aires, Amsterdam, Los Angeles, Goa, and beyond.

This event has picked up major momentum and we’re delighted to bring it to you in t-minus 11 days. Get your tickets here and if you want to pick up a last minute sponsorship deal - including confirmed post-conference press coverage with our network of media partners - reach out here or contact me in the replies to this email.

Alrighty then, I’m en route from Athens, Greece to Geneva, Switzerland today to give a live ‘psychedelic comedy’ key note at the fifth edition of the ALPS Research Conference - I’ll be a the Incubator today though ( :

Thanks for checking out the Mycopreneur Newsletter, and see you at the Incubator today

DW