GANGREEN Coffin Cuts | Bay Area Shuffle – Creature Skateboards

The Fiends stormed through the Bay Area to stack clips and catch some rips for the latest Creature Feature, GANGREEN. Follow David Gravette, Cody Lockwood, Collin Provost, Chris Russell, John Gardner, Peter Raffin, Steven ‘Lefty’ Breeding, Joe Milazzo, John Worthington, Mathias Torres, and Devin Bagnoli in yet another epic Coffin Cuts. No soundtrack here. Just raw skating, good times, and background commentary in true Creature style.

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DC SHOES : JOHN GARDNER COLLECTION

John Gardner is on a mission to shine a light on suicide and mental health awareness within the skate community. To help in his efforts, John designed an eco-friendly skate collection that raises awareness while also raising funds for the Diné Skate Garden Project in New Mexico. John will be donating all of his royalties to help with the skatepark build, and DC will be matching his contribution.

John designed a 100% vegan-friendly colorway of DC’s popular Manual Hi with an organic cotton upper and IMPACT-ALG™ insoles made from algae blooms. As a gift with purchase, the shoes also come with a limited zine curated by Gardner himself—including facts about mental health, selfcare tips, breathing techniques and other tools that could be useful for anyone suffering from depression. Shop the Collection HERE.

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JENKEM – John Gardner’s Tips for Building Up Your Mental Health

Phrases like “mental health,” “stress,” and “anxiety” sometimes feel like empty buzzwords that get thrown around too freely these days, but when you read into what people are actually talking about, you’ll realize we hear these words so often because so many people are dealing with real mental health issues and finally have a way to talk about it.

John is obviously not a doctor or certified expert, but he is someone that has been working on himself and is passionate about improving his own mental health and our community’s, too. Hopefully tools like this can play a small part in breaking the cycle of losing skaters to self-harm and suicide. – JENKEM

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Skating on Cars, Boulders, and Under a Bridge | Lurkin with John Gardner – CREATURE

Lurk with Creature’s newest Pro, John Gardner, while he skates everything you put in front of him! From his homies car to mountain bike boulder drop-ins, and the legendary San Diego under the bridge spot just a hike up from the I-5 Freeway. Special Guest appearances by Al Partanen, John Pankus, Willis Kimbel, Milton Martinez, and Mathias Torres.

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Creature Goes to a GWAR show!! Behind the Scenes with Russell, Hitz, Reyes and Gardner

Almost exactly one year ago today, the Fiends converged on a dusty Arizona parking lot to see the Scumdogs up close and personal.. You’ve seen the GWAR x CREATURE collab, now lurk with Chris Russell, Sam Hitz, Ryan Reyes, and John Gardner for an all access pass and bear witness to the filth and savagery that manifests Live at a GWAR show!

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