Vans Off The Wall TV features a show titled DERP aka “derelict places.” For whatever reason, ruins have always be cool places to hang out and especially to skate. In the first episode of DERP skaters to go the Kupari Tourist Complex in Dubrovnik, Croatia. After that it was on to Hanover, and Athens. Click the links to watch them all.
[Link: Off The Wall TV Skate]
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GaySurfers.net has released a teaser for their new documentary called Out In The Lineup.
This is a documentary about homosexuality and surfing that examines why people think there aren’t any gay surfers – and to show them the power, diversity and energy of our group of global gay surfers! It is the story of all of us who seek acceptance, happiness and some really good waves.
The producers of the film are “actively looking for sponsors and funding” to complete the film. While we’re guessing the mainstream surf industry isn’t going to dive in on this opportunity, maybe someone will surprise us all.
[Link: Out In The Lineup]
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For April 2013’s Every Third Thursday, Signal Snowboards enlisted some help from the students at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising.
Watch as time runs out and we decide to stitch together a new idea for top honors designer Kelly Knaggs for her runway debut, then give it to Manu Dominguez and Pat Garvin to shred and prove we didn’t just use safety pins and double sided tape. Sew, what are you waiting for?
Looks like a hot mess to us.
[Link: Signal Snowboards]
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Sanjay Dastoor, of Boosted Boards, presented his “electric vehicle” to the super brains at a TED conference and they clapped their hands when he revealed a $1,200 electric skateboard. As we’ve always thought with motorized skateboards, is simply pushing all that difficult?
[Link: Tech News Daily]
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Rob Dyrdek really does have the whole promo thing down on lock. This week the Tribeca Film Festival will be screening a Street League Skateboarding promotional advertisement documentary by Adam Bhala Lough titled The Motivation. We do so love the age of advertorial, especially when it comes to documentary filmmaking. Oh, and as you might imagine The Motivation looks to be very good as well. That’s called synergy. The Motivation premieres Thursday, April 25, 2013 at 9:30 PM EST.
If surfing is more your thing, the festival also will be showing the “initially Quiksilver funded,” Bob McKnight co-executive produced, ESPN Films owned film Hawaiian: The Legend of Eddie Aikau. It’s directed by Sam George and produced by Stacy Peralta, Paul Taublieb, Agi Orsi, and Dan Silver so it’s probably good, too.
[Link: Complex Mag]
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After accidentally stumbling on to the ridiculous ABC Television “diving with the stars” reality contest show Splash and not getting it, we thought it even odder that Tony Hawk would make a five second guest appearance on the show ollieing off the show’s high dive to the cheers of a live crowd shouting: “Tony. Tony. Tony.”
Those who spent any time at Mr. Hawk’s Fallbrook facility will remember hours spent jump ramping into the pool on hot days, so this is really nothing new.
But we were left wondering: Is this the kind of compelling action sports content we can expect from TMZ Action Sports?
[Link: TMZ]
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Far From Home is the story of Brolin Mawejje. Born in Uganda, Mawejje moved to America in 2004. Now, “nearly a decade later, he finds himself in Salt Lake City, Utah; studying towards a doctorate in Neuro-Oncology at Westminster College and training to represent Uganda in the 2018 Winter Olympics as a snowboarder.”
For the rest of the story, click the link, or to help support the film’s Kickstarter goal of $21,500 click here to buy in.
[Link: Far From Home]
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Hard to believe there wasn’t room for some of this footage in the final Perpetual Motion product. Did you see all that Walker Ryan goodness? If not, watch it again just to see how smooth he rolls.
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