Dew ncig saib ci lub teeb pom kev ntawm Midwest Skateboarding Nrog Xauv Qhov Chaw Thiab Sib Tw Ntawm Cov Khw Muag Khoom

Lub plawv ntawm skateboarding yog ciaj sia thiab zoo nyob rau hauv lub plawv.

Piv nrog rau cov zej zog skateboarding endemic nyob rau sab hnub poob ntug dej hiav txwv thiab East ntug dej hiav txwv, anchored los ntawm LA thiab New York, Midwest skateboarding tsis tau ib txwm nyiam nws txoj kev ncaj ncees ntawm lub hnub. (Thiab tsuas yog ib nrab hnub sov thiab tshav ntuj txhua xyoo raws li Southern California, nws yog qhov ncaj ncees hais tias Midwest skateboarders cuam tshuam nrog cov teeb meem tshwj xeeb kom tau tawm ntawm lawv cov laug cam.)

Tab sis Midwest yog, thiab tau ntau xyoo lawm, ib lub txaj ntawm kev txawj skateboarding. Nws tau tsim cov skaters zoo li Sean Malto (Kansas City), Steve Nesser (Minneapolis), Rob Dyrdek (Kettering, Ohio), Rob Owens (Milwaukee) thiab Greg Lutzka (Milwaukee). Thiab raws li qhov chaw skate hauv zos nyiam ntau cov peev txheej thiab nthuav tawm ntau dua, nws paub tseeb tias yuav tsim ntau lub npe loj dua li cov menyuam yaus pom skateboarding yog txoj hauv kev ua haujlwm tau zoo.

Ib txoj hlua ntawm cov xwm txheej tsis ntev los no tau txhawb nqa los ntawm MTN DEW thiab Dew Ncig Saib Xyuas tau ci ntsa iab ntawm skateboarding hauv Midwest thiab cov skaters, skate khw, hom thiab cov koom haum hauv zej zog uas tau tsim cov xwm txheej hauv zos nyob ntawd.

Raws li ib feem ntawm nws lub teb chaws "Skateboarding yog Unstoppable" kev sib tw, MTN DEW tau tuav ib qho kev ncig xyuas "Xauv qhov chaw" uas qhib qhov chaw skate feem ntau tsis tuaj yeem nkag tau hauv tsib qhov chaw - sib txuas nrog cov tsev hauv nroog ntawm nws cov neeg nyiam skaters - rau cov neeg hauv zos rau skate. Nyob rau hauv Midwest, uas suav nrog Malto lub hometown ntawm Kansas City, Missouri, nrog rau Des Moines 'Lauridsen Skatepark, uas tau tuav Dew Ncig saib rau xyoo ob ncaj.

Lauridsen, uas tau qhib rau xyoo tas los thiab yog qhov chaw ntawm Dew Tour's Olympic qualifiers, yeej ib txwm qhib rau pej xeem, tab sis lub Unlock the Spot twist yog tias cov neeg hauv zos tuaj yeem caij cov kev sib tw Dew Tour tiag tiag ua ntej lawv tawg - nrog MTN Dew pro team.

Ntxiv rau Malto, uas suav nrog Chris "Cookie" Colbourn (los ntawm Williston, Vermont), Mariah Duran (los ntawm Albuquerque, New Mexico) thiab Theotis Beasley (los ntawm Inglewood, California). MTN Dew kuj tau tuav ob tus neeg tsim cov ntsiab lus, LA-based skateboarder Lamont Holt (@lamont_holt) thiab cov neeg dig muag skateboarder thiab cov neeg hais lus txhawb siab Anthony Ferraro (@asfvision), nrog rau kev ncig xyuas.

Ntawm txhua qhov kev tshwm sim, cov skaters tau muab cov nyiaj ntsuab ($ 2,500 ntawm txhua qhov chaw nres tsheb) rau cov neeg hauv zos hauv ib qho nyiaj ntsuab rau kev sib tw ua kom yuam kev, feem ntau muab tso rau lawv tus kheej, nrog rau cov neeg caij skaters hauv zos yuav tsum sib phim nws.

