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[SWZ] Presents STX Skate
While filming a commercial for a friend's kiteboarding school (video to come soon) in St. Croix, US Virgin Islands I had a chance to do a little skating down the mountain roads. This particular road lead down to the beach that we had been kiting and filming at for the past few days.
Filming was done by Leading Edge Kiteboarding School owners Chris Doyle and Sara Seaver; with additional footage from a GoPro pole-cam setup made out of two shower curtain rods that were duct taped together (classy).
Double Rock: Best of 2012
Thrasher Magazine show off the best of their 2012 footage at Double Rock
Mauritius Kite Jam
Cold weather getting you down? Perhaps watching a little kitesurfing will warm up those bones.
The Mauritius Kite Jam is an annual event that brings together amateur and professional kiteboarders from all over the world for a 14 day event. Based in Le Morne, Mauritius the event delivers world class kiteboarding conditions, clinics, gear demos, incredible parties and world class music. This year three Cabrinha Internatiional riders came for the event to ride and party.
Don't miss the next Mauritius Kite Jam (26. Oct - 9. Nov 2013)
Riders:
Alberto Rondina - facebook.com/albyrondina
Keahi De Aboitiz - facebook.com/keahideaboitiz
Jamie Barrow - facebook.com/jamiebarrownz
Filmed and edited by Anders Krüger
Temple University Longboard Club Countdown to Christmas Swap Meet/Slide Jam/Toy Drive
The Temple University Longboard Club held an event at a local hill in Philadelphia; not just for fun but also as a toy-drive to get into the holiday spirit. The event was organized by James Contreras, Matt Smith and Earl Stout III. The event also served as a toy swap meet in which any skater could come buy, trade and offer their unused/unwanted gear. Sponsers included Community Bikes and Boards, Commonwealth Boards, The Pucks, Wild Monkey Racing, Green Banana Skateboards, Dune Longboards, andBalance Skate Products. Those who donated a toy were automatically entered into a raffle. Click on the picture to check out our photo gallery!FIREFLY
FIREFLY shows off some amazing and dazzling technology. Using a Czech Republic designed and built radio controlled helicopter with DSLR cameras mounted to film, a pilot follows skater Jan Minol as he skates through the city at night. What makes this particular video spectacular is not the helicopter that follows him, but the blue neon lights attached to the underside of his deck as he cruises about. This video recieved a Vimeo Staff Pick for it's quality.
created by:
samadhiproduction.cz
jamcopters.cz
DIRECTED BY
Jan Minol
Cut The Crap
The World Champ Youri Zoon and Vice World Champ Bruna Kajiya nailing down some big freestyle tricks.
Just action on top of their game, so sit back, enjoy!
DRAIN - A DOGBOWL SHORT
Directed by JAKE JANISS
THIS HISTORIC 8MM FOOTAGE OF DOGTOWN'S FOUNDING MEMBERS, WAS CAPTURED IN THE SPRING OF 1977 BY WAYNE BABCOCK. WAYNE HAS NEVER RELEASED THIS FOOTAGE NOR HAS HE SHARED HIS VINTAGE DOGTOWN SKATEBOARD COLLECTION WITH THE PUBLIC, BOTH HAVE BEEN DONATED EXCLUSIVELY IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT.
The Dog Bowl, originally known only to the most hardcore DogTown crew, was located in Northern Santa Monica -
Tony Hawk Interviews Rodney Mullen About The First Kickflip
"I sequestered Rodney Mullen recently during a dinner party at my house in order to get the real story behind the kickflip. The only quiet place was my bedroom. Is that weird? Only if you make it weird. Which I might have just done by mentioning it at all. Anyway, he invented the kickflip because he's a genius and we are lucky to have him. Now I made it extra weird. Just enjoy the story and forget I ever said anything."
--Tony Hawk
