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.
Yndiara Asp Gives Us A Tour Around Floripa | Red Bull Skate Generation
What do you know about the most skateboarding island in the world? Let’s take a whirlwind tour of magical Florianópolis with the people who know it best. Connected to the mainland of Santa Catarina state on Brazil’s Atlantic seaboard by just an expansion bridge, Floripa- as she is affectionately known- is not only home to more bowls per square metre than anywhere else in the world but a gnarly downhill scene, world class surfing and is also a place where nature in all its diverse glory expresses itself more fully than almost anywhere else on the planet. Pedro Barros and Yndi Asp decided to give us the lowdown on the place they know as home.
The Land of the Buffalo | TJ Rogers ‘Steady Pushing’ in partnership with 7-Eleven Ep 3/4
Episode 3 of Steady Pushing finds us in the prairielands of central Canada, as TJ Rogers’ rewind through the skate scenes of his youth takes in both Winnipeg and Calgary and we meet up with the incredible Joe Buffalo.
Red Bull Cornerstone 2021 – Stops Five and Six – Minneapolis and Dubuque
No strangers to the Red Bull Cornerstone series, Minneapolis’ finest, Familia Skateshop hosted Stop 5 at the Familia HQ. Like every year, the action was bouncing from wall-to-wall of this epic park making it yet another exciting display of the Midwest’s upcoming talent.
Red Bull Skate Generation: All You Need To Know!
Pedro Barros and friends talk us through the evolution of their family bowlriding event Skate Generation on the magical skate island of Florianópolis in Santa Catarina, Brazil.
From humble beginnings to hosting world-famous legends, the inter-generational team contest mixes locals and international pros, young and old, men and women in a celebration of skateboarding culture and community. See you on December 11th!
La Belle Province | TJ Rogers ‘Steady Pushing’ in partnership with 7-Eleven Ep 2/4
Hop in the van! TJ Rogers’ Steady Pushing bandwagon leaves behind his childhood home in Ontario, headed across Canada to show us the skate scenes that made him.
Red Bull Cornerstone 2021 – Stops Three and Four – Detroit and Milwaukee
It was another incredible stop as the Red Bull Cornerstone series swept through Cream City skatepark in Milwaukee and hosted the best upcoming talent in the Midwest.
Rock, Paper Slalom | TJ Rogers ‘Steady Pushing’ in partnership with 7-Eleven Ep1/4
TJ Rogers came up in skating like every dreamer, shooting ‘sponsor me’ tapes on the freezing streets of his hometown in Ontario, Canada.
Red Bull Cornerstone 2021 – Stops One and Two – Saint Louis and Kansas City
The Red Bull Cornerstone Series kicked off the 2021 run at one of St. Louis, Missouri’s most epically unique skateparks—Sk8 Liborius, a skatepark inside of a 165-year old church.
Max Habanec in the streets of Prague | Raw Edit – Red Bull
Czech ruler Maxim Habanec and his wingman Honza Navrátil spent the lockdown months of 2021 on a filming mission throughout the quiet streets of Prague.