Meet the Makers: Bristol-based skateboard manufacturer is picking up momentum

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ON THE MOVE: Stephan Vaast, Comet’s head of manufacturing and design, says the company moved into its current location at Unity Park in Bristol just a few months ago. Boards had been made on the West Coast for years, but the COVID-19 pandemic pushed Comet to make a change. 
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ON THE MOVE: Stephan Vaast, Comet’s head of manufacturing and design, says the company moved into its current location at Unity Park in Bristol just a few months ago. Boards had been made on the West Coast for years, but the COVID-19 pandemic pushed Comet to make a change. 
PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

The air is thick with the smell of maple inside Comet Skateboards Inc.’s Bristol factory as Stephan Vaast oversees the pressing and cutting of wood that will soon be made into an artisanal mode of transportation. Vaast, Comet’s head of manufacturing and design, and other workers are assembling eco-friendly longboards. These boards are built for

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