MISC

Cheddar Poses the Question: Will Supreme’s Hype Survive Its Inevitable Growth?

Published

5 years ago

August 10, 2018

Skate Newswire

Currently valued at a billion dollars after selling part of the business to the The Carlyle Group last year, Supreme is bigger than it’s ever been. It already opened a new store in Brooklyn last fall, and is slated to open one in San Francisco later this year. While still unconfirmed, rumors have been flying of a massive expansion with stores opening up in major cities around the world. And we’ve even caught wind of another deal similar to the Carlyle investment on the horizon. Time will tell.

The question on everyone’s mind is will Supreme’s hype last once its product is less limited? Cheddar recently took a look at the brand’s history coupled with some basic economics to provide a bit of insight into this topic. It also spoke with Alex Corporan and Spencer Fujimoto, which gives this piece a bit more weight than what we’re used to seeing from mainstream coverage of James Jebbia’s giant.

This feature is a few weeks old at this point, but definitely worth a watch if you missed it.

CONTESTS

Skater XL Drops 2022 Skatepark of Tampa Pro Course

Published

2 years ago

April 29, 2022

Skate Newswire

Are you stoked for the 28th Annual 2022 Tampa Pro Contest?

So are we!

In the meantime, check out the game Skater XL‘s new map drop of the freshly updated 2022 Skatepark Of Tampa Pro Course featuring the original work of skate artist Lucas Beaufort.

It’s now available on the mod browser for all platforms.

Catch a glimpse of the course IRL in @lucas_beaufort Instagram post below.

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MISC

Meet the 2022 USA Skateboarding National Team

Published

2 years ago

April 14, 2022

Skate Newswire

USA Skateboarding just announced the members of the 2022 USA Skateboarding National Team.

The crew members were chosen based on performance in international level events the year before their selection.

The team is led by Andrew Nicolaus, Men’s Head Coach; Alexis Sablone, Women’s Head Coach; and Mimi Knoop, High-Performance Director.

The skaters named to the 2022 USA Skateboarding National Team include:

Women’s Park

Bryce Wettstein
Jordan Santana
Jordyn Barratt
Minna Stess

Women’s Street

Mariah Duran
Paige Heyn
Poe Pinson
Samarria Brevard

Men’s Park

Cory Juneau
Gavin Bottger
Heimana Reynolds
Zion Wright

Men’s Street

Dashawn Jordan
Jagger Eaton
Jake Ilardi
Nyjah Huston

Team USA earned two bronzes from Cory Juneau (Park) and Jagger Eaton (Street) during its Olympic debut at the 2020 Tokyo Games.

Alexis Sablone made it to the Olympic Street finals placing fourth while Bryce Wettstein earned sixth place for Women’s Park.

In all, nine Skateboarding Olympians will return to the 2022 national team.

CULTURE

Watch ‘TUANY’ Skate Video Featuring Sebastien Cao and Theo Meas

Published

2 years ago

April 13, 2022

Skate Newswire

Watch Sebastien Cao and Theo Meas as they shred in the streets of South America.

The video was filmed during three months of backpacking from Mexico to Costa Rica, crossing Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua.

Making it even more impressive (and a reason needs to come calling), “TUANY” was entirely filmed, edited, and animated using an iPhone with Theo and Sebastien doing the editing themselves (and some of the filming too).