Displaying items by tag: Community Resources
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7/22/2020
Action Sports Kids Foundation
The Action Sports Kids Foundation started by building skateparks in Long Beach to keep kids off the streets and away from gang activity. They’ve had an astonishing success rate, keeping their 80 members out of danger, and helping to build eight parks around LB. Be grateful for ASK next time you hit the rebuilt Cherry Park. -
7/22/2020
Goskate.com
Looking for skate instructions by someone who’s bluntslid an 18-stair rail? Goskate has you covered, as Chris Dobstaff is just one of their thousands of instructors. Hit up their directory for skate lessons in your area. -
7/22/2020
ENTER Skateboarding
ENTER Skateboarding trains skate instructors with their own curriculum to make sure every kid in their program gets a quality lesson. If you’ve been thinking about giving lessons, check their page and get certified so you don’t break some kid’s arm helping ‘em drop in. -
7/22/2020
A Skate
A Skate provides free skate clinics for persons with Autism. Volunteers from across the country come together to foster a safe skate environment while teaching creative and therapeutic skills. Check their events page to see if you can get onboard in your area. -
7/22/2020
Adaptive Action Sports
Adaptive Action Sports out of Colorado provides skate and snowboard programs for disabled youth and more. Daniel Gale and Element Advocate Amy Purdy started AAS in 2005 to show snowboarding and skateboarding are for everyone, regardless of ability. -
7/22/2020
SkateWild
Piggy-backing off the Elemental Awareness program, SkateWild organizes trips with pro skaters and members of communities where access to skateboarding is limited, encouraging outdoor recreation and creative exploration. Keep an eye out for a trip traveling through and fill out a request to join their once-in-a-lifetime events.
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7/27/2024
Thrasher Weekend: New Balance in Chicago
New Balance brings its best to Chicago for a weekend of switch back tails, first T rail rips and an electrifying demo. Tap in with Tiago, Foy, Reynolds, Westgate and their all-star roster. -
7/27/2024
Michael Sieben's "Let It Kill You" Episode
Vice shines a light on our guy Sieben, tracing his early zine days up to working for the mag and highlighting all the projects in between. -
7/27/2024
PUMA SKATEBOARDING Presents “Ivy”
Puma's Japan squad steps to steep banks and sizable stacks in this energetic edit. -
7/27/2024
Washington Street's "25 Years of Terror" Bash
Best tricks, secret obstacles, bands, cash prizes and all the concrete you can eat ––WSVT is 25 and they're celebrating August 10th. If you miss this you better be DEAD or IN JAIL! -
7/27/2024
The Bunt Jam 2024 Presented by Vans Photos
What good is any competition without surprise upsets, flagrant fouls and heartwarming underdog stories? Not good, that's how! Luckily, The Bunt Jam brought all that and more for the return of its famed event in Toronto. Check the flicks to see it all go down.
In The Mag
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Alexis Sablone is an architect, coach, artist and icon, with pro shoes on two different companies at the same time. Congrats on the front, Alexis! Speaking of powerful women in skating—Elissa dishes on people she’s known and we’ve got coverage of the 12th annual Wheels of Fortune brought to you by Skate like a Girl. We also have the Nike team posted up in Puerto Rico, a 12-pager on skaters and their dogs (woof), a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Blokes 2, Daan Van Der Linden gets the interview treatment and more! Pick one up today.