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Do you know how much skateboarding has affected the culture around us? From music and art to writing, skateboarding has left an indelible mark on our collective creativity and expression. Growing up skateboarding, I've felt its influence firsthand. Yesterday in Austin, the godfather of skateboarding, Rodney Mullen, delivered a speech that resonated deeply with me and I believe it will with you too. Tony Hawk might have been there also 😅 Mullen delved into the essence of passion, the importance of doing what we love for the sheer joy of it, and how nurturing this passion is one of life's greatest challenges. He spoke candidly about the inevitable struggles and setbacks, highlighting that the journey is as filled with lows as it is highs, but it's the love for what we do that keeps us going. He questioned the value of external validation and success, proposing that true fulfillment comes from an internal commitment to our craft. Mullen also touched on the power of belief over talent, how breaking through the "impossible" is a matter of faith in oneself, and the role of innovation in pushing boundaries. His reflections on legacy and influence, the living trophies of the tricks he pioneered that have become a language for skaters, offer a profound message on the impact we can have through our passions. Mullen's journey from fear of failure to embracing the joy in the process itself is a testament to growth and the pursuit of what truly matters. This talk was a powerful reminder of the transformative power of pursuing our passions, irrespective of the field. Whether you're a skater, artist, musician, or writer, there's something in Mullen's message for everyone. Let's celebrate the culture skateboarding has inspired and continue pushing the limits of our creativity. #Skateboarding #RodneyMullen #Creativity #Passion #Innovation #Culture

Failing again... Although not quite falling (touch wood). I never got into the initial Snakeboarding craze of the 90s. Even though they were everywhere when I was a teen. And then, suddenly, nada. Seemingly overnight Snakeboards dropped off the radar. To give it its proper name streetboarding didn't actually disappear. The sport continued, and still does today, fuelled by those passionate riders who refuse to let it die. It was only the Snakeboard brand that went belly up after being overhyped, over marketed and mismanaged. For those not aware streetboarding is a kind of hybrid skateboarding fusing elements of street skate, snowboarding and surf. Proficient riders strap in (via footstraps) and pull inverted aerial moves that have serious consequences should they stack it into concrete. Google streetboarding if you're not aux fait. It's bonkers! In 2024 the Snakeboard 2.0 is back. But this time Snakeboards have a 'new twist' (geddit?). The front truck benefits from a rocking motion much like a surf skate truck. This makes it easier to learn. Snakeboard's synergy with surf skating, and being chased around the interwebs with their ads, led me to contact Mr Jay Snake himself (aka Jamie N.) for a test model. The Snakeboard 2.0 Pro arrived to much intrigue. Firstly, I was blown away by the quality and finish of the Snakeboard 2.0 Pro. But then secondly it dawned on me I now had to learn how to ride the thing. Anyway, a few sessions on here's where I'm at with it. A long way from corked 720s down starways. But then, I'm not looking at that either. If anyone has any tips then I'd be keen to hear them. There must be a few on here who rode Snakeboards back in the day...

I Love Skateboarding, It Makes Me Successful! Success, much like skateboarding and other sports or hobbies, is a journey that requires dedication, resilience, and a willingness to embrace challenges. As a skateboarder I must learn to land tricks, navigate obstacles, and grind rails, those striving for success must overcome hurdles, confront setbacks, and continuously tune their skills. In skateboarding, the path to mastery is paved with hard falls, bruises, and moments of frustration. However, it is precisely these challenges that forge determination and a relentless pursuit of improvement. Similarly, the road to success is riddled with obstacles and failures. Yet, a skateboarder will get back up and learn that style and flow in their tricks! A true skateboarder (or your passion) doesn't just skate for the sake of becoming the best; they do it because they love the thrill, the creativity, and the sense of freedom it provides. Similarly, those who find genuine fulfillment in their endeavors are more likely to get back up from a hard slam and try again, as their passion fuels their determination. I Love Skateboarding Jason Patrick

Outside of design, one of my passions lies in skateboarding. 🛹 I've been skating since I was a kid. It has provided me with many hours of enjoyment but also valuable life lessons, most notably: Facing failure. Setbacks are more frequent than success. Landing a challenging skateboard trick might take years of dedication. It can also be very painful. But the return on investment feels amazing! Reflecting on my growth as a designer, I believe my skateboarding mindset has allowed me to have a strong sense of persistence in pursuing my goals. Whether it's landing a job or landing my first kickflip. The sooner you face failure and embrace it, the easier it will be for you to grow. You can learn so much from it. Anyways, I might forget how important it is to face failure. Sometimes I might need to remind myself of that, and so should you. 🙌 #uiuxdesign #uiux #skateboarding #lifelessons #juniordesigner

What does skateboarding have to do with my legal content business? Maybe more than you think. Skateboarding has everything to do with my health (mental and physical), happiness, and creativity. I skateboard to uplift my spirit, and that’s how I keep showing up every day, ready to do my best work. Training, getting a good night’s sleep, and eating a clean diet are essential to my well-being and my ability to consistently give my best effort every day. So, what does skateboarding have to do with my business? Actually, quite a bit. (There’s a crash at the end of the video. Because we all love wipeouts.) https://lnkd.in/gCHKnDdM -- For more musings and meditations about business and life, visit my blog at www.eddiesignaigo.com.

