A Skateboarder’s Legacy
So I was chilling with my friends in the park, skateboarding they talked about the “Broadway Bomb” and some other stuff. I asked them what the Broadway Bomb was, they told me that it was a 7.9-mile race along Broadway in Manhattan. Although I’ve met Skateboarding Celebrities like Tony Hawk and Eric Koston, I’ve never had a chance to go skateboarding with them. But most of the Celebrity Skateboarders don’t even practice their Skateboarding Skills. After seeing Tony Hawk’s victory in 1999 in the MTV Sports and Music Festival at Las Vegas, he really inspired me to be a Skateboarder. After thinking for a lot of hours, I thought I would ask some of my friends even though I had some ‘experience’ in
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Now I need to get some practice so I could become one of the twenty-four professional street skateboarders competing in the SLS, so I try to meet the apparent winner of the Broadway Bomb ‘Mr. Kiefer Dixon’ I first tried emailing him, but I couldn’t find his email anywhere. So, I email the officials of Broadway Bomb and ask them if I could have his email, they simply said, “we do not store any information about competitors for more than a year”.
So, the person she from the Broadway Bomb office was exceptionally nice on the phone. I headed to the SLS office in downtown Manhattan and met the receptionist and asked her for an application form while I was filling out a form I met a bald guy with a leather jacket and black shirt. He didn’t look like a skateboarder to me, so I assumed his name was Andrew because his jacket had the name stitched on it. After about a minute after his appearance in my life, he faced towards me and told me that he saw potential in me and I replied, “and who are you again?” I asked him, “I’m Toad Fletcher, a Professional Skateboarder, and Coach”. He asked me if I was interested in Coaching for SLS League and I replied “Yes”. He asked me to be at Brooklyn Banks in New York at 6:00 in the morning.
So, I go there and I see nobody in a radius of at least a mile. I wait there for another hour and tuning and setting up my skateboard. He arrives with a group of
Cutting bits of me that cannot handle the pressure and stress; developing pieces of the more disciplined me; testing my concentration; forcing my mentality to be flexible; enlarging the best of me: my determination, integrity, confidence, ingenuity, independence. Ultimately, skating leaves me more focused, more disciplined and more confident. It shapes my character, reminding me that success only feels worthwhile if it has a bit of blood behind it; skating tells me to try again, to keep working. Perseverance has been my grace. And as my skating career comes to a close, I have taken the time to teach those around me. The young skaters I teach think I am inspiring them, but they change who I am, altering me into a more caring, compassionate person.
Every year, over the course of 10 days in July, more than two-million mini donuts are served, over 200 000 free pancakes are handed out, and roughly ten million people from around the world visit Calgary, Alberta seeking the experience of a lifetime. The Calgary Stampede is a widely known annual Rodeo and Exhibition. This lively festival is not only a memorable place for visitors from all over the world to live a first-hand experience of rodeo in action, but it serves as an interesting source to learn about some of Alberta’s richest history. As tourists explore the vibrant fairgrounds, it 's inevitable for the travelers to see Calgarians great pride for their city and history. The Calgary Stampede labeled “The Greatest Outdoor Show On
Somehow skating has managed to always be in my life. My earliest memories are times on my dad’s hawaiian longboard with him, riding me home from my old school. There would be time’s I’d be brought to someone's house and notice skateboarding on the tv. I didn’t really understand the videos or what a “part” was but I still had recognition for it. Without knowing a single person in the video or any of the tricks, I still somehow felt motivated to go ride. I saw the world through the eyes of a skateboarder, taking notice of all the culture. Eventually I was gifted a used board that was covered in stickers. Nowadays I put very few stickers on a board, but back then I’d be adding more constantly. It wasn’t long before skating became a lifetime friend that I’d wind up relying on throughout my ups and downs.
You may have heard that “everything is bigger in Texas.” and if you really want to experience how everything is bigger, you go to the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo (HLSR). The HLSR, or “Houston Rodeo” as it is referred to by Houstonians, is the largest event of its kind in the world and has been in session since 1932. In 2013, The HLSR had more people in attendance (approx 2.6 million) at the Rodeo than the entire population of the city of Houston (approx 2.1 million), which happens to be the 4th largest city in the United States as well as the most populated city in the state of Texas. The HLSR is held at Reliant Park for three weeks during March, and since parking is always a hassle, Reliant Park also happens to have one of the largest parking lots available as well.
In a world of political discourse with racism and hate running rampant, a few great men and women came together to bring unity and harmony like never before: in the form of massive music festivals. In the late 1972, the black community came together for a concert known as Watts Summer Festival. In 1969, the largest music festival of its time was held, and was known as Woodstock. Later that year, the Rolling Stones put together a massive free concert in San Francisco known as the Altamont Concert. All of the concerts and music festivals were not aimed at making money or becoming famous, but about the unity of people through the art of music.
