A collective of Skaters, Scientists, Artists, and Educators. The active power of science and experimentation. The activity is an experiment.
Skateboarding (and other action sports) involve a range of scientific concepts. An experiment in which the goal is not to reproduce some "known" result from the lab section of a text book. Its a real science experiment in which the experimentor (who is often the experiment) wants to learn something about the world and is willing to actively work to get the knowledge. An appreciation of science and
06/30/2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juyWbGmzEa0
Heat death at Houston’s Jamail skatepark was a warning. City must act. (Editorial) Deadly heat at the Lee and Joe Jamail Skatepark is a microcosm of the biggest challenge facing Houston — how to thrive in a more extreme climate. Retrofittin...
02/23/2018
If you are a skater in the H-Town area you need to check this out. Even if you are not in the area you should check it out - great to see the skate-art-life diy mag vibe come back (now in e-form)
Less than a second in the life of Ty'Rae Carter. Check out the flight of the leaf that comes off of Ty'Rae's back shoe.
TA multi-view from Skatestock2017. Owen (photog) is in the red jacket on deck. The vid and photo are not from the exact same run but hey ... we tried and they are from very similar runs.
Less than 1 second (in real time) of Alex Sorgente at Skatestock2017 Houston TX.
It Is Happening Again - or it will in 1 week when TA returns to Houston for SkateStock V (https://skatestock.wordpress.com/). With Tony Alva
01/23/2017
We like to think that this one really gets at the Art-Science-Skateboard combo that's in our tag line (ps our first fb post was 4 years ago to the day) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIxTbCaKHTs
Lincoln and Octavio drawing lines. Lincoln Ueda and Octavio Neto painting some lines (we pulled some metrics from the lines - video is 240 frames pers second, tracking is at equal time interva...
01/04/2017
Art-Science-Skateboards: Deeper Analysis of Method Experiment Some deeper analysis of Lincoln's method experiment. We have measured a lot of people for speed and know that the drop in off the front wall will only get yo...
09/15/2016
A little bit of science that skaters in space city may appreciate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0nHSMM_69w
ZeroG | Tony Hawk and Aaron “Jaws” Homoki | Sony Pro skaters Tony Hawk and Aaron “Jaws” Homoki attempt to pull off some weightless tricks in Zero Gravity. All content captured through the lenses of Sony 4K ...
09/01/2016
A Throw Back post on a Thursday for LabRat BK who is leaving Tejas to Roam the Earth. An object in motion tends to want to stay in motion - it's just basic science.
05/18/2016
a belated HBD to labrat Tyler at the edge of weightlessness. Guessing the photo credit goes to BK.
