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Grosso Forever: Japan Love Note: Women Shredders | Skate | VANS

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There are so many amazing women in the Japanese skate scene. The Joy and Sorrow DVD series has been highlighting the scene for over a decade. In this Love Note we check in with the creator of the series, Yuri Murai.

Japan has a long and radical skate history. With so many eyes focused on Tokyo in 2021 Vans wanted to make sure that the rich skate culture and storied history didn’t get lost in the hype of The Games. Japan has a great skate scene that should championed and celebrated long after this moment in history.

This is the last trip the Loveletters crew took with our beloved Jeff Grosso before his passing. Jeff and the crew had a blast meeting the many Japanese skaters from every generation.

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Dew Tour Setups: Team USA’s Heimana Reynolds Skateboard Park Setup

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Out of 613 athletes the United States is sending to the Tokyo Olympics, Heimana Reynolds is one out of 12 skateboarders on Team USA representing skateboarding in the park competition. Although he skipped out on competing at Dew Tour Des Moines due to rehabbing a minor injury, we were lucky enough to catch up with Heimana before the big games to get the lowdown on what skateboard gear he’ll be riding in Tokyo.

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Paul Schmitt – Stop And Chat | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts

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Paul Schmitt Stops by and Chats with the Nine Club about the board shortage, nano tubes, breaks down our board setups, the proper way to store your boards, fingers of flat, how the type of trucks you ride effect the pop of the board, the small changes you can make to your board for certain tricks, does the color of the top ply change the stiffness of the board, how to check if your board is warped and much more!

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Grosso Forever: Japan Love Note: Aki Akiyama/ Nishi | Skate | VANS

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Two of the pioneers of the Japanese skate scene are Aki Akiyama and Nishi. Aki represented the clean, contest wholesome skater while Nishi was the wild man who skated, took photos, made art and published magazines.
Together these two laid the foundation for the Japanese skate scene and their impact can still be felt today.

Japan has a long and radical skate history. With so many eyes focused on Tokyo in 2021 Vans wanted to make sure that the rich skate culture and storied history didn’t get lost in the hype of The Games. Japan has a great skate scene that should championed and celebrated long after this moment in history.

This is the last trip the Loveletters crew took with our beloved Jeff Grosso before his passing. Jeff and the crew had a blast meeting the many Japanese skaters from every generation.

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MY GROOVES: Travis Harrison | Krux Trucks

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Link up with Travis Harrison aka the one n’ only Tarvin in our new series called “My Grooves” where we link up with your favorite Krux All-Stars as they breakdown everything on their setup from the specs to their truck grooves. How long does a pair of Krux last for Travis? What does he think of when he thinks of Krux? Does he rock with the Downlow Kingpin?! Tune in and find out!

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Ronnie Creager | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 188

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Ronnie Creager discusses skating around his driveway at age 12, getting shop sponsored by Hot Skates, Powell Peralta sending him boards through the skate shop, turning pro for Foundation, getting kicked off Foundation then getting on Blind, filming for Trilogy and more Blind videos, being apart of the first eS dream team, designing his first eS shoe, why after 20 years he parted ways with Blind, Nadia Footwear and why it went out of business so quick, his new skateboarding quiz app “Qwiz Pop” and much more!

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INTRUDERS Ep. 1 Starring Sam Hitz – Creature Skateboards

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Creature set out to explore their friends and allies’ hordes of decks and skateboard-related vomit all in the name of internet content. Your average “wall board” show THIS IS NOT – but rather a “what the f@ck is that?” ”what dimensions are that shape?” “What went down on that deck?” And “who did those graphics?”… monocle-worthy items if you will? Let’s just say there will be some heavy lifting! With Creature’s Sam Hitz spearheading the show, INTRUDERS promises to have notes of obnoxiousness and left-field questioning that will make board collectors of the world cringe.

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Grosso Forever: Loveletter To Japan | Skate | VANS

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Japan has a long and radical skate history. With so many eyes focused on Tokyo in 2021 Vans wanted to make sure that the rich skate culture and storied history didn’t get lost in the hype of The Games. Japan has a great skate scene that should championed and celebrated long after this moment in history.

This is the last trip the Loveletters crew took with our beloved Jeff Grosso before his passing. Jeff and the crew had a blast meeting the many Japanese skaters from every generation.

Continue Reading