The Venice boardwalk is great for skateboarding, obviously, but I always love skating through Hollywood, especially along the Walk of Fame because it's such a weird vibe. It almost feels like a video game.
I distinctly remember being a kid, rolling around town in the back seat of my mom's car not long after I discovered skateboarding, and feeling like the world had fundamentally changed. The familiar landscape had become a newly discovered sea of spots: I'd count the stairs of every set we passed and take note of every handrail. Benches became ledges, grass patches became gaps, and the world unfolded before me in an entirely new way-one spot at a time.
During the project, the skateboarder hit a speed of 103 kph, skating from a height of 70 meters with a drop of 60 meters, measured from the lowest point of the ramp to the platform. Safety was integrated into the ramp design. At the end of the ramp, MotoGP crash pillows were installed, and these devices, normally used in motorcycle racing, helped stop a speeding Sandro Dias after hitting above 100 kilometers per hour.
The original Tony Hawk Pro Skater changed everything. It popularized a new and exciting genre. It introduced a generation to music they otherwise wouldn't have been exposed to. It even helped popularize a classic sport on the cusp of going mainstream. Just a few short months after its 1999 release, it was clear that Neversoft's skateboarding game had become a phenomenon that transcended gaming and penetrated pop culture at large.
We're continually growing and changing, but we also preserve a lot of what makes this city architecturally distinct and unique, from different periods over literally hundreds of years,
Cheetah stands out with its bold animal print and signature Mowalola cursive lettering splashed across the base. It's fierce, raw, and impossible to ignore.
