The Platfrm brings you Women’s Street Final, Men’s Park Final and Men’s Street Final at the Rockstar Energy Open 2025.
LIVE: Men’s Street Semi-Final and Best Trick Jam Park + Street | Rockstar Energy Open 2025
Tune into the Men’s Street Semi-Final and stay around till the end for the Best Trick Jams on the park and street course.
LIVE: Women’s Park Final | Rockstar Energy Open 2025
Saturday, August 16th starts off day two of the Rockstar Energy Open in Portland, Oregon with the Women’s Park Final. Watch as we crown the first podium winners here at Waterfront Park with more action coming all weekend.
Top 10 Men’s Park Qualifiers | Rockstar Energy Open 2025
Ten heavy hitting park skateboarders move onto the Rockstar Energy Open final. Check out their all ten qualifying runs from Cory Juneau, Keegan Palmer, Yuro Nagahara, Pedro Barros and more above.
LIVE: Women & Men VQS Street Qualifier + Men’s Park Qualifier | Rockstar Energy Open 2025
Friday, August 15th kicks off the first competition day of the Rockstar Energy Open 2025 at Waterfront Park in Portland, Oregon! Tune in for the Rockstar Energy Video Qualifier Series Street Qualifier, where the top four men and top two women will continue into the semi-final round. Closing out the first day of competition will be the Men’s Park Qualifier.
The Nine Club Classic: West Los Angeles Courthouse | Skateboarding Highlights & Event Recap
On August 2nd, 2025 the fine podcasters at The Nine Club— Chris Roberts, Kelly Hart, Jeron Wilson, and Roger Bagley, make their first ever event come to life. The Nine Club Classic took place at the iconic West Los Angeles Courthouse, featuring a full day of cash for tricks, giveaways, and good music. Check out the full recap above and hear from Chris, Kelly and Jeron on what having their own event is all about.
Jaime Owens: Founder of Closer Skateboard Magazine in Short Documentary | CORE
Founder of Closer Skateboarding Magazine, Jaime Owens has witnessed a significant slice of skateboarding history firsthand. Today, his mission is to capture and preserve it through his publication. Originally from a small town in South Carolina, Jaime was first introduced to skateboarding when he saw a kid down the street riding a board. But it wasn’t until his sister handed him a copy of TransWorld SKATEboarding—the December 1986 issue featuring Rodney Mullen on the cover—that he became hooked. Shortly after, his mom wrote him a check for $40 to buy his neighbor’s skateboard.
Fast forward a few years, and Jaime picked up his first camera to capture the action while skating with friends. After college, he took a leap of faith and moved to California to chase the dream of becoming a skateboard photographer. From interning at Skateboarder Magazine to becoming its photo editor, then serving as editor-in-chief at TransWorld, and eventually founding Closer, Jaime has devoted his life to skateboarding, photography and publishing—and for that, we thank him.
Steve Caballero – Life at 60: Still Creating and Ripping | Portraits – Platfrm
You know him for his impact on skateboarding culture, but are you up to speed with everything else that makes up the life of Steve Caballero? At 60 years young, Cab sat down with us to talk about it all. He describes how his mastery of the wooden toy has ultimately led him to seek out new hobbies to keep growing. Although he skated in the final, farewell edition of the famed Combi Pool Party, Cab admits that he has spent much less time competing in recent years—and that’s just fine with him. This shift has opened up room for more motocross, art, and, of course, music in his life. If you didn’t already know about Cab’s first band, Faction, you’ve got some catching up to do. Since COVID, his new band, Urethane, has been in full swing with a full album and tour dates. Go deep into the current happenings of Steve Caballero in this episode of Portraits.
Raw Pool Skating with Jesse Lindloff and Salba | Spot to Spot – The Platfrm
Raw and without filter, Jesse Lindloff invites us along for a day of backyard pools and everything that comes with it. “What you see is what you get,” he says. Kicking things off in San Bernardino, Jesse hits a new pool with the help of Steve Alba showing him the pin and proper carve grind. The crew gets clips over the triple horse fish and the cake stack before taking off to hit two more pools by the day’s end—but not without a few busts along the way.
After draining out putrid waters, grinding through overgrown grass on the coping and a few pics to add to his future coffee table book of pool photos; they hit the final spot with a rub brick and a dose of lacquer so Jesse can stack a clip he’s tried for in the past.
Rockstar Energy Crew Chris Joslin, Braden Hoban, Lazer Crawford Shut Down SLS Santa Monica
The Rockstar Energy crew pulled up to Santa Monica and shut down the pier with heavy hits and big energy! Watch Lazer Crawford at his first ever SLS competition, Braden Hoban take over the real Santa Monica triple set, and Chris Joslin take the overall big win. #RockstarEnergy #platfrm
Josh Douglas Hits Iconic & Hidden Gems in LA | Spot to Spot
Cruise through Covina, just outside East LA, with Josh Douglas and the homies Jack Olson and Christian Dufrene as they mix mellow lines with heavy tricks. For Josh, it always looks too easy. His style is effortless and his attitude always appears to be carefree. The dude is seriously beaming with positivity and has an impressive lightheartedness to the way he carries himself. But his definition of a “rocket” flip is more strict than most, and his desire to do things right shines through in his skating. In the streets, he handles his business. Follow the boys to a few parks and then into the streets to stack a few clips, with ease, in this episode of Spot to Spot: Josh Douglas.
The History of Skatepark of Tampa—Short Documentary | Core
Ready to learn about the origins of the emblematic Skatepark of Tampa, aka SPoT!? It all started in response to Paul Zitzer’s vert ramp being deconstructed in 1991 when Brian Schaefer sought out a warehouse to give it life again. The warehouse in Tampa, though, doubled as a temporary home in order to make their dream a reality. What has happened since will be forever etched into skateboard history.
The legacy of the Tampa Pro claims the longest running contest in skateboarding (BONUS nugget: the first prize purse was $1,000 sponsored by Airwalk) dating back to 1995. Fast forward 30+ years and SPoT has become the quintessential proving ground in skateboarding.
Today, Tampa Am and Tampa Pro are considered THE events that solidify a skater’s path to being a respected professional, and skateparkoftampa.com has become a cornerstone of the skateboard e-commerce space.
Tap in with Schaefer and Zitzer in this episode of CORE to relive the series of events that created SPOT, hear iconic stories, and get a glimpse into the world that created and continues to breathe life into the legendary Skatepark of Tampa.