The social start up RUFFBOARDS produces uniquely designed, high-end longboards by upcycling used snowboards and maximizes social impact through a highly integrative production process by employing offenders in the manufacturing process.

1. PRESENTET BY
Mel Ruff
CO-FOUNDER RUFFBOARDS Sportartikel GmbH
Because Social Business
Is Cool!

2. PROBLEMS WE FACE
THROW-AWAY SOCIETY
SECOND-CHANCE

3. SIMONE MELDA
Co-Founder
Sales, IT
Simone has close to 10 years
experience in Sales and IT in
international business.
Boarder since 2009
MELANIE RUFF
CEO, Co-Founder
Operations, Business
development
Mel attended the college of
structural engineering and
completed her doctorate in
history.
NIKOLAUS HUTTER
Co-Founder
Financials
Boarder since 2005
nikolaus@ruffboards.com
RUFF-TEAM

4. SOCIAL AND
ENVIRONMENTAL
AWARNESS
TOP QUALITY
COLLABORATION WITH
NEUSTART
(Resozialisierungshilfe für
straffällige Menschen)
MAKE SOMETHING NEW
FROM SOMETHING OLD

5. PROPER MANUFACTURING AND
UPCYCLING PROCESS
INNOVATING THE PRODUCTION
PROCESS TOGETHER WITH PARTNERS
HIGHLY SCALABLE
PRODUCTION

6. INDIVIDUAL LOOK
TRANSPARENCY OF THE
MANUFACTURING PROCESS
THE SOLUTION:
RIDE THE CHANCE
 RIDE YOUR OLD
BOARD AGAIN

7. Fast growing segment within
the skate sports
THE LONGBOARD MARKET
Increase of 70 % in selling
longboards since 2013

8. ONLINESHOP
 Special Editions
 RUFFBOARDS
EVENTS
 MEIN SNOWBOARD – MEIN RUFFBOARD
 RUFFBOARDS
 Special Editions
RETAIL PARTNERS
 RUFFBOARDS
REVENUE MODEL
CUSTOME BOARDS
 MEIN SNOWBOARD – MEIN LONGBOARD

9. BREAKE EVEN 2016
INVESTMENT
GAINING 2015
PROOF OF SALES
CORPORATION
ONGOING
PROOF OF PRODUCTION
OUTSOURCED
ONGOING
SALES OF PROTOTYP
DONE 2013
MILESTONES

10. www.ruffboards.com
Mel
office@ruffboards.com
Because
Social Business Is Cool!