Albert Hernandez

April 25, 2019

Dickies Skate Scholarship w/ Next Up

Dickies Skate has teamed up with Next Up for the 3rd consecutive year to grant three scholarships to Woodward West. Two scholarships will be awarded to […]
April 18, 2019

Field Trip: Dwindle Distribution

April 18th, 2019 Next Up had the honor to visit Dwindle Distribution, in an effort to learn as much as possible about the company and how […]
April 17, 2019

Art Workshop w/ Daniel Toledo

April 17, 2019   Daniel Toledo, a renowned artist, came to Next Up to prepare our students for the “Secret Walls” art contest in Los Angeles. […]
April 16, 2019

Journalism Workshop w/Marcus Bandy

April 13th, 2019 Former professional skateboarder, English teacher from the LA Unified School District and founder of Wheelbase Mag Marcus Bandy (@bandiesel) volunteered his time and […]
April 9, 2019

Broken Decks Are Cool Workshop #3

March 20, 2019 Art workshops are some of the most popular activities for Next Up participants. Annette Castellanos volunteered her time, wisdom and experience to teach […]
March 26, 2019

Photography Workshop: Paulo Macedo of Street League

March 26th, 2019    Master lensman Paulo Macedo (Street League photographer), volunteered his time and expertise with Next Up to teach an intro workshop of skateboarding […]
March 20, 2019

Grip Tape Art Workshop with Spank Grip

March 14, 2019 Lawrence, the founder of Spank Grip, paid a visit to Next Up to instruct a “Griptape Art Workshop”. He is an incredibly talented artist, […]
March 15, 2019

Field Trip: Diamond Supply Co. Headquarters

Next Up youth who participated in the Google Sketch workshop (with Cory Keen of Keen Ramps) were invited to skate the private Diamond Supply Co. park. […]
March 8, 2019

Digital Media / Podcast Workshop

March 7, 2019 During our Digital Media/Podcast Workshop (led by Janete Weinsten), 12 Next Uppers were able to have hands on experience on how to create […]