Next Up Foundation Pro Guest Felipe Gustavo

On February 16th, professional skateboarder Felipe Gustavo joined us at Next Up for some skating and conversation. The experience gave our participants some real perspective on what life can be like as a professional athlete, victories, injuries, and all. Even after knee surgery and eight months off his board, Felipe put on an impressive show, and the kids had a blast skating the park with him. After the session, the Brazilian athlete shared his inspirational story with us, backed it up with some exciting footage, and invited the kids to ask questions and learn more.

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The World is Big…Go Skate It! – Best of Red Bull Skateboarding in 2016

Madars Apse, Marius Syvanen, Felipe Gustavo, Pat Duffy, Milton Martinez, Tyler Surrey, Vladik Scholz, Josef Scott, Thaynan Costa, Brad McClain, Maxim Kruglov, Sebo Walker, Alessandro Sorgente, Jamie Tancowny, Barney Page, Chris Haslam, TJ Rogers, Nestor Judkins, Axel Cruysberghs, Willy Akers, Philipp Schuster, Walker Ryan and many more jumped in the van marked ‘Forward’ as we set off to put new licks on the planet in hand-picked session squadrons headed to pretty much everywhere an ollie could be popped. So sit back and enjoy some of the global bangers we collected from 2016 …and then get off the couch and go skate!

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