Setups: 11-Year-Old Sky Brown Breaks Down Her Choice Of Skateboard Gear

10-year-old Sky Brown made her Dew Tour debut at Long Beach shredding our park with technical skill that surpassed our expectation. The level of her skating is a testament to the next generation of female skateboarders who are pushing the boundaries of progression. Find out how Sky is able to rip it all and push those boundaries with the help from her Almost skateboard, Tensor Trucks, and Bones wheels + bushing, and Bones bearings in this setups.

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An Eastern European Skate Movement | GREETINGS FROM SOFIA, BULGARIA – Red Bull

The skate scene in Sofia has developed and flourished in almost total isolation from outside awareness until relatively recently. Prior to 1989, Bulgaria lay behind the Iron Curtain, a postwar demarcation of Communist states collectively known as the Eastern Bloc.

Sofia has a magic to it as a city. It doesn’t have endless spots, but it’s a city so old that they can’t dig down in it without finding yet another civilization. The winters are just brutal, but the opening of 5-High Skatepark on the fifth floor of a funky converted industrial unit means the locals can skate all year round for the first time.

Watch our zip around the skate scene of one of Europe’s last great undiscovered cities to experience what Sofia has to offer.

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Shawn Hale | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 166

Shawn Hale discusses growing up in Joplin Missouri, moving to California and renting a couch, getting on Birdhouse, living with Mikemo and Vince Capaldi, trying the loop, filming for the Birdhouse video “Saturdays”, turning pro, removing a tattoo with salt, eating healthy to heal injury’s, filming his part in the Birdhouse video “Beautiful Mutants”, skating with Felipe Nunes, developing his orthopedic shoe company Avos Shoes (http://www.avoshoes.com) and much more!

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DC SHOES : BUTTER GOODS

Josh Kalis spent a fair amount of time skating the city of Chicago toward the mid 2000’s, and has always seen the windy city as one of his favorite places to post up. To celebrate the collaboration between Perth Australia’s nostalgic clothing brand Butter goods and DC, Josh invited the Butter crew out to chi-town to hit the streets, reminiscent of the good ol’ days. Kalis couldn’t have said it any better; “I’m super hyped on this DC x Butter collab. The guys met me in Chicago and we just went ape shit in the city. The product is amazing, the vibes are amazing, it’s just a perfect combo of authentic skate shit. Enjoy.”

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