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Krooked X Tony Hawk guest model video

I was so stoked to see that Tony Hawk has a guest model on Krooked and now I am even more stoked to see the video. Tony has been a huge part of making the second and third phase of the Rideit skatepark in Hamtramck a reality bringing the funds and himself to promote a really cool thing. Not failing to mention: He kills it on a skateboard. so many sick tricks in this 80's influenced edit! Get hyped!Go skate! (indoors...)     Learn more about how Tony's helped the Rideit skatepark in Hamtramck

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Ride-It Sculpture park edit by Adam Mueller

Ride it sculpture park expanded a bunch late this fall. Here is a solid edit with much of our team: Adam Mueller,Cameron Carmichael, Tony Christopher, Geoff Cormier and friends: Dom Borowicz, Mark Davenport, Tyler Russel and Neil Boneless Ryder. Ride It sculpture park is located in "Banglatown" Hamtramck on Davidson as it becomes a regular road east of I-75.

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Drawing Restraint 19 featured in Juxtapoz Magazine

We were fortunate enough to snag the Matthew Barney's Drawing Restraint 19 deck at the Goodwood Art Show benefiting the Rideit Sculpture Park located in Hamtramck, Michigan.                  This is the 19th in a series of performance pieces that Matthew Barney has been responsible for, dating back to 1987. The Drawing restraint series is as a series of studio experiments, drawing upon an athletic model of development in which, growth occurs only through restraint: the muscle encounters resistance, becomes engorged and is broken down, and in healing becomes stronger. In this case, literally restraining the body while attempting to make a drawing. For this piece, A  block of graphite was affixed to the...

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