After Yann Horowitz kissed his boyfriend in celebration of winning the Vans Park Series African Continental Championships in 2018, Yann’s fearless yet fabulous style became the talk of skateboarding. Yann realized his skating and sexual identity were becoming intertwined, and he had to ask himself, “Do I really want to be the ‘gay skateboarder’?” In the past five years, questions of sexuality and identity in our culture have come into the spotlight, and individuals like Yann have faced the complicated balancing act of being both an inspiration, and still holding on to who they are. In this short Coming Out Day documentary Skateism and Vans followed Yann back to his roots in South Africa, to find out more about where he came from and where he’s headed.
WHEN IT’S TOO HOT TO SKATE! Screaming Vlog #7 | Santa Cruz Skateboards
The SC crew makes the best of the heatwave in LA by taking a day off for some rest and relaxation. We’ve got Emmanuel Guzman, Henry Gartland, and new SC AM Brian ODwyer in the mix with Team Manager Eric Palozzolo filming for TTEV5. Filmed by Joe Perrin and Nick Hanson. Edited by Trevar Cushing.
Camp Woodward : Deep End Weekend 2020
The first adults weekend at camp Woodward! Filmed and Edited by Shawn Karagjozi.
Global AMdemic 2020: Semi Finals FULL BROADCAST
After hundreds of skaters from around the world submitted their runs for the Global AMdemic Qualifiers, only the top 30 remain. Welcome to the Semi-Finals! Join hosts Paul Zitzer and Andrew Cannon as they get insight from SPoT judges Kelly Hart, Kelvin Hoefler, and Mike Sinclair on each skaters run.
The Orchid Skate Edit – Skatelite
While Skatelite wanted to tell the story of the Orchid Skatepark; they also wanted to showcase all the amazing skating that went down during their visit…
Enter the Vibrant Life of Bryce Wettstein | Aimless Episode 10
Skateboarding has the power to open endless creative avenues that go beyond four wheels and a wooden plank. A pure example of such energy is apparent through the vibrant life of Bryce Wettstein. Currently sitting as USA’s top-ranked Olympic skateboard hopeful in women’s park, Bryce shows us first-hand that skateboarding is just one of her many creative outlets. Follow along as we join Bryce for a day of observing her musical talents, inspiring the next generation of young women skateboarders, and more. And of course, it wouldn’t be a proper day in SoCal without wrapping things with a sunset surf session.
Content Promo
Full length video from Andrew Meyer available on DVD 10/30/20 – featuring Justin Adeniran, Kevin Bilyeu, Jahmir Brown, Joey Marrone, Kris Brown, Tyler Dietterich, Kevin Liedtke and more.
BEAGLE Tapes: Episode 49 – Andrew Reynolds and Beagle
As night falls, with the subtle hum of a Honda EU2000, Andrew Reynolds skates an up-ledge in Fullerton, California. After a few warmup tricks, Andrew gets what he drove all way out there for, a fakie 5-0 fakie kickflip.
Just north of Pasadena’s Rose Bowl and south of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Beagle pregames by hypnotizing himself with Three-Six Mafia lyrics and HCP collector cards. He then decides to attempt a nollie bigspin down the largest set of his career. The La Cañada 11 stair is the stage of choice. Like a bat out of hell, Beagle rides away 20 feet from a sketchy one. Does that count? Even though Beagle’s mentality had taken on a gangster persona, Lance Dawes throws in the towel, so Beagle can live to fight another day. Circa 2005 – BEAGLE
RVCA Denim & Pants | Kevin “Spanky” Long for the New Dawn Fit
“I like that the New Dawn are a shorter length than a lot of pants. It’s not like a super high water and not like your scrunched up some lawyer on the weekend.” – Kevin “Spanky” Long
WINKOWSKI BIRDCAGE POWERPLY PRODUCT CHALLENGE! | Santa Cruz Skateboards
Today we talk about and put to the test the 10 x 31.6 inch Erick Winkowski Birdcage Shaped Powerply* deck with art by LiveRad. This board is available outside of the U.S. now, and will be shipping to skate shops in the U.S. next week! Erick’s NEW shape is an evolution of the original Winkowski shape. With a longer nose and a more rounded out tail, this board gives the same awesome feel of came from the mind of Erick himself and it features SC’s Cruise Missile 2 concave with a rocker in the middle and an extra bend in the tail that really locks your foot in. In this video we break down the details on each of the products and why they are great. SC puts Santa Cruz Brand Manager Andrew Cannon to the test with three different challenges.
2020 Red Bull BOWL RIPPERS Highlights
Buckle up for a unique edition of Red Bull Bowl Rippers 2020 from Marseille. A stripped-back showdown promised to produce some much-needed skate action from the south of France this past weekend on October 3-4. The city’s very own son, Jean Pantaleo, beat all comers over the weekend to become the new champion of Red Bull Bowl Rippers, edging out previous winner Jaime Mateu by a single point.
In contention to put their stamp on the fabled Bowl Du Prado during this special edition of Red Bull’s annual seaside showdown was a 60-strong field of European shrednauts, including Elson Patrick, Danny León, Dannie Carlsen, Jean Pantaleo, Marcel Wintherlig, Anthony Mardelle, Stellio Sakellarides, Simon Léauté, Ivan Federico, Bjorn Lillesoe, Karl Berglind, Vincent Milou and Jaime Mateu.
With the weekend split into a Saturday contest and a Sunday Best Trick jam, Pantaleo doubled down on his contest victory by making an enormous transfer line into one of the bowls, a feat which had previously cost him not one, but two, broken heels.
Red Bull Bowl Rippers 2020 results:
Jean Pantaleo
Jaime Mateu
Karl Berglind
Danny León
Ivan Federico
Vans China Presents: The Story of 66 | Skate | VANS
Skateboarding is more open and inclusive then ever but for many people over the last four decades it had felt like a private boy’s club. Vans China proudly presents a look into the life of local ripper known as 66, along with the rise of women skateboarders in Shenzhen, China.