Skateboarding is more than just cruising around. Skateboarding is a lifestyle. Skateboarding is love. Over the past 60 years, Skateboarding went through a kind of evolution. In Germany, street skating is the most popular discipline at contests just like in the USA. The European and German skate scene is independent and has its industry, pros, and a national contest series. This is evidence of how big the role of skateboarding is in our society. Here in Kenya, it's been around for almost 23 years. Uhuru Park was an icon for the incubation of the sport before it was brought down and rebuilt. Now we have very many youth involved in the sport, especially girls. They are not scared to test their limits. Skateboarding has become a job for a lot of youth by training children. I tell people, I know I wouldn't be where I am today if it wasn't for God bringing skateboarding my way. The resilience and grit I have in life amidst its challenges came from this gift of a sport. Because of the increasing networking inside the skate scene, skateboarding will grow and bring more innovations in the future. Red Bull Kenya has been a huge part of this journey and continues to be. But for most of us, skateboarding is and will be a hobby and an attitude to life. #content #skateboarding #grit #youthempowerment #youth #contentcreation #socialmedia #growth

Skateboarding debuted at the Olympic Games in 2020 when the Games were hosted in Tokyo. 🛹 That year, the Japan Skateboarding team took home three out of four gold medals, and a few silver and bronze medals for three of the four disciplines. 🥇🥇🥇🥈🥉 Japan’s impressive performance in skateboarding has since captured the world’s attention as they gear up for the next Olympic Games. 💫 Although the Skateboarding category is new to the Olympic Games, Japan embraced skateboarding as a legitimate sport earlier than other countries and in unique ways that showed their respect for the sport. 🛹 Niall Neeson of the international World Skate company explained that due to Japan’s geographical size, street skating doesn’t exist the way it does elsewhere, so instead Japan established dedicated parks and facilities like skateboarding schools to foster talent and innovation in the sport. 🏅 Hayakawa Daisuke, coach of the National Skateboarding team, expects the team to win medals in the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympic Games while communicating the good of skateboarding and its culture to others. 🛹 Read more about Japan's outlook on skateboarding ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games here: https://bit.ly/3XoLciR Are you looking forward to seeing skateboarding in the Olympics this summer? 🛹💫 Let us know your thoughts below! #Japan #Paris2024OlympicGames #Olympics #Paris2024 #Skateboarding #JapaneseTeam #GoldMedals #Tokyo2020 #JapanSkateboardingTeam #OlympicGames #JapaneseSports #JapaneseCulture

In skateboarding, falling is inevitable. You spend most of your time on the ground, scraping your knees, banging a hip, landing on an elbow and falling on your ass, or "Eating Shit" than you do actually upright on your board. But here's the thing, skateboarders take pride in the falls, the bruises, and cuts. We take pride in Eating Shit! It's easy to get caught up in the highlight reels we see on social media, but remember that those are just the lucky shots that actually landed. The difference is that skateboarders know that failure is part of the process. A cast, bandage, or brace is a badge of honor in skating, a fashion statement even. So, my challenge to you today is to embrace the falls, the failures, the bruises, and cuts. Move through your fears, put yourself out there, take some chances, and live to tell the tale. Who knows, you might even discover a new badge of honor. #skateboardmentality #embracethefalls #takechances #salescoaching #salestraining #executiveleadership #ceo #sales #salestraining

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐎𝐥𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐤𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 There’s a lot of good reasons to watch the Olympic skateboarding. For example, this year’s youngest Olympian is the Chinese skater, Zheng Haohao, who is just 11 years old! But another reason to watch world-class backside flips is to remind yourself that baking in the ability for failure can drive people to even bigger successes. Earlier this week our Innovation manager Felicity (Flic) Burgess wrote this on one of our Slack channels after looking up the rules for the Olympic event: “𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘴𝘬𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘖𝘭𝘺𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦! 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘬𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 2/5 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘛𝘏𝘙𝘌𝘌 𝘛𝘐𝘔𝘌𝘚 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘯 𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘥. 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 (𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘭𝘥) 𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘬𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦.” That’s a great phrase, isn’t it? Normalising falling over. We’ve never put it in those words before, but that concept underpins so much of what we do at Brink, especially when we’re designing portfolios that allow teams of innovators to test new approaches or validate a fresh set of ideas. In those kinds of situations, repeated failure is a given. So, ‘normalising falling over’ is something that has to be baked into the environment in order to keep optimism and momentum alive and for people to be able identify the lessons that come from failures, and to turn them into valuable insights. Here's to falling over and getting back up again. 🛹

【The Secret Behind NIKE SB, Supporting the Feat of Professional Skater Sora Shirai Who's Aiming for the Paris 2024 Olympics】 Pro skater Sora Shirai, rapidly gaining attention due to his high technical style, is known for his unique and complex original tricks, which are said to be unmatched worldwide. How did this shining Japanese star rise to become a pro skater? What makes NIKE SB, the brand that supports him, so good? We've asked some of these questions directly to Sora Shirai himself and sought his future vision intertwined with skateboarding. ...please read the continuation of this article here. Article link 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gKEGNUvR