Thaum Lub Xya Hli 24, Malto's Unlock the Spot event in Kansas City pom MTN Dew tso cai rau Slabs hauv Gillham Park, feem ntau txwv tsis pub cov skate chaw skaters yuav hu ua "poob" (vim nws tsis zoo li lawv yuav tuaj yeem tau txais hauv ib qho khoom kab tsis tau raug tsoo los ntawm kev ruaj ntseg lossis tub ceev xwm). Malto tau ua tiav ob peb qhov yeeb yaj kiab ntawm Slabs thoob plaws nws txoj haujlwm - nws kuj tau poob ob peb cov hniav nyob ntawd.

"Kuv nco qab skating lub Slabs txij thaum kuv muaj 13, 14 xyoo thiab yeej tsis xav nyob rau hauv ib lab xyoo uas peb yuav muaj ib tug MTN DEW-sponsored event there," Malto hais rau kuv nyob rau hauv Des Moines. "Nws yog me ntsis surreal pom kuv cov phooj ywg kuv skated nrog rau qhov ntawd loj hlob tseem muaj skating thiab dai tawm. Nws yog qhov txias heev uas pom tias tuaj puv-lub voj voog thiab tseem pom cov tiam tshiab ntawm cov skaters tawm ntawm KC. "

Hnub tom qab lub Unlock the Spot event at the Slabs in Gillham Park, Real Skateboards tau kos npe rau ntawm Escapist, Malto lub hometown skate shop thiab sponsor, featuring ib co ntawm nws pro riders.

Malto tau hais tias "Nws yog qhov txias heev uas pom cov pab pawg los ntawm lub nroog," Malto hais. "Nws muaj kev cuam tshuam loj heev rau kuv lub neej loj hlob tuaj, thiab nws zoo heev uas muaj peev xwm muab tau tam sim no ua tus kws tshaj lij skater."

Lub Midwest skate scene tseem yog qhov tseem ceeb, Malto hais tias, tab sis, paub txog lub zog thiab qhov muaj txiaj ntsig ntawm kev lag luam nyob ntawd, cov khoom lag luam tseem ceeb siv sij hawm mus ncig ua si thiab txhawb cov khw muag khoom skate nyob ntawd, tsis yog tsom rau tag nrho lawv cov kev siv zog ntawm ntug dej hiav txwv. .

"Kuv xav tias cov khw skate hauv zos nyob ib ncig ntawm Midwest yog qhov tseem ceeb heev rau qhov chaw, thiab cov tuam txhab xws li Girl Skateboards thiab Real Skateboards thiab MTN DEWDEV
paub qhov tseem ceeb ntawm kev tawm mus thiab txhawb cov zej zog, "Malto hais.

Ib qho ntawm Dew Tour cov txheej xwm kos npe, Sib ntaus sib tua ntawm Cov Khw, yog tsim los qhia cov khw muag khoom skate los ntawm thaj chaw ib puag ncig kev sib tw txhua xyoo. Thiab muab tias Des Moines yog tus tswv tsev ib zaug ntxiv rau xyoo no, Sib ntaus sib tua ntawm Cov Khw 2022 muab lub platform rau Midwest skate khw tshwj xeeb.

“Peb tau cog lus los txhawb qhov chaw nyob. Cov khw skaters feem ntau yog cov neeg skaters zoo tshaj plaws nyob ib puag ncig, "said Chris Ortiz, Dew Tour media thiab tus thawj coj kis las & kev sib tw. "Kev sib ntaus sib tua ntawm Lub Khw muab lawv lub qhov hluav taws xob los nthuav qhia lawv cov kev txawj ntse rau cov neeg tuaj saib thoob ntiaj teb thiab dai nrog qee qhov lawv nyiam skaters uas tau sib tw hauv pro comps."

