We traveled a lot of miles and visited a lot of amazing countries on the De La Calle/Da Rua Latin America Premiere tour. Check out the recap of our journey through Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama and Mexico.
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In this first episode of “Journey With Choi,” Jason Choi, Denny Pham, Yoshi Tanenbaum and Alex Mizurov get served up a traditional welcome Korean BBQ before breaking out to skate the crisp marble of Seoul. The capital offers tons of epic-looking spots and colorful vignettes of pure entertainment.
Amid the endless plazas and firing skateboarding, as the crew steadily upped the tempo, a decompression session in the infamous Gangnam district set the squad up for a necessary night session
The second leg of this gruelling two-week trip around the southern Korean peninsula took our squad to the metropolises of Daejeon and Deagu. Guests Yoshi Tanenbaum, Denny Pham and Alex Mizurov were being shown around by local skate ruler Jason Choi in the most extensive bit of landsharking of the region’s skate potential yet undertaken.
For TJ Rogers, the road to success has not been an easy one. TJ opens up about his personal life for the first time and the challenges he faced growing up; navigating a clean path through a turbulent upbringing in a home overshadowed by substance abuse and strained relationships.
Despite the odds, TJ’s positivity, passion for skateboarding and sheer determination elevated him above the negativity and into one of the most exciting up and coming street skaters around.
Directed by Alex Craig and filmed by Mike Aldape, the documentary culminates in TJ’s first ever shred trip to Barcelona, Spain. It was so damn good that we had to make a full skate edit for you…