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Etnies Aims to Plant 3 Million Trees through its BASPAT project
Planning to buy a pair of skate shoes? Might as well support the Etnies’ cause while you’re at it.
Etnies has now planted over 2 million trees since 2011 with its Buy a Shoe, Plant a Tree (BASPAT) project. That’s an equivalent of 200 million lbs. of carbon sequestered in a span of 20 years.
Now Etnies is trying to reach a goal of 3 million trees. From Earth Day (April 22) to May 22, Etnies will plant a tree for every pair of shoes purchased from Etnies.com.
Not due for a pair of shoes yet? You can buy their BASPAT sticker for a dollar and Etnies will plant a tree for each sticker sold.
For the rest of the year, Etnies will continue to plant a tree for every Jameson 2 Eco sold.
The project started in 2011 when Etnies partnered with the Maleku Tribe and La Reserva Forest Foundation in Costa Rica. They were able to plant 35,000 trees by the end of 2011.
Later, Etnies partnered with Trees for the Future and expanded their project in Brazil and then Africa.
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Tony Hawk and Rodney Mullen Team Up for ‘Darkslides & Secret Tapes’
Skateboarding legends will be on the stage together to discuss their lives and careers and how they inspired each other to innovate for “Darkslides & Secret Tapes” shows.
The shows are scheduled for April 4th at Beacon Theater, NYC, NY and April 7th at ACL Live at the Moody Theater, Austin, TX.
You can buy tickets for the NYC show here, and the Austin show here.
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Hayley Wilson is Slam’s Skater of the Year
Slam Magazine named Hayley Wilson as the 2024 Skater of the Year. The Australian-based skateboard magazine started the annual awards in 2004, with Cale Nuske bagging the first-ever Slam SOTY.
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Transworld Skateboarding Vault Features Leo Romero
Jason Hernandez breaks down Leo Romero’s old clips in this episode of TWS Vault. In the clips, Leo performs a trick on a red rail at UCI’s SoCal campus that may be familiar to you as his final trick in “First Love.” He then moves on to another iconic Orange County schoolyard.