April 8, 2018

Dickies Team at Next Up

Filmed & Edited by Luke Lutz. Another successful celebration is in the books, as Next Up graciously welcomed the Dickies Skate Team to our Lab in […]
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 7, 2018

Next Up on “Get it Girl” on LATV Channel

On Feb.27th our founder, Vinicius Tinoco, made an appearance on the talking show “Get it Girl” hosted by LATV channel. Our founder had the opportunity to […]
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 […]
March 1, 2018

Broken Decks Are Cool 2

On Feb. 27th, Annette Castellanos, a local graphic designer and friend of ours, returned to Next Up to lead her second workshop for our participants. Again, […]
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 […]