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!
Chris Chann and Jason Park in a unique Game of Skate where anything counts!
On The SPoT is the first all ages contest in what seems like forever. It looks like everyone has improved during our break from the norm. Congrats to all the winners and especially to Jake Yanko, who won 1st place in the sponsored division!
And the winner is…. Brandon Turner – Switch Hardflip Wallenberg In San Francisco. SLS throws a huge thanks to Chad Muska & SK8MAFIA for helping surprise the winner with the $10,000 check!
Madars Apse and Danny Leon skate with BMX riders Irek Rizaev and Daniel Wedemeijer a backyard ramp while in Tallin for Simple Session.
Ryan Sheckler’s personal playground welcomes top skaters from around the world, each left alone with their own skills and creativity in this unique episode of Red Bull Signature Series. Thirteen of the world’s leading professional skateboarders compete at Ryan Sheckler’s private skate park in the inaugural Red Bull Solus. Each skater is given one hour alone at the SC Sandlot to film their best continuous line for evaluation by a panel of the industry’s top judges.
Can BMX tricks be judged against Skateboarding or is it like comparing Apples to Oranges? Who wins in this trick battle? Join Marc Churchill and Sebastian Keep as they try to decide who wins in a trick battle: BMXers or Skaters?
With the World Tour on hold, SLS is taking a step out of the arena for an informal event with a twist. The format is familiar, the rules are loose, the skaters are hand picked, and the location is private, as Nyjah Huston opens up his private skatepark for 10 of the world’s best skaters to go head-to-head for unregulated glory in becoming the first SLS Unsanctioned Champion. THE SKATERS: Paul Rodriguez, Ishod Wair, Torey Pudwill, Jamie Foy, Dashawn Jordan, Felipe Gustavo, Carlos Ribeiro, Manny Santiago, Kelvin Hoefler and Matt Berger. THE JUDGES: Nyjah Huston, Leticia Bufoni and Kelly Hart
While large scale events were put on the back burner in 2020, the Real Series pitted athlete and producer against urban terrains of all types. In the end, progressive video parts became the backbone of X Games competition in 2020. The Best of Real Series 2020 show highlights and revisits all six Real Series events from 2020, including Real Ski, Real Snow, Real Street (Skateboarding), Real BMX, Real Moto and Real Street Best Trick.
DEW skateboarder Sean Malto returns to the spot of one of his most legendary tricks, landing him his first and only magazine cover trick in Kansas City.
Pro skateboarder Sean Malto and friends get familiar with one of the film industry’s most advanced camera rigs, working together to capture Sean’s big trick on a 15-stair rail.