Thaum Lub Xya Hli 30, tsib lub khw hauv Midwest skate-Subsect (Des Moines), Escapist (Kansas City), Familia (Minneapolis), Eduskate (Cedar Rapids) thiab Infinity (St. Louis) — fim tawm rau lub npe ntawm lub khw skate zoo tshaj plaws hauv cheeb tsam, nrog rau cov khoom plig nyiaj ntsuab.

Subsect, Familia thiab Escapist ua tiav thawj zaug, thib ob thiab thib peb, feem. Des Moines haiv neeg Jake Kelley, 19, thiab Mirza Jasarobic, 24, sawv cev Pab Pawg Subsect, uas, tsis muaj leej twg xav tsis thoob, ua rau nws qhov zoo tshaj plaws hauv tsev thiab nws cov skaters 'intimate paub txog Lauridsen cov yam ntxwv.

Kelly (hauv qab no, nruab nrab, grey beanie) tau hais tias "Kuv ntshai heev, tab sis [cov kiv cua] tau xaus rau kev thawb kuv kom ua tau zoo," Kelly (hauv qab no, nruab nrab, grey beanie) tau hais txog kev sib tw pem hauv ntej ntawm pawg neeg hauv tsev.

"Lub khw skate hauv zos yog lub siab thiab tus ntsuj plig ntawm lub zej zog skateboarding," Malto hais. "Nws yog qhov chaw uas koj tawm mus, koj saib cov yeeb yaj kiab skate, koj muaj ib tus neeg piav qhia yuav ua li cas teeb tsa lub rooj tsavxwm."

Nyob rau hauv Midwest skate zej zog, Malto piav qhia, muaj kev sib raug zoo ntawm kev sib raug zoo ntawm cov khw skate uas tej zaum yuav xav tias yog cov lag luam sib tw. "Qhov ntawd yog qhov txias ntawm Kansas City, thiab kuv paub tseeb tias ntau lub nroog Midwest no - lawv tsis muaj chaw rau kev sib tw tiag tiag, yog li peb txhua tus phooj ywg tseem tab tom sim ua tiav ib lub hom phiaj."

Txawm hais tias Malto tau txais kev txhawb nqa los ntawm Escapist, uas muaj lub xub ntiag loj ntawm Kansas City Unlock the Spot event, nws tus phooj ywg Weston, uas yog tus tswv Kansas City-based skate shop Studio, skated hauv kev sib tw ib yam nkaus.

Familia Skateshop tus tswv Steve Nesser hais tias "Lub khw skateboard hauv zos yog lub qhov rooj rau cov neeg skaters hauv lub nroog ntawd." Txij li thaum nws qhib lub khw hauv xyoo 2005, nws tau saib skateboarding tawg - tsis yog hauv Minneapolis, qhov chaw Familia nyob, thiab tsis yog nyob rau hauv Midwest, tab sis thoob plaws lub tebchaws.

Lub khw skate hauv zos yog txhua tus thawj tus neeg txhawb nqa, ib txwm. Tej zaum lawv kawg, thiab. Raws li Nesser muab nws, lub khw yog tsev neeg skateboarder, thiab lawv lwm tus neeg txhawb nqa los ua tsev neeg txuas ntxiv. Cov khw txhawb kev lag luam cov npe ntawm ib theem av.

