Steve Douglas | The Nine Club #373

Steve Douglas discusses growing up in London & skating in the 70s, did Steve Rocco help start New Deal, Paul Schmitt’s secret factory producing Blind boards, Vision’s biggest mistake was calling their distribution Vision, Selling Element Skateboards, Steve Rocco opening the door to skater run companies, the blank board debacle, starting 411 Video Magazine, the car accident that almost ended him, Bam Margera asking them to distribute CKY Landspeed, Sidewalk Distribution’s heritage collections and much more!

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2025 GO SKATE DAY | BROOKLYN BANKS | VANS

Truly a Go Skateboarding Day for the books! New York never fails to show up and what a perfect way to celebrate the return of the big banks. Vans thanks their partners at Gotham Park, The Skatepark Project and VFC Foundation for helping bring this event to life and returning the banks to Skateboarding. Much love to the Vans skate team and everyone who came and skated, enjoyed the music, grabbed a slice, or just watched all the action.

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Happy Go Skateboarding Day

This film was born from Mike Marasco’s lifelong love for both skateboarding and cinema — a personal project created with nothing but pure intention.

When he approached Paul with the concept, “The Blueprint for Dreams,” they talked about all the different directions his life could have taken — how everything might have changed had he not gotten back up after those first early falls as a kid, just days into picking up a skateboard.

At its core, this story is about failure — and more importantly, what you do after. The blueprint is simple: fall, get back up, and keep the dream alive.

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