The Platfrm – Vault: The First Skateboarding Olympics in Tokyo 2020

As the second round of skateboarding arrives on the Olympic stage in Paris starting this weekend, The Pltfrm dug back through their vault archive to reflect on skateboarding’s inaugural debut at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Games. Hear from Sean Malto, Chris Joslin, Nyjah Huston, Mirah Duran, Pedro Barros, Leo Baker, Chad Muska, and many more on what it means for skateboarding to be on the Olympic stage, the unique traits of skateboarding culture and its diverse background.

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Portraits: Tristan Rennie

While in kindergarten, learning different shapes, letters, how to count, and all other foundation skills, Tristan Rennie knew that he wanted to be a professional skateboarder. Little did kindergarten Tristan know that dream would come true, but his adult self is now taking up a career that most kids would pick as their dream job.

Tristan has devoted 20 years of his life to skateboarding. He has covered contest podiums, compiled remarkable footage, and continues to keep the spirit of backyard pool skating alive. Only most recently, in the past four years, has everything outside of skateboarding changed for Tristan, as he becomes a father and husband, which leads him to build a career safety net outside of skateboarding. Get an in-depth look into Tristan’s current life decisions, goals, and dreams in his latest Portraits video.

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Danny Minnick | The Nine Club – Episode 333

Danny Minnick discusses growing up in Seattle & living in San Francisco for 6 years, making sponsor me videos with Leigh Peterson, living at the H-Street house, filming with Chad Muska & Peter Smolik for the Shorty’s videos, living with Christian Hosoi, getting sober, being a stunt double for Shawn White for a commercial, Robert Downey Jr commissioning him to do art for his private gym and much more!

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