Freedom Philosophy » skateboarding http://freedomphilosophy.com Adam Clark's Online Playground Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:04:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Immediacy Vidcast – May 23 http://freedomphilosophy.com/2009/05/23/immediacy-vidcast-may-23/ http://freedomphilosophy.com/2009/05/23/immediacy-vidcast-may-23/#comments Sat, 23 May 2009 08:07:23 +0000 Adam http://freedomphilosophy.com/?p=392 This third of a series of vidcasts is based on a theme of “immediacy”. Immediate vidcasts are short and spontaneous. I am just going to put stuff out there. I am not interesting. I am only doing moderately interesting things but there may be something compelling about seeing the world for a few seconds as somebody else lives it. The video for this edition is 9.7 mb so might take a little longer than usual to download. Breathe Deeply…
]]> http://freedomphilosophy.com/2009/05/23/immediacy-vidcast-may-23/feed/ 0 Pro-Skate Demo at School http://freedomphilosophy.com/2009/04/22/pro-skate-demo-at-school/ http://freedomphilosophy.com/2009/04/22/pro-skate-demo-at-school/#comments Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:49:35 +0000 Adam http://freedomphilosophy.com/?p=258 Today a much anticipated pro-skate demo event took place after school from 4pm-5pm at the YIS skatepark on the playground. Sunny skies and summer-like temperatures ushered in a handful of local pro-skaters along with Arai-san from Hemisphere Skate Shop in Motomachi. The event was organized by the board club to raise awareness for Earth Day.

The event began with a free form jam session with Shun, Saho, Gene, and Arai-san skating along with members of the board club. As the pros grew accustomed to the layout of our park and warmed up, the intensity increased and tricks our park has never seen before started to flow.

The day culminated in a round of S-K-A-T-E with Kimi, Kaden, Jonah, and Bernardo representing the school along with Shun and Saho. The elementary boys did a fantastic job with Kaden upping the ante by launching over one of the 1/4 pipes before getting eliminated. In the final three Kimi went head to head with Shun and Saho but in the end Shun was in best form.

For everyone involved, it was a fantastic way to spend a weekday afternoon. Special thanks to Kimi and Taylor for your work putting it together.

Here is a video of SKATE played today. Special thanks to Brian Lockwood for shooting the event.

Playing Skate from Yokohama International School on Vimeo.

]]> http://freedomphilosophy.com/2009/04/22/pro-skate-demo-at-school/feed/ 2 Inside Line on the Burton Bowl http://freedomphilosophy.com/2009/04/13/inside-line-on-the-burton-bowl/ http://freedomphilosophy.com/2009/04/13/inside-line-on-the-burton-bowl/#comments Mon, 13 Apr 2009 03:12:10 +0000 Adam http://freedomphilosophy.com/?p=244 Finally I have an inside line on the elusive Burton Bowl (see photo). Organizing a few students from the board riderz club and some other friends to go ride it. A Saturday is probably the best bet with school on during the week. Let me know if interested. No dates decided yet.

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