Not much is known to the world about the bizarre countries within Central Asia all ending with ‘stan. ‘Meet the Stans’ documents the journey of a group of various skateboarders traveling along the ancient Silk Road traversing China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Afghanistan.
Featuring Dave Bachinsky, Jimmy McDonald, Laurence Keefe, Dan Zvereff, Stas Provotorov, Gosha Konyshev, Walker Ryan, Kenny Reed and Michael Mackrodt.
It¹s a rare thing these days, in the age of the internet and all, when you can honestly say an amateur skater paid his dues to earn what he¹s got, but for Nick Garcia, there’s nothing truer than that. Skating his ass off, and getting noticed the old fashioned way. “The harder you work the luckier you get” and with that said, we are proud to introduce Element¹s newest pro, Nick Garcia.
Here’s a look back at Nick’s skating through the years, from featuring video highlights, print articles, and magazine covers from the past five years, ending on his recent footage and first pro ad.
12 year old hoopla rider Alana Smith becomes the 2nd female skater in history to land a 540 McTwist! Alana landed her 540 yesterday while McTwist inventor, Mike McGill, looked on! Filmed by Mimi Knoop & Tylre Wilcox. “Exposed” (women’s skate contest) hosted the event. Congrats Alana!
Our summer Euro tour took us to Copenhagen, Barcelona, Paris and Budapest and we came back with the best each city had to offer. Here’s the edit from our EU travels featuring Chris Cole, Nyjah Huston, Mikey Taylor, Wes Kremer, Matt Miller, Evan Smith and our friends from DC Europe.