As the popularity of board sports exploded in Thailand, and the price of a skateboard skyrocketed, Anusorn Yungyearn decided to breathe new life into some of the wooden caskets he had lying around his Bangkok workshop.

“I want to give the kids who don’t really have much chance in life an opportunity to skate,” said the 30-year-old.

“I also don’t want them to ask their parents to buy one for them since the cost of it is really high.”

In the past year hordes of young Thais have taken up skateboarding and surf-skating — likely a consequence of most social spaces like bars and gyms being closed for months at a time because of pandemic restrictions.

Today, bands of young skaters can be seen cruising through Bangkok’s historic quarter and its universities’ open spaces.

Anusorn’s warehouse has coffins with brocade designs, golden lattice work and even holographic stick-ons.

But for his boards, he has decided to keep it comparatively simple — gleaming white with golden trimming on the bottom.