adidas Skateboarding Presents /// OKWR

As a continuation of adidas Skateboarding’s SSTR edit, OKWR builds on the original energy with a deeper look at the Superstar in motion. Expanding the story, delivering a new chapter that blends technical progression and style.

Filmed over a year in Tokyo, Osaka, Okinawa, Chengdu and Lyon with Kai Kishi, Kotora Mitani, Kento Yoshioka, Shin Sanbongi, Hiroki Muraoka, Lil’Dre, Nikolai Piombo, Vincent Milou, Gustav Tonnessen, Tom Snape and Jayden Zhang.

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Swim Skateboards Co. Part 1: LA to Sac | Life in the Van Vol. 6 – The PLATFRM

Meet Swim Skateboard Co. and jump in for a two-part series of Life in the Van. The crew comes together for their first official team road trip, covering ground from Los Angeles to Sacramento, California, before ultimately reaching Eugene and Portland, Oregon, for a true West Coast classic.

After 15 years of living in L.A., professional skateboarder Kevin Terpening moved back to his home state of Ohio and started Swim Skateboards in 2023. Soon thereafter, Dan Plunkett joined the effort, and everything else has since come naturally for the brand. Today, they have a full team (all of whom—besides Kevin—live in L.A.), featuring pros Justin Drysen, Ryan Connors, Ethan Loy, and Keenan Lewis (no longer on Swim Skateboards) and Marley Humphrey.

They start things off with a dream backyard skatepark session before taking their first pit stop under a bridge to stack manuals. After that, they squad up at a junk jam for the parking lot party vibes, then continue north, ripping their way up the coast and bringing us along for the ride.

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