Skateboarding is a 360° affair: all over the world, through every season, from thriving on cold winters to high-summer scorcher sessions, you’re either in or you’re out. The last 12 months have been a headlong rush of trips, events and projects for Red Bull Skateboarding. As well as hosting their year’s biggest project with the release of Red Bull’s first full- length skate video, You Good?, in early December, Red Bull’s channel brought a year’s worth of unique skate clips week-by-week. We explored all types of terrain and parts of the world we have never been to. From Taiwan to Estonia and Paraguay to Tasmania, we rocked the bells right around the world all through 2019!
MITCHIE BRUSCO: #2 | X Games 2019 Top 10 Moments
Mitchie Brusco takes the #2 spot on the X Games Top Ten list. The 900 was first landed on a skateboard 20 years ago (at X Games, of course). The trick remains so difficult that fewer than 10 people have done it at X Games. Then came the 1080; you can count the people who have landed that trick on one hand. Now we have the 1260.
–Mitchie Brusco landed the world’s first 1260 on the quarterpipe during Run 3 of Skateboard Big Air. He crashed attempting the trick in his first two runs, and that came after crashing on it twice at X Games Shanghai. He made it look easy in his 5th overall attempt at X Games. The 1260 was part of a line that included a switch 180 over the 50-ft. gap. Despite the world’s first 1260, Mitchie took silver.
He now owns 10 X Games medals total. And 1260 bragging rights.
MISUGO OKAMOTO: #6 | X Games 2019 Top 10 Moments
Misugu Okamoto takes #6 on the X Games Top Ten list. Misugu Okamoto absolutely crushed the field at X Games Minneapolis 2019, just as she’s been doing all year: The 13-year-old has won five straight major park contests.And she’s not just dominating, she’s revolutionizing women’s park skateboarding and leading a legion of teens and tweens who have completely changed the discipline.
Her victory in her rookie appearance makes her the second-youngest gold medalist in X Games history. Welcome to the Top Moments of 2019 Misugu!
NYJAH HUSTON: #7 | X Games 2019 Top 10 Moments
Nyjah Huston takes #7 on the X Games Top Ten list. Nyjah Huston had already earned consecutive X Games Skateboard Street gold when he prepped for his final run — the final run of the entire contest — at X Games Shanghai. But he wasn’t even on the podium after Run 2 in China. He needed to crush his last pass. And of course he did, because delivering under pressure is exactly what Nyjah does.
He finished with an emphatic claim, too, raising his arms in triumph when he nailed his ender, the nollie flip noseblunt slide. There also was relief, because he nearly hung up on the trick. The Shanghai victory was his 10th X Games Street gold and 11th XG gold overall (2012 Real Street). He went on to add another gold and a silver at X Games Minneapolis, and he now has 18 total XG medals.
VINICIOS SARDI: #10 | X Games 2019 Top 10 Moments
Vinicios Sardi takes number 10 in X Games Top 10 Moments. X Games has a long and impactful history with adaptive events. Minneapolis 2019 was the debut of Skateboard Park Adaptive as a medal discipline, and the importance of that was evident on the course. Vinicios Sardi, who was born with a congenital malformation in his legs and skates without prosthetics, took gold with tricks like an awesome sugarcane stall and a collection of handflips. It was the first time the 23-year-old Brazilian had traveled to the United States, and the tears of joy in his victory interview with Craig McMorris? Goosebumps.
MAGENTA STORIA ITALIANA
Introducing Italian Flow Lord RUBEN SPELTA with a food tour to Rome and Naples, Italy. Featuring Leo Valls, Glen Fox, Sergio Cadaré, Jimmy Lannon, Ben Gore, Vivien Feil, Soy Panday, Ben Gore, Gunes Ozdogan, Mario Torre of PLAYWOOD DISTRIBUTION, Ruben Spelta skating mostly in Paris & local friends.
Ouroboros video – Element Brasil
Element Skateboards Brasil birngs you the Ouroboros Video featuring Vinicius Costa, Lucas Xaparral, Kalani Konig, Gabriel Fortunato and Matheus Souza.
Tasmania Got Skate Spots? | SKATE ESCAPE – Red Bull
Leo Romero, Jackson Pilz, Ryan Townley, Jesse Noonan, Alex Harvey and Reece Warren traverse the badlands of the former penal colony as the Tasmanian Devils skate mission goes off Down Under.
MITCHIE BRUSCO: What’s Next? | X Games
Mitchie Brusco made history at X Games Minneapolis 2019, landing the first 1260 on a skateboard. He was nonchalant about it, slowly descending the ramp, sill focused on the trick he had just landed for the first time. But it was clear from his first run that Mitchie only had the 1260 on his mind. His switch 180 over the 50-foot gap was instant evidence that he was focused on giving himself the best opportunity on the quarterpipe.
RVCA Skate | The Balance of Opposites Official Trailer
‘The Balance of Opposites’ skate video is a collection of footage accumulated from RVCA skate team trips around the world from Fall 2017 thru Summer 2019. Featuring Aidan Campbell, Andrew Reynolds, Curren Caples, Greyson Fletcher, Jeremy Leabres, Julian Davidson, Kevin “Spanky” Long, Mark Suciu, Nestor Judkins and Zach Allen.
Red Bull – Step Inside The Modern Paris Skate Scene | GREETINGS FROM PARIS, FRANCE
Even though Paris has a deep skateboarding history, it’s only quite recently that the French capital has become a must-visit city for any skater looking to collect footage or just have a good time. The rebuilding of Place de la République, the skate/fashion explosion and the will of the city to make more public spaces accessible to skateboarders have clearly all been factors in this Parisian skate renaissance. Guillaume Perimony takes us on a tour through the cosmopolitan skate life of the resurgent French capital in his short film Greetings from Paris.
Zero Skateboards – United States of Whatever Tour – FULL
All 4 episodes from Zero Skateboards’ 2017 US tour!