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Skateboarding is Changing Lives in Rural South Africa

National Geographic – Skateboarding changing lives in rural South Africa

Skateboarding is Changing Lives in the Valley of a Thousand Hills located in rural Durban, South Africa, there are young skaters skating on a half-pipe and a bowl.

Skateboarding is Changing Lives is part of the Indigo Skate Camp, a movement that nurtures sustainable skateboarding environments for rural youths. The camp empowers local Zulu villagers to learn and grow with the language of skateboarding. This short is following Andile Msomi and his friends to their first contest, where the journey is more important than the destination. Continue reading Skateboarding is Changing Lives in Rural South Africa

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DCR-TRV80E Summer Time Outtakes ’16

DCR-TRV80E Summer Outtakes '16

DCR-TRV80E is an old and very handy camera model from SONY used to film many awesome skateboarding moments in the past years.

DCR-TRV80E used MiniDV tapes like the good ‘ole big brother VX1000. Paired with the 37mm fisheye from Century Optics and the ability to record in progressive mode, this handy cam can rival the best skateboarding cameras in a way, upper class. As a bonus, it weighs half of the weight of a VX which makes it very easy to have it with you all the time. This video was filmed in Skopje during summer 2016, with this awesome camera!
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