Experience Native American Skate Culture With Apache Skateboards | SKATE TALES S2 Ep 3 – Red Bull

Douglas Miles Junior is one of the scions of a new wave of indigenous skaters fusing their roots in native American culture with the modern movement of skateboarding.

Born and raised in Arizona´s San Carlos Apache Reservation, he was introduced to skateboarding by his father, the acclaimed fine artist Douglas Miles Sr.

Doug Sr. had started painting on skateboards as a medium and given the groundswell of interest this created, he founded Apache Skateboards, a brand in which the Apache community could recognise a connection to their own culture within this relatively new form of expression.

As a marginalised and often overlooked people, Native Americans have proven incredibly resourceful in developing and nurturing new iterations of their ancient culture, and Doug Junior spent his formative skating years touring other indigenous reservations teaching Native American youngsters how they could become drawn into skate culture without losing sight of their own heritage.

Sometimes, when you can’t find space for your own chapter, you have to re-write the book.

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Kilian Martin Freestyle Skating In Madrid | SKATE TALES S2 Ep 2 – Red Bull

Kilian Martin hails from the Alcorcon neighbourhood in Madrid, Spain. Not long after he began his skating journey, Kilian discovered Powell Peralta’s legendary ‘Ban This’ video, which introduced him to freestyle skating. Join Red Bull in Madrid as Madars takes Kilian back to his roots for a flatland masterclass in this walloping episode of Skate Tales!

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Madars Apse | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 225

Madars Apse discusses growing up in Latvia, selling flowers to buy his first board, getting on Element flow through his local shop, going to college in Barcelona, gettin on DC shoes, moving to London for a year to finish school, getting Kingpin Magazine’s European skater of the year award in 2012, turning pro for Element, filming for his Element “Peace” part, working on projects in Latvia to make skateboarding legal at some Museums and Library’s, his Red Bull series “Skate Tales” season 2 and much more!

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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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DC SHOES : CUBA SKATE

DC Films is proud to present Cuba Skate. This short documentary highlights the efforts of the nonprofit organization and their dedication to cultivating a sustainable future for skateboarding in Cuba. DC pro Madars Apse joined a crew of skaters and cinematographers as they got a hands-on, inside look at the burgeoning skate scene in Cuba. Beyond just bringing skateboarding to the island, the film showcases how Cuba Skate brings the youth together and helps them to develop useful life skills.

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Join A Huge Skate Tour Through The Balkans With Madars Apse & Crew | UNKNOWN TREASURES Part Two

Red Bull final supercharged skate mission before lockdown took on Europe’s final skate frontiers: Wes Kremer, Josef Scott, Madars Apse, Ben Skrzypek and Tino Arena set out on a 13-day mega-tour to skate the capital cities of the southern Balkan states of Kosovo, Albania, Montenegro and North Macedonia on a huge overland journey involving hospitals, sunset sessions, food poisoning and UN peacekeepers along the way.

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Red Bull – Skate The Hidden Spots Of The Balkans w/ Madars Apse, Wes Kremer & Crew | UNKNOWN TREASURES Part One

Late in the last summer before lockdown, SK8MAFIA’s Wes Kremer, Element Skateboards’ Madars Apse, Sour Skateboards’ Josef Scott and widely- respected veteran Ben Skrzypek were joined by vibesman Tino Arena on a 13-day skate mission through the southern Balkans to spread the good word of global skate culture all the way from the beach towns of Albania to the killer skate scene in Skopje, North Macedonia via Montenegro and Kosovo.

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