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Skateboards für Südafrika crowdfunden: The Pigeon Plan

Finde ich, der einen Teil seiner Jugend auf dem Brett verbracht hat, persönlich ganz dolle großartig. Hier das Crowdfunding Projekt auf Betterplace, hier die FB-Seite dazu.

Louis T.The Pigeon Plan is a project aiming at collecting used skateboards for children from poorer regions around South Africa. The 100 complete boards that we collected will be shipped to South Africa in January 2015, to be shared with various institutions. The Pigeon Plan will work with children’s homes, primary schools, and other social services in the townships. At each location, a crew of volunteers, skateboarders, and helping hands will provide one-week workshops, where the kids get taught the basics on a skateboard. Our goal is to share the freedom and comeradeship of skateboarding and to provide workshops that won’t be forgotten.
We will leave the boards with the institutions and are trying to find volunteers to continue the workshops on a regular, continuous basis. Skateboarding is something special and unique; no team, no special training, and only a piece of tar/concrete is needed. Rather than having old boards lying uselessly around at home, they can be put to good use. On a board we learned how to deal socially with others, to see the world differently, and express ourselves through movement; the urban jungle can become your playground. That’s what skateboarding is about for us and that is the reason why we want to share our love for skateboarding with the kids of South Africa.

Our workshops will include…
– skateboard basics (pushes/kick-turns /a few tricks)
– skateboard culture (videos/photography/art)
– carpentry (set up a Skateboard, maintenance ramps)
– the joys of social engagement (intergenerational interactions)
– fun and enjoyment

https://vimeo.com/119056464
(Direktlink | Danke, Dennis!)

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Ein Cartoon-Charakter auf einem Skateboard in der realen Welt: Gabriel In The Dreamscape

Und eine Katze im Studio. Klasse animiert von Eric Lerner.

This introduction showcases Gabriel’s world and some of my ideas of what is possible within it. If you are curious / excited about Gabriel and the potential of his world, you can help make future videos a reality by sharing this video; the more exposure it gets, the more it helps me convince the right people to invest in expanding Gab’s universe. Your support is really appreciated!


(Direktlink)

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Ein Hovercraft-Skateboard aus Laubbläsern zum Selberbauen

Ähnliches ging zu Beginn des Jahres schonmal rum, entpuppte sich später allerdings nur als Scherz. Ryan Craven alias Mr. Hoverboard hatte sich das vielleicht zum Anlass genommen, so ein Ding dann tatsächlich mal zu bauen. Erste Testschwebungen wurden Ende November auf einer Skateanlage in Austin, Texas, durchgeführt. Und ja, sieht aus, als würde das funktionieren. Aber der Lärm, alter. Der Lärm!

http://youtu.be/8dflaK2OgNg
(Direktlink, via Core77)

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Skaten in einem verlassenen Hotel

Ein Brausehersteller hat ein paar Jungs mit ihren Decks in ein verlassenes Hotel nach Neuschottland nähe Halifax in Canada geführt und sie dort skaten lassen. Wofür so alte verlassene Hotels noch gut sein können.

Aspotogan was designed to be one of the finest seaside resorts in Eastern Canada. This 175,500 square foot retreat on the coast of Nova Scotia began construction in 1993 and for unknown reasons never saw completion. The hotel was left abandoned, forgotten, and frozen in time. Until now… A combination of builders and riders set out to the coast of Halifax to turn a 20 year abandoned hotel into a legendary multi-level concrete skate park. The crew brings new life into the abandoned space by transforming it into an ultimate 5-star skate retreat with custom transitions, rails and boxes built into the existing structure. Camping out for a week at Aspotogan, it’s their last resort to shred the spot before it is demolished forever.


(Danke, Henry!)

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