Chris Pastras, Maurio McCoy, Zion Wright, Kareem Campbell, & More | Dew Tour Live Episode 8

This week’s episode of Dew Tour Live is gonna be one for the books. We’ve got skateboarding legend Chris Pastras hosting, and we’ll be dialing up iconic skateboarders Kareem Campbell and Ray Barbee. We’ll also be calling up current-day rippers Samarria Brevard, Maurio McCoy, Zion Wright, and Dashawn Jordan. Tune in to watch it all live.

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LGBTQ+ Love Note: Extras | Jeff Grosso’s Loveletters to Skateboarding | VANS

While the full-length Loveletter to LGBTQ+ episode is already 36-minutes long, Vans had a ton of additional footage to share after five months of filming that deserves to be seen, as well as a few skaters they missed on the first round. In this final LGBTQ+ Love Note there are some skater-submitted gems that gracefully encapsulate the hard-hitting universal truths, along with the creativity, friendship and raw skate talent from the LGBTQ+ community as well as some Extras, Outtakes and Omissions.

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Nike SB | Not Here By Luck | Kate Shengeliya

Despite the fact that it gets below freezing for months out of the year, Moscow has been quietly building a scene for mind-blowing skateboarders for quite some time now. Wasted Talent visited the hard-charging, fearless Kate Shengeliya on her home turf, cruised the streets of Russia’s capital city, checked out her favorite spots, and talked about why she’s more afraid of “unfinished business” than she is of a little pain.

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Setups: Dominick Walker’s Element Skateboard, Thunder Trucks, Spitfire Wheels, & More

In this detailed installment of Setups, we get all the way down to the quarter-inch of hardware and the 100th decimal point on Dominick Walker’s skateboard gear. Dominick breaks down his preferred nose and tail shape, the new inverted kingpin style trucks he’s grinding, and the shoes you can catch him rocking while on and off his board.

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LGBTQ+ Love Note: A Conversation With ChandlerBurton | Jeff Grosso’s Loveletters to Skateboarding

Chandler Burton played a huge part in the making the LGBTQ+ episode of Loveletters to Skateboarding. Burton introduced Grosso to many of the skaters featured in the piece and remains an encouraging voice for the queer skate community. Burton tells his story of coming out as a queer skater, how he battled societal norms, and the importance of allyship.

Vans is thankful to everyone who shared their story, strengthening the community of skateboarding. If you are a person in crisis or in need of a safe and judgement free place to talk, call the TrevorLifeline now at 1-866-488-7386.

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