This film was born from Paul Rodriguez’s lifelong love for both skateboarding and cinema — a personal project created with nothing but pure intention.
When Paul was approached with the concept, “The Blueprint for Dreams,” we talked about all the different directions his life could have taken — how everything might have changed had he not gotten back up after those first early falls as a kid, just days into picking up a skateboard.
At its core, this story is about failure — and more importantly, what you do after. The blueprint is simple: fall, get back up, and keep the dream alive.
We may all know Tiago Lemos as the king of pop, the street skater who can hit higher obstacles than anyone else. The biggest name in the game today is pro for Paul Rodriguez’s elite Primitive Skateboards and has his own signature New Balance shoe, but his story started somewhere very different indeed.
Born into poverty in the tiny town of Jaguariúna (it means river of the black jaguars in Portuguese), Tiago and his friends flew homemade kites and discovered skateboarding as a cheap way to stay out of trouble. From sleeping on the streets of one of the world’s most dangerous cities, to skating for 12 hours a day with no food, Tiago led a dreamer’s existence which relied on the kindness of friends and the balm of hope to keep his path in life headed toward a positive outcome.
In this episode of Skate Tales we dive into Tiago’s untold story—the underdog tale of a kid chasing something bigger—as Madars’s heads to Brazil to meet with Tiago’s childhood friends Kaue Cossa, Fabio Castilho, Sandro Sobral and Lucas Nascimento to learn how the biggest name in skateboarding today came up through the world’s most challenging skate scenes—and kept both his dreams, and their friendships, alive.
After three successful events in Japan, X Games is making its debut in Osaka at X Games Osaka 2025! Tune in to watch the world’s top skateboard, BMX and Moto X athletes compete for X Games gold from June 21-22.
Learning new tricks was just a natural part of the process for style king Cory Juneau. Tune into IMMERSION Season 2, episode 2 featuring Cory Juneau, playing now!
Sam Hitz crashes Creature’s own SOTY, Milton Martinez’s pad for a full intrusion into his garage. Check out what Milton has stashed away and a look into what the Carwash Killer is holdin’ in this episode of Intruders. Smoookes!
In episode #81 Mike Carroll joins Chris Roberts and the Nine Club to talk about the Lakai situation, early days of Plan B including his “Questionable” part, the Blind Video Days video, how fast the the progression was going in the early 90’s, Skate Trivia, Budget Or Buttery and much more!
Legend and co-commentator Mitchie Brusco teams up with the WST 2024 Park World Champion Raicca Ventura to watch the Qualifiers and take a look back to her winning run from last year.
