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Thrasher Unearthed A Pair of Hidden Gems This Week

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12 months ago

December 7, 2021

Thrasher’s no slouch when it comes to finding and featuring amazing skate videos, but in the last couple days, they’ve lit a flame under two full-length films that deserve attention. We’ve got a pretty good sampling of skate styles, tricks, film techniques, and a wide-ranging soundtrack here, so there’s a little something for everyone. Enjoy.

“Quadrants” from Alex St. Pierre highlights Portland Oregon from all four angles. Click the video above to watch Preston Harper, Kyle Manning, Dylan Fletcher, Ryan Shultz, Matt Jones, Dorian Warneck, Isaiah Arnold, Aidan Olmstead, Carter Donnell, and Trent Walker take on the town.

Check out “All for the Best” by William McCarthy coming to us straight from Dallas. Featuring the talents of Johnanthan Phfarr, Neen Williams, Derek Stanko, Jonathan Perez, Johnathan Smith, Ryan Bernal, Keegan Mccutchen, Phil Kessell, Coyt Coffey, Bobby Wilson, David Duvall, Bret Gregory, Greg Mosely, Rj Ochoa, Daniel Terran, Frankie Heck, Kyle Stone, Luke Graffis, Zach McBride, Tony Gomez, and Wade Mullendore.

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Wyatt Hammond Drops ‘CRAZY 8’ Sandlot Times Video Part

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4 days ago

November 17, 2022

Skate Newswire

In celebration of his 9th birthday, Wyatt Hammond dropped the “Crazy 8” Sandlot Times video part.

The part features the music of Steve Caballero and is filled will slams “man-sized” spots and cameos featuring Ryan Sheckler, Fabrizio Santos, Alec Jamir and many more!

Watch the video part below.

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Eric Koston is Now the Team Captain of USA Skateboarding

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2 weeks ago

November 10, 2022

Skate Newswire

Eric Koston, one of the sport’s most prolific and celebrated skateboarders and one of The Berrics‘ founders, is the new team Captain tasked to lead Team USA to victory in the Paris 2024 Olympics.

USA Skateboarding, the National Governing Body for Skateboarding in the United States announced their decision to make Koston the new team captain last week.

Koston was hand-selected by industry maverick and newly appointed USA Skateboarding CEO Johnny Schillereff.

“USA Skateboarding, our athletes, and our country deserve a leader of tremendous skill, integrity, and accomplishment...Eric is a great role model and mentor for our team with both real-world experience in winning and a passion for helping our skaters excel. There is no one better suited to lead our team to victory both on and off their skateboards. I’m grateful to have Eric by my side for this incredible journey.”
Johnny Schillereff

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Gustavo Ribeiro, Rayssa Leal Earn Their First 2022 SLS Super Crown Titles

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2 weeks ago

November 7, 2022

Skate Newswire

Gustavo Ribeiro and Rayssa Leal won the 2022 SLS Super Crown Championships held in November 6 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

This is Leal’s first-ever Super Crown Title and she swept all the previous qualifying stops in this series.

With an overall score of 21.1, she beat Japanese skateboarders Funa Nakayama and Momiji Nishiya who placed second and third respectively.

Nakayama was not able to land in the top four of the previous stops but she was able to make it to the finals through the Last Chance Qualifiers where she took the top spot.

This is also Ribeiro’s first Super Crown Title. He previously won the Las Vegas leg and placed third in the first two stops.

Ribeiro had an overall score of 26.9–a close fight with Vincent Milou (26.6) who came in at second place and Chris Joslin (26.2) who placed third in the finals.

Watch the broadcast of the 2022 Super Crown Championships below.