February 23, 2015
More Haste Less Speed
Just finished reading this rad book called Momo about a girl with an extraordinary gift for being able to really listen and understand people. She lives in the ruins of an ancient amphitheater and...
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February 23, 2015
Just finished reading this rad book called Momo about a girl with an extraordinary gift for being able to really listen and understand people. She lives in the ruins of an ancient amphitheater and...
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February 15, 2015
Before every SKATEYOGI sesh we sit down on our boards in a circle, catch up with our old friends and get to know our soon-to-be new skate friends. To help the conversation flow sometimes I like to...
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February 9, 2015
Thursday night and another KCDC skate night sesh at the temporary winter wonderland in Long Island City was wrapping up but we still wanted to shred some more, so a friend suggested we go down to...
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January 31, 2015
Jump over, duck under, grind, slide... Skateboarding is all about navigating the boundaries, the gaps, the hurdles, and inventing creative ways to keep rolling past them. You've walked past that curb...
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January 23, 2015
Party time! Fresh deck sitting on the floor with the spray paint from the stenciled SKATEYOGI on the grip drying, almost ready for the little one to go to town with the paint markers, then flip it...
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January 16, 2015
Brrrrrr! Just pushed around the neighborhood, hoping that 36 degrees and sunny would feel warmer after those days in the teens a few days ago. Sidewalk surfing, keeping it low impact, scoped some...
Read moreJanuary 8, 2015
First, let's talk about the weather. Right now in NYC, 6 days after the day I'm about to write about, it's 12 degrees Fahrenheit (-11 degrees Celsius). This jolt of cold has helped remind me of the...
Read moreJanuary 4, 2015
Even writing about a few days ago seems like another lifetime, shifts in mood, the environment, reflecting on the past anticipation of events that have already transpired. But I’ll try. While I...
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December 30, 2014
Next day in Milan we had until a 1:05pm train departure for Venice so had some time to chill, woke up late, had breakfast at the hotel, and then just as I was about to head back to Centrale Milano...
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December 27, 2014
Buongiorno! Last August, hanging out with Chopper at his shop, Whatever , home of the Osaka Daggers, this Italian skater Andrea Di Liddo came by and we all chilled, watched some skate videos, and...
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December 19, 2014
Happy Holidays! The SKATEYOGI elves have been hard at work building a new system for signing up for classes, series and lessons! We've switched over to MINDBODY, a booking tool that a lot of yoga...
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December 13, 2014
Good morning! Sometimes before a SKATEYOGI sesh we talk about how skateboarding is rad because there's really no winning or losing. Sure, there's skate competitions that everyone is familiar with but...
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December 9, 2014
It's that time of year... temps dipping fast, snow storms lurking around the corner. Glimpses on the instagram feeds of spots being prepared for skate nights across the city. Had my first taste of...
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December 6, 2014
Presence is the best present! While wrapping up the fall semester of skate club at the school I work at, we ended a few minutes early for some circle time to acknowledge the time we had spent...
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November 29, 2014
Reporting from Leftover Land: Hope you all are having a nice Thanksgiving weekend! Quick reminder post that there's no SKATEYOGI classes this weekend . Classes will resume next weekend. In the...
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