For the Love of Skateboarding
Grind For Life is a national all ages and skills series of skateboarding contests in both bowl and street. In 2021, they partnered with USA Skateboarding to bring Adaptive Divisions to all stops.
Oscar Loreto Jr explains what Adaptive is, how skateboarding fits in, and how the Adaptive Clinics at GFL Series stops will work.
Grind For Life Series at St Petersburg, Florida went down last weekend. GFL is a series of street and bowl contests that benefits the Grind for Life Organization that assists cancer patients with travel expenses for treatment. In 2021 there are adaptive divisions at every stop now!
Skatelite teamed up with Elliot Sloan and his apparel brand Sloan Wolf Co. to bring you two new limited edition Skatelite Henleys. For every shirt sold Skatelite will donate $10 to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Pick up a shirt HERE.
So, ladies and gentlemen, if you have not already had the pleasure then allow us to introduce you to George Zuko – a candidate for raddest human in the world today. As with Sandy Alibo in Ghana, George has been a talismanic figure in the development of skateboard culture here in Kenya.
How about this: George is a skater who helps run skate camps at an educational orphanage where the country’s first skatepark resides. Think about that for a moment. Children sleeping on the streets are by no means uncommon in Nairobi, and George introduced us to two young rippers who once slept right by the local skate spot – and started skating as a result. With George’s introduction of skating into their lives, The Keedz (‘the pair’) are off the streets, enrolled in school, and ripping.
Samuel Mwangi and Ezra Nyongesa – everyone calls him Balo, though – proved constant companions for Jaakko Ojanen, Chenai Gwandure, Yann Horowitz and Jackson Pilz as our joy bus spent a week rolling around with the skate scene of Nairobi. Sam even shot Balo’s front board photo from this feature on his first try with a camera. Fast learner!
The Shangilia association which runs the educational orphanage space where the radiant skatepark resides work with hundreds of such children every day. Watch Patrik Wallner’s superb documentary on Jaakko and friends’ skate mission with the local rippers of Nairobi above.
Watch as DEW skateboarder Sean Malto works with a local build crew to give back to his hometown community by constructing a new skate feature at a legendary DIY park.
Grind For Life presented by Marinela at Tampa, Florida went down last weekend. It was also the Annual Awards and last stop for the year. GFL is a series of street and bowl contests that benefits the Grind for Life Organization that assists cancer patients with travel expenses for treatment. Check the results and more HERE.
Bridge to Skate is a nonprofit that empowers today’s youth by offering skateboarding as a vehicle for creative expression and a way of owning their own wheels.
Oliver Flores and David Reyes recently organized a bike ride from Phoenix to Long Beach to raise money for Bridge to Skate. The donations were directly used to update dilapidated ramps at the Compton Youth Activities League facility.
Keen Ramps donated their labor and Skatelite chipped in some brand new surfacing for the ramps. To learn more about Bridge to Skate follow them on Insta or visit the link HERE to donate!
#Grind For Life Series Presented by Marinela at Cocoa Beach, Florida went down last weekend. It’s a series of street and bowl contests that benefits the Grind for Life Organization that assists cancer patients with travel expenses for treatment.
Fallen is proud to partner with the Hope For The Warriors foundation to support those who protect us. For each shoe sold Fallen will donate $3 back to the foundation to support retired veterans, military injured in combat, and family of military lost in the war.
Grind For Life presented by Marinela at Fort Lauderdale, Florida went down last weekend with full social distancing and CDC guidelines. Checkout this recap on the action that went down!
Learn how to get a skatepark in your town! This Skatepark 101 Webinar goes over the basic process to get a new public skatepark in your town. #skatepark project. Learn more at www.skatepark.org
A recap of the first annual Summer Giveback. Many thanks to everyone that donated, volunteered and helped raise awareness to help keep skateboards under the feet of the Bay Area youth. Filmed and edited by Justin Albert, produced by Field Perspective.