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In the early 1980s, teenager Peter Ducommun moved from Nanaimo to Vancouver to open PDsa国际传媒檚 Hot Shop with his late brother Rick, who later moved to Los Angeles for a career in comedy and acting.

Now world-renowned, Skull Skates produces skateboards in smaller runs by choice.

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PDsa国际传媒檚 Hot Shop has two locations in British Columbia, in Vancouver and Qualicum Beach and one in Japan, said Ducommun.

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Host Peter McCully asked Ducommun if still takes the occasional ride on the board at age 60.

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