For the Love of Skateboarding
4DWN Skatepark in Dallas, Texas is reimagining of what skateparks can be….our friend, and TOA field reporter, Justin Hill, snuck over to check out this incredible operation and report back to us with a little video report as well as an in-depth article which is live now olive.
Check out the full article and interviews HERE.
It’s been a LONG hiatus for Inside the Skater’s Studio, so Theories of Atlantis is making a comeback with a real doozy. Easily in our top 5 favorite skate videos of all time and clearly one of the very best street-skating videos ever, Eastern Exposure 3 “Underachievers” has been long overdue on the Skater’s Studio. And Ricky Oyola’s part is THE one we all want to hear about. We got Ricky together with another TOA favorite, Paul Zitzer, to dive into the classic part and get some behind the scenes nuggets of how it all came to be. And, as Ricky says, Zitzer’s in it too!
This was filmed literally 5 years ago, right before the world went insane in early 2020. But due to some audio issues during the shoot, it got shelved for years with plans of re-filming. But TOA finally decided it was too good to not put it out and the logistics of having Ricky and Paul Zitzer in the same room together were quite slim. So here it is. Yes, the audio isn’t great, but it’s fine. So sit back and enjoy some stories behind the video that completely changed the game for the east coast of the USA back in 1996.
Theories of Atlantis brings Static VI Raw Tapes back and in this 4th episode we head south to balmy Miami during the first of 2 Miami filming trips for the video. The Static crew invited guest Nyle Lovett and Mark Del Negro on the mission and Joel Meinholz battled Mount Boardslide over and over in a brutal must-see battle for the ages. Dive in and get Raw.
Featuring Nyle Lovett, Brett Weinstein, Mark Del Negro, Trevor Thompson, John Baragwanath, Joel Meinholz and Josh Narvaez.
Loooong time Traffic Skateboards team rider Shaun Williams recently came out of the woodwork with a bangin new full part filmed and edited by John de Perrot titled “Swills”. And Theories of Atlantis were gifted all of the raw footage from the project and wanted to share it with their footy-hungry audience. This edit is filled with rugged & rad spots all around Philly and the surrounding area and it’s cool to see some of the battles and multitude of makes they captured along the way to finishing the part.
Raw Tapes is back with a whole new series showcasing footage from the filming of “Static VI”, spanning the years of 2016-2023. Alternate angles, unused clips, slams and more, the Raw Tapes series takes you behind the scenes of some of your favorite video projects and shows you who was on the sessions and what went down before and after the makes.
In this third episode we return to New York City with footage from across Brooklyn from downtown Manhattan to the Upper West Side.
Featuring Steve Brandi, Jahmal Williams, Aaron Herrington, John Baragwanath, Brett Weinstein, Christian Maalouf, Jordan Trahan, Moose Abrams and Trevor Thompson.
Theories of Atlantis is hyped to help showcase a new full length skate video out of St. Petersburg, Florida by Motor Lobby Skateboards. Featuring some friends of the TOA crew holding it down for their under-appreciated city, including Brandon Knowles, Nick Barwick, Chris Lesh, Sergio Quijano, DJ Brown, Haze Miller, Parker Leonard, Jeremy Leyva and more.
Raw Tapes is back with a whole new series showcasing footage from the filming of “Static VI”. Alternate angles, unused clips, slams and more, the Raw Tapes series takes you behind the scenes of some of your favorite video projects and shows you who was on the session and what went down before and after the makes.
Featuring Jordan Trahan, John Baragwanath, Brett Weinstein, Brian Powderly, Jahmal Williams, Dustin Eggeling, Kyler Garrison, Pat Stiener and James Sayres.
This first episode of the Static VI Raw Tapes takes us to the cities of Chicago and St Louis. It was during a trip to these 2 cities while filming for the Traffic “Look Left” video and a Theories Brand project, that the Static VI project officially started to pop off. So this episode includes moments from that initial trip as well as additional follow-up trips to both cities over the years leading up to the premiere.
Featuring Brett Weinstein, Jordan Trahan, Christian Maalouf, John Baragwanath, Brian Powderly, Dustin Eggeling, Steffen Watts, Andrew Kehoe and Jabari Pendleton.
Traffic Skateboards presents it’s 6th full length video project in it’s rich 20 year history, “It’s Completely Fine: The Toynbee Project”.
Josh Fiest is one of the latest additions to the Traffic team and Theories of Atlantis is stoked to host his full part from the new full length video “It’s Completely Fine: The Toynbee Project” by Traffic Skateboards.
Originally released on DVD in December of 2023, TOA has finally made the FULL “Static VI” video available to the public for free. This 6th and final episode in the 25 year-long running Static video series features Brett Weinstein, Jordan Trahan, John Baragwanath, Trevor Thompson, Christian Maalouf, Brian Powderly, Aaron Herrington, Jahmal Williams, Steve Brandi, Kevin Taylor and many, many more.
Philadelphia skateboarding legend, Kevin Taylor, graces the Static series with a short surprise part that nobody saw coming. Short, sweet and ever so stylish….enjoy.