Frisco, Texas has a population of over 100,000 people, and it's located approximately 25 miles from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. This bedroom community is home to many of the professionals who commute to the Dallas Fort Worth area.
I attended a blues concert in Hayward and it was one of the most culturing experiences of my life. I learned a lot about the culture and context surrounding the blues music. I found the lyrics thought provoking especially, B.B. King’s “Why I Sing the Blues” sung by Billy Dunn. Prior to me attending this concert I hardly knew anything about the blues music or historical roots. I never listened to the blues before, so I am unaware of this type of music, but I learned a lot about this style of music and enjoyed it. I also learned about the impact Hayward had on the blues and blues musicians when African Americans migrated from the deep south to the then unincorporated area of Hayward, known as Russell city. Ethnically, the majority of the attendees were African American, the second highest ethnic group attendees were Caucasian. This makes sense, since the blues and jazz were developed in the south of the U.S. and is associated with Africans. For African Americans, the blues and jazz goes a long way back in history, more specifically their history. It is associated with African American history in America, as well as African oppression and liberation.
The upcoming Denver Film Festival, which runs the first two weeks of November is one of the most highly anticipated movie related events of the year. As this annual festival has started to gain more public attention over the years, this event has seen
El Paso best defines itself as the truest wafer of Wild West. Its streets are so ancient that they have witnessed the existence of the likes of Billy the Kid, Wyatt Earp and other lawless times. This is the same place where the unfortunate “Four Dead in Five Seconds” shootout occurred. However, these are not the events that have put El Paso in the limelight but it is the blending of culture and traditions that take place in the city. After all, it is the meeting point of New Mexico and Old Mexico. Annually the city holds the Neon Desert Music Festival and Sun City Music Festival each with over forty music artists from the dominions of soft and hard rocks, hip hop, RnB and blues and other captivating performances (Molinar). But the festival that is awaited with a lot of expectation is the Neon Desert Music Festival. So what is so captivating about the Neon Desert Music Festival that makes tens of thousands of feet pound
Americans. Also, in the InterCitys there is no facilities like this one, so they play basketball or football’. Moreover she asked me ‘do you how much a skaters really cost?
As you prepare for the premier music festival, exhibition and networking event of the year, make sure you are actually ready to attend. The South by Southwest (SXSW) Conference and Festival offers more than 800 sessions on technology, music, design and new media. While it may be popular due to the after hours parties and Austin nightlife, make sure you do not overdo it. SXSW can be an exhilarating experience if you are ready for it.
Shaun White became a professional skateboarder is 2002 at the Tony Hawk Gigantic Skateboard Tour. He is very talented on a skateboard and won several Summer X Games gold medals. White learned to skateboard from his older brother Jesse, who also became a professional snowboarder and later acted as his brothers’ agent (Shaun White.” Biography.com). Yet he landed some high-profile sponsorships from Target, Playstation, Mountain Dew, and Oakley and was making at least a million dollars per year. After the Olympics, White felt somewhat burned out on snowboarding, so he spent more time skateboarding and tried competing in some skateboarding events. That summer. He participated in a few stops on the Dew Tour, finishing last at one event and then turning around and winning another (“Shaun White.”Bio). In 2007, White returned to the AST Dew Tour. On his skateboard, he won the vert event more than three different stops on the tour. He also won gold in vert at the the Summer X games
My company blew up as a result of this, and in 1998, me and my family started a children's skate clothing company called hawk clothing. Then probably the most defining moment of my career happened at the 1999 X games, after 10 attempts and way past the time i was allotted, i landed twice on my board but both times it shot out from under me. The next attempt i landed barely holding on. That day i placed 1st for best trick. The trick shouldn’t have counted but because the crowd was cheering me on so i kept trying. When i asked the judges they said it counted because “they make the rules as they go”. If i hadn’t of landed that trick that day. My career may have been completely different. I’m 48 years old and i can still land 900’s. I have defined the era skateboarding and have impacted many different community with my charity that brings skate parks to cities that might not be able to afford them to build them. I helped donate money build, and was there when the ann arbor skatepark opened. With this charity i hope to get kids off the streets, and get their minds off things. Skateboarding makes me happy and i want to spread this joy to many
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Ultra Music Festival (UMF) is a yearly open air electronic music celebration that happens in March in the city of Miami, Florida, United States (DURAN, 2013).In this report I have analysed about the ultra-Miami festival event in USA and what is behind the success of the event. Events rarely succeed or fail it is totally depending on the scheduling and who all are the stakeholders are supporting the particular event. For a successful event there are several potential goals to satisfy and a plethora of stakeholders to involve (Presenza, 2012). Festivals are mostly unique in the events sector how the stakeholders are involved in the events. Media is mainly involved in a group way in television and