Thai coffin-maker kickflips his caskets into skateboards
26 March 2021 |
10:24 am
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.
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