“Peb khiav qhov no hu ua No Team, Tsuas yog Tsev Neeg. Koj tuaj yeem ua txhua qib ntawm skater; Nws yog ntau ntxiv txog kev pab tib neeg tawm thiab txhawb nqa lawv, "Nesser tau hais. “Tej zaum peb muaj 25 tus neeg skaters, ib pab neeg coob heev. Peb zoo li sim kho tus neeg twg los ntawm peb lub qhov rooj raws li peb xav tau tus neeg txhawb nqa. "

Xyoo 2017, X Games tau tuav thawj qhov uas yuav yog peb lub caij ntuj sov sib law liag hauv Minneapolis. Txawm hais tias lub nroog skate scene yog ib qho zoo tshaj plaws tsim nyob rau hauv Midwest, ib qho chaw skateboarding kub txij li xyoo 80s, Nesser pib pom qee qhov kev txhim kho hauv tsib xyoos dhau los - feem ntau, pom ntau tus ntxhais hluas taug kev los ntawm lub qhov rooj ntawm nws. khw thiab nws qhov chaw nyob sab hauv tsev skatepark, Familia Headquarters.

"Rau kuv loj hlob tuaj, muaj lub khw skate hauv zos pab kuv txuas cov dots uas kuv tsis paub tias kuv tuaj yeem txuas tau," said Duran, uas nyob hauv pab pawg Meow Skateboards pro. "Yog hais tias koj mus txog ib qho chaw, lawv yuav hais tias, 'Hav, koj ua tau zoo heev, peb mam li tso koj rau hauv pab neeg,' lossis, 'Koj yuav tsum ua yeeb yaj kiab thiab xa cov duab,' thiab lawv yuav ncav cuag. tawm rau sponsor. "

Nws kuj tseem ceeb heev rau cov tub ntxhais hluas skaters kom muaj peev xwm ua tau raws li cov neeg ua haujlwm uas lawv tuaj yeem ua qauv rau lawv tus kheej tom qab - thiab cov khw skate tuaj yeem muab tau qhov ntawd.

Txij li thaum nws tau rov qab mus rau nws lub nroog Albuquerque tom qab nws tshwm sim hauv Tokyo Olympics, qhov chaw nws ua tiav 13th ntawm 20, Duran tau pom ntau tus menyuam yaus-tshwj xeeb yog cov ntxhais hluas-hais txog kev nrhiav skateboarding ua haujlwm.

"Rau kuv ua tus neeg ntawd tau mus rau Olympics, muaj peev xwm txhawb nqa los ntawm MTN DEW, thiab ua tej yam zoo li [Xauv qhov chaw], Kuv xav tias nws coj cov neeg uas nyiam skating tiag tiag yog tias lawv xav ua nws. kev ua haujlwm, "Duran, uas cia siab tias yuav ua rau Asmeskas txoj kev skateboarding pab pawg rau Paris 2024 Games, tau hais. "Nws muab kev taw qhia rau lawv kom tuaj yeem tua rau nws."

Vim tias lub luag haujlwm tseem ceeb ntawm cov khw skate tuaj yeem ua si hauv kev pab cov neeg skaters kev vam meej, skaters yuav tsum tau txais kev txhawb nqa los ntawm kev txhawb nqa lawv lub khw skate hauv zos thiab muab lawv cov nyiaj mus rau hauv zej zog tsis yog yuav lawv cov iav hauv online, ceeb toom uas tau hammered tsev ob peb zaug ntawm Dew. Ncig saib kev sib ntaus sib tua ntawm cov khw kev tshwm sim thiab cia siab tias resonated.

Kuj tseem muaj kev sib raug zoo uas muaj nyob nruab nrab ntawm cov khw skate hauv zos thiab cov chaw ua si hauv zos. Yog tias lub zej zog muaj ob qho tib si, zoo li Des Moines tam sim no ua, skateboarding yuav luag vam meej. Tab sis cov txheej txheem ntawd tuaj yeem siv sijhawm ntau xyoo los ua si - hauv Des Moines cov ntaub ntawv, 20.

Cov rog uas tuaj koom ua ke los ua Lauridsen Skatepark qhov tseeb hauv Des Moines sawv cev rau cov ntaub ntawv kawm zoo tshaj plaws hauv kev tsim lub nroog skate scene los ntawm hauv av.

