Recently the Braille team had the honor and privilege of learning from The Professor himself, Paul Schmitt, on how to make skateboards and create skateboard shapes. In the video below, you’ll see The Professor conceptualize Aaron Kyro’s requested cruiser/filmer-board. You’ll witness the shaping process starting from the deck being drafted out on a cardboard template, […]

If you’ve ever seen Uzi skate, you know that he has nollie bigspins on lock. With this in mind, Gabe decided it would be a perfect challenge for Uzi to bring those nollie bigspins to the mini ramp. What resulted in our video below was nothing short of amazing. In the video, you’ll see Uzi […]

The First Annual Braille Skateboarding Street Contest is upon us. What exactly is the Braille Skateboarding Street Contest you ask? Allow us to break it down for you. The members of the Braille team will be competing against each other in two events; Best Run and Best Trick.  For the Best Run, each skater has […]

For many of us, the frontside 50-50 is the first grind trick we learn as skateboarders. With that being said, most skateboarders learn this trick on a curb or ledge. When you bring the 50-50 to a rail, it becomes an entirely different beast. Well, not really, but if you’ve never 50-50’d a rail before, […]

Recently, Gabe Cruz took it upon himself to put in the time and effort to learn how to backside noseslide once and for all. While some skaters learn this trick early on in their skateboarding careers, some skaters don’t get around to learning ledge tricks until the opportunity arises. In the video below, you’ll see […]