Wes, Alexis, Baekkel & More in “Get Your Sh!t Together” RAW MAYHEM Part 2 – Independent Trucks

The second Raw Mayhem installment of Get Your Sh!t Together video featuring a stacked squad hitting the streets of Helsinki. Featuring Victor Pellegrin, Marius Syvanen, Nassim Lachhab, Madars Apse, Tyler Surrey, Mathias Torres, Wes Kremer, Barney Page, Kevin Baekkel, Alexis Ramirez, Jonne Nordlund, Eniz Fazliov, Jaakko Ojanen & Kevin Kowalski.

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Doobie, Madars, Surrey & More in “Get Your Sh!t Together” RAW MAYHEM

The first Raw Mayhem installment of Get Your Sh!t Together video featuring a stacked squad hitting the streets of Helsinki

Featuring Victor Pellegrin, Marius Syvanen, Nassim Lachhab, Madars Apse, Tyler Surrey, Mathias Torres, Wes Kremer, Pat Duffy, Barney Page, Kevin Baekkel, Alexis Ramirez, Jonne Nordlund, Eniz Fazliov, Jaakko Ojanen, Yam Behar, Ethan Copeland, Kevin Kowalski & Kieran Woolley.

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Element + Pelago – “Drifting Clouds” movie

After going around Helsinki and planting a tree at all their favorite skate spots, Jaakko and Eetu hit the Finnish backroads with fellow Element skater Kukka Suvioja and Pelago marketing manager Nikolai Alin for a week of biking, camping and skating. Filmed in the middle of the long Finnish summer, the video shows the crew going from spot to spot via country roads, all while making pit stops to swim and enjoy the outdoors.

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E.S.P. VOL 2 EXPANDED : JAAKKO OJANEN – ELEMENT

Dip into the raw version of the video clip cache that made the ESP vol 2 video come to fruition. For the first instalment of this series, fix your gaze on the uncut clips that Element’s Finnish technician Jaakko Ojanen stacked around the world while filming his latest video part. This series is a rare look into the making of a full team skate video…This is ESP Expanded.

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NATURE CALLS EXTENDED VERSION – Element Skateboards

Following all the positive energy from Element’s ‘Nature Calls’ release they are happy to present ‘Nature Calls: Extended Version’. Check out the new extended version to see what it took the crew to reach and discover some of these epic natural skate-able spots tucked away in the Pyrenes mountains, and all the way to the US, Finland, and Brazil. Featuring Phil Zwijsen, Jaakko Ojanen, Madars Apse, Nick Garcia, Rafa Cort, Leon Charo-Tite, Vinicius Costa, Vitoria Mendonça, Victor Cascarigny, Cesar Dubroca and Alex Amor.

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Nature Calls – Element Skateboards

Phil Zwijsen assembled a crew of fellow curious minded skateboard friends, and head up to the great outdoors of the Pyrenees mountains. Check out their journey, exploring untouched natural terrains throughout the four seasons. Turning this video project into a global movement, he then invited some of his Element teammates to do the same at home in the US, Finland and Brazil, putting their own twist on their environment. Featuring Phil Zwijsen, Jaakko Ojanen, Madars Apse, Nick Garcia, Rafa Cort, Leon Charo-Tite, Vinicius Costa, Vitoria Mendonça, Victor Cascarigny, Cesar Dubroca and Alex Amor.

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How Skateboarding Is Transforming The Lives Of Kenyan Street Youth | SKATE AFRICA Part Two

So, ladies and gentlemen, if you have not already had the pleasure then allow us to introduce you to George Zuko – a candidate for raddest human in the world today. As with Sandy Alibo in Ghana, George has been a talismanic figure in the development of skateboard culture here in Kenya.

How about this: George is a skater who helps run skate camps at an educational orphanage where the country’s first skatepark resides. Think about that for a moment. Children sleeping on the streets are by no means uncommon in Nairobi, and George introduced us to two young rippers who once slept right by the local skate spot – and started skating as a result. With George’s introduction of skating into their lives, The Keedz (‘the pair’) are off the streets, enrolled in school, and ripping.

Samuel Mwangi and Ezra Nyongesa – everyone calls him Balo, though – proved constant companions for Jaakko Ojanen, Chenai Gwandure, Yann Horowitz and Jackson Pilz as our joy bus spent a week rolling around with the skate scene of Nairobi. Sam even shot Balo’s front board photo from this feature on his first try with a camera. Fast learner!

The Shangilia association which runs the educational orphanage space where the radiant skatepark resides work with hundreds of such children every day. Watch Patrik Wallner’s superb documentary on Jaakko and friends’ skate mission with the local rippers of Nairobi above.

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