The Platfrm First Person: Lilly Erickson’s Journey Through Exposure Skate

Exposure Skate is the world’s largest and longest-running women’s skateboarding competition, propelling rising rippers into the spotlight. Contributing to Exposure’s legacy of prominent skateboarders is Lilly Erickson. Hailing from Oahu, Lilly’s first Exposure event in 2018 was intimidating—until then, she had never seen so many women skateboarders gathered in one place, all pushing the boundaries of progression. Six years later, Lilly boasts an Exposure Pro Bowl title and a list of accomplishments that reflects Exposure’s impact on women in the industry. Follow Lilly along as she gives us First Person insight into her experience at the 13th installment of Exposure at Pood’s skatepark in Encinitas, California.

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Spend a Day with Santa Cruz Pro Jake Wooten | Field Day – Red Bull

Jake Wooten has the highest energy of anyone on the session. The Tennessee transplant invited Santa Cruz to his apartment in Oceanside, California to tag along on a typical day in his life. In the morning, we sit in on a lesson in balcony herb gardening then hit up the insanely vast Poods Park for a session with Keegan Palmer and Toby Young.

Sticking with his ‘two outdoor activities a day’ mantra, Jake and the squad then roll over to Encinitas to shoot hoops in the late afternoon. How does he follow-up a heated game of 3-on-3? A stop at his go-to gourmet Korean barbecue spot for endless KBBQ (that he almost gets for free)!

Back home with his beloved cat Zula, Jake reflects on the differences between his Tennessee roots and the life of a newly-minted professional in the hothouse of Californian skating. Intelligent, thoughtful, gifted and charming, Jake Wooten has the world at his feet right now. Take ten minutes to get to know him above!

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Day In The Life of Skateboarder Heimana Reynolds | Aimless Episode 17 – Dew Tour

Skateboarding has officially made its Olympic debut at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Games, where athletes from all around the world showcase their skills to a global audience. Among those skateboarders was Heimana Reynolds representing not only the United States but also the Hawai’ian islands. Now residing in Carlsbad, California, Heimana lives in one of SoCal’s mecca for skateboarding and has an abundant amount of skateparks at his fingertips to master his craft. Just a few weeks before Heimana caught his flight out to Japan, Dew Tour had the pleasure of following him around to get a look at what a typical day is like for the skateboard Olympian. Watch as Heimana takes us to his local coffee shop, scope out some waves, and get some scrapes in at Poods skatepark and at the CATF.

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SURF’S UP, DUDE! SANTA CRUZ x CATCH SURF! Screaming Vlog 36 | Santa Cruz Skateboards

For Screaming Vlog 36 Santa Cruz meets up with Steve Alba, Tom Remillard, Jake Wooten, and Catch Surf Pros Kalani Robb, Johnny Redmond, and Tyler Stanaland at Catch Surf HQ in Encinitas, CA! Catch Surf’s Chris Monroe gives us a bit of insight on the brand, and explains the similarities between SC and Catch Surf. With stoke searching in mind, SC teamed up with Catch Surf to create a series of shred sticks that the crew got to put to the test! After drying off from the water, they go from the waves to the ‘crete as the squad heads to Poods Park to catch a session before calling it a day!

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