Pages tagged “skateboarding”

Skate 3 Review (Xbox 360)

By Jason Killingsworth at 8:00 AM on May 31, 2010

Developer: EA Black Box Publisher: Electronic Arts Platforms: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 100% 'boarding, 0% boring During the five years of my childhood I spent in Southern California, I was obsessed with skateboarding. I can’t say that I actually skated all that much, but I spent hours hunched over pieces of paper, drawing skateboarders wiping out on half pipes. I memorized all the trick terminology I could. The very mention of pro skaters such as Tony Hawk caused my little 4th-grade pupils to dilate. Skateboard culture provided a heady fantasy world. Watching videos of pro skaters, it seemed as though... read more

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Salute Your Shorts: Spike Jonze Skate Videos

By Sean Gandert at 2:15 PM on March 26, 2009

Back before he was directing feature films, Spike Jonze was best-known as one of the few auteur music-video directors. But before he was directing music videos, he was directing... read more

Found in: Movies, Features