Grab your skates, knee pads and camera, we’re going skating because it’s
#goskateboardingday 🛹
During the 80’s and 90’s, NYC was the central location for skateboarding culture. Skateboarding is art. Skateboarding is community. Skateboarding parallels personal experiences and the immediate world around you. Skaters of all ages and from different parts of town rode over to NYC skateparks to engage in a lively, vibrant, awe-inspiring community that propels innovation and a place of sowing dreams. At the heart is Harold Hunter. He was one of the first skaters to go pro and used skateboarding as a vehicle to travel the world and chase dreams. Having played Harold in the 1995 film Kids, modeled, designed clothes and also created music, he was the role model example that explored what stepping on a board can turn into. If you’re influenced by skate culture, then Harold Hunter is someone you took notes from. We caught up with Ray Mendez, creative director of Harold Hunter Foundation and dear...