# KOTA Longboards

Cruising from adventure to adventure on the perfect longboard

## Elevator pitch
KOTA makes longboard skateboards that appeal to the active lifestyle market. Our customer base is atypical for a longboard company because our boards are atypical. Spanning the young professional to the retiree, we provide the right product to attract a clientele to longboarding that would otherwise not skate. We've got revenue growth, scalable operations and multiple sales channels (direct, retail and co-brands) to get us to profitability. The market is there, we need capital to go get it.

- Canonical URL: https://wefunder.com/kota.longboards
- Entity ID: wefunder:company:22082
- Last updated: 2024-11-21T17:56:59Z
- Generated at: 2026-06-05T15:01:21Z

## Quick facts
- Co-Brand relationships with Anheuser Busch, Oakley, Sage Hospitality, Vail Resorts, Dewey Weber Surfboards, and many others. 
- Only longboard on the market with topside graphic featuring exclusive KOTAgrip finish.
- Launched first KOTA electric board in late 2017. Scheels ordered initial units. Successful Kickstarter campaign in March 2018.
- Expansion into seven Scheels (specialty retailer) locations since September 2017. 
- Chase Mission Main Street Grant winner selected from over 15,000 applicants to win $150,000 grant from Google & JP Morgan Chase.
- Founded 501(c)3, Carve It For Life!, a PTS healing program focused on recreational stress relief through longboarding.

## Team
- Chris Neal (Production)
- Sean McGrane (Marketing)
- [deleted user] (Advisor - Finance)
- Rick Rusch (Advisor)
- Nikki Maloney (Founder/Vice President)

## Q&A
- Q: What are your margins like? What % of sale price is COGS? Thanks!