Mullen Skate Film Hits Sundance
Report and photo by Logan Hall If you know anything about the world of skateboarding, you’ve probably heard the name Rodney Mullen. The professional skater has been continuously reinventing the sport since the 1980s. He was barely a teenager when he exploded into the world of skating. He’s starred in countless skate videos and games, [...]
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5 Ways to Educate and Encourage Helmet Use Among Skaters
Skateboarding can be a dangerous activity and as parents it is our job to educate our children on the necessity of wearing a helmet and behaving responsibly. Here are five ways that may help you do just that: 1. Start Early When it comes to teaching your child how to behave on a...
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Bones Brigade Exposes Skateboarding’s Golden Age
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — There were many laughs and some tears, but mostly the crowd switched between adoring focus and roaring applause at the Sundance Film Festival screening of Stacy Peralta’s newest skateboarding documentary, The Bones Brigade: An Autobiography, at Salt Lake’s Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center. The Bones Brigade was the skateboarding team [...]
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Bones Brigade: Sundance Film Review
Justin Lowe The director behind the lucrative "Dogtown and Z Boys" revisits skateboarding to similar success. read more
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Skateboarding in Skateistan!
JAN 16 — Merza Muhammadi is one of the best skateboarders in Afghanistan. This 17-year-old is an instructor and mid-level manager at Kabul’s only skatepark, Skateistan, and is looked up to by hundreds of Kabul kids. But Merza hasn’t always been in this positive situation. Only four years before, he was working the streets cleaning cars to help ...
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