What if someone told you you could change the world by skateboarding? Would you be Stoked? That's the idea behind stoked Mentoring, a non-profit action sports organization with the mission of de...
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Entries Tagged as 'Culture'
Get Stoked
July 21st, 2008 by Jerri Chou
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Body Power
June 30th, 2008 by Jerri Chou
We thought we were the only ones who might look at a club full of people bouncing to Talib Kweli and think "what if you could harness all that booty shaking?" Nope.
Turns out Andrew Charalambous ha...
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Governers Island Emerges
June 13th, 2008 by Jerri Chou
New York is nothing without its islands, Manhattan, Staten.. hell even Brooklyn and Queens are on an island (though you'd never get anyone from there to admit it). But while rich in culture, these m...
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What is Behance?
June 5th, 2008 by Jerri Chou
"Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare
but Vision with action can change the world" - Japanese proverb
We've been talking a lot about "Make Good Ideas...
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Warchild
May 20th, 2008 by Jerri Chou
A powerful example of where creative and social worlds collide comes from Emmanuel Jal, a former child-soldier of Sudan who has incorporated his experience into his hip hop lyrics, and his solo albu...
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Behind the Boombox: a Chat with Dgenetics
May 9th, 2008 by Jerri Chou
After hearing Pumpkin Patch spin at the NYC CFD, we had to find out a little more about the label behind the beats. And we’re not the only ones. Dgenetics Musics, comprised of four artists, Fior...
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PLANET B-BOY
March 21st, 2008 by Jerri Chou
Every body loves to watch breakdancing (it's unavoidable, like cats to a laser), but unless you know about the battles or live near hubs like Union Square, you're left to watch it on crappy camcor...
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