Fallen

Figuring out what shoes you want to skate is a very interesting moment. When I first started skating at first I hadn’t realized just how fast that you destroy your footwear. When I was around 15 or 16 years old, I had worn Fallen shoes. My friend who I would always go skate would give me tips on how you could help your shoes hold up better. There is a product known as, “shoe goo” that can be applied to areas of the shoe that had been damaged. On a new pair of shoes I would even apply a small layer on spots I knew where going to become damaged. I’m sure there are people that still use it.

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Honestly, I thought that they had a really cool looking logo and that is what drove my decision to me getting them. I vividly remember wearing these shoes. I recall multiple times where I had to change the laces on the shoes.

Lakai

The second shoe brand that I remember myself wearing when I was still pretty new skating was Lakai. The style that I wore was a more canvas type material. I can’t remember the exact model of the shoe that I wore. The first thing that came to mind about this shoe was how weak the durability was. It had seemed like these became destroyed faster than my first pair shoes. I did appreciate how they felt while wearing them though. They had a lighter feel. The cushioning in the shoe isn’t the best, would recommend investing in some in soles for extra comfort.

Nike SB

My last brand that I want to mention is Nike SB. I think that Nike has done such nice job of adapting into the community of skateboarding. I feel like right now they’re a very popular brand. Personally, I wasn’t about Nike making footwear for skateboarders. Over time though I have my friends tell me that their shoes are actually really nice, and feel really good to skate in. Looking back into the past, people used to skate in the greatest basketball player of all times first sneaker with Nike, the Air Jordan 1.

One of the first things one can realize about skateboarding is that there are a lot of amazing people out in the world that can do it. This is all a current opinion about people in professional skating right now. We would like to take this time to show recognition for Nike Skateboarding athlete, Mathias Torres. Born 1995, in Santiago, Chile.

Torres is showing some serious growth in the skateboarding. His videos off of Nike’s youtube channel are very impressive. Mathias is known as of now considered a street style rider. Torres is currently sponsored by Nike sb, and Element Skateboards.

After watching many clips by Torres, one can really begin to appreciate a decently smooth surface. Torres has a lot of clips of him hitting very steep and sketchy terrain. Torres skates a series of stair sets, rails, and bombing uneven grounds. Fear and anxiety is what some may experience while they’re watching Mathias. The skateboard is taken to places that it shouldn’t be, and it is done in a simple fashion.

According to theboardr.com, Torres has a global overall ranking of 702. His overall street rank is 427, with 1,019 overall points. His current ranking is at 116, with 155 current year points. In the 2019-2020 Rey de Reyes Street qualifier he has placed in the top 10th position six times. Rey de Reyes is a competition in the country of South American country, Chile. Mathias has made an incredible jump in his game recently. Now just a reminder that everything is on halt as a result of COVID-19. It will be interesting to see what happens once the pandemic is over.

May 10, 2020

It has been a lot of fun going out, taking photos and capturing videos for the San Marcos Skate Blog. This experience has really opened my view of the community of skateboarding. We started posting on January 27, 2020. Since then, we have had a total of 63 visitors to the site. I just want to say thank you for all of those people that made the decision to come checkout this blog. There was 43 visitors in the month of March, and 20 visitors in April.

An aspect of this blog that could use improvement is the consistency of posting. Now given the current state of society, this critique could be an exception. The aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic has had quite the impact on skateboarding as a whole. Skateparks all over Texas have remained closed throughout the virus’s duration. So trying to come up with content to post about became a bit problematic. This blog site is mainly about the skateparks around Central Texas.

In terms of promoting the content, I think it could have also been executed more consistently. Social media is a powerful tool if it is used properly. We mainly promoted the site through Tweeting. We could’ve promoted through other Social media such as Facebook, and Instagram. We can take these experiences and think about them for the future. The chances of using this tool in future employment is very high. This blog gave a a look into the importance of staying active, updating and continuing to post at least once a week. I want to continue to post to this blog. We are pretty much obligated to become more familiar with tools of technology. At this time, we’re maintaining our social distances and waiting for things to open back up.

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