Magic Tricks With Skateboard Wizard Richie Jackson | RED BULL SKATE TALES
Richie Jackson is skateboarding’s last true outlaw. The Death Skateboards pro broke the skateboarding mould and threw its unwritten rule book in the bin, personally ushering in the ‘anything goes’ era everyone claims to applaud today.
With a wild imagination and inventive approach to what street skateboarding can be, the New Zealander has eclipsed most of his peers in terms of public awareness by using social media to leapfrog out of skateboarding’s orthodoxies. Holder of the most-watched video part in Thrasher’s history and possessor of unique personal style, Madars investigates the man from straight out of skating’s leftfield!
Linking up with Brazil’s newest Pro-skater Vitória Mendonça | RED BULL SKATE TALES
It is so great stretch to say that Vitória Mendonça is the modern face of skateboarding today. Having just been turned professional by her board sponsor Element Skateboards at CPH Open 2023, she has the world at her feet- but it wasn’t always this way.
From a humble background in Rio de Janeiro, her skating ability has raised her up to become one of the most visible girls in the worldwide sponsorship game today. Moreover, she has also parlayed her talent into a successful parallel career as a model.
TJ Rogers Video Part | KEEP SMILING – Red Bull
TJ Rogers is a skateboarding hero of our time. Regardless of what life has thrown at him, he is absolutely having it right now- at a juncture in his life when he could be forgiven for taking it easy for a while.
This new part from him has it all- and in spades; if ever there was a skater on a mission, it is TJ.
RAW EDIT: Ryan Sheckler LIFER Video Part – Red Bull
Ryan Sheckler always makes skateboarding look easier than it is. His new video part, LIFER, is no exception to that rule. But, believe it or not, this three-year-long video project came with its challenges, battles, and even serious injuries.
In this Raw Edit, Red Bull pulls back the curtain to see the attempts, bails, and makes behind Sheckler’s latest ground-breaking video part.
Ron Deily – NJ Skateshop x Square Up Skateboards
Don Reily Red Bull Professional Skimboarder.
The Squad Skates Japan | Red Bull Drop In Japan Tour
Japan has exploded into the wider consciousness of the skateboarding world in recent years. Whether through the internet-busting antics of Gou Miyagi, the Far Eastern Skate Network’s distinctive and innovative video output, the lore of the Osaka Daggers or the domination of the women’s contest circuit, Japan is a bigger part of skateboarding’s cultural soup than at any time before now. Featuring Zion Wright, Ryan Decenzo, Torey Pudwill, Margie Didal, Alex Sorgente, Jake Wooten and Max Habanec.
FORGET ME NOT | The Madars Apse Video Part – Red Bull
This six-minute belter from everyone’s favourite Latvian contains all the ingredients of a timeless Madars Apse video part: innovative, inventive skating, a different eye for spots and a personal style all of his own.
A Day in the Life of Brighton Zeuner | FIELD DAY – Red Bull
A self-described ‘colourful mess’, Brighton blew up in Women’s Park skateboarding as a 12-year old winner of Vans Park Series, Malmo back in 2016. A year later, she would win an X-Games gold medal- and her skateboarding career took off. Her own Vans colourway and capsule collection demonstrated her burgeoning interest in fashion, which is where we begin our day in her company as she searches out appropriate ‘fits for Coachella.
We next high-tail it straight to the skatepark where Brighton shows us a little of the skate ability which made her the 2018 VPS World Champion, before the devastation of a broken nail sends her in search of comfort eating, Japanese-style.
SOTY Jamie Foy and Yuto Horigome skate Uprising Tokyo!! – Red Bull
May just passed saw the inaugural Uprising Tokyo, an all-new Pro/ Am skate event held at the Ariake Arena in the Japanese capital and hosted by Yuto Horigome. The street course, by California Skateparks, featured replicas of both LA’s Hollywood High 12-stair handrail and San Francisco’s Clipper ledge and so it really favoured the fearless and headstrong.
Red Bull mic’d up 2017 Thrasher Skater Of The Year Jamie Foy for a first-person view of his experience navigating press conferences, contest strategy, avoiding ‘racehorse push’ and witnessing the onslaught of a Best Trick contest for the ages!
Enjoy full access to that international skate life as Jamie Foy goes behind the scenes of Uprising Tokyo 2023!
Rolling Away: A Skateboarding Documentary Starring Ryan Sheckler – Red Bull
Ryan Sheckler and the most prolific names in skateboarding and sports discuss the importance of skate videos and the work-ethic required to produce a game-changing video part. The film follow’s Ryan’s three-year, injury-fought journey of filming “Lifer”, the action sport icon’s most monumental video part to date.
“I’ve been skating for almost 31 years and now I’m 33 years old. It’s crazy to think about it that way, but that’s what “Rolling Away” and “Lifer” is all about. It’s the culmination of my journey with skateboarding and proof that it’s unlike any other sport.” – Ryan Sheckler
Featuring Ryan Sheckler, Geoff Rowley, Paul Rodriguez, Tony Hawk, Eric Koston, David Reyes, Gary Rogers, Selema Masekela, Jamie Foy, Nora Vasconcellos, Klay Thompson, Ira Ingram, and more.
A New Approach To Skateboarding With Takahiro Morita | SKATE TALES – Red Bull
Takahiro Morita is a very different sort of skateboarder, really. Japanese skating has changed the coastline of possibility in skateboarding, mostly thanks to the FESN movement. The Far East Skate Network’s videos brought the new Japanese way of seeing and of being to the wider skateboarding world, thereby making all of skateboarding society more imaginative- and maybe a little kinder, too. Takahiro is the brains behind the FESN, and someone more personally responsible for opening up the concept of what skating can be today than almost anyone else in recent years.
From cruising Tokyo to dazzling the Japanese art world, his considered approach to what skateboarding can mean makes him one of the most genuinely unique minds which skate culture has produced, full stop. Madars simply had to meet him!
LIFER: The Ryan Sheckler Video Part – Red Bull
Three years and multiple injuries later, Ryan Sheckler releases LIFER, his best video part to date. In true Sheckler fashion, he dedicated 100% of his energy to put together this video part – and it shows. Kick back and watch Ryan do what he does best at spots all over the world.