Category Archives: Skateboarding Legends

Skateboarding Gives Back: Next Up Foundation, Non Profit

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Jennifer Willis

Brazilian skateboarder, inspired by his own challenges, created non profit programs to help improve the quality of life for kids in underprivileged neighborhoods in Brazil and Orange County, CA. Such an inspiring story about a program that helps youth overcome … Continue reading →

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How to Save the Brooklyn Banks

Posted on November 23, 2009 by jwillis

Fact: They are closing the Brooklyn Banks. The NYC skateboarding community will likely lose a beloved historical landmark and it will never be the same even if they give it back. Architectural structures reveal a great deal about their social … Continue reading →

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Afropunk 2009 – Skateboarding

Posted on July 7, 2009 by David Willis

They built it – They came Diversity is cool, it ups the ante, but connection is awesome. See entire afro-punk 2009 Alubum If there was ever a good idea, with the right leadership and philanthropically cool vibe of visionary genius, … Continue reading →

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NYC Legends: Billy Rohan

Posted on April 28, 2009 by David Willis

NYC Heroes: Billy Rohan and Open Road "’Just do you, that’s what Harold told me, ‘Just do you.’" From school programs to safe skate spots; I’ve heard TONS of stuff about Billy Rohan.   The work he’s done with the local … Continue reading →

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