SURFSTYLE SKATEBOARDING

We all know that skateboarding was created by surfers on days of flat waves. But it had come to such a giant dimension that nowadays it already became a unique sport with its own manouvers and riding style.

Back in the years those guys in California used to watch the surfmovies and then go to the streets to try to immitate the turns, cut backs and grab rails. Today the kids are growing up watching guys like Burnquist shredding bowls and half pipes, or even throwing kick flips on the streets, and this is what they want to imitate.

Despite of this fact, there`s a place in the south of Brazil called Parque do Marinha in the city of Porto Alegre where that surfstyle skateboarding is not only still alive, but its evolving and gettin as sick as you cannot even imagine.
I don`t think that skateboarding can get any closer to surf than this.
Meet the kids from Marinha, (the vala).