i'm headed to kota's manufacturing plant in denver, colorado.nd what i'm most excited about is any time i can find a product that gets people outdoors, well, that's a product that i have interest in. mike: marcus. mike maloney. nice to meet you. lemonis: hey, mike, how are you? nice to meet you. mike: real honor. lemonis: you guys all longboard? man: we all do. lemonis: lot of people working here. mike: yeah. [ chuckles ] lemonis: so, what is the primary product? can i see it? mike: primary product is the -- is right here. lemonis: and so, this is considered a longboard? -mike: yeah. -lemonis: do you have other shapes and sizes? -mike: no. -lemonis: no. -mike: no. we just -- we just have this length. lemonis: like, this would be hard to stick in my backpack. -mike: [ chuckles ] -lemonis: don't these kids -- they kind of stick them in their -- mike: well, yeah. lemonis: what's the typical age of your buyer of your product? mike: the meat of our market is age 30 to 70. -lemonis: really? -mike: oh, absolutely. lemonis: i'm gonna challenge early on

lemonis: i'm impressed by the people that are working at kota. they all seem to be hardworking, they seem really committed to the business, but it's odd to me that this company's been in business for three years but everybody that works here has been here less than nine months. chris: josh joined us recently. josh: i'm an investor. lemonis: you're an investor, too? chris: he sure is. lemonis: and you work here full time? -josh: for free. -lemonis: seriously? josh: seriously. lemonis: how much do you have invested here? josh: $50,000. lemonis: did you hit, like, a gold mine or something? josh: i had a restaurant, and i sold it. and i ran into mike. and he said, "hey, i have an opportunity, and i jumped on board." lemonis: i hope mike realizes how lucky he is. not only does josh put $50,000 of his own money into the business, but then he shows up to work every day and works for free. i've never seen anything like this. okay, so, where does it go from here? chris: and then we sand. this is how they come out. that nice, smooth finish. lemonis: well,

steve swenson/ south da kota highway patrol) "i found tanner walking down the interstate and i pulled up to him, and i just asked him what he was doing. and he said he was on his way to work, so i asked him to get in the car. he explained to me that he was coming from the washington high school area, and that he was heading to a location in sioux falls that was still several miles away." little did tanner romerein know, but on his daily trek across sioux falls, he would come to meetnd unlikely bond with sgt steve swenson of south dakota highway patrol. (tanner romerein/ given new bike) "i wasn't exactly expecting that. i was just thinking, 'hey, he's just going to stop me, talk to me and then i can just continue.'" scheels heard about tanner's story and surprised him with a brand new bike. nats - "woah, i like this!" with much of his family in prison, tanner says he hasn't had the best perception of law enforcement. (tanner romerein/ given new bike) "growing up, i was away, pretty much. now it's not exactly like that. it's like they're helpful." tanner hasn't had an easy life. what st

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