skateboarding

April 7, 2018

Skate Animation with Benjamin Verdugo

The coolest workshops keep happening here in our Success Lab! On April 5th, we had our friend Benjamin Verdugo from Phoenix,AZ leading the most technological workshop […]
March 5, 2018

Pro Guest Ryan Decenzo

On February 16th, Ryan Decenzo made his way from Huntington Beach, CA to Anaheim to show support to our efforts. Ryan was familiar with our organization; however, […]
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 21, 2018

DICKIES WILL SEND YOU TO WOODWARD

Dickies is giving away 3 Woodward West scholarships to the Hardest Working Next Up student!!  1 will be given to the student with the most “A’s” […]
February 15, 2018

Build Your Own Skatepark with Keen Ramps

Part of our mission is to encourage education among Anaheim youth. On Feb. 14th, Keen Ramps’ founder, Cory Keen, led a 3D skatepark design workshop. We […]
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 […]
December 25, 2017

Christmas Session at Baker Boys Distribution

On Dec.15th, Carly Jacques, Baker Skateboards brand manager, opened up the doors of Baker Boys dist. for a special Christmas session for a few selected Next […]
December 7, 2017

P.ROD at Next UP

Filmed/Edited: Eric Iwakura — additional footage, Vinicius Tinoco. Photos: Luke Lutz Our top secret guest arrived just in time to slip inside unnoticed before school let […]
December 2, 2017

LEADERSHIP WORKSHOP

On Nov. 27th, we had a special guest joining Next Up for an exciting leadership presentation to our kids that encompassed a variety of social issues. Our guest […]