field trip

February 18, 2019

Field Trip to Volcom Skatepark in Costa Mesa,CA

Costa Mesa, CA – February 16, 2019 Next Up participants excitedly loaded up in the van – this time headed to the Volcom skatepark in Costa Mesa […]
August 21, 2018

Next Up at The Block Vans skatepark in Orange,CA

On July 31st, 2018, Steve Van Doren himself invited Next Up Foundation to The Van Doren Project at Vans Skatepark in Orange, CA. The Van Doren […]
August 20, 2018

Silk Screen Workshop at Hybrid

Part of our mission at Next Up is to expose our participants to the jobs and careers that exist within the skateboard industry, and recently we […]
July 27, 2018

Next Up visits The Berrics

Our first field trip of July, was an exciting one. On July 2nd, we rented a van and filled it up with 13 Next Up participants […]
July 20, 2018

Dew Tour Experience 2018

On Friday, June 29th, three of our participants had the opportunity to skate the professional DewTour street course.  For two hours, Leo, Brandyt, and Erick shared the park […]
July 16, 2018

KidWorks at Next Up

On June 27th we had the pleasure to host some of the kids from KidWorks of Santa Ana.  KidWorks is a nonprofit organization that offers a […]
March 3, 2018

Field Trip to Vans HQ

To kick off our educational field trips for 2018, we visited the new headquarters for skateboarding shoe manufacturer Vans, located  in Costa Mesa, CA. The 182,000 sq […]
February 10, 2018

Next Up at Elliot Sloan’s Compound

On February 3rd we packed a van with 10 Next Up students, a filmer, a photographer, and our volunteer Greg LaRosa and visited Elliot Sloan’s compound […]
November 21, 2017

SLS Super Crown Los Angeles 2017

A group of 15 Next Up Skaters piled in a van and headed to Los Angeles, California to attend the 2017 Street League Super Crown skateboarding […]