Skateboarding: The Latino Effect
Latino Americans and Skateboarding Have a Rich History In the 1990's and early 2000's, mainstream pop culture associated skateboarding primarily with white suburban boys. The stereotypical “skater boy” had long blonde hair and a punk or hippie aesthetic. These days,…
The History of Skateboarding In California
One of California’s most iconic traditions is skateboarding. If you've ever been to California, it is likely that you’ve seen people both young and old riding down the street on a skateboard. Today, millions of Californians use skateboards for both…
Bob Marley Timeline: Fighter for Freedom
They called him Tuff Gong in the Trenchtown ghetto for his ability to defend himself from those who bullied him for his mixed racial background. Bob Marley was the child of white plantation overseer Norval Marley and African-Jamaican Cedella Booker.…
CALI Strong Guide to Skateboarding Safety Gear
About 25,000 skateboarders go to the hospital for skateboard-related injuries per year. Unfortunately, many of these injuries are very severe, and some have even been fatal. Head injuries and internal bleeding are major causes of death and hospitalization in skateboarders.
Skateboarding Tricks – Tone Rullan
Skateboard Throwaway footage filmed in about a month all over San Diego, CA (Beach, Chula Vista High School, etc.). Filmed with a Canon t3i and edited on Final Cut Pro X on Macbook Pro 15″ Retina Display.
San Diego’s Finest Timelapse
Kevin Andrew Falk fits San Diego’s magic of Comic-Con to the Gaslamp Quarter to Coronado and beyond into just five minutes. The “World’s Finest City” finally gets the world’s finest time-lapse video.
C2C’s Down The Road Music Video with Skatestar Richie Jackson
Magical Death pro Richie Jackson cruises the dusty back roads of LA in this C2C video titled ‘Down The Road.’
Light Goes On Video shows that the dead can shred in California
“Light Goes On” is a stop-motion light painting animation of a skateboarding and dancing skeleton by photographer Darren Pearson. To create the video, Pearson spent a year shooting all over San Diego with more than 700 light painting photos. Featuring the track”Bust…
Kilian Martin’s “Altered Route” Skate Film
The gifted director Brett Novak has brought Kilian Martin’s unique style of innovative style of skateboarding to the masses. Kilian Martin explores an abandoned water park and uses this old playground with astonishing board control and spontaneous creativity.