Jordyn, Part Two | Presented by Toyota USA

Team Toyota athlete Jordyn Barratt grew up in Hawaii skating at Banzai Skatepark. There weren’t any other little girls skating at the park when Jordyn first began. At around 14 years old, Jordyn moved to California and realized there were more skaters just like her. But as she started to compete against some of the girls, she looked up to the competition grew fierce. Gnarly. Some of the older girls were pretty mean, an experience that Jordyn vowed to change for the future girls of skating. It’s not like that anymore, according to Jordyn, partially due to the expanded contest circuit, which has allowed a little more room for everyone to grow. She knows what it’s like to get picked on, so she’s made it a point to make any girls who are coming up feel welcome—the more, the merrier, in her opinion.

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WE SKATED TONY HAWK’S RAMP! Screaming Vlog 35 | Santa Cruz Skateboards

For Screaming Vlog 35 Santa Cruz met up with Tom Asta, Kevin Braun, Maurio McCoy, Jereme Knibbs, and Team Manager Eric Palozzolo in San Diego while they keep the hype train rollin’ celebrating Jake Wooten’s long awaited PRO status. From skating flat ground straight to the vert ramp, the squad heads out to Tony Hawk’s compound to get some serious shredding dialed in. We got Tom Remillard, Eric Dressen and Blood Wizard Pro Chris Gregson in the mix to get things fired up while the gang hits every inch of The Birdman’s indoor skatepark!

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Primitive Fourth Quarter: Behind the Missions Episode 2. Trent & Gio

“Fourth Quarter: Behind the Missions” Episode two centers on Giovanni Vianna and Trent McClung. Suffering a major injury during the home straight of filming, Giovanni explains his late start to the video, getting sparked in Sacramento and the importance of truck locking techniques. With the pressure of Encore in the rear view, Fourth Quarter gave Trent McClung a fresh take on a filming a video part. Switching things up on some unique spots, the battles stayed the same in the search for an ender.

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Dew Tour – Setups: Dashawn Jordan’s New Board Sponsor and Gear Breakdown

In this Setups video, we hear from USA Skateboarding national team member Dashawn Jordan. As the latest addition to the Toy Machine roster, Dashawn breaks down the size, shape, and specs of his new team board, truck size and bushing tuning preference, wheel sizes, and bearings. He even gave us a closer look at a new Nike SB Dunk shoe that has yet to be released.

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Jordyn, Part One | Presented by Toyota USA – Dew Tour

Growing up on the North Shore of O’ahu, Jordyn Barratt was naturally drawn to surfing, but the passion just wasn’t there for her. Instead, she found her passion in skateboarding. Drawing inspiration from ‘80’s skate style, and the skaters who lived it, Jordyn watched those old videos until the VHS was worn out. Now, she often finds herself recreating the tricks from those same during her competition runs. Lately, as a part of Team USA, she’s training harder than ever but still keeping her focus on the most important aspect of skating: having fun.

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