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5 On Flat With Leo Heinert

How To: Grip a Skateboard

Kelly Hart shows how to grip a skateboard on this Berrics video

Throwback- Leo Heinert – TransWorld SKATEboarding

A LOVE LETTER :: SKATEBOARDING AS LIFE – THE HUNDREDS

 

DOORS AND BRIDGES are constructed from flat, sturdy, pieces of wood. They unlock secrets, provide sight to the unseen, and take you from one world to the next. Take that wooden plank and bolt it to 4 polyurethane wheels, and you’ve got your own portable adventure.

My first skateboard was some hot-pink monstrosity my mom picked up for my brothers and I back in the early ‘80s (before bubblegum music videos featured the token skateboarder with the crooked cap, Zoo York was sold at Macy’s, and before Tony Hawk was flippin’ cheese-smothered bagels). We never asked for a skateboard – I was too busy rubbing the Autobot sticker on my Transformer – and we were oblivious to any pop-culture references to skater dude-ism. Unfortunately, my brothers and I stripped that board of its integrity, butt-boarding down the driveway at breakneck speeds, using it as a seat during backyard games, and eventually, as just another obstacle for Snake Eyes to climb over.

Eventually, that skateboard reincarnated its way back to me in the 7th grade – when Danny Miller asked me if I ever skated. Of course, I replied (albeit on my butt down long driveways). I ran home with his California Cheap Skates catalog, and ordered my first Acme “Classic” deck with 40mm wheels and Venture Featherlite trucks on my mom’s credit card. She was confused at the triple-digit price tag (“It doesn’t cost that much at Sportmart!”). I was delighted and didn’t sleep a wink that night.

The first week was aggravating, to say the least. I could pedal, coast down sidewalks, and even kick that whole Marty McFly pop-up thing when I stopped. But when Danny asked me how high I could bust a 50-50, I looked at him blankly and quietly responded, “Uhh…what’s a 50-50?”

With time, those questions went from “How should I ollie into this tailslide?” to “Who drew the graphics on that skateboard? (Pushead!)” to “Where’d you get pants that big? What’s a turntable? What’s a bong? Who’s Minor Threat?” Plenty of questions, and answers were open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. True, it was adolescence, not too much unlike Johnny American’s teenage years on the ol’ football field, or Susie Thompkins’ pom-pom-filled high-school escapades. But my answers weren’t coming from Coach Carter or MTV. My parents were clueless, my teachers were frustrated, and pretty much anyone over the age of 20 could swallow a big fat middle finger. I was a pissed-off youth, I was different, and the only answers to life’s toughest questions were coming from that streamlined concave plywood – my tree of knowledge, my mobile soapbox, my grip-taped confessional.

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“Staten Island Skateboarder Grinds it Out as Real Estate Agent”

“STATEN ISLAND — He’s been named the city’s best amateur skateboarder, has a prestigious sponsorship deal with DC shoes and has been featured in Transworld Skateboarding magazine.

But instead of skating on the pro-circuit, Staten Islander Leo Heinert, 23, spends his days showing New Yorkers Brooklyn apartments.

Since his mother moved back to Ecuador, Heinert has been working as a real estate agent for Nooklyn to pay for the mortgage of his Westerleigh home.

When he’s not skating, he’s showing homes in neighborhoods like Greenpoint, Williamsburg and Bed-Stuy.” -Nicholas Rizzi DNA Info

For full write-up and video click below:

https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20150624/westerleigh/video-staten-island-skateboarder-hustles-as-real-estate-agent

Skateboarding- new york times v.16

Autism Awareness Fundrasied $1,600.00

5050 Skatepark

354 Front Street

Staten Island NY 10304

347-857-6007

5050skatepark.com

[email protected]

Your Second Home

347-570-5781

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                                              Press Release

April 27th, 2016

5050 Skatepark and Your Second Home’s Autism Awareness Fundraiser on Tuesday April 26th was a great success! Together we raised $1,600.00 for Eden II Programs to purchase various supplies for students. For over 40 years, Eden II strives to provide the maximum help possible to the autism community through education, adult day programs, residential care, family support, respite, and a number of other services.

Thank you to Party Bliss LLC for donating costumes and event supplies, Projectivity for creating the interactive puzzle wall painting and video, Tiffany Porcu local artist – face painter, Bari’s Pizzeria for donating food, event coordinator Amanda Cleary, raffle organizer Pauline La Rosa, and 5050 Team for volunteering their time.

Our vendors LuvNix, My Friend Henry – Book, Genevieve’s Floating Lockets of Love, Stereotype Co.

Raffle donations from JoJo Cee Photography, The Crazy Taco Tequila Bar, Retro Fitness, Cutest Cookies, Megan Padovano Designs, The Groom Room Pet Salon, The Children’s Museum, A.F.Bennett, Makeovers, Pinot’s Palette, Serenity Salon, Espo’s Powder Coating, Arirang, Aunt Butchies, Benvenuti Restaurant, Eggers, Kid’s in Shape, Panera Bread, Patrizia’s Restaurant, Roller Jam, Smash Burger, Stop & Shop, Studio Bella Salon, Cosmic Nails, Alfonso’s Bakery, Perkins, and all our friends and family who donated their time and money to make a basket.

Thank you,

Angelica Popolano

WMBE 5050 Skatepark LLC

[email protected]

 

Here is a link to the Recap Photos.

Video coming soon!

What’s Your Story? – Leo Heinert – Skateboarding


What’s Your Story? – Leo Heinert – Skateboarding
Leo Heinart sits down and talks about how he watched Tony Hawk on TRL and that inspired him to start Skating. How Skating is a part of him and what it means to him. He talks about his real estate job and people from Boston are moving here to Crime scenes/ Apartments in Brooklyn.

Film/ Edit by Ed Pollio

Don’t have time to watch Listen to it here on Soundcloud.