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Legendary Skateboarder Gabriel Rodriguez Passes Away at Age 46

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2019 has been a rough year for skateboarding. Gabriel Rodriguez is the fourth cultural icon to pass away this year following Jake Phelps, P-Spliff, and Ben Raemers. He was 46.

Rodriguez was born in Los Angeles, and was a pioneer of schoolyard picnic table skating. He was discovered by Stacy Peralta in the late ‘80s alongside Paulo Diaz, Rudy John Johnson, and Guy Mariano, and first appeared in the L.A. Boys section of Ban This in 1989. He would later go on to skate for 101 and Chocolate before retiring from professional skateboarding in the early 2000s.

Rodriguez is best known for his part in Chocolate’s Las Nueve Vidas De Paco [1995]; and Guy Mariano has credited him as being his original inspiration in skateboarding in numerous interviews over the past decade.

This tragic news broke yesterday via Instagram. As of this writing, we are unsure of the cause of his death. We’ll update as more details become available.

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Carlisle Aikens Shows What It’s Really Like to Be a Pro Skateboarder

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Carlisle Aikens never imagined that he would become a professional skater or a model. In the most recent episode of Hypebeast’s “Diaries” the skater and model reflects on his career while already considering “what’s next?”

Aikens became a part of Next Management just over two years ago, solidifying his dedication to modeling and contributing to a larger amalgamation of the skate world with the high-fashion.

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Skating Across Borders Ramp Jam 2023 Highlights

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The Boards for Bros and Skatepark of Tampa crews headed to St. Petersburg once again to team up with Stoefs Studio for Skating Across Borders Ramp Jam 2023.

The proceeds from the mini ramp jam charity fundraiser will support youth development through skating.

Boards for Bros is a 501(c) nonprofit committed to providing equipment, safe skate spots and youth mentoring in our community.

Stoefs Studios is the brainchild of visual artist Ayden Stoefen based in St. Petersburg.  He found passion in working with impoverished communities, and it became his mission to give back to underprivileged youth through his creativity.

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How 35th North Skate Shop Came to Be

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Seeing all the other shops back then were focused on snowboards, Tony Croghan saw the opportunity to establish a shop dedicated to skateboards. He used earnings from a hotel job to start 35th North Skate Shop in Seattle.

After twenty years, 35th North has become a prominent part of the Seattle community, hosting events, art shows, premieres, and karaoke nights.

Pro skaters Matt Gottwig and Kristin Ebeling shared more stories about how the shop became an integral part of the local skate scene in this episode of “Established“.

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