Norm Sterzenbach, tus thawj tswj hwm ntawm Skate DSM, lub koom haum uas nrhiav kev txhawb nqa cov skateboarding scene hauv nruab nrab Iowa los ntawm kev txhawb kev sib raug zoo hauv zej zog.

"Kevin [Jones, Subsect tus tswv] tau koom nrog txij thaum pib," Sterzenbach ntxiv.

Thawj qhov teeb meem kom tau txais skateparks hauv Iowa yog lub luag haujlwm. Tsoom fwv xeev yuav tsum tau dhau txoj cai lij choj uas muab kev tiv thaiv hauv nroog. Incidentally, nyob rau hauv high school, Jones tus poj niam, Kristi, yog ib feem ntawm ib pab pawg neeg ntawm cov tub ntxhais kawm uas mus rau lub Capitol mus tos txais rau yav tom ntej skatepark.

Sterzenbach tau hais tias "Cov Joneses tau koom nrog qhov no txij thaum pib," "Subsect tau ua ib qho kev sib tw ntawm cov zej zog skate hauv zos; qhov no yog lawv 25 xyoo. Lawv tau pab tiag tiag los ua tus thawj coj los ua qhov chaw skate vim tias lawv paub txog qhov xav tau tsis yog rau lub tiaj ua si xwb tab sis peb tuaj yeem ua dab tsi ntxiv, thiab tau tham nrog txhua lub npe uas tuaj txog ntawm Skate DSM thiab peb li cas. ua vim nws pab txhawb peb cov zej zog skate hauv zos. "

Sterzenbach taw qhia tias qee lub zej zog tej zaum yuav muaj chaw ua si skatepark rau 40 xyoo, tsis muaj leej twg hauv zej zog tau pom cov txheej txheem ntawm kev teeb tsa.

Hauv Des Moines, cov pej xeem tau saib Joneses, Skate DSM thiab lwm tus sib ntaus kom tau txais Lauridsen pom zoo, thiab nws ua rau lawv muaj kev hwm ntau dua rau lub luag haujlwm skateboarding ua si hauv lawv lub zej zog, txawm tias lawv tsis txuas nrog kev ua kis las lossis muaj kev txhawj xeeb txog kev nce ntxiv. skateboarding lub xub ntiag nyob rau hauv lawv lub nroog.

“Peb tsis xav tsim lub skatepark hauv qee qhov chaw ua lag luam; peb xav kom nws nyob ntawm no ntawm tus dej, nyob nruab nrab ntawm txhua yam, "Sterzenbach hais. "Qhov ntawd pab ntxiv dag zog rau tag nrho Des Moines zej zog, tsis yog lub zej zog skateboarding xwb. Peb yog ib lub nroog loj hlob sai heev uas tsis muaj pab pawg kis las, tsis muaj dej hiav txwv, tsis muaj roob. Yuav ua li cas koj nyiam cov tub ntxhais hluas rau Iowa? Peb yuav tsum xav txog pem hauv ntej thiab nce qib ntawm qhov peb xav kom muaj nyob ntawm no, thiab skateboarding yog ib qho ntawm nws. Tej yam zoo li Dew Ncig saib pab nrog qhov ntawd. "

Skate DSM's Get on Board project tau tsim tawm xyoo 2022 thiab nrhiav kom nthuav tawm cov menyuam yaus ntau dua rau kev caij skateboarding los ntawm kev muab ntau tshaj 500 lub rooj tsavxwm thiab cov kaus mom hlau zoo hauv thaj tsam Des Moines txhua xyoo. Raws li ib feem ntawm Dew Ncig Saib Zej Zog Hnub rau Lub Xya Hli 28, Skate DSM thiab MTN DEW tau muab 106 skateboards thiab kaus mom hlau.

Thaum Lub Xya Hli 20, Subsect kuj tau muab rov qab rau cov zej zog los ntawm kev tuav ib qho kev tshwm sim nrog Punk Rock & Paintbrushes, koom tes ntawm cov kws ua yeeb yam tsim los ntawm cov kws ntaus suab paj nruag thiab cov kws tshaj lij skateboarders, uas muaj cov dab neeg skateboarding Brandon Novak thiab Christian Hosoi.

