Felipe Gustavo’s ascension into the pro ranks of skateboarding right in the birthplace of the culture is the sort of dreamer’s story that inspires and amazes in equal measure.
Discovering The Highest Skatepark In The World with Danny Leon | Skatepark Safari – Red Bull
Join us on an expedition to learn the story of the world’s highest skatepark! The Pura Pura skatepark in La Paz, Bolivia, is nothing short of a 1,200 square-metre DIY skate miracle.
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!
Lost in Shanghai w/ Angelo Caro, Max Habanec and Vladik Scholz | SKATE INTERSECTION – Red Bull
The Chinese port city of Shanghai has sparked Western imaginations for centuries. Wildly evocative of adventure and international intrigue, the city has been the secondary star of many movies which have used her alleyways and skylines as a majestic backdrop to everything from Hollywood romances to martial arts blockbusters.
Gustavo Ribeiro’s Road To Recovery | MUNDO GUSTAVO ‘BONUS EPISODE’ – Red Bull
When a shoulder injury almost derailed Gustavo Ribeiro’s most important contest season of his competitive life to date, he took up an offer to come to Austria and use the state-of-the-art-facilities at Red Bull’s Athlete Performance Centre and spend some time in Salzburg rehabilitating before Tokyo.
This bonus episode of Mundo Gustavo dives deeper into the family strength, support and resources that can make all the difference in the top flight of competitive skateboarding- as well as learning what’s good in Salzburg!
Meeting up with Jamie Foy at Street League | MUNDO GUSTAVO EP5 – Red Bull
A chance meeting with Deathwish pro Jamie Foy leads to a post-contest invite to take a powerboat ride out onto the lake to go bass fishing in one of those ‘time out of time’ moments skateboarding can present at top-flight level, but eventually the sun drops below the horizon and it it time to say goodbye to old friends and fast times.
Red Bull Mind the Gap at Tampa
Red Bull’s Mind the Gap is a series of contests at real street spots that involve a flat gap. The Boardr recently helped run one in Tampa at Coppertail Brewing!
Weary Travellers | TJ Rogers ‘Steady Pushing’ in partnership with 7-Eleven Ep 4/4 – Red Bull
Vancouver here we come! TJ Rogers’ month long mega-tour of his old skate stomping grounds concludes as the van rolls out of Calgary headed for the western seaboard and the end of the skating road for Steady Pushing.
REPLAY: Red Bull Skate Generation 2021
Watch Red Bull Skate Generation 2021 from the RTMF compound on the island of Florianópolis off the Atlantic coast of Brazil. From humble beginnings, the inter-generational team contest mixes locals and international pros, young and old, men and women in a celebration of skateboarding culture and community.
Held in the family home of Brazilian legend Pedro Barros and his fabulous clan, this year’s edition saw Rune Glifberg, Pedro, Allysha Le, Weslley Alves and Minna Stess walk away with the team title and bragging rights after edging out all comers on his home turf!
Breaking Down The Bowl With Alex Sorgente | Red Bull Skate Generation
Alex Sorgente breaks down the big bowl where the main competition goes down for Skate Generation, the Hi Adventures bowl that Yndiara Asp loves to skate and his experience of Florianópolis, Brazil.
Red Bull Cornerstone 2021 – Full Series Recap
Red Bull Cornerstone Skate Series wraps its biggest year yet! Qualifying Events in Seven States Culminated in an Epic Final in Lincoln, Nebraska, and Crowned the best Amateur skaters in the Midwest. Across all seven stops there were 382 skaters, men and women from throughout the region were represented, as well as skaters from across the country (some skaters travelled in from as far away as Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, and San Antonio). We saw heavy skating at each stop, truly showcasing the top amateur talent from the Midwest and beyond. The contests also drew large crowds at each park, and the energy from spectators and competitors alike was palpable.
The overall contest winners for the 2021 Red Bull Cornerstone Contest are:
Men
First Place – Jonathon Reese (Minneapolis, MN)
Second Place – Gabriel Vigliotti (Youngstown, OH)
Third Place – Felix Meyers (Milwaukee, WI)
Women
First Place – Lillian Gallagher (Minneapolis, MN)
Second Place – Taylor Silverman (Kalamazoo, MI)
Third Place – Alex Herring (Chicago, IL)
Skateboarding Takes Over Floripa | Red Bull Skate Generation
The Red Bull Skate Generation contest itself is of course just the culmination of an entire weekend of skating and get-togethers around the island of Florianópolis to celebrate skateboarding culture and the community it has built here. As part of an island tour, Grazi Olliveira went to check out the notorious Ladeira downhill which you will doubtless remember from Madars Apse’s superb episode of Skate Tales with the Yuppie family with whom this stretch of road is forever associated.