Clay Kreiner | The Nine Club #342

Clay Kreiner discusses moving to California from South Carolina, skating Bob Burnquist mega ramp, doing 900’s, Mitchie Brusco’s 1260, skating padless at the Vert Attack in Sweden, frontside air over the gap at Vans Combi, will he ever try the loop, the Rockstar Energy Open Portland contest, filming for a new video part, go higher and go faster and much more!

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Spot to Spot: Keet Oldenbeuving’s Path to Globetrotting and Street Skateboarding

Lighthearted, goofy and incredible on a skateboard; two-time Olympian, Keet Oldenbeuving took us Spot to Spot from parks to the streets in California. Keet (pronounced like kAte) talks a bit about her perspective on competitive skateboarding as well as what qualities in skaters inspire her. Spoiler Alert: she appreciates anti-conformity. Hear Keet talk about the route she found from her home in the Netherlands, around Europe and now the rest of the world. According to Keet, she has always viewed contest skateboarding as the ultimate ticket to find freedom down the road to film in coveted streets of California. It seems to have worked out according to plan.

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Pltfrm Portraits: Wyatt Hammond, Skateboarding’s Young and Fearless Generation

Wyatt Hammond embodies skateboarding’s limitless potential, proving that at ten years old, his boundaries are beyond his physical stature. Wyatt started skateboarding in his toddler years at age two “and really hasn’t gotten off the skateboard since then,” says his mom, Jenny Hammond. Now under the wings of Sandlot Times, run by Ryan Sheckler, a pioneer of early-age skateboard talent and stardom. Wyatt has an infectious energy and a relentless work ethic, “his ambition and imagination is a lot bigger than his physical stature, and that’s going to take him a long way,” says Sandlot teammate Manny Santiago, who is often blown away by Wyatt’s capabilities with each passing session. Learn more about the rising ripper in his latest Portrait video above as Wyatt takes us through his warm-up routine at Sandlot Times’ skatepark, deeper insight into his potential and his mother’s unconditional support.

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The Legend of Peter F***ing Hewitt | SKATE TALES – Red Bull

Madars Apse accompanies Peter Hewitt back to San Diego where his lifelong skate career began!

San Diego’s Peter Hewitt is perhaps THE underground legend of the skating world today.
From a 1990 debut video part in Santa Cruz’s A Reason For Living, he has become one of skateboarding’s most storied shredders.

You could go so far as to say that Peter Hewitt represents skateboarding’s backbone: in a world where people like to push themselves forward, Peter is not competing in the attention economy.

The roots revivalist is one of skateboarding’s great soul survivors: longstanding member of the hellriding Anti-Hero team, elite vert skater, background pool charger and a skater almost revered for his spontaneous creativity in the gnarliest pits in the game.

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