Sentences with phrase «former skateboarder»
As in his previous films «Dogtown and Z - Boys» and «Riding Giants,» Peralta, a former skateboarder, uses the nonfiction genre to encourage interest in sports, such as surfing and skating, that many dismiss as trivial.
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A relatively large municipal skateboard park, where pro skateboarder Eric Costello died in October 2005 due to improper helmet use, [10] is near Skypark, the site of a former airport, in central Scotts Valley.
Examples include the sewn and woven images of artist and former professional skateboarder Tony Cox, Philippine artist Brenda Fajardo's works using indigenous materials that recall her country's visual and oral storytelling traditions, and Christina Forrer's tapestries blending elements from Swiss folklore and historical European tapestry with contemporary pop and street culture.