For the Love of Skateboarding
Fresh off a Round One tie, Team Dashawn and Team Foy battle it out down the grass gap for a 2 second head start towards The Relay. In this two team, three v three competition, skill and passion are put to the test through four rounds. The winner of each round receives a 2 second (total of 6 seconds up for grabs) head start, which applies to the final round, The Relay.
Team Dashawn: Dashawn Jordan, Zion Wright, Gabriel Fortunato
Team Foy: Jamie Foy, John Dilo, Ronnie Kessner
Witness the 272 with a unique vaulted heel structure to support and disperse impact. Complimented by a one-piece toe with strategic reinforcement for durability and a rubberized heel counter to add upper stability, the 272 will turn heads and keep you skating with confidence. Featuring Chris Colbourne, Tom Karangelov, Ronnie Kessner, Jordan Taylor, and Tre Williams.
At New Balance we strive for Intelligent Design. Our revealing new approach to vulcanized we turn things inside out. Witness the 272 with a unique vaulted heel structure to support and disperse impact. Complimented by a one-piece toe with strategic reinforcement for durability and a rubberized heel counter to add upper stability, the 272 will turn heads and keep you skating with confidence. – New Balance
Ronnie Kessner’s SŌLUS entry. With all the skate contests canceled this year, Ryan Sheckler opened the doors to his skatepark and invited 13 of the best skateboarders in the world to battle it out in a new digital skateboarding contest. Each skater has one hour to put together their best 45 second to one minute line alone – no crowd & no other skaters, just a couple camera guys and themselves – SŌLUS. Red Bull’s judges, Jamie Owens, Mike Sinclair, and Kyle Berard, will evaluate each video based on style, progression and creativity. Winner will be announced September 27th. Each skaters entry video will drop every week leading up to the September 27th winner announcement. With skate shops struggling during the global pandemic, the winner will receive $2,500 to donate to a shop of their choice. Following the judges announcement, you will have a chance to vote on your favorite video part and the fan favorite will be announced on September 30th. Watch Ronnie battle out his run and tap the link to vote for your favorite entry! Vote HERE.
Growing up in a small town in New Jersey, Ronnie Kessner was set to head to Chiropractic school when he decided to take the window skateboarding offered. Fast forward to now and he’s riding for Shane O’neill’s company, April, and working on his own album. A while back Thunder visited Ronnie to get a look into his process for making music and hear what he’s working on next.
New Ronnie Kessner backyard edit!
Ronnie Kessner and Ish Cepeda with a little spring cleaning to collect some used gear donations for Keep It Rolling.
If you have used gear collecting dust at your house, gather it up, then drop it in your local shop’s Keep It Rolling collection box when it’s safe.
Your shop decides what organization or person it gets passed on.
Kinetic Skateshop’s third full length video. Featuring: Kris Arnold, Brian O’Malley, John Devine, Ronnie Kessner, Joey Pyle, Willy Akers, Anthony Tomasetti, Mark Del Negro and Josh Feist.
Drops Saturday September 30th featuring Ronnie Kessner, Tyler Bolar, John Dilo and Kevin Love.
Mark Appleyard and Ronnie Kessner took a 5 day trip to the Sequoia National Forest to visit the Element Skate Camp.
Jake Todd’s full length video for Kinetic Skateshop that was released in December of 2014 featuring Joey Pyle, Ronnie Kessner, Anthony Tomasetti, Willy Akers, John Devine, Brian O’Malley, Brannon John, Josh Feist, Giorgio Villone, Mark Del Negro and more.
New Jersey’s own Ronnie Kessner has the latest feature for Thunder Trucks.