“skate on film” - the history & importance of skate videos!

“pixxx or footy or it didn't happen!”. =Þ

click on the image above to watch the full episode of “skate on film” on espn.

jerry hsu, tony hawk, jamie thomas, geoff rowley, matt hensley, andrew reynolds, chris cole & many other skaters tell us why skate videos are so important to our culture.

narrated by mike vallely, “skate on film” gives skaters a full understanding of the “what” and “why” that goes into making skate films.

- ride channel.

salam.

skate the world: photographing one world of skateboarding!!!

got this national geographic and levi® skateboarding's book, “skate the world: photographing one world of skateboarding” by jonathan mehring yesterday evening.

foreword by tony hawk.

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photo: pinkviolence.

hit the streets with 200 exhilarating photographs of the world’s greatest professional skateboarders in action. in this dynamic collection, award-winning photographer jonathan mehring takes us from new york to hong kong to istanbul and beyond as he sets out to capture the heart and soul of skate culture on six continents. featuring stars like tony hawk, nyjah huston, and eric koston, mehring’s images have been published in top skateboarding magazines, and espn named him one of the sport’s ten most influential people. now, in his first book, mehring invites us along on his exhilarating photo adventures across six continents.

by capturing these experiences on camera and including complementary images contributed by other top skate photographers, mehring presents an exciting and artful look at skate culture around the world. with an adrenaline rush on every page, this book celebrates the joy of skateboarding and its power to inspire young people to overcome obstacles—on the board and off.

check out national geographic and levi's® skateboarding.

p.s. check out the national geographic link above too!

put it back in the streets!

first it was the espn x games then street league and now the olympics? com’on, tony! this is not funny at all...! skateboarding should remain in da streets and not in some fancy stadium!

could skateboarding become an olympic sport? following the success of snowboarding and freestyle skiing at the sochi winter olympics in january, the organisers are apparently considering it seriously.

tony hawk has been invited to several meetings about it and recently told larry king he believes it will be part of the games by 2020.

read more, here.

can you imagine olympic sponsors putting out ads like this?

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image: mpora

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