The 14 year old from Japan came in hotter than the desert sun and pushed her way to a win at this year’s Woodward West Damn Am. Congrats Hina and we’ll see you in the Tampa Am Semi-Finals!
WILL WILL WILL – WELCOME SKATEBOARDS
Blaty and some Aaron Goure dazzle the senses in this Brian Masterson edit.
2019 Damn Am Woodward West: Finals – Austin Holcomb, Wesley Box, Hina Maeda – SPoT Life
The Men’s and Women’s Finals at Damn Am Woodard West had a whole slew of new faces that the smart money says will be killing the am game for a long long time. We can only hope!
Save Thompson Square – Zoo York
Zoo York Skateboards – Save Thompson Square.
Bob Burnquist | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 162
Bob Burnquist discusses growing up in São Paulo Brazil, turning pro for Urgh Skateboards at age 14, going to San Fransisco and getting on Real then Anti Hero, skating in the X-Games, leaving Anti Hero for The Firm, filming for “Menikmati”, getting Rodrigo TX on the Firm and Es Footwear, trying to loop the Mt. Baldy full pipe, how the mega ramp came to be, Filming for Flip’s “Extremely Sorry”, winning 14 X-Games gold medals in 22 years, doing the loop switch with no roof, his Dreamland backyard park, skating into the Grand Canyon, his companies Burnkit and Farmaleaf, Retiring from the X-Games and much more!
2nd Place – Alex Sorgente (USA) 85.57 | 2019 World Championships | 2019 Men’s Pro Tour
2X VPS World Champion Alex Sorgente brought the fire again to the VPS World Champs taking the runner up position here in Salt Lake City, Utah!
2019 Damn Am Woodward West: Qualifiers and Indy Best Trick – Miles Lawrence, Deng Tear – SPoT Life
Yeah it’s a contest, so you might think it would be all serious, but you’d be wrong. Damn Am Woodward West is just a ripping good time with judged skating as an excuse to bring it all together. Which in the end makes the skating that much better.
1st Place – Oskar Rozenberg Hallberg (SWE) 90.83 | 2019 World Championships | 2019 Men’s Pro Tour
The wizard from Malmo, Sweden added a second VPS World Championship title to the trophy room with this brain melting run. Thank you for being you Oski!
Men’s Semifinals | 2019 World Championships | Vans Park Series
Greyson Fletcher brings you deckside at the Men’s Semifinals for the 2019 Vans Park Series World Championships in Salt Lake City, Utah.
2019 Damn Am Woodward West: Practice – Filipe Mota, Jonny Hernandez, Tony Christopher – SPoT Life
They say you can’t win practice, but “they” must have never been to a Damn Am at Woodward West, where everyone wins just by being there. It’s that rad.
Make Your Own Rules at Skatopia, the Skateboarding Mecca in Ohio
Skatopia is 88 acres of woods and farmland turned skatepark in Meigs County, Ohio. Known for anarchy and destruction, the land consists of two indoor bowls, a full pipe, a concrete outdoor bowl and The Museum of Skateboarding History – which houses more than 12,000 vintage skateboards.
Since suffering a traumatic injury, Founder and Owner, Brewce Martin now faces a changing of the guard as his son returns home and sees Skatopia moving forward in a new direction.
VICE travels to Skatopia during their busiest weekend of the year, Bowl Bash 2019, to tell the history of the family behind the skatepark – how this father and son manage to see eye to eye when it comes to the family legacy and how it might be emblematic of the changes in skate culture today.
INSIDE THE SKATER’S STUDIO: Deep Dish “Realm” w/ Brett Weinstein – Theories of Atlantis
We brought the Skater’s Studio series to Chicago with this on-location shoot with Brett Weinstein and Jon Schmoldt watching Brett’s part from the Deep Dish video “Realm” by Mark Dunning from 2017. Inside the Skater’s Studio dives into classic video parts with the skaters and filmmakers behind them sharing behind the scenes stories and insights into the process. with guest Gama and a Skype call-in from the video maker himself by Mark Dunning. – Theories of Atlantis