Pro skateboarders Kenny Anderson, Mike Anderson, Don Nguyen, Julian Davidson, Nick Garcia and Evan Smith help two kids get their hearing back in Costa Rica.
Mike Anderson and David Broach started Loud Headphones two years ago, and from day one the company donated a percentage of every sale made to the cochlear implant foundation Let Them Hear. A cochlear implant is a small device that is surgically implanted and gives sound back to the deaf and severely hard of hearing. This past March, LTH invited the crew to tag along on their Costa Rican trip to perform two cochlear implant surgeries.
After a few days of skating the rough streets, the boys headed out towards the ocean to meet up with the LTH Foundation and the kids that were going to go into surgery the following day.
After originating in California, street luge is now a legitimate sport in its own right, but it also has an element of danger.
Ever fancied hurtling down a hill lying flat on an oversized skateboard? Of course you have! The good news is – now you can not only do it, but it’s actually recognised as a legitimate sport in its own right.
Street luge is one of those activities that’s so straight-up crazy it almost demands to be given a go. The principles are about as basic as they come: find a hill, lie on what is basically a plank of wood with wheels on it, keep going until you hit the bottom… and hope you don’t hit anything else on the way down … More
Ürümqi may not have any wonders of the world, but if you’re a skateboarder, the pyramids are tough to beat. The team arrives and immediately sets to work on skating pyramid-filled plazas, a triple-gap fountain and some perfect ledges. It wouldn’t be a complete trip to China without some “Great Wallies”.