For the Love of Skateboarding
Rayssa Leal has been skating since she was six years old. She grew up shredding and watching bootlegs of Shane O’Neill’s breakthrough 2009 “Debacle” part. Fast forward to 2021 and Rayssa and Shane are skating together on the world stage with Rayssa repping the Nike SB Shane on her feet.
‘Who Would Have Thought?’ is a new series about the connections the Nike SB community created over the last 20 years. Connections that cross continents, cultures and any other classification you can imagine.
Casper Brooker and Jacob Harris at London’s South Bank.
Since 100 Kickflips are so easy for Matt CCS decided to add another task on top of them and have him shoot Polaroid portraits of different friends he ran into through out the day. Lucky for you he ran into some really good friends.
CCS handled the kickflips and the portraits and to make this drop even more special they had Ishod Wair, Stefan Janoski, Mason Silva, Grant Taylor, Dashawn Jordan and Tanner Burzinski sign the Polaroids that Matt shot and CCS will be throwing them in random Polaroid Dunk boxes for a few extra lucky customers who get the almighty W.
Photography’s role in skateboarding cannot be overstated. When you first start skating, it’s a portal for inspiration and discovery – an introduction to a new world that lies beyond your hometown.
Nike SB followed Sarah Meurle around Barcelona as she photographed Brian Anderson in the upcoming SB Dunk by Polaroid as they discussed skateboarding’s close ties to creativity, her passion for photography, and photography’s role capturing leaders. The Polaroid Dunk lands in select skate shops and SNKRS Tuesday, April 5.
Speed, power, and unpredictability. Oski Rozenberg, Hugo Boserup, Ville Wester, and Casper Brooker drift from Texas to Guadalajara to New Jersey with master lensman Jacob Elliot Harris.
Keyaki Ike, Kaya Sakakibara, Issei Morinaka, and Yurin Fujii break in the latest from Nike SB and Forty Percent Against Rights, aka FPAR. The Blazer Low by FPAR is available December 17 at FPAR in Tokyo, December 18 in select skate shops, and December 20 in SNKRS.
Leticia, Sky and Rayssa session the Leticia Verona Slip.
Non-stop GT.
CCS met up with Mason Silva at his old stomping grounds of El Segundo Skatepark to test his knowledge of shoe color names and fire off a cool hundred kickflips to sample the latest offering from Nike SB: the Force 58s. Along the way he gave a little blood, grifted CCS Brand Director Matt Price out of his burrito money, and, of course, took the tricks up a grade or two cause he’s Mason Silva.
“Japan Diary” chronicles Azusa “Nigo” Adachi, Sara Hirayama, Rio Maehata, and Ari Marie Angeles, four women in Tokyo, Japan using their own personal style to express themselves through skateboarding.
Gundam reach back into their collective stories to create two SB Dunk High styles that infuse Gundam’s sci-fi take on uniform design with the Dunk’s iconic heritage. Using metallic hues, bold colors, and stylized detachable Swooshes, the Gundam Dunk High is customizable and distinct.
Lance Mountain, Elissa Steamer, Paul Rodriguez, and Eric Koston aren’t just skateboarding’s elite; they’ve excelled at the highest level of competition. Along with the checks, the trophies, and the accolades, and what that means for skateboarding supersedes it all. It’s about power, it’s about potential, and every showdown champions those who rise to the occasion and skateboarding as a whole.