Sterzenbach tau hais tias "Cov thawj coj ntawm lub nroog, kev nom kev tswv thiab kev lag luam, tau ua haujlwm hnyav heev los ua kom Des Moines qhov chaw zoo," Sterzenbach tau hais. "Qhov ntawd ua rau peb nyob hauv qhov chaw muaj zog dua li ntau lub nroog vim tias peb muaj cov zej zog skate nruj tab sis peb kuj muaj cov zej zog ntau dua uas txhawb nqa lawv. Peb tau ua pov thawj tias cov khoom lag luam yuav tsum tuaj ntawm no, cov xwm txheej yuav tsum tuaj ntawm no - lawv yuav tsis muaj qhov tsis zoo. "

Rau ib lub nroog tab tom nrhiav los tsim ib qho chaw skateboarding, Sterzenbach hais tias, nws yog ib qho tseem ceeb uas yuav tsum tau ua haujlwm nrog cov thawj coj hauv zej zog thiab kev lag luam, nrog rau cov tub ceev xwm, kom paub tseeb tias kev ua kis las txhawb nqa hauv zej zog. Ntawm Skate DSM thawj zaug Get on Board giveaway kev tshwm sim, lawv muaj Des Moines tub ceev xwm thiab chaw tua hluav taws. Lub tuam tsev tua hluav taws tau ua zaj lus qhia txog kev nyab xeeb thiab yuav ua li cas yog tias ib tug neeg raug mob ntawm qhov chaw ua si skatepark, thaum cov menyuam yaus tau kos npe rau daim ntawv cog lus ua ntej ntawm tub ceev xwm hauv nroog cog lus tias yuav hnav lawv cov kaus mom hlau txhua lub sijhawm thaum lawv caij skate.

"Thaum peb tab tom nrhiav nyiaj rau skatepark, txhua tus tau hais tias, 'Tsis yog, skateboards rhuav tshem cov khoom, Kuv tsis xav kom lawv nyob hauv kuv lub zej zog." Peb yuav tsum tau qhia lawv, qhia rau lawv tej zaum cov skateboarders nyob ntawm koj lub tsev vim lawv tsis muaj chaw mus. Lub skatepark muab ib qho chaw rau lawv mus dhau ntawm txoj kev. "

Tam sim no, ua tsaug rau ob xyoos ntawm kev tos txais thiab kev nrhiav nyiaj txiag los ntawm cov neeg koom nrog hauv zos, Des Moines skateboarders muaj 88,000-square-foot chaw ua si uas yuav skate-thiab, tau pom cov neeg muaj txiaj ntsig tau txais txiaj ntsig ntawm Dew Ncig Saib, lub hom phiaj tiag tiag los tua rau thaum lawv ua.

Cov nuj nqis cuam tshuam txog kev lag luam rau Dew Ncig Saib 2022 tseem tsis tau muaj, tab sis cov koom haum tau pom zoo raws li kev taug kev ko taw thoob plaws hauv kev ua koob tsheej thiab nws cov kev ua, nrog rau kev tshaj tawm hauv tebchaws.

Sterzenbach tau hais tias "Dew Ncig saib xyoo tas los ua rau muaj kev zoo siab heev ntawm kev caij skateboarding," Sterzenbach tau hais. "Qhov tseeb tias ntau tus neeg nyob hauv zej zog loj tau nqis peev ntau, nws yog qhov tseeb tiag rau ntau tus niam txiv. Kev ua si nawv loj dua li tej zaum tib neeg paub, thiab nws yog ib qho kev ua si zoo rau cov menyuam yaus los koom nrog. Nws pab peb muag cov txiaj ntsig ntawm skateboarding vim tias peb muaj kev lees paub tiag tiag los txhawb nws. "