JUNE 21 HAS BEEN TITLED AS GO SKATEBOARDING DAY TO CELEBRATE THE SPORT AND THE PEOPLE WHO LOVE IT. EVERY YEAR HAS TONS OF EVENTS WORLDWIDE FOR SKATEBOARDERS TO GET TOGETHER AND SHRED. THIS YEAR WAS NO DIFFERENT. CHECK OUT WHAT WENT DOWN FOR GO SKATEBOARDING DAY 2012.
WILD IN THE STREETS - DETROIT, MI
SKATEBOARDERS CAME OUT TO THE STREETS OF DETROIT TO CELEBRATE WITH EMERICA’S ANNUAL WILD IN THE STREETS EVENT. THEY RODE FIVE MILES THROUGH THE CITY AND HAD AN AFTER PARTY WITH FAMOUS SKATER MARK WATERS TO BENEFIT RIDEIT SCULPTURE PARK AND BOARDS FOR BROS.
TRANSWORLD SKATEBOARDING - SAN DIEGO, CA
CARMEL VALLEY PARK WAS TAKEN OVER BY LOCAL SKATEBOARDERS AND CREWS FROM DC, SK8MAFIA, AND PACIFIC DRIVE. THEY HOSTED CONTESTS AND HANDED OUT SWAG UNTIL WES KREMER AND TAYLOR BINGAMAN GOT THINGS REALLY GOING.
1000 SKATEBOARD GIVEN AWAY TO NEW ORLEANS KIDS
IN WEEZY’S HOOD NEW ORLEANS, LA, GO SKATEBOARDING DAY WAS CELEBRATED BY GIVING AWAY 1000 SKATEBOARDS TO NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS AS YOUNG AS 3 YEARS OLD. THE LOWER 9TH WARD VILLAGE PARTNERED WITH JUST ONE BOARD, THE MAKE IT RIGHT FOUNDATION, THE TONY HAWK FOUNDATION, URBAN 9 SKATE SHOP, AND HUMIDITY SKATE SHOP TO GET RECYCLED BOARDS TO KID WHO NEED THEM IN THE AREA.
CHECK THIS MAP OF WHERE ALL THE REST OF THE GSD EVENTS HAPPENED ON JUNE 21 AND GET PUMPED FOR NEXT YEAR!
